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making their fortunes out of an emergency of the country; why are not we to have a share of the plunder?" ("Hear, hear!" and laughter.) There is one gentleman here who holds that view. (Laughter.) I hope he is not an engineer. (Renewed laughter.) "We work harder than ever," say the workmen. All I can say is, if they do they are entitled to their share. But that is not the point Who is right? Who is wrong? They are both right and they are both wrong. The whole point is that these questions ought to be settled without throwing away the chances of humanity in its greatest struggle. There is a good deal to be said against compulsory arbitration, but during the war the Government ought to have power to settle all these differences, and the work should go on. The workman ought to get more. Very well, let the Government find it out and give it to him. If he ought not, then he ought not to throw up his tools. The country cannot afford it. It is disaster, and I believe that the moment this comes home to workmen and employers they will comply with the urgent demand of the Government. There must be no delay.

ALLIES' CONDITIONS OF PEACE

SIR EDWARD GREY

WHAT is the issue for which we are fighting? In due time the terms of peace will be put forward by our Allies in concert with us - in accordance with the alliance that exists between us and published to the world. One essential condition must be the restoration to Belgium of her independence, national life, and free possession of her territory, and reparation to her as far as reparation is possible for the cruel wrong done to her. That is part of the great issue for which we, with our Allies, are contending, and the great part of the issue is this - we wish the nations of Europe to be free to live their independent lives, working out their own form of government for themselves, and their own national developments, whether they be great nations or small States, in full liberty. This is our ideal. The German ideal we have had it poured out by German professors and publicists since the war began is that of the Germans as a superior people, to whom all things are lawful in the securing of their own

On the 22d day of March, 1915, Sir Edward Grey gave to the world the conditions upon which the Allied governments would accept peace. Below is an extract from that address.

The Right Honorable Sir Edward Grey was Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1905 to 1917, when he was superseded by the Right Honorable Arthur James Balfour. Grey was born April 25, 1862, and received his education at Balliol College, Oxford. Many nicknames have been given him, the best known of which is "England's Evil Genius."

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power, against whom resistance of any sort is unlawful — a people establishing a domination over the nations of the Continent, imposing a peace which is not to be liberty for every nation, but subservience to Germany. I would leave the Continent altogether or even perish rather than live on it under such conditions.

After this war we and the other nations of Europe must be free to live, not menaced continually by talk of "supreme war lords," and "shining armor," and the sword continually "rattled in the scabbard," and heaven continually invoked as the accomplice of Germany, free to live without having our policy dictated and our national destinies and activities controlled by the military caste of Prussia. We claim for ourselves and our allies claim for themselves, and together we will secure for Europe, the right of independent sovereignty for the different nations, the right to pursue a national existence, not in the shadow of Prussian hegemony and supremacy, but in the light of equal liberty.

All honor for ever be given from us whom age and circumstances have kept at home to those who have voluntarily come forward to hazard every risk, to give their lives in battle on land and on sea. They have their reward in enduring fame and honor. And all honor be from us to the brave armies and navies of our Allies, who have exhibited such splendid courage and noble patriotism. The admiration they have aroused, and their comradeship in arms, will be an ennobling and enduring memory between us, cementing friendships and perpetuating national good will. For all of us who are serving the State at home, in whatever capacity, whether officials, or employers, or wage earners, doing our utmost to carry on the national life in this time of stress, there is the knowledge that there can be no nobler opportunity

than that of serving one's country when its existence is at stake, and when the cause is just and right; and never was there a time in our national history when the crisis was so great and so imperative, or the cause more just and right.

AMERICA FOR HUMANITY

WOODROW WILSON

Mr. Mayor, Mr. Secretary, Admiral Fletcher, and Gentlemen of the Fleet: This is not an occasion upon which it seems to me that it would be wise for me to make many remarks, but I would deprive myself of a great gratification if I did not express my pleasure in being here, my gratitude for the splendid reception which has been accorded me as the representative of the nation, and my profound interest in the navy of the United States. That is an interest with which I was apparently born, for it began when I was a youngster and has ripened with my knowledge of the affairs and policies of the United States.

I think it is a natural, instinctive judgment of the people of the United States that they express their power appropriately in an efficient navy, and this is true partly, I believe, because that navy somehow is expected to express their character, not within our own borders, where that character is understood, but outside our borders, where it is hoped we may occasionally touch others with some slight vision of what America stands for.

I like to image in my thought this ideal. These quiet ships lying in the river have no suggestion of bluster about them no intimation of aggression. They are commanded by men thoughtful of the duty of citizens as well

President Wilson addressed the Mayor's Committee in New York, May 17, 1915, on the occasion of the Naval Review and Parade on the Hudson.