Connecticut western news., 1917-12-06

Conquest, but Also Must Deliver
 the Peoples of Austria-Hungary,
 the Balkans and Turkey From
 Prussian Military and Commercial
 Autocracy.
 Washington, Dec. 4-President Will son today addressed to the world America's renewed pledge to the cause of democracy. Appearing before a joint session of the House and Senate, the President delivered the message which will set in motion the legisla- tive wheels of the SiXty-fifth Congress, whose task it is to aid the country's military forces toward victory.
 Not since the President called upon Congress for a declaration of war on Germany has he appeared under more dramatic circumstances. From the al- lied diplomats in the gallery to the khaki clad American soldiers, to the French in their horizon blue, the Brit ish in their war regalia and to the women spectators in the galleries thare was a touch of war.
 Vast throngs clamored for entrance to the Capitol. Only those bearing cards were admitted. But the gal leries were filled long before the time for the Presidents appearance, and the women spent their time knitting for the men lover there" who are wag- ing the fight against Hohcnzollernism
 As the President began speaking, his message was released for publication
 Following is the Presidents mo. sage:
 Gentlemen Of the Congress:
 Eight monE'G have elapsed since had the honor of aGdressing you. They have been months crowded ,~i:h event of immense and grave significance for us. I shall not undertake to detail c" even To summarize these c''~Its. The particulars of the par' we have played in them will be laid before you in the reports of the executive departments.
 I shall discuss only our present outlook upon these vast affairs. our present duties and the immediate means of accomplishing the objects we shall hold always in view. N-r . I shall not go back to debate the causes of the war. The intolerable wrongs done and planned against us by the sinister masters of Germany have long since become too grossly obvious and odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. But I shall ask you to consider again and with 8 very grave scrutiny our objectives and the measures by which we mean to attain them for the pur- pose of discussion here in this place in action, and our action must move straight toward definite ends. Our object is, of course, to win the war, and we shall not slacken or suffer ourselves to be diverted until it is won. But it is worth while asking and answering the question. When shall we consider the war won?
 United in Spirit and Intention.
 From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamental matter. I do not doubt that the American people know what the war is about and what sort of an outcome they will regard as a realization of their purpose in it.
 As a nation we are united in spirit and intention. I pay little heed to those who tell me otherwise. I hear the voices of dissent. Who does not?
 I hear the criticism and the clamor of the noisily thoughtless and trouble some. I also see men here and there fling themselves in impotent disloyalty against the calm, indomii able power of the nation. I hear men debate peace who understand neither it's na- turc nor the way in which we may attain it with uplifted eyes and unbro- ken spirits. But I know that none of these speak for the nation. They do not touch the heart of anything. They may safely be left to strut their un easy hour and be forgotten.
 But from another point of view l believe that it is necessary to say plainly what we here al the seat Of action consider the war to be for, and what part we mean to play in the set. clement of it's searching issues. We are the .spokesmen of the American people, and they have right to know whether their purpose is ours.
 Desire Defeat of Sinister Forces.
 They desire peace by the overcom- ing of evil, by the defeat once for all 1 of the sinister forces that interrupt peace and render it impossible, and they wish to know how closely our l thought runs with theirs and what action we propose. They are impa- tient with those who desire peace by any sort of comprorlise---deeply and l indignantly impatient-but they will be equally impatient with us if we do not make it plain to them what our objectiyes are and what we are planning for in seeking to make con | quest of peace by arms.
 believe that speak for them | when say twO thiuIS.