Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-13
TELLS KAISER'S DREAM
Industrial as Well as Pol
itical Domination of
World Desired.
PRAISES SAMUEL G0MPERS
Stirring Patriotic Orations
Mark Opening of A. F.
of L. Convention.

BUFFALO. n. Y. Nov 12.-Presi-
dent Wilson, in forceful address here
today before the American Federation
of Labor appealing to the workingmen
of the United States for cooperation
in the conduct of the war, made IL
emphatcally clear that he opposes
peace until the war against Germany
has been won.
The president declared that his
heart was with the feeling of racif-
lists but that my mind has cor
tempt for them"
"I want peace but I know how to
get 1t and they do not" he declared
Colonel Il NJ. House, head of the
American delegation to the allied war
conference. the president said. he had
sent to take part In conference as to
how the war Is to be won ''aud he
knows as / know that that Is the way
to get peace If you want it more than
a few minutes"
The four hundred and fifty dele
gates to tho convention and the sew
eral thousand persons admitted to the
hall to hear the president speak arose
and applauded this declaration with
a tremendous burst of cheers. Another
demonstration OF approval came when
he said I'VE must stand together,
right and day, until this JOB Is fin
ished."
Message to Entire World.
The president, while devoting his
address to problems for the people of
the United States. laid emphasis upon
broader phases of the world conflict
in a way that seemed to indicate that
his speech was possibly intended as
a message to the people Of Germany.
Of Austria and of Russia as we'll as
of the United States He declared his
1ok n
Germans the spirit of freedom would
find "as fine welcome in the hearts
of Germans as 1t can find in any other
heart"
"Power," he said, cannot be used
with force against free people, II It
is to be used by free people"
Speaking probably Of Austria, Mr.:
Wilson referred to the intimation OF
anxiety for peace that had come from
one of tho central powers" and de-
clared that il meant that the people
in that central power know that IL the
war ends as IL stands, they will In ef-
feet themselves be vassals OF Ger
many. Notwithstanding that they do
not wish in their pride and proper
spirit OF nationality to be absorbed
and dominated"
Russian Radicals Foe.
OF Russia he said that he was
amazed that some groups in that
country could suppose that "any re-
form plans in the interest of the peo-
pie can live in the presence OF Ger
many powerful enough to undermine
or overthrow them by intrigue or
force"
"Fatuous as the dreamers OF Rus
sia" were those persons in this coun-
try. he declared emphatically who
suppose that ''the free industry and
enterprise of the world can continue
If the pan German plan Is achieved
and the German power fastened upon
the world"
The president directly asserted
that Germany had started the war and
said he would leave confirmation OF
this statement to the verdict of his
tory. He referred to Germany's
growth to 'place in the sum- and
asked why she was not satisfied when
she gained that position. In answer.
he declared that the German govern
ments method Of controlling the
competition of its Industries and as
serted that all the while there was
lying behind Its thot, in its dreams
for the future political control
which would enable 1t in the long run
to dominate the labor and the indus
try of the world"
Mr.. Wilson cited in this Connection
the Berlin-to- Bagdad railway, Whlch
he said was constructed to run the
threat of force down the flank OF the
Industrial undertakings of half
dozen other countries so that when
German competition came in it would
not be resisted too far be-
cause there was always the possibility
of getting German armies into the
heart of that country quicker than
any other armies could get there"
Determined to Enslave World.
Summing it up, he said that Ger
many is determined that the political
power of the world shall belong to
her, but that never before had such
ambitions "been based upon so exact
and precise and scientific plan OF
domination
The president voiced In terms Of
eulogy his approval of the conduct of
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor and
tho spirit of cooperation he had
manifested IN his relations with the
administration.
II like to lay my mind" he said.
alongside of a mind that knows how
to pull in harness. The horses that
kick over the traces will have to be
put in n corral" .ft
The presidents references to Mr..
Gompers were loudly applauded.
while we are fighting for free
DOM" Mr.. Wilson asserted after these
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