Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-12
Pr, ; .ent In Address In
: aris Denies America
. Lives For Money.
NATION BORN ON
LIBERTY PLATFORM
Sending Of 2,0oo, 900 Men - Shed Thsie
Blood for Freedom Of Europe Pointsd
TO in Denial Of Charges OF YANKEES
Selfishness - Some American Edu-
Gators Afflicted With Misguidsd Ger.
man Instruction.

his address today to the French Aca-
DENY OF Morale and Political Sciences.
entered n strong disclaimer OF the idea
that the American people were largely
materlalists or dollar wcrshippers.
II have had in recent months one
very deep sense OF privilege" the pres
ident said. II have been keeniy aware
that there have been times when tho
people OF Europe have not understood
the people OF the United States. We
have been too often supposed to have
been devoted chiefly IL not entirely to
material enterprises. We nave seen
supposed, in the common phrase. 90
worship the almighty dc.lar.
We have accumulated wealth. sir.
we have devoted ourselves to material
enterprises with extraordinary success,
but there has undcrlain all OF that. all
the time. a common sense OF HUMANITY
and common sympathy with the high
principles OF justice which has never
grown dim In the field even OF enter
prise, an,; K has heen NY very great
Joy In these recent months to inter-
pret the people OF the United States
to the people Of tho world.
"I have not done morc.sir. I have
not uttered in my public capacity my
own private thoughts. I have uttered
what | have known to be the Thought
OF the great people whom represent
ed. / have uttered the tlinEs to hsse
been stored up In theft hearts and
their purposes from tho tint oi oaf
birth as a nation
Consseratsd TO llbsrty.
II was at this point that the prss-
ident made his declaration that the
American people. who had come into
the world consecratedsto liberty were
ready 10 cast In their lot in common
with the lot Of those whose liberty
IL threatened whenever the cause OF
liberty was seen 10 DO imperiiad.
This is the spirit Of the people OF
tho United states" he continued, ana
they have been privileged to send two
million men over here to tell you 30.
II has been the great privilege not
merely to tell YOU so In words, put 10
tell you 50 IN men ana mh'erin
nourinS out OF their wealth ana the
Offering OF their blood"
President Wilson alluded tn ms
studies In the field of political science
and Of the attempts he mad made 70
nut into the words or learning ths
thought OF ration. the attitude OF
n people toward public AFFAIRS no
continued:
Misguided instruction.
"a great many OF my collenSues III
American universities have got their
training. even In political science, az 40
many men In civil circles did. in GER
man universities. I have been obliRcu
NJ various times to read great deai
~ h,d German, difficult German, awk-
ward German. and have peen h~"'
that tho thought was as awkward ~
the phrase, that the thought WIS
rooted in n fundamental misconcepN"'l
NJ the state and OF the politicai htc "t
peoples. And It has been n poruon OF
nv effort to disengagc the thonsht u
American university teachers from 'he
misguided instruction which they nao
received on this side OF the sea. Inc'r
American spirit anticipated most OF
thcm. as n matter of course, nut tne
form Of thought sometimes miscu
,,e,n They speak too often of state as
thing which would ignore the m
dtvidnal as thing "nich
privileged TO dominate the fortune "
men by z score OF lHHeI'h' '''u
authority.
"Sow. as an utter democrat, haVe
never ben able to accept that view .,
the state. My view OF the state Is Una.
II must stop and listen to what nave
IN saw, no matter how humble ! am
and that each man has the right "
hoya Mis- lice ncur, nd his counset
hoeded. insofar as 1t is worthy Of him.
Lot Fools Talk.
"I have always been among those VINO
believed that the greatest freedom o.
specch was the greatest SAFETY. oc-
cause IL a man is fool the best thing
70 do ia to encourage him to advertise
the fact by speaking. 1t can not be SO
easily discovered II you allow him 70
remain silent and look wise, but II you
let him speak the secret Is out and the
world knows that he Is q fool.
80 II is by exposure OF folly that y
Is defeated: not by the seclusion of
folly. and In this free afr OF free speech
men eet into that sort OF communica-
ton with one another which consti-
tutes the basis Of all common achieve
ment France thru many vicissitudes
and thru many bitter experiences
found the way to this sort OF freedom
and now she stapds ut the front OF the
world as the representative Of consu-
tutional liberty"
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