The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-13
Opposes Peace Of Any Kind
Until Germany Has
Been Subdued.
WORDS ARE MESSAGE
TO WAR-TORN EUROPE
Declares in Fight for Free
dom Our Duty Is to Make
Labor Free.

Buffalo. \. T., NOV. 1a..Ircsidcnt
Wilson. in a forcefnl address here to-
day before the American Federation oi
Labor, appealed 10 the workingmen OF
the United States for CO. operation in
the conduct of the war. made il cm-
phatically clear that he opposes peace
until the war against Germany has
been won.
The president declared that his
heart was with 'the feeling of tho
pacifists, but that my mind has con-
tempt for them
Il want peace, but | know how to
set it and they do not" he declared.
Remarks AppIauded
Colonel T.. NJ. House, head OF tho
American delegation to the allied war
conference. tho president said. he had
sent to take part III Il conference as to
how the war was to be Won. "and he
knows, as | know that that is tho
way to get peace if You want it for
more than Il few minutes.
The i5n delegates to the convention
and the several thousand persons ad-
mittcd To the hall to hear the president
1aration with a tremendous burst OF
! cheering, Another demonstration OF
approval came when he said:
we must stand together night and
day until this job is finished"
Message to Europeon BeIigerents.
The president while dovotng his ad
dress to problems for the people Of tho
United States, laid emphasis upon tho
broader phases of the world conflict ir
"A way that seemed to indicate that his
speech was possibly intended as Il
message to the people of Germany. ot
Austria and of Russia. as We'll as ot
the United States. He declared his
belief that We're it not for the pangers
the spirit of freedom would find, as
fine a welcome in the hearts Of Ger
mans as il can find in any other heart
Power he said "cannot he usoG
with concentrated force against free
peoples. if it is to be used by free
people"
Vassals OF Germany.
Speaking, probabl Of Austria, Mr.
Wilson referred to the intimations o
anxiety for peace that had como
from one of the central powers. anf
declared that it meant chat the reo,
pie in that central power kno" that i
the war ends as il stands, they will
in effect. themselves be yassals o
Germany, Notwithstanding that thes
do not wish III their pride and propel
spirit of nationality 10 ht absorbed aut
dominated
of Russia, he said thai ts wa
amazed that some groups in thai conn
try could suppose that any reform
plans in the interest of the people car
live in the presence Of Il German,
powerful enough to undermine or over
throw them by intrigue or force
"Fatuous as the drcamers of Rus
sia, were those persons in this coun
try" he declared. emphaticali wh,
suppose that ''thc free industry and on
terplse OF the world can continue i
the German plan is achieved AM
the German power fastened upon In
world"
Puts Blame Upon Germany.
The president directly asserted th;t
Germany had started the war and sal
tit "ohl1 JAiNt ibHtlitlltlblDil vi III
statement to the verdict Of history.
He referred TO Germany's growth t
- place in the sun and asked why sh
was not satisfied when she gained tha
position. In answer he described tn
German governments methods of con
trolling tho competition Of its indus
tries and asserted that "all the Will
there was lying behind its thought j
its dreams for the future. u polite.
control which would enable il in tn
long run to dominate the labor and tn
industry of the world"
Idea of Bagdad Railway.
Mr. Wilson cited in this connectio
the Berlin to Baedad railway. whicl
he said, was constructed to run tn
threat of force down the flank of til
industrial undertakings of half a doze
other countries SO that when Gorma
competition came III it would not /
resisted too far becaus
there was always the possibility {
getting German armies into the hca1
of that country quicker than any otht
armies could get there
Summing it up. he said that German
is determined that the political powi
Of the world shall belong to her. b,
that snever before had such ambition
been based upon so exact and prerE
and scientific a plan of domination.
Gives Praise to Gompers.
The president voiced in terms
eulogy his approval of the conduct
Samuel Gompers, president of Il
American Federation of Labor and Il