The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-21

If you ask a Democrat why you should vote for Wilson his ans
chief appeal to the voters is being made upon that assertion.
But he has not kept lis out Of war. He has put US into war with
had uI granted dI pern MS SION, o ste ably to 10 compel Huerta to salute our
Flag, but in reality to crush his power in Mexico, it was war.
ens, including innocent women and children, it was war, desri
the he P res sit esa,es1ap protest test thai w ewere sd peace Nv with fhd Me1nc1
because he had insulted the dignity that made us too proud to
attack with the honors Of wal, it was wal. It was also war when
Wilson again "eraployed the armed forces of the United States
but to pursue and kin and individual on foreign soil and in his owl
country.
out Of war refers chiefly fly; to c' the European '1 powers: sS' 'S '7' Ny
The inprobabiity 81 war with any Of the Entente powers he's
So that danger of armed conflict, if any, must have been with the
CENTRAL !hs :E Rox3; T;,Sv ~ III n wG wi fsas5i daas and d z zsfrg;nez tJ !, {, do;r,.
to avert hostiitie with them except to try to demonstrate to the
world at the beginning that we were "too proud to fight and that
Insult Insult. h humiliation amiLt a ion and and. even wen e contempt aaud nst %9{lo of ; doing ns{h any, =
y SEe h no 4iitt V with h't Them m When When he e handed sH the Austrian ~ aisn1l AM
bassador his passports he did What at almost any other time has
Of a declaration Of war by any nation proud enough to fight" and
the the s dj2lGmatic note ts; t. Germany ! y ,o Threatening ling , to hold d. Germany
eitizen MS. at tai all "a caS,1 and at IAN any y eo saas;d have been n enough o. dm to pn;
o, W. xnt haEe meyer xer been Sse1i in any danger LANCE h of y;fse with theft either +. ee5 m9anE
s ~sa, t1f Il British il a35a navy Y 1 ass3S u, Vigil Gf + th tss seas s4;l but ! to then, the 6, s6 feet
in men and means Of a hundred &91,sl million people possessing wealth
banks than those Of the combined warning nations and an estimat-
ed resource and ability to produce more shells and high explosives
ping "watchfu!ly", yes even hopefully waiting" to place these
Powers. The Emperor of Austria and the Kaiser of Germany
have kept their countries out of war with us for the most excellent
be Mhg }hat in nnfmesd from en,o attack act in - this v country ~ This is the cor.
The Democrats claim that a firm stand and assertion of OH.
rights as neutrals at the start would likely have provoked hostill
marine policy and warfare upon demand of our rights after shs
had begun it is proof almost conclusive that had the demand beer
made at the beginning she would never have taken the initial ster
IN fact the Great Diplomatic Triumph" stands as a threat in cas-
Germany resumes her submarine warfore the same as one made
at the beginning toward any submarine warfare that German,
might undertake. Should Germany see fit to resume her submar
inc policy and warfare we are under the same painful necessity Of
declaring war as though she had pursued such policy contrary tx
our protest in the beginning. It behoves the Democrats to hope
and pray that Germany may not do so before election day. Whe1
the claim that Wilson has kept US out Of war is analysed all tina
but now he believes in "preparedness"-for votes.