Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-10
FOUR MINUTE SPEAKERS
 ON WHAT WE HAVE WON

The four-minute speakers at the theatres this week, under direction of Allyn L. Brown, chairman, spoke on Monday night upon the topic What We Have Won. The same topic will be used for Tuesday night, while War Savings Stamps will be the subjects for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
 Rev. W. H. Kennedy spoke at the Auditorium on Monday night, Villain H. McGuinness at the Breed and Rev. c. H. Ricketts at the Davis. The following is the schedule for the rest of the week:
 Tuesday. Dec. 10-A- Morin, Audi torium; c. L. Stewart, Breed; c. V. James, Davis.
 "Wednesday, Dec. 11-Rev. Arthur Varley, Hillcrest, Taftville; E. W. Per 1 kins, Auditorium; Rev. A. F. Purkiss, Breed; A. Morin, Davis.
 Thursday, Dec. 12-C. V. James, Au- ditorium; E. W. Perkins, Breed; c. l.. l Stewart, Davis
 Friday, Dec. 13-A F. Libby, Audi torium; H. A. Tirrell, Breed; W. H. McuGinness, Davis:
 Saturday, Dee. 14-Rev. c. H. Rick etts, Auditorium; A. F. Libby, Breed; James L. Case, Davis; Rev U. O.. . Some of the thoughts which the speakers are bringing home to their audiences under the talks. on What !, We Have Won are the following: In announcing to congress the sign I ing of the armistice, President Wilson said: Everything for which America has fought has been accomplished.'' l During the next seven days the four minute men of the government will 1 devote their speeches to reviewing the 1 war aims of America and to demon l strating just how those aims were &C., l complished when the enemies and the 1 allied powers agreed to base the future 1 world peace on Americas war aims l as expressed in the famous fourteen | points of Jan. 8, 1918, in the subse- 1 qUent four fundamental principles of Feb. 11th- and in the four summary | paragraphs of July 4th.
 l The bulletin of information sent out i from national headquarters of four l minute men in Washington is entitled | What Have We Won? and goes into l the subject of American influence on l world peace very thoroughly. Americas contribution was not 1 merely furnishing the force that turn
 ed the tide of battle at Chateau Thier- ry; 1t was in furnishing forces that | draw from the past and reach into the
 future The bulletin continues to de-
 fine these forces in the following
 terms:
 The United States, as the eldest of
 democracies, gave first impulse to the
 movement which in the last hundred years has spread throughout the world and which within a few swift 1 weeks has swept the last of the abso
 lute monarchs from their thrones America first declared the doctrine that all men are created free and equal in their citizenship, which has been
 the seed and ferment of democracy.
 America first declared that govern
 nents derive their just powers from
 the consent of the governed, which all the world today acknpwledges to be
 the only sound basis.
 The United States first proclaimed
 the doctrine that conquest by a foreigr
 power upon any part of this continent
 would be ar offense against this gov
 ernment. That doctrine, amplified b5
 a long line of American presidents
 has led the worlds thought to tn,
 present day belief acknowledged ey
 anywhere, that every state has tn,
 right to work out it's own destiny
 That IS now recognized throughout thu
 world as the only sound basis for in
 ternationsl law"
 The four minute men will trace tn
 development of the Monroe doctrin,
 to it's complete culmination in a basi. ; upon which will be built the future peace of the world, which basis ha.
 been abbreviated by its author into i single sentence:
 "The reign of law, based on the con sent of the governed, sustained by tn
 organized opinion of mankind"
 These three principles are funda
 mental in the American democracy , they are now fated to become funda mental in that world democracy whic l Americas blood might have helped t , secure.
 This theme will be developed an
 elucldated in the four minute men
 messages during the next seven days