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RESIDENT WILSON SPEAKS. }OR( E WITII* >l'T STINT OK LIM? IT UNTIL VltTOIlY IS WON. lsberty Bond MAm in Baltimore Was Answer to Germany's Drive on Mowune and Austria's Labor Peace TmU. Bsitimore. April 6.?President Wil? son st a great Liberty loun celebra- i t.on here tonight guve America's an Rwrr to the German drive on the Weetern battle front, to the renewed propaganda foi a Oerman-made peace to ?II propoaal.i to end the war before Germany Is awakened from her dream of world domi lion. The president's answer was: ?'Force, fore* to the utmost, force without, stmt or lire.lt. the righteous and triumphant force which shall make right th? law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust A fsw hours before the president ?poke be had reviewed a division of cltlsen soldiers, called only a few months ago from the pursuits of peace; now tinnsformsd Into fighting men to carry the Ideal of America to the battlefields of Europe at the mo? ment, a million more of their kind ail over the la id wers celebrating the opening or the third Liberty loan, and the orders for mobilising the first of the great army of a second million were going out to the country. Those were some of the physical facts which backed his words, when, after reviewing brefly the evidence that Germany seeks a peace that would gtve he.* world dominion, the president decla red. "I accapt tin challenge. I know that you accept It. All the world shall krow you accept It. It shall appear in the utter sacrifice and self-forgetful nsss with which we shall give all that We love and si) that we have to re? deem the worl l and make it fit for free man like ourselves to live in. This now Is the meaning of What we do. Let everything that we say. my fellow country men, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to the response till the neajssty and might of our concerted power shall fll the thought and ut? terly defeat the force of those who flout and misprise what we honor and hold deer. "Germany hia once more said that tores end fores alone shall decide wKeXheT*Justice and peaoe sha'l reign in the affairs *>f men, whether right e*t America conceives It. or dominion as she conceives it, shall determine the destinies of munkind. "There is. therefore, but one re? sponse possible from us; force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limn the right joum force which shall make right the luw of the world, and cost every selfish dominion In the duet Warning anew that a triumph of erme for Germany means ruin for all the Ideals Amadea has won and livet for. the president reiterated he wa* wilting to disci, sm ut any time a fair just honest peace, sincerely proposed. *S peace In which the strong and weak rhall fare alike." "Hut the answer," said he, "when 1 proposed such a peace, came from th* German communders in Russia und 1 can not mistake the meunlng of th? answer. They are enjoying in Uussia," the I leeldent declared, "a cheap triumph In which no brave or gallant nutlor csn long take pride A great people hejpleas by their own act, lies rot the thna at their mercy. Their fair pro? fessions are forgotten. They nowheri ?at Up Justice, hut everywhere impos< their power a id exploit everything for their own use and aggrandize? ment, and the peoples of conquered provinces are Invited to be free undei their dominion. "Arn we not Juntllied In hclievlm lhat they woul 1 do the same thing* at ihelr western front if they wer? not there face to face with armies whom their counties* di\nilons can no overcome In full, the preside nt * npeech wa* as followe Kellow (Ttlsens Thin |g the an*., vt-tsary of our acceptance of QOV n.any's challerxe to fight rot ou i>*bta to live and be Ires and lee the ? erect right* of free sses everywhere The nation im nwake. There is n n??ed to call to It We hnOW that the war must cost our utmost sacrifice tie lives of our fitt-\st men and, j lieed be. all th it we POSBSSS The Ion *e ure met to discuss is one of |gsj le$st parts of w nil v. . i. called up on to give and to do. though in Itaslf Im per alive, Th? people s4 the who/.t Country are nllv.* to the necessity 0t It, and are ready to lend to the urm(>Kt e.en where it ig etvee a sharp fjkirap tr g and dally sacrifice to Inid, out ()r i ??ngre earnings. They will look with rep.rr ,Mt|on nml cntempt upon those *?h (, M| an(l ?sill not. upon those wlv? demand I I her rate of Int?*** f rspOU IhOSf ?a bo think of it a/..re enmmen la transaction. I have not come, there- \ fore, to uge the Joan. I have come i only to give you, if I can, a more vivid t conception of what it is for. I "The reasons for tIlls great war. 1 the reason why it had to come, the 1 need to fight it through, and the is- > sues that hang upon its outcome, are I more clearly disclosed now than ever ' before. It is easy to see just what ? this particular loan means because J the ci.use we are fighting for stands I more sharply revealed than at any 1 previous crisis of the momentous ' struggle. The man who knows least ' can now see plainly how the cauue of i justice stands and what the dmper- ' IshabJe thing is he is asked to invest I In. Men in America may be more sure than they ever were before that the cause is their own, and that, if it should bo lost, their own great na? tion's place and mission in the world would be lost with it. "I call you to witness, my fellow countrymen, that at no stage of this terrible business have 1 judged the purposes of Germany intemperately. I should be ashamed in the presence of affairs so grave, so fraught with the destinies of mankind throughout all the world, to speak with trucu lence, to use the weak language of hatred or vindictive purpose. We must Judge as we would be Judged. I have sought to learn the objects Germans have in this war from the mouthu of her own statesmen, and to deal as tranklv with them as I wished them to deal with me. I have laid bare our own Ideals, our own purposes, with* out reserve or doubtful phrase, and have asked them to say as plainly what it is that they seek. "We have ourselves proposed no In? justice, no aggression. We are ready, whenever the final reckoning Is made, to be just to the German people, deal fairly with the German power as with all others. There can be no differ? ence between peoples In the final judgment, If it is Indeed to be a right? eous judgment. To propose anything but J ustice, even-handed and dispas? sionate Justice, to Germany at any time, whatever the outcome of the war, would be to renounce and dishon? or our own cause. For we ask noth? ing that we are not willing to accord. "It has been with this thought that I have sought to learn from those who spoko for Germany whether it was justice or dominion and the execu? tion of their own will upon other na? tions of the world that the German leaders were seeking. They have an? swered, answered in unmlsakable terms. They have avowed that It was not justice, but dominion and the un? hindered execution sf their own will. "The avowal has not come from Germany's statesmen. It has come from her military leaders, who are her real rulers. Her statesmen have said that they wished peace, and were ready to discuss its terms when? ever their opponents were willing t< sit down at the conference table with them. Her present chancellor has sr.ld?in Indefinite and uncertain terms, indeed, and In phrases that of? ten seem to deny their own meaning but with as much plainness as he 'hought prudent?that he believed that peace should be based upon the orinciples which we had declared vouhl be our own in the final settle? ment. At Hrest-Litovsk her civil del? egates spoke in similar terms, pro? cessed their desire to conclude a fall peace and accord to the peoples with vhose fortunes they were dealing the right to cihoose their own Allegiances, thrt action accompanied and followed ?he profession. Their military mas *ery. the men who act for Germany end exhlMt her purposes, In execution. oroclalme*l a very different* conclu? sion Wo can not mistake wtiat they havo done?In Russia, in Finland, in ? he Fkrnine. In Roumanin. The rea' ?est of their justice and fair play bar come. From this We may Judge the ?est. Thev are enjoying In Russia : cheap triumph In which no brave or gallant nation can long take pride. A rent people, helpless by their ACt, Her or the time at their mercy. Theb ir professions are forgotten. They no where set up justice, but every? where Impose their power and exploit everything lor their own use and S| VandlaamHit; and the peoples) of un ' onCJUOrod provinces are invitc*l to be Tree under their dominion. "Are we not Justified In believing Hat thev would do ttlS same ghlngi ? their Wawern front Lr they wer?? no4 face to face with* armies who even their coirhtless divisions can not crver DonaaT if, whan they have fait ttterir heeiV to ?>.? Una], they ahould pronoet favornbln ami equitable terms with regard to IPdgium and France ami Italy,, eOfltd they blame us If We sab' that they did so only to assure them? selves otf a free hand 1 rr. Russia and UM Baal ? ?"t^io*- purpose is undoubtedly t< make nil the Slavic peoples, nil the ren and! ami Itlous nations of the Jlal lie peninsula all the lands that Tor 1 i q has dom noted and misruled sub lead to this will and ambition, anfl build UDOS. I hat dominion an e.npin of force upon which the fane) that ?.f?ev can then erect an empire nf gain nind commercial supremacy- an em? lire as hostile to the Americas as to lie Europe which it will overawe?an ?mpire which will ultimately master Persia, India and the peoples of the Pmt East. In such an empire ou ideals, the ideals of justice and hu- i nanity and Liberty, the principle of < he free self-determination of nations Upon which all the modern world in- i slets, can play no part. They are re? fected for the ideals of power, for the principle that the stroi.g must rule the weak, that trade must follow the flag", Whether those to whom it is taken welcome it or not, that the peoples of the world are to be made subject tj the patronage and overlordship of those who have the power to enforce it. "That program once carried out, America and all who care or desire to stand with her must arm and pre? pare themselves to contest the mas? tery of the world, a mastery in which the rights of common men, the rights of women and of all who are weak, must for the time being he trodden under foot and disregarded, and^ the old, agelong struggle for freedom and right begin again at Its beginning. Ev? erything that America has lived for and loved and grown great to vindi? cate, and bring to a glorious realiza? tion will havo fallen In utter ruin and the gutes of mercy once more piti? lessly shut upon mankind. "The thing is preposterous and Im? possible; and yet is not that what the whole course and action of the Ger? man arms has meant whenever they have moved? I do not wish, even in this moment of utter disillusionment, to Judge harshly or unrighteously. I Judge only what the German arms have accomplished with unpitylng thoroughness throughout every fair region they have touched. "What .then, are we to do? For piyself, 1 am ready, ready still, ready even now, to discuss a fair and just and honest peace at any time that it Is sincerely proposed?a peace in which the strong and the weak shall fare alike, but the answer, when i proposed such a peace, came from the Hennen commanders in Russia, and I can not mistake the meaning of the .-loBwer. "I accept the challenge. I know that you accept it. All the world shall know that you accept it. It shall ap? pear In the uj.tor sacrifice and self forgetfulness with which we shall give all that we love and all' that we have to redeem the world and make it lit for free men like ourselves to live in. This now is the meaning of all, that we do. Let everything that we spy, iry fellow countrymen, everything that wo henceforth plan and accom? plish, ring true to this response till the majesty and might of our con? certed power shall flllxthe thought and utterly defeat the force of those who Pout and misprize what we honor and hold dear. Germany has once more said tnat force, and force alonet shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether right as America conceives it or do? minion as she conceives it shall de? termine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore but one response possible from us; force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall make right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion nown in the dust." Our Supreme Duty. I By Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives.) Somebody has said that "duty" is the sublimest word In our language. Our supreme duty is to carry this war to' a succesful conclusion. We have never been beaten in any war in which ?vc have been engaged, and the Amer can people are determined that we shall not he defeated in this titanic druggie. 1'resident Wilson and the ?nngress have solemnly dedicated to this cause all of our national resources in men and property?if needs be. The two most important things in war are men and money. The con? gress will vote them from time to time n such numbers and such amounts as are deemed necessary to the accom ?dishment of American purposes. Another large bond Issue is Impend 'tiK and it is to be hoped that the hOndfl will be promptly subscribed for Those of us who are over the military \i*e or for any other reason are de? barred from lighting can pay, and It ? s our solemn duty to do so, I proe ? ice what 1 preach and Invested evert dollar 1 had, and some I borrowed in bonds. A failure Of this new bond Isav vouid Injure our standing in the world BJ much as the loss of a treat tattle and wound our self-respect be? yond all surgery for We all must real ze that no nation will long survive 01 deserves to survive which does not ?rotect ail Its cltlsens wherever they may be by land or sea. New honors are being thrust upor the women at a rate that must n1 most be emburrnslng, They ar? now eligible to membership In Tan' many Hall Rochester Democrat ffrl ('hronlcle. LAUDS AMERICAN TROOPS. 3and Aberdeen Sees Pence only by Allied Victory. New York, April i.?Lord Aber? deen, formerly governor general < ? Canada and lord lieutenant of Ireland, ir a speech here today declared peace ran be achieved only by a victory for the Allies. "This is a war for peace." he Bald. "No peace is possible without dishonor and subjugation at this time except by the sword. 1 am for peace as a general proposition. 1 opposed the Lad war before thi.s in which Or?Kf.t I Itritnin was engaged and l believe th; t : l! ci n !>?? stated with absolute frank* 1 UCSS that even all who ordinarily are I committed to peace must favor < o? - Itlnuance of the present conflict until victory >s achieve d for the Allied r;< ' lions, which are standing steadfastly i ' j .or human rights, liberty and justice, j "The American troops are men to be proud o!" in the opinion of Lord : Aberdeen, Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10o per week, delivered. BEES A\ 11 1K5XVX Als?) Beekeeping supplies. Homy is the. best substitute for sugar, and by keeping bees you ran have your own sweetening. 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We are going to send an army large enough so that when we strike, witk our Allies, we can drive the German hordes back across the Rhine ? so that we can win the decisive VICTORY that will make American freedom safe, and establish a just and lasting peace. But the whole nation must take part. Our armies in France are looking to us to furnish them in ever greater abundance, the ordnance, the munitions, the supplies that will make their VICTORY possible. We must not fail them. ?|\ : The Third Liberty Loan is our share in If I \ the winning of this war. Upon it depends "- the safety and success of five hundred : thousand American soldiers in France. V .Vi t........ . , ....... !h j ??????????????????????..?.-? -. ?i- *< Lend Him a Hand Buy All the Bonds You Can This Space Taid for and Contributed by MITCHELL'S DRUG STORE