America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 20 April 1916, Page 5

America

ANOTHER DECLARATION.

WOBBLING WILSON SPEAK?. WHY WAS AMERICA BORN? SOME ALLEGATIONS ON THE MATTER. I'Untthti Prnsaa Ausooiation.] (Received 9.5 a.m.) ashington, Aprii 19. Addressing a meeting President Wilson declared that the only excuse for the United States ever to fight would be in the cause of humanity, and he added:— “America will have forgotten her traditions if she fights merely for' herself. Wo must not fight under conditions thafci show we have forgotten the traditions of the Nation, which was formed for the purpose of serving the rest of mankind as much as itself, and to afford asylum to all men. The birth of this nation is significant, because no other nation was ever born into the world for the purpose of serving mankind. If we forgot the traditions of our fathers, it would at once change our characters and wo would become unconscious of

those principles in which the life of the Nation is rooted. What a splendid thing it is that wo have so singular a tradition of unselfishness. When the United States ceases to be unselfish, she will cease to be America. When she forgets the tradition of devotion to human rights in general, she will have lost the title

deeds of her own nationality.”

THE MUSICAL PRESIDENT.

ONE MORE NOTE DESPATCHED.

(Received 9.5 a.m.) Washington, April 19

President Wilson has despatched another Note to Germany, warning her that unless the attacks on merchantmen carrying Americans cease, diplomatic relations will be severed. A Reuter message adds that an immediate answer was demanded.