Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-19
TRUTH THAT MAKES FOR PEACE
New York World

New York World
Not because W e arr for W "a but because we are for peace, W e e.
joice in the fact that early yesterday morning the president announced
that at Philadelphia the evening before he was not thinking of the
Lustana when he said:
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight There is
such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to con-
vince others by force that it is right"
Whatever these words may NEAR a. distractions, if applied Ito con-
ditons existing in a world cursed by lawless WI ar they are bound
to be misinterpreted. They have been misinterpreted. No doubt they
will be misinterpreted again and again, in spite OF the qualification that
now accompanies them, by those in Berlin who mistakenly assume, and
re in danger of acting upon the assumption, that the rights and priv
leges OF a nation of ome hundred millions may be assaied with mpunty.
There is no surerw way to thrust the great republic into the arena OF
strife than 10 encourage the idea, already too firmly held in some quar-
tiers, that we are inclined to nee insult and outrage with nothing Tor
terrible than superior airs and fine phrases.
1t is widely believed that if Great Britain had boldly arrayed itself On
the side of Russia and France Immediately after the Serbian crisis APP
Feared last July, Germany would have prevented var. In N OF MS dis
patches a week before hosthtes began, M. Sazonoh, Russian 1oreish
munster, nj de an appeal o n these grounds to the government in Lon
don. 1t tel. OF deaf ears. In the face of a appalling menace by a
power tally prepared for aggression and awaiting only a favorable
opportunity to begin it, British statesmen actually encouraged war wh'e
they strove unavalhnsly jor peace b. ter woro ana 'nr i"N ~
words they convinced Germany that they would not fight That NEAR
"a of such a character that Britain itself, devoted to peace and plat
tudes as it had been of late, found within n tragic week ina II co"a
not escape the consequences.
We are dealing with Germany today as Great Britain was less than
a year ago. We have had due warning of its purpose. We know its
methods. If we finch, Germany advances. If w c hold fast, Germany
reflects. The essence of Prussianism is contempt OF a coward The
substance of Prussianism is force. Prussianism glories force. 1t
is subservient to it at home. 1t is the thing abroad that it respects.
PrusGansm yielded a little yesterday. 1t will yield a great deal
tomorrow if it finds that it is face to face with a nation that has as
much blood and iron as its own
Those who interpret the ideals of the American people assume a
grea responsibility. They must speak truly, and they must speak COM
prehensively. We value peace, but we do not ter va 1t Is OF VITA
Importance that the line shall always be sharply drawn between america
the hope OF the world and America TIT valiant deehde Oh t hope
when it is ruthlessly assaned.
MI. Wilson has spoken of pride and fight and of force and right.
These words have a wide application in a country that never takes arm
without extreme provocation. We have a pride that will make us fight
We have force enough to punish wrong and vindicate right Let there
be no Illusions IN this scor in Berlin or elsewhere. In this instance, As
in many another, truth makes for peace, and peace will make for justice