The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-15

field in this country are far from
re~assuring to the government of
%ficIais. They are concerned over
them and hence the president has
taken advantage OF the opportunity
TO speak to labor at close range.
Auditorium, Buffalo, n. Y, Nov. 13.-
President Wilson made a personal and
eloquent appeal here today for the full
support of organized labor for the gov
rnmen in the conduct of the war.
Speaking before the nnu convention
OF the American Federation Of Labor
he declared the war could not be won
unless all factions unite in a common
cause, sinking their differences.
Urges Better Corporation. &
Discussing Germany the president
declared flately that Germany had
started the war and that he was will
ing to await the verdict Of history on
thai statement.
New instrumentalities or better CO.
operation between labor and capital
was one statement by the president
which was of prime interest to dele
gates to the convention.
The president alluded to the present
wal las the last decisive issue between
the old principles of power and the
new principles of freedom.
Il believe" he said, that the spirit
of freedom can get into the hearts Of
oAAN tAAAu ~ III CT "clCOll1
there as it can find in any other
hearts. But the spirit Of freedom does
not suit the plans of the Pan-Germans.
POWER cannot be used with concen-
tfated force against free peoples, if it
Is used by free people.
Referring in another part of his
speech to Russia, the president said:
May l not say 1t is amazing to me
that n group of people should be so
ll.ln1ofmed as to suppose. as some
groups In Russia apparently suppose,
that any reforms planned in the inter
est OF the people can live in the pres
encc OF q Germany powerful enough
70 undermine Or overthrow them by in
lllgue or force; any body of free men
that compound with the German gov
elnseAt compounds for it's own de-
Struction.''
The Presidents Address.
A. Inc text OF the presidents'5 speech
today before the American Federation
of Labor follows:
Mr.. President, Delegates of the
American Federation of Labor, Ladies
and Gentlemen: l esteem it a great
privilege and a real honor to be thus
admitted to your public councils. When
your executive committee paid me the
compliment of inviting me here 1 gladly
accepted the invitation because it seems
to me that this above all other times
IN our history, is the time for common
council for the drawing not only of
energies, but the minds of the nation
together I thought that it was an well
come opportunity to disclosing to you
some Of the thoughts that have been
gathering in my mind during last mo-
mentous months.
Il am introduced to you as the presi-
dent of the United States and Yet I
would be pleased if you would put the
thought OF the office into background
and regard me as one of YOUR fellow
rjfjrnnS& who has .rpn1aH hero To cnnoly
not the words of authority, but the
words Of counsel, the words which men
should be speaking to one another who
wish to be frank in n m more
critical. perhaps, h a the history of the
world has eve yet known, a moment.
when it is every mans duty to forget
himself, to forget his own interests, to
fill himself with the nobility of a great
national and world conception, and act
upon a new platform elevated above
the ordinary affairs of life elevated
to where men have views of the long
destiny of mankind.
Reviews Causes of War.
~ think that in order to realize just
what this moment of council is, it is
very desirable that we should remind
ourselves, just 10Y this war came
about and just what it is for. You can
explain most wars Very simply, but the
explanation of this is not so simple. Its
roots run deep into all the obscure soils
of history and in my view this is the
last decisive issue between the old prin-
ciples of power and the new principles
of freedom.
THE war was started bysGermany.
Her authorities deny that they started
it, but l am willing to let the statement
/ have Just made await the verdict Of
history. And the thing that needs to
be explained is why Germany started
the war. Remember what the position
Of Germany in the world was-as n
viable a position as any nation has
ever occupied. The whole world stood
at admiration of her wonderful intel
lectual and material achievements, n
all the intellectual men of the world
went to school to her. AS a university
man, ] have been by men
trained in Germany-Tnen who had re-
sorted to Germany because nowhere
else could they get such thorough
and searching training, particularly
in the principles OF science n in the
principles underlie modern material
achievements.
industries perhaps the most competent
industries Of the world and the label
made in Germany was a guarantee OF
good workmanship of sound material.
She had access to all the markets of
the world. and every other man who
traded in those markets feared Ger
many because Of her effective n al.
most irresistible competition. She had a
Mace in the sun. Why was she not
satisfied? What more did h want!
There was nothing in h world OF
peace that she did not already have
and have in abundance.
Cites Gernany's Trade Record.
I'VE boast of the extraordinary pace
of American advancement. We show
with pride the statistics Of the increase
of our Industries and OF the population
nf o,,r cities. Well. those statistics did
not match the recent statistics OF Ger
many, Her old citier took on youth,
grew faster than American city
eyer grew; her old industries opened