Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-10-02

SWer given tonight before an audi
ence Of Fourth Liberty Loan work
ers here, to the recent peace talk
from the Central Powers, although
he did not refer specifically to the
ntterances Of enemy leaders.
Text Of Presidents Address.
The text of President Wilson's ad-
dress follows:
My Fellow Citizens: | am not here
to promote the loan. That will be
done-ably ana enthusiastically done
by the hundreds Of thousands Of
loyal and tireless men and women
who have undertaken to present it
to you and to our fellow citizens
throughout the country; and have
not the least doubt of their complete
success; for | know their spirit and
the spirit Of the country. My conf
dence is confirmed, too, by the
thoughtful and experienced co-ope-
ration OF the bankers here and every
where, who are lending their invalu-
able aid and|guidance. l have come,
rather, to seek an opportunity to
present to YOU some thoughts which
| trust will serve to give you, in per-
maps fuller measure than before,
vivid sense Of the great issue inyolv-
ed. In order that you may appreciate
and accept with added enthusiasm
the grave significance Of the duty Of
supporting the government by your
men and your means to the utmost
point Of sacrifice and Self-denial. No
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 it Is my mission here to-
night to try to make it clear once
more what the war really means
You will need no other stimulation
or to be reminded Of your duty.
At every turn OF the war we gain
a fresh consciousness of what we
mean to accomplish by it. When our
hope and expectation are most eXcit-
cd we think more definitely than be-
fore of the issues that hang upon it
and of the purposes which must be
realized by means of 1t.
For it has positive, and well-de-
fined purpose which we did not de-
termine, and which we cannot alter.
NO statesman or assembly created
them; no statesman or assembly can
alter them. They have arisen out Of
the very nature and circumstances of
the war. The most that statesmen
or assemblies can do is to carry them
out or be false to them. They were
perhaps not clear at the outset; but
they are clear now.
Whole World Drawn In.
'"The war has lasted more than
four years and the whole world has
been drawn into it. The common
will Of mankind has been substituted
FOR the particular purposes of indi-
vidual States. Individual statesmen
may have started the conflict, but
neither they nor their opponents can
stop 1t as they please. 1t has be-
come peoples war, and peoples
Of all sorts and races, Of every de-
gree Of power and variety of fortune,
are involved in its sweeping pro-
cesses Of change and settlement We
came into it when its character had
become fully defined and 1t was plain
that no nation could stand apart or
be Indifferent to Its outcome It's
challenge drove to the heart of every
thing we cared for and lived for.
Our brothers from many lands, as
we'll as our own, murdered, dead
under the sea. were calling to us, and
we responded, tlercely and of course.
'The air was clear about us. We
saw things In their full, convincing
proportions as they were: and VIC
have seen them with steady eyes and
unchanging comprehension ever
since. We accepted the issues of the
war as facts, not as any group of
men, either here or elsewhere, had
defined them, and we can accept no
outcome which does not squarely
meet and settle them. Those issues
are these:
Shall the military power Of any
nation or group Of nations be suffer
ca to determine the fortunes of peo-
pies over whom they have no right
to rule except the right Of force?
Shall strong nations be free to
wrong weak nations and make them
subject to their purpose and inter-
est?
"shall peoples he ruled and domi-
mated, even in their own private af-
fairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible
force or by their own will and
choice?
"Shall there be a common stand
ard 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 be
haphaZard and by casual alliance or
shall there be a common concert to
oblige the observance Of common
rights?
Issues Must BE Settled.
mo man, no group OF men, chose
these to be the issues of the struggle.
They are the issues Of 1t; and they
Must be settled-by no arrangement
or compromise or adjustment Of in
terests-but definitely and once for
all and with a full and unequivocal