The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-12-13
DOES NOT RECOMMEND WAR
AGAINST BULGARIA AND
TURKEY AT PRESENT.
PEACE IS OUT OF QUESTION
Nothing Shall Turn United States
Aside Until War Is Won and Ger.
many Is eeaten-Greeted With Ap.
plause.

hSpo ~ i SoitSt
Wilson.
The president did not. however, re,
ommend a declaration Of war agains
Turkey and Bulgaria at this time.
Immediate war against Austria, tn
president told congress. was necessar
to meet the anomalous situation tn,
united states faces in its war will
Germany even though. he declared
Austria was not her own mistress an
merely a vassal Of Germany.
The same logic. he said. would be t.
war against Turkey and Bulgaria. Blu
they do not yet, he added. stand in the
path OF the United States in It's wal
against Prussian autocracy.
In mnging and definite terms, the
president declared that nothing shall
turn tho United States aside until the
war Is won and Germany is beaten. All
talk Of peace he pronounced out OF the
question.
Peace, the president declared, could
come only when the German people
make it through rulers the world can
trust; when they make PREPARATION for
the destruction their present rulers
have wrought and when Germany re.
cedes from all the territory acquired
by armed conquest.
The president spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Congress:
Eight months nave elapsed since |
last had the honor of addressing Won.
they have been months crowded with
events OF immense and grave singiff.
canoe for us. | shall not undertake. TO
detail or even to summarize those
aVents. The practical particulars of
the part we have played in them will
be laid before you in the REPORTS of tho
executive departments. | shall discuss
only our present outlook upon these
vast AFFAIRS. u present duties. and
the immediate leans OF ACCOMPLISHING
the objects we shall hold ALWAYS I'm
view.
snail no 20 back to debate the
causes OF the war. Intolerablc wrongs
done and planned against us by the
sinistcrs masters have long since be
come too grossly obvious and odious
TO every true American to iced 10 be
r%chearsed.
But l shall ask you to consider again
ana with a very grave scrutiny our
oDJectivcs and the measures by which
we mean to attain them: for the Dur-
pose Of discussion here in this place
Is action. and our action must move
straight towards definite ends. Our
object is, Of course. to win the war:
and VIZ shall not slacken or suffer our
selves to be diverted until it is won.
But 1t is worth while asking and an.
swering the question. when shall we
the war won?
From one point Of view 1t Is not
necessary to breach this fundamental
lean people know what the war is
about and what sort OF an outcome
they will regard as d realization OF
their purpose in it. AS a nation VIC are
in spirit and intention. l pay
heed to those who tell me 9th.
erwise. hear the voices Of dissent
who does not? I hear the criticism
less and troublesome. | also see mer
here and there fling themselves in i'm
potent disloyalty against the calm. in
power OF the nation. I hear
men debate peace who understand
neither its nature nor the way in which
we may attain it with uplifted eyes
and unbrOken spirits.
But | know that none Of these speaks
for the nation. They do not touch thu
heart Of anything. They may safel,
be left to strut their uneasy hour ant
be forgotten.
But from another point Of view
believe that 1t Is necessary to say
plainly what We here at the sea- o
action consider the a to be for ant
what part we mean to play in tho set
Element Of its searching issues. We ar,
the spokesman Of the American peopl,
and they have Il right to know whethe
their purpose Is ours. They desir'
peace by the overcoming OF evil, by tn,
defeat once for all Of the siniste
forces that interrupt peace and renda
1t impossible. and they wish to know
how closely our thought runs witt
theirs and with the action we propose
AHSy uTe lHlpalleHl WllH tnOS6 VINO Oe
sire peace by any sort Of compromise
deepl yand Indignantly impationt-bu
they will be equally impatient with Ii
IL we do not make 1t plain to then
what our detectives are and what w
are planning for In seeking to max
conquest Of peace by arms.
believe that I speak for them who,
I say two things: First. that this ir
tolerable thing OF which the master
OF Germany have shown us the ugl
face, this menace OF combined intrigu
and force which we now see SO clearl
,s the German power, a thing withou
conscience or honor or capacity 70
covenanted peace. must be crushe
and. IL It be not utterly brought I