Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
Mr.. WILSON SAYS CIVILIZATION
MUST NOW BE UNDERWATER
Declares at Tacoma Purpose Outlined
When u. S. Entered War Will Not Be
Fulfilled Until Treaty Is Ratified.

By the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, September 10
Reading to a Tacoma audience today
a part of his address to Congress
asking declaration of war with
Germany. President Wilson declared
the purpose there outlined had not
yet been fulfilled. and would not be
until the treaty was ratified.
Pointing out that he had asked IN
that address for a complete freedom
from autocracy and guarantees Tor
the program which had been adopted
without respect to party, and whicH
it now was proposed in some quar-,
tiers to abandon. When he asked
whether the people wanted 1t aDan-
doned there were shouts of mo, no.,
and cheers from the crowu.
Before he went to the armory, the
President was driven to the stadium,
where cheering mass OF humanity
including many school children, well
coined him. With a seating capacity
of 10000. the stadium was packed, ex.
cept for small spaces at the ends or
the horseshoe, and thousands more
thronged the steps and terraces ABOVE.
At the arnory, which was packed,
Mr.. Wilson was introduced by T.. b.
Coffman, president of the Washington
state branch of the League to En-
force Peace.
Presidents Address.
The text of President Wilson's ad-
dress in part was as follows:
II feel, as 1 am sure you feel. that we
have reached one of the most critical
periods in the history OF the Cnlteu
States. The shadow of the war Is not
lifted from US, and we have just come
out of the depths of the valley OF
II thought it might be useful if 1
remind you of a few things, lest we
forget. 1t is SO easy with the strong
tides of our life to be swept away
from one situation into another: 10
forget the real depths of meaning
which lie underneath the things that
we are merely touching the surface OF.
'.Therefore I thought 1T would not
be impertinent on my part II l ASKED
permission to read you the concludihg
passage of the address in which L re-
uuested the government OF the Cnlteo
States to accept Germanys challehse
of war.
1--WE shall fight I said. Tor the
things we have always carried near
est our hearts - for democracy LOT
the right of those who submit to au-
thority to have voice in their own
government; for the rights and I'D
critics of small nations; for univer-
sal dominion of right; for such
concert of free peoples as Will bring
peace and safety to all nations and
make the world itself at last free. TO
such a pass we can dedicate our lives
are, everything that we have: with
the pride of those who know that the
time has come when America Is privi-
legged to spend her blood and her
might for the principles that gave her
birth. of happiness and OF peace which
she has enjoyed. God helping her,
she can do no other
That is the program we started
out on. That is the program which
ali America adopted. And shall we
ment when we are finally to write our
name to the standing pledge which We
then took?
Other Nations Tempted.
Fl want to remind you many other
nations were put under deeper
temptation than we. 1t would have
been possible for little helpless Bel
GUM at any time to make terms with
the enemy. Belgium knew that re-
sistence was useless. Belgium knew
that she could get any terms of adj
vantage from Germany that she
pleased if she would only submit. And
at the cost of everything that she had
Belgium did nothing else than I'M
derwrite civilization. I do not know
anywhere in history of a more in
spring fact than that. BELGIUM lies
PROSTATE because she fulfilled her
pledge to civilization. Italy could
have had her terms at the hands of
Austria at almost any period of the
war, particularly just before she made
her final stand at the Piave river, but
she would not compound with the
civilization. And. too, this passage
which I have read to you. which the
whole country accepted as its pledge.
is but an underwriting of civilization.
Cost of Saving Civilization.
But in order to let you remember
what the thing cost, just let me read
you few figures. If I did not have
them on official authority 1 would
deem them incredible. Here is what
the war cost those who were engaged
against Germany:
Great Britain and her dominions.
s3s. 900, 100000; France. 5000. o0o.-
900: the United States. $4,000. 600. 900;
Russia. $4,000. o00, 900; Italy, $4,000
100000. and the total. including Bel
GUM, Japan and other smaller coun-
tries, $123. 000,C 00.o0
TT cost the central powers: Ger
many, $4,000. 100000; Austria Hun
gary. s21,oOo, 0OO.0 900: Turkey and
Bulgaria $4,000, 100000: a total Of
Ss3.oo0.o0o.ooo; a grand total Of d.
incredible sum to save civilization.
Now the question is, are we go
ing to keep safe? The expenditures
of the United States were at the rate
of one million dollars an hour for
two years: one million dollars an
hour. including the night time for two
years. Battle deaths-and this is the
cost that touches our hearts-were:
Russia, 100000; Germany, 100000
France, 1,3s5,00o; Great Britain. 800
900; Austria, 100000; Italy. $4,000.
the United States. $4,000: a total of
all belligerents of 7,450.200 men dead
on the field of battle.
"The total wounded for the United
States Army was 100000. excluding
those, of course, whit were killed.
an Of the wars Of the world from
the year 1898 to 1914. was something
under 100000. So that in all the
wars of the world for more than one
hundred years fewer men died than
have been killed upon the field of bat
tie in the last five years. These are
terrible facts and we ought never to
forget them
"Country Has Not Forgotten"
I'VE went into this war to do q
world, and what I have come out
upon this journey for is to ascer-
tain whether the country has forgot
ten it or not. I have found out al
ready The country has not forgot
ten It and will never permit any man
who stands in the way of the fulfill
ment of these great pledges ever to
forget the sorrowful day when he
made the attempt
.America alone cannot underwrite
civilization. All the great free peoples
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