Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-17
PRESIDENTS GREATEST WAR SPEECH MADE THRU LAB(

feel bound to put this proviso in always provided
the present influences that control the German gov
ernment continue to control it
Il believe that the spirit of freedom can get into
the hearts of Germans and find fine a welcome
there it find in any other hearts, But the
spirit of freedom does not suit the plans of the Pan
Germans. Power cannot be used with concentrated
force against free peoples it is used by free people
Germanys Dream of World Power
''You know how many intimations come to US from
one of the central powers that is anxious for
peace than the chief central power; and you know
what it means that the people in that central power
know that if the ends as it stands they will in
effect themselves be vassals of Germany, notwith-
standing that their populations compounded with
all the people of that part of the world and notwth-
standing the fact that they do wish in their pride
and proper spirit of nationality to be absorbed
and dominated.
Germany is determined that the political power
of the world shall belong to her. There have been
such ambitions before. They have been in part real
lied. But never before have those ambitions been
based upon exact and precise and scientific plan
of domination
May not say that it is amazing to me that any
group of people should be il-informed as to sup
pose as some groups in Russia apparently suppose
that any reforms planned in the interest of the peo
pie live in the presence of a Germany powerful
enough to undermine overthrow them by intrigue
force Any body of free that compounds
with the present German government is compound
ing for its destruction. But that is not the
where else who supposes that the free industry and
enterprise of the world continue if the Pan-Ger-
plan is achieved and German power fastened
upon the world is fatuous as the dreamers of
Russia.
WHAT AM OPPOSED TO Is NOT THE
FEELING OF THE PACIFISTS, BUT THEIR STU
PIDITY. MY HEART Is WITH THEM, BUT MY
MIND HAS A CONTEMPT FOR THEM WANT
PEACE, BUT I KNOW HOW TO GET IT AND
THEY DO NOT.
Tells of Colonel Houses Mission.
you will notice that l sent a friend of mine, Col
onel House, to Europe, who is great lover of
peace as any in the world; but l did not send
him a peace mission; sent him to take part in a
conference az to how the to be won, and he
knows, know, that that is the way to get peace,
if you want it for than a few minutes.
"Al of this is a preface TO the conference that l
referred to with regard to what going to do.
If true friends of freedom-our own or any
body else's-we will that the power of this
try and the productivity of this country is raised to
its absolute maximum and that absolutely nobody is
allowed to stand in the way of it.
When say that nobody is allowed to stand in the
way, / don't mean that they shall be prevented by
the power of the government but by the power of
the American spirit. Our duty, if to do this
great thing and show America to be what believe
her be. the greatest hope and energy of the world
then must be to stand together night and day until
the job is finished.
while fighting for freedom must see,
among other things, that labor is free, and that
a number of interesting things. 1t means not
only that must do what we have declared our