Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14
NO PEACE UNTIL
HUN IS CRUSHED,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Speaks at Washington's Tomb on
Independence Day.
SETTLEMENT MUST BE FINAL
eys "olindet Rulers Of Prussia Have
aeVssd Forces They Knew Little
of-Ferees Which Once Reused
Can Never BE Crushed to
Earth"

Mount Vernon. Va. July 4-Presi-
cent Wilson in his Independence day
address at George washington's tomb
here said that the father Of his coun-
try and his associates spoke and act
Cd. not for q class, but for people
and that II has been left for US to see
to II that IL shall be understood that
they spoke and acted. not for a single
people only but for all mankind and
were planning that men OF every class
should be free and America a place to
which men out Of every nation might
resort who wished TO share with them
the rights and privileges Of free men.
The president then referred 10 the
present world struggle and said that the
peoples Of the world nnd themselves
confronted by q selfish group Of ma
lions who speak no common purpose
but only selfish ambitions Of their own
and by which none can profit but
themselves and whose people are fuel
in their hands. He declared that these
governments are clothed with strange
trappings and the primitive authority
Of an age that Is altogether alien and
hostile to our own. He said the past
and the present are in deadly grapple
and the peoples of the world are be-
ing done 10 death between them. The
rulers Of the central powers even fear
their own people. said the president.
He declared that there can be but one
issue In this war and the settlement
hA bot ha
compromise and no halfway decision
II conceivable.
The president urged the establishing
Of an organization OF peace which will
make II certain that the combined pow
er OF free nations will check every in
vaSion Of right and serve 10 make
peace and justice the more secure by
affording definite tribunal Of opinion
to which all must submit.
The president in closing his address
said: The blinded rulers of Prussia
have reused forces which aroused can
never be crushed 10 earth again-for
they have al their heart an inspiration
and q purpose which are deathless and
Of the very stuff Of triumph
Text Of Address,
The text of the presidents speech
follows:
and Ny Fellow Citizens: j am happy
TO draw apart with you 10 this quiet
place Of old counsel in order to speak
Q little Of the meaning Of this day Of
eur nations independence. The place
seems very still and remote. II is as
serene and untouched by the hurry Of
the world as II was in those great days
long ago when General Washington
vas here and held leisurely conference
with the men who were to be associ-
ated with him 10 the creation Of a ma
bon. From the gentle slopes they
looked out upon the world and saw II
whole, saw IL with the light Of the fu-
ture upon II, saw II with modern eyes
mat turned away from a past which
men Of liberated spirits could no longer
endure, II is for that reason that we
cannot feel, even here, In the immedi-
ate presence Of this sacred tomb. that
this is a place Of death II was
place Of achievement. A great promise
that was meant for all mankind was
here given plan and reality. The as
sociations by which We are here sur
rounded are the inspiring associations
Of thst noble death which is only a
Forio6s discrimination. From this
green hillside we also ought to be able
10 see with comprehending eyes the
world that lies about us and should
conceive anew the purposes that must
Set @en free. xExNs<aess
Planned Universal Freedom.
TT II signifcant-signincant Of their
,wn character and purpose and Of the
Influences they were setting afoot-
that Washington and his associates.
Ike the barons at Runnymede. spoke
and acted, not for a class. but for
,eople. 1t has been left for us TO see
10 II that II shall be understood that
hey spoke and acted. not for single
beople only, but for all mankind. They
were thinking. not Of themselves and
of the material interests which cen
tsr>d in the little groups Of landhold-
81 and merchants and men Of aRairs
v1th whom they were accustomed to
Art. in VIRGINIA snd the colonies to the
sorth and south Of hsF. but Of . people
vhs<A viahsd 20 BE deos with classes
I'd spscsal intsrssts and the autnor'
~ Il wea whom they had not them
slvm <Aooen % rule ever then. They
suNwsninsd No private purpose, De
Sred no peculiar privilege.
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