Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY As he
Re,rsRATes WAR AIMS
OF AMERICA.
GERMANY HAS CLOSED
DOORS TO COMPROMISE
Complete Victory Must e' Obtained
5 Before War Can be Endsd-Wilson
Speech in Simple and Direct Ian
auaoe and Radiatest Confdsnes-ls.
sues Reoutlined.

ence in the Metropolitan Opera House
here, made the most comprehensive and
stirring war speech of his career.
He explained onee more the issues
of the war and the sacred things for
which America and all the civilized ma
lions stand for. He pointed out the
purposes which will be accomplished in
only one way--by the utter defeat OF
the central powers.
I'VE can not come to terms with
them,'' he said, for they have made II
impossible"
1t was in simple and direct language
the president announced he was TO
speak with the utmost of frankness--
that he ended for all time the idea OF q
compromise peace.
The war. the president said. had re-
solved itself into a war Of peoples and
not of statesmen.
Names These as Issues.
It's ssues-unmistakable issues. he
added, are these:
shall the military power OF any ma
ton or group of nations be suffered TO
determine the fortunes of people over
whom they have no right to rule ex-
cept the right OF force?
shall strong nations be free to
wrong weak nations and make tnsn
subject to their purpose and interest!
shall peoples be ruled and dominat-
ed. even in their own affairs, by ar
bitrary and irresponsible force or by
their own will and choice?
shall there be a common standard
of right and privilege for all peoples
and nations or shall the strong do >aS
they will and the weak suffer without
redress?
shall the assertion Of right he hap
hazard and by casual alliance or shall
there be a common concert to obiige
the observance of common rightsg
|. Looks and Talks Victory
The president looked victory" and
talked victory" and the great audi
ence before him felt victor" He was
cheered and applauded time and again
by men and women before his appear
ance on the stage who sang patriouc
songs with a religious fervor.
At one point there was trace OF
anger In his voice when he told why
we entered the war. He said:
everything we cared for and lived Tor.
| The voice of the war had become clear
! and gripped our hearts. Our brothers
from many lands, as well as our own
murdered dead under the sea, were
calling to us and we responded, herceiy
and Of course
The president outlined the great role
that America will henceforth take In
the worlds affairs. He re-eNplained
his idea of a league of nations. the or
ganization which in the future will both
make secure and maintain the peace OF
the entire world. The United States,
he nointed out, would be included in
this league. and he showed why the
worlds affairs and peace demanded
| such body.
Tho president said In part:
| IT have come here to geek an oppor-
.tunity to present to you some Thoughts
| which I trust will serve to give you
\ In perhaps fuller measure than before,
a vivid sense Of the great Issues IN
| volved,. in order that you may appre-
ciate and accept with added enthus-
fasm sthe grave Significance OF the
DUTY OF supporting the government os
your men and your means to the Ut
| most point Of sacrifice and SELF denlai.
Must Go the Limit.
| mo man or woman who has really
taken in what this war means can
hesitate to give to the very limit OF
what they have; and 1t Is my mission
| here tonight to. try to make II clear
once more what the war really means.
| You win need no other stimuiation VI
feminder Of your duty.
! eat every turn Of the war we gain
| a fresh consciousness Of what we mean
| to accomplish by It. When. our hopes
/ and expectations are most excited
think more definitely than before OF
! the k.ues that hang upon 1T ana OF
the purposes which must be realized
| by means of It.
.For II has positive and well defined
1 n,,rnoses which we did not dete-nilne
| ana witch we can not alter. No states
man or assembly created them. no as
| senbly can alter them. They nhvs
ar,sen out OF the very nature ana CIR
| cnmstances Of the war. The most tha'
i .tateamen or assemblies can 90 10 tc
carry them out or be false to them.
"They were perhaps not clear at tae
outset. !. but they are clear now. ms
:. war has lasted more than four years
anA the whole world has been drawn
into II.
.1'he common will Of mankind mas
been substituted for the particular
purposes Of individual states. lndlVlo.
| nal statesmen may have Etarted 1h'
1 conflict, but neither they nor their or,
ponents can stop it as they please.
has become a peoples war and PEG
oles OF all sorts and races, OF eVeis
degree Of power and variety OF iorlun'
i are involved in its. sweeping processes
! OF cnanee and settlement. We cams
into It when its character hAd b'com =,
Ifnuy defined and it had become p'a'i
no nation could stand apart OF pc IN
i different to its outcome. Its chaIicns'
i drove TO the heart Of all we cared 10
4 and lived for. Our brothers from man,
laI:ds, as well asD our own mufuetee
4 dead under the sea, were calling 70 VI
land We responded. fercely ana o
course.
i "The air was clear about us. q w
saw things in their full, conyincini
proportions as they were; and we nav
4 seen them with steady eyes and un
changing comprehension ever since
We accepted the issues OF the war a
facts. not as any group OF men eitae
here or elsewhere had defined them
and we can accept mao outcome wnicl
4 anas v,oot sn,ia rely .s meet and SetIi