New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13

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toe Of victory. tho absolute assurance
Of victory. has 10 poe found go one
word ships. and a second "o,'
bins. and third word bins. Ni'h
tina. kccrncss which c'afaci't.I'
,our nation. I 500 that they iu.lr real
.1c that. and see today That ' "
have already made Grra.gcmr''s 10
build a,ps br tho thousand '''
1 00o-.ourers for 'fc Atlantic. l'-
ictc that the Germans and their i'.I
.ar- advisers arc ALREADY beginning
Go rca...o that this b. another o. t.'.'
wIecalculatiors. which 's gong 'o '''.
them 10 disaster and ruin.
you will pardon me for JUST "'
nhasiziny that we are slow peopi'
.low and laundering, bat We pet tne'',
You &c. there sooner That Why D
am clad 70 see yol .r. We have oeoh
m this business FOR three years. we
have made. as We generally do. ever!
b'uudcr. I'm consequence We nave goi
through every blundcr. Now we arc
richt out on the course. May ! respect,
fully suggest that &c j. worth Eoo'
deal 10 study our biunders so a. TO
f.l-tv where we are nov. not "hoic We
were three years ago:
Time Is Everything
"9 war time, as in everything, time
las a tragic significance. ne s'tN
v hich we are taking to-day may Ic"V
e. "a sure victory; taking II to-moIro"
r,av avert disaster. All OF the Allle'
have discovered that the war country
was new country. that II was trach-
less and naples. but we found the way
and ! am glad that You are sendihs
Your great naval and military experts
Just TO interchange experience VIVA
rcr who have been all through me
droaly. anxious course OF the last three
years.
America has helped "a even to win
thc battle OF Arras. she has Deeh
making guns. making ammunition
SUPPLYING us with fv,l. supplying us
with she'll. and she has got all OF that
organization and has got That wonder
ful. fertile adaptabilltj and resource
fitness Of the great people who lnhaDlt
that great country.
1T was bad day for the military
autocracv in Prussia when IL chat
iengcd the great Republic Of the west.
We know America and VIC also know
that now she has said il she WILL do II.
She will wage a strong and successful
war. and there is something more I'M
pcrtant she will insure benehcent
peace.
II attach no importance | am the
lest man i'm the world. knowing what
our difficulties have been. for three
Years. what our anXietles have heen
and what our fears have been am
the last man in the world 20 sly that
the succor which is given u from
America ls not i'm itself something TO
rejoice at and to rejoice at greatly.
But ! also say that | can see more ih
the knowledge that America is going TO
win a right 20 be al the conference
table when the terms OF peace are DIS
cussed.
Will Settle Destiny Of Nations
".That conference will settle the des-
tiny of nations and the course Of
human life for God knows how many
aces. It would have been tragedy.
tragedy for mankind. if America had
rot been there, and there wi.h all her
influence and her power
81 can see peace, not peace 80 be
a beginning OF fresh U.r. not peace
,-hich win be ar endless preparation
fox strife and bloodshed. but leoi
peace. The world is an old world. on
have never had ;he rocking war That
has rolled like an ocean over Europe.
Furope has alw&vs lived under TIE
menace of the sword When this war
tcgan two-thirds Of Europe was under
2utocratic rule. Now u is t1e other
way about. and democracy means peace.
The democracy oC France h"-ltatod. the
democracy Of Italy hesitated long be
fore it entered; the democracy Of this
country sprang back With snudder
and would never have entered that cal
dro1 had il not. been for the invasion q
of Belgium. and il Prussia had becn
democracy there would have been no
war
"Nary strange things have happened
in this war. aye. and stranger things
will come and they are coming rapldl-.
There are times !u history whca this
world SUNS so leisIreiy along G. des-
tined courso tnat 10 seems ,Of centuries
TO be at standstill There are
awful times when II PUSHES along al
eiddy pace. covering the uac5 o. CEN
turtles in year. Those aro The times
we are living in now. Six weeks ago
Russia was an autocracy. She Is now
one o. the most advanced dcmocracleS
IN the world.
May Abolish War Forever
To-day we are waRing one OF iuc
most devastating war that the world
has ever seen. Tomorrow. tO-moIroW,
not perhaps q distant tomorrow. war
may be abolished forever from the cate
CORY o. human crime inns may DC
somc'n"E ll"e '""' H..'' o"'ouIsi o.
"il.'' NnI'h We are A'" "i'"ss'.,
o'loi' we come 10 inc '''c '' the
"jt ,s ,y,,,t.n a. t5oec c,li,,, MOI,
who won that yict0ry.op Monday. r,or,