Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-28
WILSON DEMANDS
IMPARTIAL PEACE

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OF thousands OF loyal and tirclcss
men and women. who have under
taken TO present II to you and to our
fellow citizens throughout the coun-
try; and I have not the lcast doubt OF
their complete success, for I know
their spirit and the spirit Of the
country My confidence In confirmed
too, by the thoughtful and expert
enced cooperation OF the bankers
here and everywhere, who are lend
ing their Invaluable aid and guild
ance, / have come rather to seek
an opportunity to present to you some
thoughts which l trust will serve TO
give you, In perhaps fuller measure
than before, vivid sense OF the
great Issues involved. in order that
you may appreciate and accept with
added enthusiasm the grave signifi-
cance 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
1t is my mission here tonight to try
to make II clear once more what
the war really means. You will need
no other stimulation or reminder Of
your duty.
War Has Positive PURPOSE.
AT every turn OF the war We gain
a fresh consciousness OF what we are
to accomplish by 1t. When our hope
and expectations arc most excited
we think more definitely than before
OF the issues that hang upon 1t, and
| OF the purpose which must be rea-
lized by means OF It. For II has posi-
tive and well defined purposes which
we did not determine and which we
can not alter. No stateman or
assembly created them; no statesman
can alter them. They have arisen
out OF the very nature and circum-
| stances of the war. The most that
statesmen or assemblies can do IL to
carry them out or be false to them.
| They we're perhaps not clear at the
| outset: but they arc clear now. The
war has lasted more than four years
and the whole world has been drawn
! into II. The common will OF man
| kind has been substituted for the
! particular purposes Of individual
states. Individual statesmen may
| have started the conflict, but neither
! they nor their opponents can stop II
AS they please. II has become a pco-
ple's war and peoples OF all sorts and
races, or every degree Of power and
variety Of fortune, are involved in
! It's sweeping processes Of change and
l settlement We came into It when
| its character had become fully de-
| fined and II was plain that no nation
could stand apart or he Indifferent to
| It's outcome Its challenge drove to
| the heart Of everything We cared for
and lived for. Our brothers from
many lands, as well as our own muir
| dered dead under the sea. were call
| ing to us and we resopnded. freely
and OF course.
Defines Wars Classes.
The air was clear about us Wa
saw things in their full, convincing
portions as they were; and we have
seen them with steady eyes and un
changing comprehension ever since.
We accepted the issues Of the war as
facts, not as any group of men either
here or elsewh here had defined them.
and We can accept no outcome which
does not sQuarcly meet and settle
them. Those issues are these;
shall the military power OF any
nation or group OF nations no suf-
fered 10 determine the fortunes OF
peoples over whom they have no