Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-08
PRESIDENT WILSON
IN KEYNOTE SPEECH
Declares In Baltin0re eeCh
That Force Illus Be
Matched Agai8:t &c

Baltimore, Nd, April T. anked by
miniature trenches i'll = atmosphere
that smacked grimly of ' i President
Wilson, last night, in she ever there
%cantonment, voiced & WI r,essage-
message that accepts the 'Fmaa g
of battle, strapped pc &c talk, a
preached the use OF H. nted l. -
achieve the right.
1t was the close of Aaeric dr
war year and the nu + q =, ga,
for the president.
In the afternoon hJ lsI : u .Le
before him Tor the ~ ....sd
men he called out } !! "a lths
ago as their omm;,l o., J sday
they were bronzed vi "d wind,
deep of chest, slal t ~ iawed,
clear eyed fighiA.s Tor tn,
fray. Twelve tic' rem passed
proudly.
Arriving at thc There" en-
campment just .. O'Clock, the
president was - a thunder of
cheers. He tooN lace on the plat
form before q 50 statue of Liberty
while the b. set med patriotic airs.
Then thous .dY4med the armory.
Sol. Lways on Guard
The vas vas only dimly lighted,
and blu green lights glowed in
the roof appeared a black cloud
over IL unment
AS G "a out to the sidewalks,
he "a ,t,s Sly a shell-torn field in
far . i al ce. Dim in the distance
s.aI " efses hid exhibits of air.
pif nd egpons of war. In the back
pc ] from all the allied coun-
ria e. out war slogans and APP
I'm pc cent's stand was a rostrum,
whicl Vas imposed a shield Of the
tied : a es. On either side of the
: ,attorm Stite urns steamed up in the
'emi-dai ness, and the president seemed
! lost ih IS the Eand re-echoed "Dix-
4 lie" 90 qllKee Doodle" and "My Old
Kentucky Home". cover There" stir
I red the crowd, and the president kept
! time with the air by stamping his foot
! Soldiers and bluejackets, fully armed
! stood watch at entrances and through
4 the aisles.
Thunders of Cheers Were Given
The band concert closed at S:l5, an(
Ex-Governor G~oldsborough brought the
Z crowd yelling to their feet by his praise
of President Wilson, whom he calle(
"This man of all the world"
Every mention of the president bro
new thunders of applause. Goldsbor
ough appealed for a solidarity of pur
3 pose in the United States and the spiri
! of France-where rleven the dead woul
rise up when all else had perished.'8
President Wilson wal bombarde
: with q fresh burst of cheering, Will
hats and handkerchiefs fluttered j
> greeting. He waved his hand, askin
, silence, and finally Gained the din. II
began speaking at 1926 p. m.
Silence settled on the throng, brol
en- only by o muffled cough and the dii
tant click of telegraph instrument
flashing out the vital speech in the M
Ition. Faint applause interrupted the e2
~ecutive when he declared that we pre-
pose nothing for Germany but dispaI
%sionate Justice and f'ask nothing tina
we are not willing to accord"
Challenge Promptly Accepted.
Those were some Of the physical faci
which backed his words, when the pr
sident declared:
EI accept the challenge. L know tht
YOU accept it. All the world shall kno
YOU accept it. 1t shall appear in I'll
utter sacrifice and self-forgetfulnei
with which we shall give all that v
love and all that we have to redee
the world and make it fit for free me
like ourselves to live in.
HThis now is the meaning of whit
we do. Let everything that we say, n
Fellow countrymen, everything that v
henceforth plan and accomplish, rir
true to this response till the majest
and might Of our concerted power sha
ltiI the thought and utterly defeat Il
force of those who flout and misprl
what we honor and hold dear.
Only One Course Possible.
"Germany has once more said tn
force and force alone, shall decide VIII
tber Justice and peace shall reign in q
affairs of men; whether right as Anne
lea conceives it or dominion as s.
ennceives it shall determine the desti
les of mankind.
UThere is. therefore, but one re
ponse possible from us-foree, force
the utmost; force without STINT or IL
it; the righteous force which shall ma
right the law of the world, and ca
every selfish dominion down in t
dust"
Warning anew that a triumph OF ar
for Germany would mean ruin for
: the ideals America has won and NV
! for. the president reiterated that
/, was willing to discuss at any time
) fair. lust and honest peace, sincere
proposed-a peace in which the stfo