Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-16
WILSON APPEALS
FOR LABOR'S AID
CONVENTION CHEERS RINGING
STATEMENTS OF PRESIDENT
IN BUFFALO ADDRESS.
is Opposed TO Peace Until the War
Against Germany Has Been Won,
Declaring Victory Only Road
TO Permanent Peace.


d forceful address here on November
y before the American Federation or
Labor, APPEALED to the working men
I Of the United States for cooperation
in the conduct Of the war, and made It
clear that he opposes peace until the
war against Germany has been Won
The president declared that his
heart was with "the feeling Of the
pacifists," but that my mind has a
/ contempt for them"
Il want peace, but I know how TO
/ get it and they do not" he declared.
Col E. NJ. House, head Of the. AInerl-
can delegation to the allied war con-
ference, the president said, had been
| sent to take part in a conference as TO
how the war was 10 be won, ~and he
knows, as 1 know, that that is the
way to get peace If you want it for
more than a few minutes"
War Statements Applauded.
The $50 delegates TO the convention
and the several thousand persons adj
mitted to the hall to hear the presi
dent speak arose and applauded this
declaration with q tremendous burst
of cheers. Another demonstration Of
approval came when he said:
I'VE must stand together, night and
day, until this job is finished"
The pres lent, while deyoting his
address to problems for the people OF
the United States, laid emphasis upon
the broader phases of the world con-
fict in a way that seemed 70 indicate
that his speech was possibly intended
as a message to the people of Ger
many, of Austria and of Russia, as
well as of the United States. He de-
clared his belief that were it not for
the pan-Germans, the spirit OF free
dom would find -as fine welcome in
the hearts of Germans as IL can find
in any other heart"
Power" he said, cannot be used
with concentrated force against free
peoples. if it is to be used by free
people"
Speaking, probably Of Austria, Mr..
Wilson referred to the limitations OF
anxiety for peace that had come from |
one of the central powers" and de- I
clared that it means that the people I
in that central power know that if the
war ends as it stands. they Will. in /
effect. themselves be vassals of Ger /
many. Notwithstanding that 4
they do not wish in their pride and
proper spirit OF nationality to be alb
sOrbed and dominated"
OF Russia. he said that he was
amazed that some groups in that eoun-
try could suppose that amy reform
plans in the interest of the people can
live in the presence of a Germany pow
erful enough TO undermine or over
throw them by intrigue or force
Pacifsts Are Fatuous.
'sFatuous as the dreamerS OF Rus
STA" were those persons in this coun-
try. he declared emphatioally. who
suppose that The free industry and
enterprise o. 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 j
he would leave confirmation Of this
statement TO the verdict of history.
he referred TO Germany's growth TO a /
place in the sun" and asked why she !
was not satisfied when she gained that l
position. In answer he described the |
German governments methods Of con-
the competition of its INDUS
-ries and asserted that "all the while
here was lying behind its thought in 9
Is dreams for the future, political [
,ontrol which would enable il in the .
ong run TO dominate the labor and in c
Iustry of the world" @
Through r. f. Force Threat [
Mr.. Wilson cited in this connection L
ne Berlin-to- Bagdad railway which.
le said. awas constructed TO run the
hreat of force down the flank of the
Industrial undertakings Of half dozen &
Their countries, so that when German 5
ompetition came in il would not be b
esisted TOO far because c
here was always the possibility OF Il
citing German armies into the heart "
( that country quicker than any other u
rmieS could get there" "
Summing il up. he said that Ger
ANY is determined that the political
over OF the world shall belong TO
er. and that never before had such %
been based upon so exact Il
nd precise and scientific a plan OF
omination. -
The president voiced in terms Of y
Ilogy his approval Of the conduct OF =
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