Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-26

, have been beaten, that they are weaker
than those they attacked, that they are
not to dictate terms OF peace but TO have
terms OF peace dictated to them, t.at
they are not 20 offer, as an aim, not TO
anh!liiate other nations. but must learn
10 respect tho independence OF every ma
ton, liz or small, as a Supreme and i'm
pcrative law. 1t VIII be given up then
and only then.
rms Inc Germans have not realized yet.
put they VIII realize it soon. We have
every reason to believe that they VIII
realize IT next year. because we have
every reason to believe that We win be able
10 peat them next year. At the beginning
OF next summer We VIII have All tnat we
require as regards ammunition and big
artillery. We could not have had It soon
"f. because ii takes time and preparations
TO manufacture big guns in largo uuanti-
ties. NeT. year, early IN the summer.
England wtl have al! that she requires
as regards 'he number Of men to put In
the Held: she could moi have had then,
sooner because compulsory service took
''ioct IN England only last summer At
the same time Russia. who. according to
i'err Won Jasow. German minister of for
man ~affairs, has AN inexhaustible reserve
OF ncn,' VIII have all that she requires
IN armament for the equipment ns her
vast multitude OF fighters. She could not
nave had II sooner hecauss IT takes time
"a recover from blows such as Russia
ia-t year owing to her unpre-
parehness. When one thinks that Russia
'His Near feeonnnered nearly three prov
inces-NoihJnia, Bukowina. part of Cali
cia~oue may nave full confidence that
next Year, being better prepared. she win
lroonquer much more and strike much
harder.
Next year. we have reason to believe.
we VIII win the war nd, in our turn,
give the terms of our peace. All the terms
of mat peace, including the recovery Of
territory. belong TO the ideal for which
we are fighting.
Trentino, when Rumania demands Tran
s~Slvania. they do not demand them for
the mere ambition of a~ggrandizing their
but because the population OF
these provinces belong to their race, speak
their language. have their faith. and do
not want to live under an abhorred alien |
When France demands Alsace-Lorraina.
she does not do so because she will have |
experiments more in her geographical
.cONiiEufatlon, but because these territories
were taken from France by force IS years |
ago, because the population of these terri
torres not only were not consulted at the
time as to whether they wanted their new !
rulers, but protested solemnly in 1871. and |
- ~ e''oI liOlCsl tsStlIlSj fIuSSl3l
for rs years. France, then. de- |
lnands the restoration OF. Alsace-I.orraine
only because it will fulfill the dictates of
right and justice.
A French statesman. NJ. Louis Barthou. !
ex-premier. has summarized the French |
etat d anne in a striking formula. which
he always remembered: IAN France |
for all the war
Yes. all France, with her children, with |
her men. young and old. with her women,
with her dead, for all the war. And
may add. all France in all the trenches.
In the trenches of Verdun, where we mad
sworn to ourselves that. even if we had
to give the last drop of our blood. Ger !
mans would not pass-and .he Germans |
have not passed: in the trenches OF |
where In the shadow of the glori- !
ous mutilated cathedral we have sworn to |
b-arbarism-and we will punish it. !
in the trenches of the Somme, where |
with our brothers-in-arms of Scotland. OF
or Ireland. of Canada. of Aus |
traila, OF New Zealand, we have grasped
the aggressors by the throat-and we win |
not loosen the grasp.
For all the war, whatever may he tbc |
length of that war, whatever may be the |
of the nation, whatever NAV he
inc hardShlps imposed by destiny. ia order |
we may punish those who in declar- |
ing this war have committed a crime |
against humanity. and who in carrying |
Oh this war as they nave done. with every,
needless cruelty the mind can conceive. |
have committed all the crimes against |
which it was in their power
to commit.
All France for al the war. But the
whole OF Franco also for the whole vic |
tory--for the victory which will not alone |
be the victory Of France but also the VIC |
tory OF right. of justice, of humanity.