The Arvada enterprise., 1918-07-11
10 PEACE UNTIL
HUN IS CRUSHED,
!; SAYS PRESIDENT
Speaks at Washington's Tomb on
independence Day.
SETTLEMENT MUST Be FINAL

Saw "Bifndsd Rulers Of Prussia Have
lssd Forces They Knew Little
>i-Feress Which Once REUSED
caa Never D Crushed 10
Earth"
Mount Vernon, Va, July Z-Prssi-
cent Wilson n his Independence day
address at George Washington's tomb
here said that the father Of his coun.
Try and his associates spoke and act
ID. not foe . class. but for . psopls
and that It has bsen left for N to 80
b It that It shall be understood that
they speks and actsd. not for Z single
people eoly but for al mankind and
wses planninS that men Of every class
should b dee and America Q place 70
which men out ot evsry nation might
resort who Wishsd TO share With them
~ rights and privileges Of tree men.
The president then referred to the
present world struggle and said that the
peoples e the world ind themselves
soafEeatsd By . sslnsh group Of ma
0ons Who speak NO common purpose
but only selfish ambitions Of their own
and b. which none can profit but
msn0eavss and whose people are fuel
u their hands. He declared that these
Oevsenments are clothed with strange
6apptnU and the primitive authority
e a - that y altogether allen and
hostile y eur own. He said the past
and he present are In deadly gr1pple
and the peoples Of the world are b.
Ing done 10 death between them. The
rulers q The central powers even fear
Asif own peopls. said the president
1s declared that there can BE- but oos
issue In this war and the settlement
must b 0nal: that there can bs no
eompromiss and NO halfway decidoo
= Conceivable.
The president urged the sstablishing
It an organization Of peace which viii
make It certain that the combined pow
o. Of tree nations will check every In
vasioo At right and serve to make
peace and Justice the more secure By
adordins Q definite tribunal Of opinion
10 which al must submit.
The president in closing he address
said: The blinded rulsEs q Prussia
have reused forces which aroused can
never b crushed to earth again-foe
they have At their heart an insplratioo
and q purpose which are deathless and
Of the very stun Of triumph"
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The ts4t Of the predicate speech
follows:
"Geatismsn Of the Diplomatic Corps
and Ny Fellow Citizens: am happy
b draw apart with you to this quiet
place Of Old counsel In order % speak
q little Of the meaning Of this day Of
eur nation's Independence. The place
seems very still and rsmets. II u -
Ossns and untouched By tie hurry q
he world % II was in those great days
Ioag ago when 0sasral Warrington
ms here and held lslsursly conference
vith ~ msa WHO wsrs 10 b assod.
etsd WITH HIN In the creation q . ma
uea. From the gentle slopss thsy
looked out upon the world and saw It
whole. saw Il With the light Of the ID
turs upon II, cav II With modern eyes
nat tuEned away from q past which
nen 4 liberated spirits could no longer
sadure, 1t 10 for that reason that We
cannot feel. even here. In the immedi-
ats presence q this sacred tomb. that
Ills % q place Of death. II was q
place Of achievement 4 great promise
dat vas meant for all mankind was
hsrs given plan and reality. The ~
seeiations BY which We are here sur
rsundsd are the inspiring associations
Of that noble death which u only .
glorious contamination. From this
green hillside We also ought to b able
20 ~ With comprehsnding eyes the
world that lies about - and should
ssacsivs anew the purposes that must
sst men free.
Ptannsa Universal Prssdem.
ut 70 neutrality-suspicious. Of their
svu character and purpose and Of the
influences thay were setting afoot-
nat WaGhington and his associates,
M ~ barons at Runnymsds. spoke
sad acted, not for . class, but for q
peopie. Il has bssa left for 10 to ~
b Il that Il shalt b understood hat
~ spoke aad acted. not for Q sinsis
psopie only. bat for al manksnd. They
vsee thinking. not II themselves and
Il The material Interests which Geo.
tarsd 10 he little groups Of landhold.
r, and merchants and men Of Affairs
IN whom thsy were aecustomsd b
sst. 10 virginia and the selooiss 70 he
eorth and sossA Of hss. but Il Q people
vAieS wishsd - b done With slasoes
ga spsesai iotsessts and ~ sstboe.
n Il men wAo0 tAey had not them.
sclves sAossa - rule evse tAsn. They
satsrtainsd - peivats purpose. d.
Ard % peculiar peivilsss.
..rhsy wses esascously planning
nat men q svsey class should b frse
IN Amss.ea Q place 70 which men ct
- evsey satssa might resort WHO
Isnsl b sAoss via them he risAts
III De.vnsgss q fsss nsa. And ~
~ q, 80 iron tAsn-do ~ soef
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