Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-30
BUL GARIAN ARMS TICE ON ALLIED TERMS

whomc Mot thru diplomatic channels:
not by foreign ministers, not by the
lntimatlons Of parliaments, II Ia asked
for IS the anxious, expectant, suffering
peoples with whom we are dealing and
who are willing to put their destinies In
some measure in our hands. II they are
sure we wish The same things they do
What Democracy Means.
1T In not alone the voices OF state
men and OF the newspapers that N2
me. and the voices OF foolish and :
temperate agiators do not reach III
all. From many channels have =
advised that the plain wcrS-a-dg
are thinking on whom THE trag ) r
falls They arc looking TO tn At
powerful democracy OF the west ad
them to the great day for which tncy
have long waited and they think de-
mocracy means women shall play their
part in affairs along side men and upon
an equal footing with them. II We re-
ject measures Ike this In ignorant de-
fiance OF what new age has brought
forth. Of what they have seen but we
have not, they will cease TO believe In
us: they win cease to follow or to
trust us.
They havetseen their own govern
ment accept this Interpretation OF de-
mocracy--seen old governments accept
this Interpretation OF dcmocracy--seen
old governments like that Of Great
British, which did not profess to he
democratic promise readily, and as OF
course. this judgment TO women, though
they had before refused. the strange
relations Of this war having made many
things new and plain to governments.
as we'll as to the peoples.
Real Partnerships Demanded.
"Are we alone to refuse to learn the
lesson? Are we alone to ask and take
the utmost that our women can give
service and sacrifice Of every kind-and
still say we do not see what title that
gives them to stand by our sides In the
guidance OF the affairs of their nation
and ours7 We have made partners OF
the women In this war; shall we admit
them only to n partnership OF suffering
and sacrifice and toll and not to n part
nership Of privilege and right. This
war could not have been fought either
by the other nations engaged or by
America II it had not been for the serv-
ices OF women--not merely in the fields
Of efforts in which we have been ac-
customed to see them work. but wher
ever men have worked and upon the
very skirts and edges OF the battle it
self. We shall not only be distrusted
but shall deserve to be distrusted IL
we do not enfranchise them with the
fullest possible Acknowledgement as 1t
AN.~A f,-nA
nations will enfranchise them. We
can not isolate our thought and action
in such a matter from the thought of
the rest Of the world. We must either
confirm or resign the leadership of lib
eras rsirds t2cthesss sE.r.s q
~ American Women Not Staekats.
~rhe women OF America are too noble
and too intelligent and too devoted to
be slackers. whether you give or with
hold this thing that is merely Justice.
But I know the magic It will work In
-their spirits II you give IT to them.
'I propose It as I would propose SOL
diers to the suffrage. the men fighting
in the field for our liberties, The tasks
of the women lie at the very heart OF
the war and know how much stronger
that heart will beat II you do this just
thing and show our women that you
trust them as much as you in fact and
Of necessity depend upon them.
Have said the the passage OF this
amendment Is vitaHy necessary war
measure and do you need further
proof? DO You stand IN need OF the
trust Of other peoples and the trust OF
our own women? Is that trust an as
set: tell you plainly as commander
OF our army and navy, as spokesman
for the people, as the responsible head
OF a great government which stands
and is questioned day by day as to It's
! purposes, its principles. IT'S hopes.
! whether they nc serviceable TO men
everywhere or Only to itself. as the
guide and director of forces caught
in the grip Of war and by the same
token in need OF every material Jand
spiritual resource this great nation
possesses, tell you plainly this great
! measure Ia vital to the winning Ef the
war.
Vital to Reconstruction Days.
And not 20 the winning Of the war
only. It Is vital to the right solution
, to the great problem which we must
| settle and settle immediately when
the war is over. We shnll need then
J in our vision nf affairs as we nave
needed them before the sympathy and
{, insight and clear moral instinct OF the
woman world The problems OF that
! time will strike to the roots OF many
Things we have not hitherto ques-
f! toned, and I fory~one, believe ouf
safety in those questioning days as
well as our comprehension Of matters
I that touch society to the quick will de-
pend on participation OF women in onr
counsels We shall need their mora
sense to preserve what right and
! fine and worthy in our system bf life
as well as to discover just what should
! be our purposes and reforms without
/ their councilings we viii be only hall
! wise. That is my~case. That IL my
appeal. Many may deny Its validity
! II they choose A,ut no ore can brush
( aside the argument on which 1t Il
based. The executive tasks OF this
J war rest upon me. ask that yor
! tighten the mand place in my hands
Instruments spiritual instruments
!, which ! do not now possess.
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