Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-11
United States Must Do Fol
Others What She Did For
Herself, He Says IN His
Mount Vernon Speech.
Nothing But "Knockcut Blow
Will Suffice 70 Establish
"Reig, Of Law Exec.
ut;ve Declares.
BY ROBERT ). BENDER.
United Press Star; Co.rnenor.o,;

Mt. Vernon. Va, July I--Pres;deni
Wilson today pledged the United States
TO Tight on against the Teuton menace
until q 'Iinal settlement" is achieved.
seid. No half way ,ecis!o. would be
t0lerable." ~N "e
Before a notable inierns..icna. rath-
ering at the tomb oe Washington here
re spoke proudly ard with Confident
hope, Tor the liberation of the nations
Prussia, ~ :"
ne DEFINED The ends to which ID;
America alone. but 'thc,as sociated geo.
pies of the world" arc fish.:n.. and do.
oiared for a Knockout" O. '.var.. ar
nilrary power anywhere that csn. Of
the world" W
The Presidents speeoI..
The text OF his address follows.
Gentlemen OF the !;ip:omatic Corns
and My Fellow Citizens:
1 am happy to draw aper. witt. yor,
70 this quiet PLACE of old counsel in
order to speal: q little of the maanin..
o. .his gay OF u aation's i%ndepcud-
ence. the pace seems very still and
remote. 1t is as serene and untorc!sc,l
by the hurry o. the world as il VS.
IN these great days long 6 yEns
General W~asa!ns.a:; was Here and held
lelsurely conference witt, the men who
were 10 ne associated with him i'm tic
creation OF a nations. From these zen
tie slopes thc:T iooitcd out upon the
world n saw l. whole. saw il win
the light of tka future upon it. saw it
WITH modern eyes that turned WA
from a pas wa;:h isen of liberated
SPIRITS ppa could no lorser endure. It is
FOR that reason tha: we cannot feel.
wen here "a the ira,:eaiate rre.ence
OK this sacred tomb. that this is a place
OF death. II vas Il place of achieve
ment. A great promise .hat was mesn,
Tor all mankind "as here given plan
ana reality. To associations by which.
we are nero surrounded are the in
Epiriting assoc:ations OF that noble
death which IS Only & glorious con-
summation From this green hillside
we also ought TO pa able to see with
comprehendlns eyes the world that lies
ABOUT us s;7d should conceive anew
h purposas thar must set men free
Not for Class.
1T is signifinan.- significant of Thai,
W character ard purpose and of The
influences they we're setting afoot-
II q Washington and his associates.
like the barons at R~unnyrneda. spoke
and acted. not for a class. but for a
people. II mas heen left fol- us to sec
to 1t that it shat! be understood thai
they spoke and acted. not for a single
people only, bat for all mankind. They
were thinking, not of themselves and
OF the material interests which cco-
tered IN The little groups Of l%andhold-
efs ana merchants AMI men of affairs
with whom they were accustomed to
act, in Virginia and the colonies to
the north and south Of her, but OF a
people which wished to be done with
classes and special interests and the
authority of men whom they had not
themselves chosen to rule over them.
They entertained no private purpose.
OoSITe0 'Ve nQf1l!for NN$,ife-,, Nm.
were consciously planning tina, men Of
every class oul be free, ami Amer
lea a place to which men out of every
nation might resort VINO wished to
share with them the -.sh.s and PRIV
ileges of Tree men. AMI we take cue
from them--do We not? We in,sad
whas they intend. We here in Amer-
lea believe Off participation il. ills
present war to be only the fruita.e
o what they planted. o.. case dr.
sers from theirs only in th.s, that it
- our ,nestimahle privilege 10 concert
shall make not only the liberties OF
America secure, but the liberties of
evcry other people as we'll. We ale
happy. IN the thought. that we are per-
mltted to do what they would have
done mad they been in orr place There
now be settled olce for all VIVA:
was settled FOR America in the great
age upon whose inspiration we draw
today. This is surely a fitting place
from which calmly to look out upon
our task, that ne may fortify ON.
spirits for its accomplishment. And
this is h appropriate place fypm
which to avow. aiik.a 10 the friends
who look on ard 10 ths. friends with
whom we rave the happiness 10 b. as
ISOLATED in action, the faith and pur-
pose With which ~.e aci.
Conception Of Our Duty.
'This. then. is cur conception or ti,e
great struggle in which we are en-
gagged. The plot is written plain upon
every scer.c ard every act Of the su-
preme tragedy. On the one hand stand
the peoples OF The world-not only the
peoples actually engaged, but many
others also who suffer under master.
but cannot not: peoples OF many ,-acca
n In every part Of the world-the
people o: stricken Russia still. aa,cn-
b rost, though they ere for the mo-
ment .u~rorEahizcd and helpless Op-
posed to them, maCt~rs nf.fnany armies.
atani m isolated. ~fiionu!ess gronp az
governments who so"ak no snu,innr:
purpose but only Stlf:~ll ambitions 1T
their ow:s hy which rome can profit
but .~th.rcseiv~~ Il whose peoples are
fuel IN thelr hands: gos.lRmc:lts which
fear tk.ass p>Hple nj set are 70. tho
time t.eas soycrciv-:l lcrAs. ma. ing
Ovesy cAas:@ for teen and d~ssposfnS
Of 4lel. Yvas sad fortunes ~ ,le wiii.
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