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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,
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We dare not delay the VICTORY now.
American lives are at stake, our own safety, the safety of the
whole world. If we are not to prolong the slaughter and the suffering, if
we are not to risk defeat or an inconclusive peace, we must act quickly;
we must put forth our every effort now.
The army is doing its part. Five hundred
thousand American soldiers are in France today. There will
be more tomorrow. And more the day after. 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.
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