Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-09
Wilson's Address At
Sioux Falls, S. D.
BY BRIGGS

Governor Norbeck and my fellow
citizens: I must admit that every
time I face q great audience Of my
fellow countryn1en on this trip I am
filled with a feeling Of peculiar spE
ennity. believe, my fellow lcoun-
the turning points in the history Of
the world. And what I, as an Ameri-
can covet for this great country, is
that on every great occasion when
mankind;s fortunes are hung In the
balance, that America may have the
distinction of leading the a
I want to remind you, my fellow
countrymen. that that war was not
an accident. That var didn't just
happen. There vas not son1e sud
den cause which brought on the con
had been preparing for that war for
generations. Germany had been pre-
pairing every resource and p%erfecting
every skill, developing every Invention
which would enable her to master the
European world and to dominate the
rest OF. the world. Everybody had
been looking on. Everybody had
For example, 1t ives known in every
war ONCE in Europe. and in the war
department in Washington, that the
Germans not only had a vast supply
Of great field guns, but that they had
ammunition enough for everyone of
those guns to exhaust the gun.
And yet we were living in a fools
paradise. We thought Germany meant
what she said, hat she was armed
for defense, and that she never 4>6uld
use that great store Of guns against
! her fellow men.
Why. my friends, it was fore-or-
dained the minute Germany con-
cetyed these purposes. that she should
do the thing which she did in 1914.
Treaty Btsarzns Germany.
Now I have brought backS from
Europe with nae, my fellow citizens, a
treaty in which Germany is dis
armed, and in which all the other
nations OF the world agree Y to
go to war tapplause).
If Germany had dreamed that a
year ago the greater part Of the
world would combine against her, she
neve would have begun the war, and
she didn't dare to let the opinions Of
mankind crystaltze against her, BY the
discussion OF the purposes which she
had in >snind.,
Muet Have New System.
So what I want to point out to you
is that we are making . Fundamental
80 N~ES 0SNSA4 &ASiSAS x0U muSI
adept a government In which Ger
many is pictured as a perfect doWer,
or you must have a new system.
q, You cannot have q new system un-
lees 9 supply a substitute for the
ola, g / want TO say that when Ger.
tnin Of our fellow citizens take the
position that we do not want 10 70
ourselves, ] say that Is tho 6er1nan
position.
Germany through the mouth Of her
emperor, through her .writera, and
through every action said, Eve nc
READY to take care Of ourselves. We
Will not enter into any combination.
we are armed for self defense and We
with u.s.
That appears to be the American
program In the eyes Of some xentle-
meh = want to tell yeu that in the
last. two weeks the pro-Gerrnsn IA.
ment has lifted its head again. 4
says: Il see a chance for Hermany
Ana America to stay u and take
ears OF themselves' TherA were
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quiet, and which will not do a. snr
9 long time. And every element a
disorder Ia hoping that there vrfS =
no staying hand from the councH n
nations to hold the order ~
wor!d steady until we car nnake tra
n.a. asrengsMants OF justice nd
1hhhs A. War SUFFERING.
sometimes think when -
~ IN the night, OF the wakefui rirsts
tAAt anxious fathers, nnothcrs IN
tttenAs spAnt during the weary vssrS
~ sWInl war. and I hear the ery
on ~ other side and .thonanaa 81
III sac; In Gods name i've ~ 80
ssIlLy Z pace right!
AsVsElca can stay out, hut / vant
2 70 witness that the peana -
wDrla cannot be established v4th 10
49, = g tho individual natiens'
Amerlca - necessary 10 the nsacs -
~ WoFld; the peace and ron6 hi
tne world are necesssrv "a
Aynsslca, Lest you disapnoini SO
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maze II feel that Won I'VE NJ ~ ~
sl0ns y eAl4shnsaA
I've srs mol THINKING az msnev -.
Y .gi4ktn9 " redAennine ~ ,:.srs
satSh q America rathsr ~
H.Ys ~ % the money In tha 1900
J sm not ready TO die for mrr.,s 49,
rssHa Z you, but you ana 4 ~
eaqy W 9tA TOR America
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