The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-07
"AMERICA'S TIME STRIKE HARD
 ISAT HAND"

part of the speech delivered by Sec retary McAdoo during the campaign of the last Liberty loan. The Progress sive. Miner has been criticized by the pro o-Germans of Ketchikan for speak ing frankly. To them the following may be of interest The Secretary said:
 America is awake to the fact that the war is being waged for selfpres- ervation and when it Is carried to a successful conclusion the liberty of this country never will be imperilled again" The Secretary also paid his respects to those who would make peace. declaring it was impossible at this time
 | Let us not listen" he said. ito those anemic peace advocates who inoppor. tunely talk of peace at this time. when there can be no peace until this is. sue is settled right
 "Time to Strike and Strike Hardr
 God knows I want peace as much as any man. but I do not want peace a premature and immature peace which would only postpone the time when we should have to fight it out again. probably alone. and when the sacrifices would be infinitely greater than now
 This is our time to strike and strike hard and settle despotism forever. Let us see it to finish"
 4 stirring picture of America pre- pared also was used by the Secretary in driving home the need of subscrip- tions to the Liberty Loan. The See retary spoke. in part, as follows:
 In War for SeH-Preservation.
 The American people know that they are In a great war for self-pres- ervation. for the protection of their vital rights as well as for the yindi cation of the democratic principle thru out the world
 Tt is very true that we fight for al. i-':Stic purposes. We fight for our 1t 4ls. It is true. also. that we fight for no selfish end. We seek no terri tory that belongs to another nation We seek not to conquer any other peo-
 and make them subjects of this great Republic. But while We are fighting for these ideals. and it is we'll 10 restate them as often as possible America fights for something more proximate than that-she fights for , certain essential rights Of her people, rights that involve their very life. and the integrity Of their institutions, rights which have been disregarded by the greatest military despot of all times.
 Before this war broke out in Eur ope. it had been recognized every where throughout the civilized world that no merchant ship should be sunk lives Of the passengers. the unarmed and defenseless men. women and chil- dren. had first been secured. So inflex- ible is that rule. il has never been dis regarded by any civilized nation. until the German Kaiser essayed to violate it.
 Tt is undoubtedly true that within the past three years this Nation was . frequently on the verge of war be- cause Of those infractions of the Kais- ST. those aggressions upon our rights But each time our great peace-loving President. with an earnest desire to maintain peace and to strictly ob- serve the obligations of neutrality, which Te had always observed upon our part, first demanded that these az gressions upon our rights be stopped. And each time the Kaiser promised that he would not repeat this otfense. and just as frequently as he made the i promises he disregarded them
 What else could be expected of a nation that would tear up a treaty with Belgium and denounce il as a z li-!c St4dp Oi pdpS! put luS Cii- max came when on the 31st day Of January last, we received notice from the Kaiser that on and after that date no American ship and no American cit izen should be permitted 10 enter a zone ot the high seas about 500 miles | in width, surrounding Belgium. France and Italy. He undertook to say to America that she should not sail her ships upon the high seas. One other nation told us that in 1872. What was the answer? Weak as We were at that time and powerful as the nation was which then challenged our rights We went 10 war and vindicated Ameri- cas- right to the freedom Of the seas.
 Didn't Think America Would Fight.
 1t is perfectly clear what the Kais- CTS purpose was. He had been led to believe by disloyal people in this country that America never would fight, that we were a material people, that any transgression of our rights would be met only by protests, that he could go as far as he pleased. and so he determined that he would put Am.