Arizona republican., 1919-09-10
Text of Wilson s. St. Paul Address. s.
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 President Wilson dwelt at length to- night on the mixed origin of the American people.
 It is based upon long experiences that in every part of the world can recognize an American the minute. l see him" he said And yet that.is. rot because we are all of one stock. Ts have more people of various origin. cf stock than any people in the world We come from all the great Caucasian races. We arc made up out of all the nations of people who have stood frem time to time in the center of civilizs- ton.
 In this part of the country it is doubtful whether in some of our great cities 50 Der cent of the peoplescome from parents born in America.
 The memory of America doess not go very far back as measured by the distances of history. 4 great many millions of our people carry in IAsir hearts the traditions of other people. the traditions of races never bred san America, and yet we are all unmistak- ably and even in appearance Ameri can and nothing else. And there is cnly one possible explanation for that. my fellow citizes, and that is that there is in the practice and tradition Of this country a set of principles. which however imperfect, get into the conscience of every man who ligeslin this country.
 "One of the chief elements that makes an American is that in almost every other country there is some class that dominates or some governmental authority that determines the course ci policy. or some ancient system Of land laws that limits the freedom of land tenure, or some ancient custom which puts man in a particular groove on the land in which he lives, and there is none of that in America. We do not have to square ourselves with standards that have been followed ever since our great grandfathers, We are very much more interested in. be coming great grandfathers than in having had great grandfathers, because our view is tc the future.
 Mankind's Mediators
 Tt was universally agreed cH-the ether side of the water that if Ger many had allowed the other govern ments to confer with her 24 hours be- fore war was declared. it would not have taken place. but they didn't dare discuss it. You can't afford to discuss anything wher you are in the wrong.
 We are predestined mediators of mankind.
 Really. then. when I hear gentle men saying we must keep out of this thing and take care of ourselves, I ask where did he come from2 Is there mo- body else in the world that we care for
 Is that what America is with her mixture of blood? Why, my fellow citizens. that is a fundamental mis- conception of what it is to be Ameri- can- These gentlemen are doing harm which they do not realize. I want to testify to you here tonight, my fellov countrymen, because have the means of information, since 1t seems to be un- certain whether we are going to play this part of leadership in the world, that old intrigues have started up in this country again.
 Hyphen Rears Head
 That hyphen which looks to us like a snake, the hyphen between German and American. has reared its head again. You hear the hiss of it's pur-. pose. And what is that purpose? It is to keep America out Of the concert Of nations in order that America and Ger many, being out of that concert. may sometime in their mistaken dream. unite to dominate the world, or, at any rate. the one to assist the other in holding the nations of the world off while it's ambitions are realized.
 There is no conjecture about this. my fellow citizens. We know the fofzz mer purposes of German intrigue h this country, and they are being fe- vived. Why? We haven't reduced vert materially the number Of the German people. Germany remains the great power of Central Europe She had nearly 10000 000 before Poland and other provinces were taken away She has now more than 60.000, ,000 You ca not change the temper and expecta- tions of people by five years of war, particularly five years of war in which they are not yet conscious of the wrong they did. or the wrong way in which they did it, and they are expect ing the time of revival of their power and along with the revival of their power goes their extraordinary capae- Eity, their unparalleled education. their great capacity in commerce, finance and manufacture
 The German bankers and the Ger man merchants and the German manu<- lecturers did not want this war They were making conquest Of the world without it. They knew that 1t would