New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09

pisne 81 deception o. aggression, car.
ried, II may be from seneratien to gen
fren the Hight only within the privacy
Of courts o. hehind the carefully guard.
e c~onadenees OF . narrow and Drivi.
legged class. They aFe happily lnpossi.
bic where public opinion commands and
Insists upon full Information concern
Ing all the aatios's affairs.
A steadfsst concert for peace car
never be maintained except b. . part
nership Of democratic Nations. No au-
t0cratc government could be trusted
to keep faith within II OF observe Its
covenants. II must be . league OF
honor, . partnership Of opinion. Ia
trigue woul eat Its vitals AWAY the
plottiags Of inner circles who could
plan what they would, and render &C.
count to NJ one, would be . corruption
seated at its very heart. Only free peo-
pie cas- hold their purpose asd their
honor steady to . common end, aid
prefer the interest Of mankind to any
narrow interest Of their own.
Does not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace of the world by
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks In Russia? Russia was
known by those who new her best
to have been always In fact democratic
ut heart In all vital habits Of her
thought, IN all the Intimate relation
ships of her people that spoke their
natural instlnct, their habitual attitude
toward life. The autocracy that crown
ed the summit Of her political struc-
ture, long a. 1t had stood and terrible
a. was the reality Of It's power, was
not in fact Russian In origin, chnrac-
ter, or purpose, and now II has been
shake on and the great generous Rus
sian people have been added, IN all
their native majesty and might, to the
forces that are hGhtinE for freedom In
the world, for Justice, aad for peace.
Here is a At partner for q league of
honor.
One Of the things that have served
to convince us that the Prusslan auto
cracy was not and could never be our
friend II that from the very outset Of
the present war II has filled our un-
suspecting communities, and even our
ohlces Of government, with spies and
set criminal intriGues everywhere afOOt
against our national unity Of counsel.
our peace within and without, our In
dustries, and our commerce. Indeed II
II now evident that its spies were here
even before the war began and II II
u~nhappily not = matter Of conjecture.
but . fact prOven In our courts of JUS
tice, that the intrigues which nave
more than once come p~erilOusly near to
disturbing the peace and dlslOcating
the Industries OF the country, have been
carried ON Mt the ~instigatiOn, with the
support, and even under the personal
directions Of Official aEents of the Inn
perial government accredited to the
government Of the United States.
Even in checking these things and
trying to extirpate them We have
sought to put the most generous inter-
probation possible upon them, because
we knew that their source lay not In
my hostile feeling or purpose Of the
German people toward ~ (wh0 were,
NO doubt, ~ ignorant of them as we
ourselves were), but only in the selfish
designs of = government that did what
II pleased and told its people nothing.
But they have played their part in serv-
ing to convince us At last that that
government entertains NO real friend
ship for rs and means to act against
our peace and security at its conveni-
ence. 1t means to stir mp enemies
against US at our very doors, the in
tercepted note to the German ministeP
at Mexico Cit- II eloquent evidence.
We are accepting this challenge Of
hostile purpose because we know that
In such . government, following such
Methods, we can never have q friend,
and that In the presence Of ith organ
ixed power, always lying in wait to
accomplish We know not what pur-
pOse, there can be NO assured security |
for the democratic governments of the
world. We are now about to accept
the gage of battle with the natural foe
to liberty, and shall. II necessary. spend
the whole force of the nation to check
and nullify its pretensions and its pow
err. We are glad now that we see the
facts with nd veil of false p%retense
about them, to fight thus for the ulti-
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liberation OF it's peoples, the German
peoples included, for the rights of ma
lions, great and small. and the privi-
lege Of men everywhere to choose their
way Of life and of obedience.
The world must be made safe for
democracy. Its peace must be planted
upon the tested foundations Of political
liberty. We have no selfish ends to
serve. We desire no conquests. no
dominion. We seek no ndemnities for
ourselves, no material compensation
for the ancrihces we h freely make.
We are but one Of the champions of
the rights Of mankind. We shall be
satisfied when those rights have been
made as secure as the faith and the
Of nations can make them.
Just because we fight without rancor
and without selfish object. seeking
for ourselves but What we shall
w Ao ~ oto wan eAh ASS RSoPAt. wv
shall, I feel confident. conduct our oper-
atoms as belligerents without passion
and ourselves observe with proud pune
tilio the principles of right and OF fair
play we profess to be fighting for.
I have said nothing of the govern
ments allied with the Imperial gov
ernment of Germany because they have
not made war upon us or challenged
us to defend our right and our honor.
The AustrO-Hungnrian government has.
avowed its unqualified indOrse-
ment and acceptance of the reckless
md hwless submarine warfare, adopt
ed now without Disguise by the Imper-
al German government. and II has
therefore not been possible for this
government to receive Count TarnOw-
Ski, the ambassador recently accredited
to this government by the Imperial and
Royal government Of Austria Hungary;
but that government Inns not actually
in warfare against citizens Of
he United States ON the seas, and I
lake the liberty, for the present at
Of postpOning . discussion Of our
relations with the authorities at VI
.nna. We enter this war only where
here are NO other means of defending
,ur rights.
1t will be all the easier for us to
ourselves ms belIlgerents in a
high spirit Of right and fairness be-
muse we act without animus, not with
toward q people OF with the
leslre to bring any Injury Of disad-
upon them. hut only In armed
opposition to an irresponsible govern
nent which has thrown aside all con-
iderations OF humanity and Of right
nd Ii running amuck.
We are. let me say again, the sim
ere friends 81 the German people, and
hall desire nothing 30 much ~ the
arly re-establishment Of Intimate rela.
Ions of mutual advantage between us,
Iowever hard 1t may be for them for
time being to believe that this IL