Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-10
NO PEACE UNTIL
HUN IS CRUSHED,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Speaks at Washington'S Tomb on
independence Day.
SETTLEMENT MUST BE FINAL
Says "BIinded Rulers Of Prussia Have
Reused Forces They Knew Little
Cf-Forces Which Once Reused
Can Never Be Crushed to
Earth"

Can Never Be Crushed to
Earth"
Mount Vernon. Va. July 4.-Presi-
dent Wilson in his Independence day
address AT George Washington's tomb
here said that the father of his coun-
try and his associates spoke and act
ed, not for class. but for people
and that it has been left for us to see
To il that il shall be understood that
they spoke and acted, not for single
people only but for all mankind and
were planning that men of every class
should be free and America a place to
which men out Of every nation might
resort who wished to share with them
the rights and privileges of free men.
The president then referred to the
present world struggle and said chat the
peoples OF the world md themselves
confronted by a selfish group Of ma
tiOnS swho speak no common purpose
but only selfish ambitions of their own
and by which none can profit but
themselves aud whose people are fuel
in their hands He declared that these
governments are clothed with strange
trappinSs ana the primitive authority
OF an age that is altogether alien and
hostile to our own. He said the past
AMI -" present are in deadly graphic
and The peoples Of the world are be-
Ing dcne to death between them. The
rulers of the central powers even fear
heir own people. said the president.
He declared that there can he but one
issue in this war and he settlement
must be tnal; that there can be no
compromise and no halfway decision
is conceivable.
The president urged the establishing
of an organization of peace which will
make it certain that the combined pow
or Of free nations will check every in
vasion Of right and serve to make
peace and justice the more secure by
afordng a definite tribunal OF opinion
TO which all must submit.
The president in closing his address
said "The blinded rulers Of Prussia
have reused forces which aroused can
never be crushed 10 earth again--for
they have at their heart an inspiration
and purpose which are deathiess and
of the very stuff of triumph"
Text Of Address.
The text of the presidents speech
follows
Gentlemen of the Diplomatic Corps
aud My Fellow Citizens am happy
TO draw apart with you 10 this quiet
place of old counsel in order to speak
a little of the meaning Of this day of
our nations independence. The place
seems very sin and remote. Ii is as
serene and untouched by the hurry OF
the world as il was ia those great days
long ago when General Washington
was here and held leisurely conference
with the men who were TO be associ-
.ated with him ia the creation Of a ma
ton From the gentle slopes they
Looked oar upon the world and saw IL
whole. saw il with the light of the flu
ture upou t. saw Il with modern eyes
THAT turned away from past which
men of liberated spirits could no longer
endure. IL Is foT rhat reason that we
cannot feel. even here. in the lmmedi-
ate presence of this sacred tomb, that
This is "a place of death. II was a
itace Of achievement 4 great promise
that was meant for all mankind was
here given plan and reality. The as
sociations by which we are here sur
rounded are the inspiring associations
81 that noble death which is only Il
glorious contamination. From this
green hillside we also ought To he able
to see with comprehending eyes the
world that lies about Us AMI should
conceive anew the purposes that must
set men free.
Planned Universal Freedom.
at is signlfcant-si significant OF their
own character and purpose and of the
Influences they we're setting afoot--
thnt Washington and his associates
IKE the barons at Runnymede. spoke
and acted. not for class hut for a
people II has been left for MS 10 see
10 20 ttGA ~ ~AHit ift Hllitt Sttltti EatI
they spoke and acted. not for q single
people only but for all mankind. They
were thInkinc not Of themselves and
If the material interests which cen
tered in the little groups of iaudhold
crS and merchants and men Of affairs
with whom they were accustomed tC
act. in Virginia and the colonies to tn,
north and south Of her hut of a people
which wished To lie done with classes
and special interests and the author
ity of men whom they had not them
solves chosen 10 rule over them. They
entertained no private purpose. de
sired no peculiar privilege
They were consciously planning
that men OF every class should be IRE,
and America a place to which men GU
Of every nation might resort VIII,
wished TO share with them the right
and privileges Of free men. And W
take our cue from them-do we not
We intend what they intended. W
here IN America believe our particips
ton in this present war To he only tn
fruitage Of what they planted. Gu
case differs from theirs only in this
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