Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04


mise", he said. "No halfway decision
would be "tolerable."
Before a notable international gath
ering at the tomb of Washington here
he spoke "proudly and with confident
hope" for the liberation of the ma
tion Is afflicted by the "blinded rul-
ers" of Prussia.
He defined the ends to which, not
America alone but "the associated peo-
pies of the world" are fighting and
declared for a knockout of "every ar
bitrary power anywhere that can, Of
its simple choice, disturb the peace of
the world. J"
The text Of his address follows:
Gentlemen of the diplomatic corps
and my fellow citizens:
1 am happy Ito draw apart with you
to this quiet place of old counsel in
order to speak little of the meaning
of this day of our nation s independ-
ence. The place seems very still and re-
mote. 1t is as serene and untouched
by the hurry of the world as it was in
those great days long ago when Gen
eral washington was mere ana neiu
AelSurely conference WIN the men Wno
creation of a nation. From these gen.
tie slopes they looked out upon the
world and saw it whole, saw it with
the light of the future upon it, saw it
mlIn s lliouern ~ eyes 'nae 'uin1a s 1:i t away ~
lIcn " pase whlSh men VI llpelateu
sPlrits eoulu no longer enuure. 40 -
nor 'l'aI reason 'nlI wo eoi Ianiloo heo,
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tba insnirino associations Of that no.
bic death which is only a glorious con.
summation. From this green hillside
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apouV us ana snoulu conceive anew the
purposes una! mus sou illen lIoo'
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