DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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iiG OVATION FOR
PRESIDENT WILSON
M ,
IROWD WITH HIM FROM 8TART
TO FINISH THOUSANDS
CHEER DEFI.
ALK A REPLY TO HUN DRIVE
"erms Teutonic Course In Russia a
Cheap Triumph Utter Defeat the
Only Remedy for Those Who Flout
and Misprize What America Honors.
IVntctn Ntwupipcr Union Nw Service.
Baltimore, Md. Prosldont Wilson's
Iiccoptnnco In a speech hero Saturday
lalfilit of Germany's cballongo that
Jic Issuo between the contral powers
md Uor onemlcs bo settled by forco
wrought 1C.O0O portions encoring to
kholr feet.
Tho prosldont, opening tho third
Liberty loan campaign, carried his
ludlonco with him in IiIb address.
Introduced by Governor.
Former Gov. Phllllpps L. Qoldsbor-
ough, Introducing tho president, de
clared that out of the war would
como a now world, dedicated to lib
erty. Mr. Qoldsborough, a Republi
can, cald that all parties In tho coun
try must rally behind tho exocutlvo.
"This Is no llmo," aald Mr. Golds-
borough, "to crltlclso tho govern
ment. This la tho time for evory-
fcody to got behind our flag."
Text of the Speech.
"Fellow Citizens: This la tho annl-
Torsary of our accoptanco of Gor
many'fl challonco to flaht for our rlitht
to Uvo and bo free, and for tho sacred
rights or free men overywhoro. Tho
nation Is awake. There la no need to
call to It. Wo know what the war
must cost, our utmost eacrlflco. the
lives of our fittost men and, if noed
bo, nil that wo possess. Tho loan wo
aro mot to discuss la ono of tho least
parts of what wo are called upon to
givo ana to do, though m Itsou Im
perative. Tho pooplo of tho wholo
country aro allvo to tho nooosslty of
It, and aro roady to lend to tho ut
most, ovon whoro It involvos a sharp
eklmplng and dally sacrlflco to lond
out or our meager earnings, wo will
look with reprobation and contempt
upon thoso who can and will not, up
on thoso who, domand a hlghor rate
of Intorost upon thoso who think of
1 as a moro commercial transaction.
I, havo not come, theroforo, to urge
tho loan. I havo como only to givo
you, If I can, n moro vivid concoptlon
of what It Is for.
"Tho roasons for this groat war, tho
reason why it had to como, tho nood
to fight It through and tho Issuos that
Tiang upon its outcome aro moro
cloarly dlsclosod now than ovor bo
foro. It Is easy to sco Just what this
particular loan moans, becauso tho
cause we aro fighting for etanda moro
sharply revealed than at any provlous
crisis of tho momontous etrugglo. Tho
awn who knows least can now boo
plainly how tho cause of Justlco
etands and what tho Imporlohablo
thing Is ho is asked to invest in. Mon
In America may bo moro suro than
thoy over wore boforo that tho causo
is tholr own, and that, if it should bo
lost, their own great nation's place
and mission In tho world would bo
lost with It.
"I call you to wltnoss, my follow
countrymen, that at no stago of this
terrlblo business havo I Judged tho
purposes of Gormany Intemporatoly.
I should bo ashamed in tho prosonco
of affaire so gravo, so fraught with
tho dosllnlos of mankind throughout
all tho world, to speak with trucu
lonco, to uso tho weak language of
liatrod or vlndlcltlvo purpose. Wo
must Judgo as wo would bo Judged.
I havo sought to learn tho objects
Germnny haB 'In this war from the
mouths of hor own apokosmon and to
deal as frankly with thorn as I wished
thom to deal with mo. I havo laid
baro our own IdoalB, our own pur
poses, without resorvo or doubtful
phmso, nnd havo asked them to say
aa plainly what it la that they seek.
"Wo havo otirsolvoH proposed no in
justice, no aggression. Wo aro roady
whonovor tho llnal reckoning is mado
to bo Just to tho Gorman people,
deal fairly with tho German powor,
as with all othors. Thoro can bo no
dlfferonco botweon peoples In tho
final Judgment. To propose anything
hut Jiu'tlco, ovon handod and dlnpaH
alonnto Justlco, to Gormany, at any
time, whatovor tho outcome of tho
war, would bo to ronouueo and dis
honor our own cauBo. For wo ask
nothing that wo aro not willing to ac
cord. Germany's Answer Is Dominion.
"It has been with this thought that
I havo sought to loam from thoso
who spoke for Germany whether It
was justlco or dominion nnd tho exe
cution of tholr own will upon tho
thor nations of tho world that tho
German leaders woro booking. They
Siave answered, answered to unmis
takable terms. Thoy have avowed
that It was not Justlco but dominion
and tho unhindered oxooutlon of tholr
own will.
"Tho avowal has not como from
Germany's statesmen. It has como
from, her military leaders, who are
let- real rulers. Hor statesmen have
aald that thoy wished pence nnd woro
ready to discuss Its terms whenever
their opponents woro willing to sit
4ohtr at tho conference table with
thom. Hor present clia i
said In Indofinlto and uncortaln
terms, Indeod, and In phrases that
often scorn to dony tholr own mean
ing, but with as much plainness as ho
thought prudent that ho believed
poaco should bo baeod upon the prin
ciples which wo had declared would
bo our own In tho final settlement.
At Urost-Lltovsk hor civilian dele
gates spoko In similar torms; pro
fessed tholr desire to conoludo a fair
poaco and accord to tho peoples with
whoso fortunes they were (Vvllng the
right to chooso their own allegiances.
But action aocompanled and followed
tho profession. Their military mas
tors, tho men who net for Gormany
and exhibit hor purposo In execution,
procliamod a vory different conclusion.
Wo cannot mistake what thoy havo
dono In Russia, In Finland, and In
tho Ukraine, In Rumania. Tho roal
test of tholr Justice and fair play has
como. From this wo may Judgo tho
rest. They aro enjoying in Russia a
cheap triumph in which no bravo or
gallant nation can long take pride.
A groat peoplo, helploss by their own
act, lies for the time at their morcy.
Their fair professions nro forgotten,
Thoy nowhoro set up Justlco, but ev
erywhere lmposo tholr powor nnd ex
ploit ovorythlng for tholr own uso
and nggrandlzoment; nnd tho peoples
of conquorcd provinces nro Invited to
bo froo undor tholr dominion.
"Aro wo not Justified in bollovinp
that thoy would do tho same things
at their western front If thoy wore
not thoro face' to faco with armloE
whom ovon tholr countless drive
ennnot ovorcomo? If, when they have
felt tholr chock to bo final, they
should proposo favorablo and equitable
torms with regard to Gelglum and
Franco and Italy could thoy blamo ui
if wo concluded that thoy did so onlj
to asBuro thomsolves of a freo hant
In Russia and tho cast.
Domination Over 8lavs.
"Tholr purposo undoubtedly Is t
mako all tho Slavic peoples, nil tin
froo and ambitious nations of tho Bal
tic peninsula, all tho lands that Tut
key has dominated and misruled sub
Joct to their will nnd ambition am
build upon that dominion an ompln
of force, upon 'wheh thoy fancy the
can thon erect an empire of gain and
commercial eupromacy an emplro nc
ho8t!lo to tho Americans as to th
Europo which It will overawe, an cm
plro which will ultimately mastc
Porsla, India and tho peoples of the
far cast. n such n program our
Ideals, tho Ideals of Justlco and hu
inanity and liberty, tho prlnclplo o'
tho freo uolf determination of nation"
upon which nil tho modern world In
slats, can play no part. They aro re
jected for tho Ideals of power; for the
prlnclplo that tho strong must rule
tho weak, that trade must follow the
flag whether thoBO to whom It Is takon
wolcomo It or not, that tho peoples of
tho world nro to ho mado subject t'
the patronago nnd overlordshlp a
thoso who havo tho power to enforce
it
"That program, once carried out
America and all who caro or daro to
stand with hor must arm and propre
themselves to contest tho mastery of
tho world, a mastery In which the
rights of common mon,' tho right of
women nnd of all who aro weak must,
for tho tlmo being, bo trod under foot
nnd dlBregardod, and tho old. ago long
fltrugglo for frceoom and right begin
again at Its beginning. Everything
that America has lived for and loved
and grown great to vlndlcato and
bring to n glorious realization will
havo fallon In utter ruin nnd tho
gatos of morcy onco moro pltllossly
shut upon mankind.
Challenge Accepted.
"Tho thing Is preposterous and Im
possible! And yet Is not. that what
tho whole courso and action of tho
German armies hns meant wherever
they havo moved? I do not wish, even
In this moment of utter disillusion
mont, to Judgo harshly or unrighteous
ly. 1 Judgo only what tho German
arms havo accomplished with unplty
Ing thoroughness throughout every
fair land thoy have touched.
"What, then, nre wo to do'
"For mysolf, I am roady, ready still,
roady ovon now, to discuss a fair nnd
Just and hnnost poaco at nny iimu that
It Is slncoroly proposed a ponce In
which tiro strong ami thu weak shall
faro alike, but, tho answer, when 1
proposed such a peace, Came from tho
Gorman commanders In Ituneli, and
I cannot mistake tho meaning of that
answer.
"I nccopt tho challaiigo.
"I know that you accept It. All tho
world shall know that you uccopt It.
"It shall appear In tho uttor sacri
fice and self forgotfuluess with which
wo shall givo all that wo lovo and all
that wo havo to rodeom tho world
and mnko It fit for freo men llko our
selves to Uvo In, This now Is the
moaning of all that we do.
"Let ovorythlng that wo say, my
follow countrymen, everything that
wo hencoforth plan and accomplish,
ring true to thlo response, until the
majosty and might of our concerted
powor shall All tho thought and utter
ly dofoat tho forco of thoso who flout
and mlspriso what wo honor and hold
dear.
"Germany haB onoo moro said that
forco, and force alono, shall decldo
whether Justice and poace shall rolgn
in tho affairs of moo, whether right aB
America conceives It, or dominion as
sho concolves It, shall dotermlno tho
destinies of mankind.
"Thoro is, therefore, but ono re
sponse possible from us;
"'Force, forco to tho utmost, forco
without etlnt or limit, tho righteous
nnd triumphant forco which shall
mnko right tho law of tho world, and
cast ovory selfish dominion djwu in
the d'M'"
FIRST YEAR OF
WAR REVIEWED
Achievements of United States
Recounted in Official Statements.
GREAT ARMY IN TRAINING
Land Forces Now Aggregate 123,801
Officers and 1,528,924 Enlisted
Men Navy Personnel Is
Tripled.
Tho United States Is now entering
upon Its second year of war. On the
first anniversary of the beginning of
hostilities between this country and
Germany, the people are Interested In
knowing what hns been done by tho
United States In waging and prepar
ing to wnge war upon the forces of
Prussian autocracy. Tho committee
on public information of the United
States government, In n review of tho
first year of the war, gives a resume
of the activities of the various do-
pnrtments of the government as they
are concerned with prosecution of the
war. The committee announces that
all statements mado are authorized
by the war department, the navy de
partment, the United States shipping
bonrd nnd tho treasury department.
The outstanding feature of the first
yeur of war, it Is pointed out
In the review, has been the transfor
mation of the standing army and Nil
tlonul Guard, composed of 0,524 offi
cers and 202,510 men Into n fighting
forco thnt now aggregates 123,801 of
ficers and 1,528,024 enlisted men.
A stntcment of the adjutant general
shows that the regular army which in
April, 1017, comprised 5,701 officers
and 121,707 men, now Is made up of
10,008 officers nnd 503,142 men. Tho
National Gunrd In April, 1017, Includ
ed 3,733 officers and 70,713 men, while
now It comprises 10,803 officers nnd
131,583 men. The reserve corps In
service one year ngo Included 4,000
men. Now It Includes 00,210 officers
and 77,300 men. The National army,
which did not exist ono year ago, now
Includes 510,830 men.
A substantial vanguard (military
expediency prohibiting publication of
ictunl numbers) of this army Is meet
ing the enemy In Frnnce today or Is cn
runiped there awaiting the call to the
trenches; In 10 cantonments and 10
camps and on numerous aviation fields
and In a variety of other schools In
ill parts of the United States the men
of the remaining army are hardening
mil training for their part In the great
contest oversens.
Behind the activities of this vast
forco lies a groat Industry organized
to produce nn adequate supply of mu
nitions,' equipment, and provisions,
nnd to provldo transportation to tho
firing line, nlinost every branch of
essential industry of the country hav
ing been drawn upon to produce these
material requirements.
Expeditionary Forces.
Milltnry necessity pnrtlculnrly for
bids a detailed review of the activities
of the American expeditionary forces.
General Pershing nnd his stuff ar
rived In Paris on Juno 14, 1017, CO
days after tho declaration of war. The
first American troops arrived In
Frnnce on June 20. On July 4, In cel
ebration of our natal day and a new
light for liberty, American troops pa
raded the streets of Paris and were
greeted ns the forerunners of great
American armies and vast quantities
of supplies and ammunitions.
On October 10, 1017, 187 days after
tho war was declared, American sol
diers went on the firing line. In Jan
uary American soldiers took over per
manently u part of the line as an
American Sector, and this line Is grad
ually lengthening.
Behind the fighting line In Franco
tho American forces hnve scientifically
prepared a groundwork of camps, com
munications, supply bases, and works
In anticipation of operations by the
full force of the army. They are
building and have built railroads, hos
pitals, ordnance bases, nnd docks In
France. They have constructed Im
mense Immieks, erected sawmills, re
claimed agricultural lands, and car
ried forward ninny, incidental enter
prises. The construction of an ordnanco
base In France, costing $25,000,000, Is
now well under way. Great quantities
of mnterlnl used in the foreign con
struction work have been shipped from
the United States from fabricated
Ironwork for an ordunnce shop to nails
and crosstles for railroads, nnd even
the piles to build docks.
All tho while there has been n fairly
even flow of men nnd materials from
Ihe United States to Frnnce. The men
In the trenches, back of the lines, on
tho construction projects, und In tho
hospitals buve been steadily supplied.
Our losses at sea, In men und mate
rials, have been grntlfylngly small.
The greatest single loss occurred on
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8hell-Cap Cigar Lighter.
Capt. John Oorrigan of tho traffic
squad of the police department has re
ceived a souvenir from his son, V. R.
Corrigan, who is In France us n mem
ber of base hospital No. 22, nnd Is dis
playing It to his friends. It Is a cigar
lighter, made from a machine gun ono
nch brnsfi shell cup. After the shell
ml been fired ttome enterprising
frenchman made It Into u lighter, to
ic. Ml'! with alcohol and n wick,
vhlch is lighted by tho friction of a
ttecl wheel against a point of steel
February 6, when the British ship
Tuscanla was torpedoed and sunk.
Tho bodies of 144 soldiers, en route to
France, hnve been found and 55 others
were still missing on March 10.
To secure nn adequate number of
competent officers to lend the new
armies various plans were devised.
Two classes at West Point were grad
uated In ndvanco of the usual gradu
ating dates nnd special examinations
were held In various parts of the coun
try for appointments from civil life.
Three series of officers' training camps
hnve been held. Of 03,203 candidates
In the first two Berles of camps 44,578
qualified nnd were awarded commis
sions. In the third series of camps,
opened January 5, 1018, about 18,000
candidates, consisting largely of en
listed men, havo been In attendance.
Corps of Engineers.
At the beginning of the war tho en
gineer troops consisted of threo regi
ments of pioneer engineers, with
trains, one mounted company, ono en
gineer detachment at West Point. The
nggrcgnto strength was approximate
ly 4,125 officers and enlisted men. At
present the aggregate authorized
strength Is over 200,000, with nn act
ual strength of approximately 120,000.
Of tho special engineer units re
cruited for service on railways and In
tho maintenance of lines of communi
cation, many are already In Frnnce
and others nre awaiting recruitment
to full strength In order to be ready
for oversens service. Tho first en
gineer troops, 1,100 strong, to be sent
nbroad, arrived In Frnnce about three
months after wnr was declared. Since
thnt time the number has been greatly
augmented. These troops have been
constantly engaged In general en
gineering work, Including the con-
structlon of railways, docks, wharves,
cantonments, nnd hospitals for the use
of the American expeditionary forces.
They have, In some Instances, In the
performance of their duties, engnged
In nctlve combat with the enemy.
Ordnance Department.
Since the outbreak of war the
commissioned personnel of the ord
nance department has expanded from
07 officers, operating with yenrly ap
propriations of nbout $14,000,000 and
with manufacture largely confined to
government nrsennls, to 5,000 officers
In this country nnd nbroad, transacting
nn unprecedented war program for the
supply of ordnnnce, the total direct
appropriations and contract authoriza
tions for one year having been $4,
750,503,185. While building the foundation for
greater production, the ordnance de
partment has provided 1,400,000 rifles ;
has brought the rate of rifle production
up to 45,000 per week, sufficient to
equip three army divisions; secured
deliveries on moro than 17,000 ma
chine guns; brought tho rate of pro
duction of machine guns from 20,000
to 225,000 per year; Increased the rate
of production of 3,4-lnch to 9-Inch cali
ber guns from 1,500 to 15,000 per year;
and has arranged for the manufacture
of some 33,000 motortrucks and trac
tors for hauling heavy guns nnd am
munition, which are being delivered
nlmost ns fast ns they can bo shipped.
Ono billion rounds of ammunition
hns been purchnscd for tho training
of troops In the cantonments nlone.
An Iden of the extent of the ord
nance program may be gained from
tho following few Items of purchase:
Twenty-three million hand grenndes,
725,000 automatic pistols, 250,000 re
volvers, 23,000,000 projectiles for all
calibers of heavy artillery, 427,240,000
pounds of explosives, 240,000 machine
guns, nnd 2.4S4.000 rifles.
Quartermaster Corps.
The mngnltude of the work of the
qunrtormnster corps Is Indicated by
tho operation of the subsistence divi
sion, which Is charged with tho re
sponsibility of seeing that food sup
plies for the army are available at all
stations from the Pldlipplnes to Lor-'
rnlne. Purchases recently made in
cluded 40,000,000 pounds dried beans,
110,000,000 cans baked beans of the
1917 crop, 05,184,475 cans of tomatoes,
01,000,000 cans of condensed milk, and
20,287,000 pounds of prunes.
The establishment of tho subsistence
division centralized the purchases of
foodstuffs for tho onuy, previous to
which such products were distributed
through the depot quartermaster. Ef
fectlve January 1, the central control
system hns resulted In greater effi
ciency and a big saving. Tn January,
for Instance, 5100,000 was saved under
this system as compared with the
prices obtained by depot quartermas
ters, and In Februnry n saving of
$.19,740 was made on potatoes nlone.
The central control system Is still be
ing perfected.
Production of 10,000 new nutomoblle
trucks is in progress for the army, In
addition to purchases of 3,520 passen
ger cars, 0,120 motorcycles, and 5,040
bicycles, with appropriate repair und
replacement equipment.
In three months the cantonment di
vision of the quartermaster general's
department built 10 cantonments, ench
one practically a small city, compris
ing about 1,400 popnrato buildings and
providing quarters for 47,000 men.
Air Service.
The air service has been called
upon In the past 12 months to build
nn enormous structure of the most
wire. A lid, or "cap," for the lighter is
mado from another piece of brass shell
Inclosed at one end with a French cop
per cotn. It Is n novel contrivnnco nnd
neatly made. Indlnnnpolts News.
No Longer "Made In Germany."
Clinical thermometers have, in the
past, been- a feature of Germany's
trade; and so, when the German pris
oners In France were sorted out Inst
year, they were asked If any of them
were thermoiiu'ter-wukcrs, and If so
! would they care to work nt their trade.
highly trained personnel and tho most
Intricate equipment with practically
no foundation to stnrt from.
Three large appropriations, Includ
ing the $010,000,000 net passed without
n roll call, made a total of $091,000,000
available for the first year. All of this
has since been obligated.
Last April the air service had nn
almost negligible forco of 05 officers
nnd 1,120 men, 8 smnll flying fields,
less thnn 300 sccond-rnto planes, prac
tically no aviation Industry, nnd only
the most scanty knowledgo of the ka
leidoscopic development abroad. The
first two months of war were required
to secure information, establish a staff,
nnd work out tho program finally
adopted. The problem was twofold
first, personnel; and, second, equip
ment. Today the personnel Is over 100
times that of a year ago, practically
every member n skilled man who has
gone through an Intensive course of
training. Schools of 11 different
kinds hnve been Instituted, courses
of Instruction laid out, and Instruc
tors secured, Including foreign ex
perts In n score of lines.
Development of Navy.
The development of the navy during
the first year of wnr hns given the
greatest satisfaction. Its growth and
achievements during this period may
be epitomized In tho following para
graphs: Strength of the navy today Is
nearly 21,000 officers and 330,000 en
listed men; strength a year ngo was
4,702 officers nnd 77,040 enlisted men.
Estimated total expenditures of the
navy during first year of' war: Dis
bursements nnd outstanding obliga
tions, $1,881,000,000.
Total naval appropriations, real and
pending, $3,333,171,005.04.
Amerlcnn destroyers arrived at a
British port to nsslst In patrolling Eu
ropean waters 28 days after tho decla
ration of war.
There aro now four times ns many
vessels In the nnval service as a year
ago.
Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other
clvlllnn employees aro working at
navy yards and stations.
When war was declared, 123 naval
vessels were building or authorized,
and contracts have been placed slnco
that time for 940 vessels.
Moro than 700 privately owned ves
sels have been purchased or chartered
by the navy.
Six now nuthorlzed battleships aro
designed to be of 41,500 tons, tho larg
est battleships In the world.
Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots,
will be the fastest In tho world, their
speed equaling the fastest destroyers.
Prompt repairs of 109 Interned Ger
man ships, partially wrecked by their
crews, added more thnn 700,000 tons
to our available naval and merchant
tonnnge.
The navy has developed an Ameri
can mine believed to combine all the
good points of various types of mines,
and Is manufacturing them In quanti
ties. During the year the' latest type of
naval 10-Inch gun was completed for
our new battleships; It throws a pro
jectile weighing 2,100 pounds.
Navy has In Its possession now a
stock of supplies sufficient for tho
average requirements for at least ono
year.
Several hundred submarine chasers,
built since the war, have been deliv
ered to the navy by 81 private con
cerns nnd six navy yards; many of
these boats have crossed the Atlantic,
some In severe weather.
Naval training camps have a ca
pnclty of 102,000 In summer, 04,000
men In winter.
Shipping Board's Progress.
Up to date congress has authorized
$2,034,000,000, of which $1,135,000,OW
has been appropriated, for tho
United Stntes Shipping board una"
Emergency Fleet corporation; on
March 1, $353,247,955.37 of this sum
hod been expended.
Tho Emergency Fleet corporation
had requisitioned March L 425 steel
vessels and contracted for 720 steol
vessels, making n total of 1,145 stool
ships, of nn aggregate dead-weight
tonnnge of 8,104,508 tons; it had let
contracts for 400 wooden vessels, ag
gregating approximately 1,715,000
dead-weight tons; It had repaired and
put In operation 788,000 dead-weight
tonnage seized from Germany and
Austria.
On March 5 the building program
of the Emergency Fleet corporation
was being carried on In 151 plants.
First Year's War Cost.
Total estimated expense of tho
United States government In the first
year of wnr, without loans to tho
allies, Is $12,007,278,079.07.
To help meet this expense, the treas
ury department flontcd $0,010,532,800
subscriptions to Liberty bonds.
Bonds, certificates of Indebtedness!,
War Snvlngs certificates, and Thrift
stnmps Issued by tho treasury up to
March 12, totaled $8,500,802,052.00.
The United States government had
loaned to foreign governments asso
ciated In the wnr on March 12, 1018,
$4,430,320,750.
To March 12 tho war risk Insur
ance bureau had Issued policies for a
total of $12,405,110,500 to the armed
forces.
A large numbor stepped out; and now
nearly all the thermometers for use In
France are made by these German
prisoners. Their workshop is ono of
the old dismantled forts near Paris,
and nppnrently they aro most happy
In their work. Possibly this Is In
pnrt due to the fact that they aro
teaching their art to a number of
French women. Joseph S. Ames, In
tho Atlantic.
These arc days when It Is not nicer
for man to live by wheat alouu
r LOYAL AMERICANS.
ISTJJTIUIE
CRUSHING OF GERMANY CAN BE
ACCOMPLISHED ONLY BY OUR
FINANCIAL AID.
RESPOND TO LIBERTY LOAM
Appeal to All Truo Citizens to Help
Eliminate the Diseased Tree Lying
Across the Path of Truo Democ
racy. (By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Who-
Recently Returned From tho War
Zone.)
Germany mny bo likened to n great
tree thnt has fallen ncross tho pntii
of democracy. Tho trunk Is being
chopped through by two nxes, tho mill
tnry ax and tho propagandist ax.
If tho trunk Is to be severed and
the obstruction removed, neither ux
must be spared. Americans must con
tribute willingly to help their nllles,
to support their army nnd navy, which
will be tho deciding military factor In
the struggle.
Our American president was tho
first world statesman to mako clear
that while a milltnry victory Is cs
scntlnl, It Is not In Itself adequate.
Tho great slgnlflcnnco of this war
lies not on tho battle lines, but behind
them. It Is n war for human liberty,
and thnt which restricts humnn
liberty, not only In tho Gcrmnn em
pire, but also In America and England
nnd France nnd Italy nnd Russia
must be abolished. We nro beginning
to perceive thnt tho future progress
of democracy depends on national un
selfishness nnd international co-operation
scientifically conceived.
Issued World Proclamation.
In n series of masterly state papers
Mr. Wilson has announced to tho world
that Amerlcn enters tho wnr unselfish
ly, nnd has defined tho truo Issuo
for nil the peoples of the earth even
for those deluded portions of the Ger
man population which, because of a
false system of education, havo hith
erto upheld the hnnds of tho worst
enemies of liberty, the Junkers. Until
quite recently, ono of the most dis
quieting symptoms from the point of
view of th,e nllles was n discontent
with, If not an actual opposition to, tho
war of large elements nmong the work
ing classes of the allied peoples. In
Russia, where democracy wns most
cruelly suppressed, where conditions
for the pensant and tho worklngmnn
were hardest, n revolution actually
took place a revolution that has
sounded the keynote of our times. Tho
world service which our president Is
doing Is thnt of enlisting tho nlle
glnnce of those masses for the wnr.
Ho Is convincing them that It Is their
wnr. And these arc they upon whom
tho evils of an outword economic sys
tem havo pressed hnrdest, and who
hitherto have seen little hope that vic
tory over tho Germans meant their
own deliverance. Mr. Wilson has Is
sued a world proclamation of emnncl
pntion from economic slavery.
Make Their Own Treaties.
He not only declnrcs that powerful
nations shall cease to exploit little na
tions, but thnt powerful Individuals
shall cease to exploit their fellow men.
lie declares that henceforth no wars
shall be fought for domination, and
that to this end secret treaties shall
be abolished. Tho peoples through
their representatives shnll mnke their
own treaties. And Just ns national
democracy Insures to the individual
the greatest amount of self-determination,
of self-realization, world democ
racy shall Insure self-determination to
tho Individual nations of Hho earth, In
order that each may be free to mako
Its own contribution to world democ
racy. Fighting for Oppressed.
This Is the spirit In which America
has entered the wnr. We nro fighting
for the oppressed everywhere'. And
we arc equally determined thnt tho In
justice and Inequalities that exist In
our own government, tho false stand
ards of worth, tho materialism, tho
luxury nnd waste shall be purged from
our midst. We shall seize this oppor
tunity to finish up tho cleaning of our
own household. To sustain our army
nnd navy in tho struggle for such n
'cause, to uphold our pre.-ldent, to aid
our allies who have fought so long and
so bravely, these aro worthy of our
sacrifices. I am confident that tho re
sponse of the American people to tho
third Liberty loan will be generous.
Bonds Feed the Boys.
Every farmer knows how his boys
like to eat. Mother's fried chicken
and apple dumplings nnd pumpkin pies
haven't n chnnco In the world when
the boys sit down at table. Lots of
farmers' boys aro In Fnuiee nnd tho
farmer doesn't want them to go hun
gry ovor there. Liberty Bonds buy
food for them.
Don't Bury Your Bond.
When you nnd your neighbor havo
bought your Liberty Bonds, don't take
them home and hide them In the cup
board. Tnke them to your country
bnnker nnd havo him give ,.hi cerlltl
cates of deposit for tho bonds, Your
banker can take these IimkK to n Fed
oral Reserve bank and liorruw money
for your use In ens you suddenly find
yourself in need of funds Hiding u
bond Is ns bad as hoarding money. Keep
the bonds and the money In circula
tion nnd the 'ountry will piul through
hlr it1 j'll right,
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