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PORTLAND, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915.
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SCORNED PEOPLE
Tale of Conference Is
Told on Stand.
LEADER RATED AS SPOILSMAN
Colonel, at Ease, Discusses
Case With Presiding Judge.
OWN CAREER DESCRIBED
Organization of Konjrli Riders Re
lated 'With Especial Pride Or
ders Given to His Men Are
Cut Off by Court.
STKACUSE, N. T.( April 20. Theo
dore Roosevelt went on the witness
stand in the Supreme Court here today
and testified in an effort to prove his
contention that he was justified in
causing the publication of the state
ment upon which William Barnes sued
him to recover J50.000 for alleged ltbeL
Under oath, he said that the former
chairman of the Republican State com
mittee had urged him not to antagonize
men of large business who contributed
to both the Democratic and Republican
parties so that they would be protected.
Colonel Quotes Barnea.
Mr. Barnes told' him. Colonel Roose
velt swore, that it was essential to pro
tect big business .interests because un
less they were protected they would
not make contributions to the party
failing to protect them and that with
out such contributions it was Impossi
ble to carry on the organization. With
out organization leaders and bosses, the
ex-Tresident quoted Mr. Barnes as say
ing, party government would be im
possible. Colonel Roosevelt also quoted Mr.
Barnes as telling him that "the people
are not fit to govern themselves. They
have got to be governed by the party
organization and you cannot run an
organization, you cannot have leaders,
unless you nave money."
Ilonnh Kldern Dlnruwed With Pride.
Colonel . Roosevelt in his testimony
sketched his political career and with
considerable pride discussed the regi
ment of rough riders he organized for
service in the Spanish War. He told
where the recruits came from, where
they gathered, where they went, and
just what they did. He even described
the first brush with the Spanish forces
and would have related orders he had
given the men under him, had not coun
sel for the plaintiff objected.
Then he gave detailed testimony
about his relations with the late Sen
, ator Thomas C. Piatt, with Mr. Barnes,
and conversations ho had with both
those men on various occasions. He
will continue testimony tomorrow.
Cane Dlsciised With Court.
Colonel Roosevelt talked to the coun
sel for both sides, offered suggestions
and entered Into a discussion of more
than one point with Justice Andrews,
presiding, whom he addressed as
"Judge." He was entirely at his ease
in the witness chair. He stretched his
arms over the back of his chair, crossed
first one leg and then the other and
. tcjusted and readjusted his glasses
lrom time to time.
He cut all his words off short ex
cept when he mentioned the name of
Mr. Barnes. He drew out the name of
his opponent and put a peculiar pro
nunciation on the last syllable. Spec
tators said that every time he men
tioned the name of Mr. Barnes they
v ere reminded of the noise made by a
pebble dropping into a pool of still
vater.
Plaintiff Lose Intrreat.
Mr. Barnes himself appeared to oe
much interested in the first part of
Colonel Roosevelt's testimony. As It
progressed, however, the plaintiff In
the action seemed to lose interest, and
lie first retired from a seat close to
the witness stand to one farther away
anil then left the room.
Mr. Barnes' attorneys had rested be
fore Colonel Roosevelt was called to
the stand. They completed presenta
tion cf their case in 20 minutes and
called as their single witness, the de
fendant's own private secretary. .
"1 don't remember just where I first
met Mr. Barnes, but I think it was dur
ing my campaign lor Governor," said
the colonel ill the course of his testi
niany. "I was introduced to him by
the chairman of some committee In
New York.
'Later in Albany I saw Mr. Barnes
many times. In 149a I had a number
of conferences. X had more conversa
tion with him than with any other of
ttie leaders except Mr. Piatt and Mr.
Udell."
Legislative Action Dlscnsaed.
The witness added that he also dis
cussed legislative action with Mr.
Lames.
"Did you talk to Barnes about canal
mailers at any time?"
Mr. Ivins objected to tho question on
the ground that it was Incompetent and
irrelevant. He was upheld.
"Did you discuss the proposed fran
chise tax?" asked Mr. Bowers.
"We had many political discussions,
l or the most part they were in regard
to the relations between myself and
the leaders of the Republican organ
ization, particularly Senator Piatt.
There were certain issues between us
two. Piatt was known as the boss of
he organization which controlled the
majority of the Republican members
ot tho Legislature, who sometimes co
operated with the Democrats. We were
at odda principally over legislative
mutters."
Mr. lvlns was on his feet in an In-
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ILu
MEXICANS FIRE ON
U. S. ARMY AIRMEN
7 0 SHOTS SENT AT BIPLANE
OVEIl AMERICAN SOIL.
Drunken Carrnnza Officer In Com
mand of Attackers Arrested and
Apology Is Offered.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., April 20. A
United. States Army -biplane, flying over
Fort Brown, near here, was fired upon
by Carranza soldiers In Matamoros.
About 20 rifle shots ar.d 50 shots from
a machine gun on the Mexican side, it Is
believed in Army circles here, were
fired at the air craft The machine land
ed safely.
The biplane was piloted by Lieuten
ant B. Q. Jones, with Lieutenant T. I).
Milling as passenger-observer. Both
were unaware of the Incident until they
landed about 5:30 o'clock. The biplane
was not struck, but one bullet hit the
Army wireless station at Fort Brown
and another was picked up near the city
hall in this city.
The air craft, which was sent here
recently for border patrol duty, had
made a circle near the Rio Grande when
fired on by the riflemen. On making a
second circle when within about 300
feet of the river the rattle of the ma
chine gun was heard. All the shots
were fired over American territory
Colonel A. P. Blocksome, command
ant at Fort Brown, has reported the
matter by wireless to Major-General
Kredcrlck Funston, commander of the
lower border patrol, at Port Sam Hous
ton. San Antonio.
Jose Z. Garzo, Carranza consul In
Brownsville, made a personal Investi
gation and reported to American Army
officers that the firing was the work
of a few Carranza soldiers under the
command of an intoxicated sub-Lieutenant.
The officer, according to the
consul, said he had believed the air
craft to be one of the Villa aeroplanes.
He was placed under arrest.
The consul assured American Army
officers the guilty parties would be
properly punished. Consul Garzo, on
behalf -of General Nefarrate, com
mander at Matamoros, apologized to
Colonel A. .P. Blocksom for, the firing.
ADVERTISER'S PROFIT BIG
Merchant Starts With $1436; In 12
Years Sells for $35,000.
EUGENE, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Twelve years ago George Stanley in
vested 1436 in a small store on Wil
lamette street. He became one of the
heaviest newspaper advertisers in Eu
gene. Today he sold this store for
$35,000. The new purchasers are J. H.
Baker,' of Spokane, and P. P. .Morrow,
of Coour d'Alene, Idaho. These men
will take possession at the end of 30
days, and will be known as the Baker
Morrow Company, dealers In general
merchandise.
"We were looking for a location,"
they said today, "and we sized up all
the towns in Western Oregon and
Washington. The livest town we found
was Eugene."
BURIED GOLD BACK IN BANK
AVar Scare Ends and Eugene Iklan
Digs Up $5 00 From Yard.
EUGENE. Or., April 20. (Special.)
Five hundred dollars in gold in an
old tin can were dug out of a back
yard in Eugene today and taken, cov
ered with rust, to the Bank of Com
merce for deposit at 4 per cent inter
est. The coins had been taken out of
the bank at the beginning of the pres.
ent European war and were buried for
safe keeping by the nervous possessor.
"When the war opened many people
became scared," said one of the bank-'
ers. "Four per cent on 'saving deposits,
however, looks better than the cold
ground."
TURKISH DESTROYERS LOST
Two Blown Up by Russian Mines at
Entrance to Bospliorus.
PARIS, April 20. Two Turkish torpedo-boat
destroyers were blown np,
says a SalonikI dispatch, while passing
through a mine belt which Russian
ships had succeeded in laying across
the entrance to the Bosphorus while
the Turkish fleet was cruising In the
Blaek Sea.
The explosions caused by the de
struction of the two Turkish boats
gave warning to the remainder of the
fleet, which, the dispatch says, was
obliged to remain in the Black Sea be
cause no mine sweepers were avail
able. RUM DENIED WATER FORCE
Eugene City Hoard Prohibits Use of
Liquor by Employes.
EUGENE, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Although Eugene is a "dry" town, the
Eugene Water Board has prohibited the
use of liquor by its employes, both off
Cuty and on, dismissal being the pen
alty for violation of the rule. Twenty
employes are in the water service.
Members of the Board say most- of the
employes are abstainers.
The action is said to be the first on
the part of an Oregon municipality to
enforce prohibition among employes.
PRUSSIAN TOWN IS RAIDED
Russian Aviator Kills Woman With
Bomb, and Wounds Children.
BERLIN, via London, April 20. The
Tagebiatt's correspondent at Inster
berg. East Prussia, says that a Rus
sian aviator dropped four bombs on
that town Monday morning.
A woman was killed and two children
were wounded. The material damage
was slight.
GROWING DFOATS NO
PROFIT TO FARMER
Only Two Mills Made
on Bushel of Corn.
THIRD PAY FOR PRIVILEGE
Government Expert Submits
Data at Rate Hearing.
TENANTS' AVERAGE $870
Cost Accountant in Behalf of Ship
pers Says Cars Earu Profits on
Main Line Hauls and Gives
Eigures in Detail.
CHICAGO. April 20. Discussion of
farm earnings was anew angle which
entered the Western freight rate hear
ing today with the testimony of E. J.
Thompson, of the United Stales De
partment of Agriculture. Mr. Thomp
son, who is in charge of the section of
farm economics, told of data gath
ered by Federal officials in Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa. He testified that in
that district one farmer out of 22 made
more than $2000 a year after deduct
ing all expenses and o per cent on
the actual investment,
"One farmer out of every three on
273 farms considered in the three
states," Bald Mr. Thompson, "paid for
the privilege of working his farm."
Average Tenant Earns f8TV a Year.
His statistics on rented farms gave
the average yearly earnings o a ten
ant farmer as J870 a year. The figures
applied to 247 tenant farms and he
testified that the owners of the 247
farms received an average net return
of 3.5 per cent on their property in
vestment, after allowing for taxes and
Insurance.
The cost of growing an acre of corn
was placed by the witness at 20.30
for an average yield of 45 bushels to
the acre.
"Based on the actual selling price of
fered to'- the farmer after harvest,"
said Mr. Thompson, "the farmers re
ceived only two mills' profit on a bushel
of corn. The cost of raising a bushel
of oats, figured on actual data from
577 acres, was 4 9.9 cents, and the aver
age price received for oate was 33
cents a bushel, a loss of 11.9 cents a
bushel."
Oata Rained at I.ona.
"There is no profit in raising oats,"
said the witness. "That crop has to be
grown by the farmer to preserve the
rotation of crops."
Counsel for the railroads objected to
the introduction of the testimony on
the ground that it was irrelevant to the
question of the proposed advance in
freight rates.
Arguing for the submission of the
farm. earnings testimony. Clifford
Th.orne, counsel for the Western States'
Commissions, urged that as the rail-
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N yZJnC 6IT NEfflOOSK
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tho Weather.
TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
5S.0 degrees; minimum, 4 ."1.3 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Germans announce advances in west. Page 2.
Zeppelin raid interfere with Carolyn Wil-
so.i'n tory writing in faxi. Pass 3.
Japan hard hit by conflict and Jap-Chino
situation grow acute. Page 1.
American dye industry being developed as
result of war. Page 17.
British capture important hill at heavy cost
In lives. Page
foreign.
Great Britain declares for open door In
China. Pa 5:0 o.
Mexico.
Wilson agent has conference with General
Zapata. Page 8.
United Htatee Army aeroplane fired on at
Brownsville Page 1.
National.
Federal expert says farmers raise oats at
lost ani make profit of only 2 mil la on
busJitl of corn. Page 1.
President defines his position as to neu
trality in plea for "America first' at
luncheon of Associated Presa. page 1.
Domestic.
Colonel Roosevelt testifies Barnea told him
people were not fit for self-government.
Pago 1.
Rock Island Railroad, In hands of receiver,
to make larger expenditures than ever.
Page 5.
Sports,
Pacific Coaet League results: Salt Lake t.
Portland 2; Los Angeles 6, Oakland 4 (13
innings) ; no game between Venice and
.San Francisco. Page 1-.
Phillies keep up marvelous winning streak In
National "League. Pajje 1-J.
Coach Hay ward demands of hia athletes
that they lake all fiist in Curvallit dual
meet. Page 13.
Northwestern League opens Page
Pacific Northwest.
Senator Cusick defends land grant suit In
tervention. Page 6. .
Copperfleld liquor storage bill held up by
Governor Withycombe. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine,
Oregon prune crop larger than last year's,
but not bumper one. 17.
Peace- rumors are factor in wheat decline
at Chicago. Page IT.
Rtok turn strong with rush of buying or
ders. Page 17.
Forty-mile gale sweeps coast and liners are
late. Page 14.
Delayed title to locks expected to pass Fri
day. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
City Superintendent Alderman starts war on
illiteracy. Page 18.
Patrolman Bailey snuspended on charge of
auborhatiou of perjnry. Pace IS.
Professor Kodarna, seer of Tokio, predicts
war'a end in Fall. Page 11.
"Clean-up and paint-up week" for state and
city to be May 4-11. Page 7.
Degree of Honor and United Workmen
lodges convene. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page IX
LAUNCH SAVED BY TIDE
Sea Bird Washed Into Harbor nt
Aberdeen With Crew Exhausted.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 20. Spe
cial.) The ill-fated launch Sea Bird,
from which four men :; nd two women,
including C. E. Beach, ot Tacoma, were
lost last Fall, limped into Westport last
night waterlogged, half submerged and
with dead engines.
The launch contained three fisher
men, who were exhausted and out of
food. The engines gave out as the
launch was crossing the bar. An in
coming tide washed the launch into the
inner harbor and safety.
Miss A. Rupert, Salem Teacher, Dies.
SALEM. Or., April 20. (Special.)
Miss Annabelle Rupert, assistant in
structor in the commercial department
of the Salem High School, died' today
after an illness of Wright's disease of
several months. She was 35 years old.
Her parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Itu
pert, and five brothers survive her.
The sister. Miss Mabel Rupert, is a
teacher in one of the Stayton schools.
Funeral arrangements will not be made
until the arrival of the brothers, one of
whom lives in Iowa, another in Illinois
and a third in Wyoming.
YESTERDAY ITALY WAS SWINGING BY
JAPAN HARD HIT
BY PRESENT WAR
Demand of French for
Silks Drops Off.
CHINES duTC0TT NOTABLE
Effect on Far Eastern Situa
tion Vital.
POLITICIANS BUY VOTES
Oscar Kins Davis, Writing From
Vokohania, Goes Into Detail Rel
ative to Jtecent Election Chi
nese Case tirowlnjr Acute.
BY OS0AT1 K ISC, DAVIS.
fCopvrignt. 1P1B. by tho ChiraBn Tribune.
RepubUgtied by arrangement wltli the Trib
une.) YOKOHAMA, April 1. Supporters of
the government are rejoicing today in
the signal victory that seems to have
been won by tne government parties
in the general election held through
out Japan two days ago.
Counting of the returns is not as
prompt here as in trie United States
and it is thereiore not possible to say
with accuracy yet just what the re
sults are. but it is apparent that the
government has won In a number of
districts that vere either doubtful or
practically hopeless, and so its friends
are claiming a substantial victory.
They assert that the returns from
the country districts will increase the
triumph that It is now known definite
ly the government won In the cities
We have seen these things go differ
ently in the states, where the country
districts have a way of upsetting the
city victories. But there is a logical
reason in this case lor believing that
the Japanese rural districts will em
phasise the urban successes of the gov
ernment. Uoverimrnt He.da Cam pmia n.
This reason is that for the llrst time
in the modern political history of the
nation the government that is, the
Premier and members of his Cabinet
have taken an active part in the cam
paigning. Count Okuma. the head of
the government; Baron Kato, the Min
ister for Foreign Affairs, and all the
other Cabinet members have been on
the stump all over the country,' show
ing the greatest activity.
They have taken a leaf out of the
American campaign book and have
traveled in 'special trains, making
speeches from the rear platform and
even from car windows.'
Hundreds of thousands of circulars,
letters and postcards have been circu
lated and at the last Count Okuma
resorted to a device which seems to
have brought many votes to the sup
port of the government candidates.
This was the expensive but effective
method of sending personal telegrams
Concluded on Page 3. Column 3.)
ONE TOE.
Tuesdays War Moves
WITH Cabinet ministers In the
House of Commons and the House
of Lords subjected to a rapid fire of
questions and Premier Aaquith deliver
ing a. SDeech to the armament workers
(at New Castle last night, the British
public expected that many of the ques
tions on which information was desired
would be cleared up. The ministers,
however, wero not much more com
municative than usual.
No indication was given as to the
government plan for dealing with the
drink question, which Mr. Asquith did
not even mention in his speech. This
was devoted to an appeal to the work
ing men, who, he declared, liad not been
slack, to use every effort to increase
the supply of war munition.
Members of the House of Commons
who sought information were informed
that they would have to wait for the
government statement and they there
fore devoted their time to discussing
the proposal that intoxicating liquors
should be barred from the House of
Commons refreshment-room, but being
unatile to agree on this question, they
postponed the debate.
The consensus of opinion among the
members was that abstention from
drink was a personal matter and that
prohibition of the sale of liquor in the
refreshment-room, where only $1 worth
was - sold during two days last week,
could not have much effect.
A definite answer, however was
made to the question as to whether
the government would Introduce con
ecriptioiv ravkl Lloyd -George. Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, said the gov
ernment was of the opinion that there
was no ground for believing that the
war would be more successfully pros
ecuted thereby, and added that" Karl
Kitchener, Secretary of War. was much
gratified with the response to his ap
peal for volunteers.
In the House of Lords Earl Curzon
tried to get further information re
specting the operations in Mesopotamia
and throughout Africa, but he was lit
tle more successful than his colleagues
In the lower house, the Earl of Crewe,
In behalf of the government, saying
that the military authorities were op
posed to giving Information until re
ports were received from the (Jenerals
on the ground.
Lord Lucas, who answered for the
Colonies, said that no fighting had oc
curred in Nyassaland since the Germans
were defeated In September, while In
Northern Kamerun the British and
French forces were dealing with the
German stronghold. Along the remain
der of the frontier there were many
minor engagements, and considerable
losses had been Inflicted on the Ger
mans. In addition itwu comt;.'rora German
Southwest Af'J-.ca "t JniAtier success
ful operation, by General Ixmis llotha's
army, which has occupied the impor
tant town and railway Junction of
Keetmanshop, which Is a German base
In the southern part of the colony.
Further details also were published
of the British capture of Hill 60, near
Ypres. Severe fighting in which both
sides suffered heavy losses took place
at this point.
The British success is declared by
Field Marshal French to be an Im
portant one, as it gives the British
guns command of a considerable area
occupied by the Germans and paves the
way for an attack on the passages of
the Lys, by means of which the towns
of Lille, Roubaix and Turcoing can
be approached.
Along the rest of the western front
there has been considerable fighting
at separate points, but no battles of
importance have occurred.
In the eastern aune the Russians
have been busy repulsing Austro-Uer-man
attacks In the direction of Stry
and to the southeast of Lupkow Pass,
and have themselves captured another
height on the Eastern Roszanka chain
of the Carpathians.
The British Admiralty reports a
brilliant "cutting-out" operation in the
Dardanelles. Young officers and sea
men from the British ships volunteered
for the dangerous task of destroying
the submarine E-15, which stranded
near tho Turkish guns and which It
was essential should not fall Into the
hands of the Turks. They did their
work well and all that was left of the
craft was a tangled mass of iron from
which the Turks are not likely to learn
any of the secrets of the latest British
submarines. Although the plucky
crews in their little boats were sub
jected to a heavy fire, they escaped
with the loss of one man.
The Austro-Itallan situation Is still
shrouded in mystery. A German wire
less dispatch says that the recent
frontier incident has been settled, but
dispatches by way of Paris describe the
position a.i hopeless. Jt also is re
ported that martial law has been pro
claimed in Trent, owing to disorders.
BALL RAZES HOUSE ON BOY
Lad's 0n Hat Causes Wreck Which
Kills 3 1 i in ; Homeowner iSned.
LOS ANGELES. April 20. I. Reyes
sued Max Goldschmidt today for 110,000
damages, because Goldschmidt s house
collapsed and killed Reyes five-year-old,
son, Leo. when the youngster
batted a baseball against It.
Reyes alleged Goldschmidt was re
sponsible because his house was In a
shaky condition.
WEATHER STOPS F-4 WORK
Sunken Submarine Now Kcr-lsi Jn
Sflial lower Water.
HONOLULU. T. 1 1., April 20. Work
on the raising of the sunken submarine
F-4 has been halted by bad weather.
The hulk Is now closer to the shore
than when first located, having been
raised 12 feet yenerday and towed Jit
until !t touched again in thalloiter
v atci .
AMERICA FIRST, IS
PRESIDENT'S PLEA
Wilson Defines Views
on Neutrality.
CALM RESTRAINT IS URGED
Nation Relied On to Aid in Re
construction After War.
BOTH SIDES TO BE HELPED
Address lciicrcd at Annual Lunch
eon of Associated I'rcss IK
tinclion AwaitM in t'oniing
laja of Readjustment.
NEW YOIIK. April ;. I'r-t.il"-nt
Wilson today pave n definite and rlrar
statement of the neutrality hlrn i
guiding his administration durin; Hie
war in Europe.
He choree the occasion of the annnl
lum-tieon of the Associated I'r-s for
what he said he rfgardfj as a stat -ment
of grave.--1 Importance to tiic
American people.
The influence of the newspaper in
moulding public opinion. Mr. WiNon
said, prompted him to make cleur hi
Ideas of true neutrality, and in cliMn;j
so to impress upon his hearers the
importance of adhering strictly t.j
truthfulness and lifinesty in the tiir
ceminatioii of the news.
Opportunity AnaliN Americana.
Mr. Wilson seemed to weigh ea'-ii
word he uttered. The importance he
attached lo his statement was reflected
in a request that no attempt be niada
to paraphrase his speech or to gia
It publicity until the official White
House stenographer had transcribed I'.
In full.
As the only great Nation not engaged
In the war or suffering under the Im
mediate Influence of the war zone, Mr.
Wilson declared that a tirr-at distinc
tion awuittxi the United states wh u
the hour of readjustment ahould conic.
Provided this Nation should prove to
the world Its self-control ami srK
mastery. The past had been difficult,
he pointed out. but the future would
be more difficult.
Amrrlca Mot Judse of itl.n,
America, the President said, never
would attempt to sit in Judgment upon
another nation. No nation was lit to
do that, he added. But America, free
from hampering ambitions us a world
power, free of a lust for territorj,
calm, cool and without self-intercsl,
must be appealed lo to sssirt In the
reconat ructing prooesses of peace.
The neutrality of the United iHatca.
Mr. Wilson said, had a higher bu.-i.-i
than a petty desire to kcip out of
trouble.
"There is something so much ;.-rcat.r
to Jo than fighting," he said. "11 us
think of Amei lea before vu think of
Europe, Jn order that America may be
tit to be Europe's friend, when the d:iy
ot tested friendship comes. The test
of friendship is not sympathy with onu
sldo or the other, but getting ready to
help both sides -when the struggle is
over."
The President, greeted with chcci.-i
when he appeared at the luncheon, con
stantly -was interrupted by applau:.
ani expressions of approval.
vn I'rrrdom of perch Itratraiurd.
President Wilson said:
"1 am deeply gratified by the gen
erous reception you have accorded nie.
It makes me look back with a touch
of regret to former occasions when 1
have stood in this place and enjoi ed
a greater liberty than ij grunted me
today. There have been times when
I stood in this spot and said what 1
really thought, and I pray God those
days of Indulgence may be accorded
me again. tiut I have come here to
day, of course, somewhat restrained
by a sense of responsibility that I can
not escape.
"For 1 take the Associated Press very
seriously. I know the enormous part
you play in the affairs of not only this
country, but of thj world. You deal in
the raw material of opinion and, if
my convictions have uny validity, opin
ion ultimately governs the world. It
is therefore of serious things that I
think as I face this body of men. I
don't think of you, however, as mem
bers of the Associated Press. I don't
think of you as men of different par
ties or of different racial df riv at Ions,
or of different religious denominations.
I want to talk to yon as my fellow
citizens of the United Stale.
Tent W ill tome at llmai,
"For there are seriou:; tilings which,
as fellow citizens, we ought to con
sider. The times behind us, gentlemen,
have been difficult enough 1 ho times
before us are likely to bo more diffi
cult; because, whatever may be said
about the present condition of tho .
world's affairs, it Is clear that they
are drawing rapidly to a climax and
at the climax the test v.-Ill come. r"t
only of the nations enKaged In the
present colossal struggle it will come
for them, of course but the test will
come to us particularly.
"Lo you realize that, roughly speak
ing, wo are the only great Nation at
present disengaged'.' I am not speaking,
of course, with disparagement of thoso
great nations in Europe which are not
parties to the present war. but I sin
thinking of their close neighborhood
to It.
"I am thinking, however, their live;,
much more than ours touch the very
heart and stuff of the business; where
as we have rolling between n.s and
those bitter days across th water
three thousand miles of col and silrnl
ocean. Our atmosphere is not ? ct
charged with tho? disturbing ele
ments which must be. felt und niu.vl
nernieat') overy nation of Lurot v
Therefore, is i; not likclj th;;t f.ie