"AMERIC A SHOULD
BEST NAVY I N WORL
THE TOMAHAWK, WHITE EARTH, MINN.
MR. WILSON ON HIS TOUR
This snapshot of President Wilson
was made as he was leaving the hall
In Pittsburgh where, in the course of
his speech-making tour, he had told
his hearers of the urgent need of pre*
paredness.
Peace at Any
Price? 'Never*
Wilson Tells Des Moines Audience He
Has Found Middle West for
Preparedness.
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 3.."Do you
want the situation to be such that all
the President can do is to write mes
sages and utter words of protest?"
asked President Wilson here in ad
vocating preparedness before the larg
est audience of his present trip. "If
breaches of international law, which
are in daily danger of occurring,
should touch the very honor of the
United States do you wish to do noth
ing about it? Do you wish to have all
the world say that the flag of the
United States can be stained with im
punity? Why, to ask the question is
to answer it. I know there is not a
man or woman within hearing of my
voice who would wish peace at the
expense of the honor of the United
States."
There are actually men in America
who are preaching war, the President
declared. Men who want the United
States to have entangling alliances
abroad. He added that others go furth
er than he, in advocating peace.
"They preach the doctrine of peace
at any price," he added, while men in
the audience called, "never, never."
He said these men- did not know the
circumstances of the world.
