Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-12-06
NECESSARY, SAYS PRESIDENT IN
MESSAGE, TO MEET StrUA.
TON THIS COUNTRY FACES
w WAR WITH GERMANY.
AMERICAS PRESENT TASK
TO WIN WAR DEClSlVElY
Turkey and Bulgaria Not Considered
In Path of Fight On Autoeracy at
Present-More Drastic Laws
for Food, Railroad and
Aliens Recommended

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Washington, Dec. 5.-Presiden,
| Wilson in his address delivered be
| fore joint session Of congress Tues
day afternoon, urged immediate dec
laration of war on Austria-Hu gary.
He said he did not believe war
with Turkey and Bulgaria necessary
as yet, because those nations do not
stand in the direct path of necessary
American action.
Immediate war against Austria, even
though she only be Germany's vas
sal and not her own mistress, the
President declared, was necessary
because the Teuton powers must he
considered as one and because the
war can be conducted successfully IL
no other way.
Will Go Where War Carries Us.
Giving plain warning, however
that he would not hesitate to ask for
declaration Of war on Turkey and
Bulgaria when he considered 1t neces
sary. the President said:
I'VE shall go wherever the neces
stiles of this war carry US, but II
seems to me that we should 60 only
where immediate and practical consid
Grafton lead us and not heed any
others"
Peace. the President told Congress
can come only when Prussian mill
tary autocracy Is beaten down, when
the German people make peace with
the world through rulers the world car
trust. when they make reparation for
the wrongs their present rulers have
done and when the enslaved people
Of Belgium. Northern France and the
Balkans have been set free.
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Following is the Presidents mes
| SAGE in full:
Following is the Presidents mes
| cage in full:
Gentlemen or the Congress-: Eight
months have elapsed since I had the
honor of addressing you. They have
been months crowded with events o.
immense and grave significance 70,
us. | shall not undertake to detail OF
| even to summarize these events. The
| practical particulars OF the part we
have played in them will be laid be
fore you in the reports Of the 'execu
tive departments. shall discuss on
| ly our present outlook upon these vas
affairs, our present duties and the i'm
mediate means of accomplishing tn:
| objects we shall hold always in view
| War Causes Not Debated.
shall not go back to debate tn,
causes OF the war. The intoleTabl'
| by the sinister masters of German,
have long since become too grcssl,
obvious and odious to every true
American to need to be rehearsed. Blu
I shall ask you to consider again anl
with very grave scrutiny our objec
tives and the measures by which W,
mean to attain them: for the purpos,
OF discussion here In this place is nc
ton, and our action must NOV;
straight toward / Unite ends. Our oh
ject Is, of course. to win the war; ant
We shall not slacken or suffer our
selves to be diverted until it is won
But 1t is worth while asking and an
swcring the question. when shall W,
consider the war won?
United In Spirit and Intention.
From one point OF view il is not nee
ecs&ry 10 breach this fundamental mat
te.. | do not doubt that the American
people know what the war is aaol
and what sort OF an outcome they VII
regard as a realization of their pun
pose on it. AS u nation. we are unite'
in spirit aud intention. pay littl
heed to those who tell ME otherwise
hear the voices of dissent-who dc
not? | hear the criticism and tn
olamor Of the noisily thoughtless an
troublesome. l also see men here an
there fling themselves in impotent dis
loyalty against the calm. iniomitabl
, power OF the nation. ! hear men d.
bate peace who understand neither 1,
nature nor the way in which we ma
attain ii with uplifted eyes and ur
broken spirits. But know that non
OF these speaks for the nation. The
TO not touch the heart of anything
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