The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-30
LANSING POINTS OUT
ONLY ROAD TO PEACE
Tells Reserve Officers Might
OF United Democracies
Must Be Shown.

Madison Barracks, N. Y, July 2e.--
speech here tonight before 100
members OF the officers reserve CORPS
secretary Of State Lansing, cuphasiz-
ing the peril OF German Imperialism 10
the United states and the world, de.
cMr"d MS belief that tho German peo-
PIC would not cast off the yoke OF au-
.oci@cy. until the physical might of
'hc united dcmocracics of the world
mad destroyed forever the evil ombi-
tons OF tho military rulers OF Cor.
many. That. he added. Is the ONLY
way 70 restore the peace Of the world.
were every people on earth able to
express their will. there would be no
wars OF aggression" he said and II
therc were no wars of aggression there
"ou'd DC no wars at all and lasting
peace would come to this earth. The
only way that a people can expr..s
their will Is through democratic ins,,-
tutions. Therefore, when the world
IL made safe for democracy, when that
great principle prevails, universal peace
Will be an accomplished fact"
NO nation will be more fit than the
United States when that time comes
nut II has not yet come. A great peo
pie. ruled In thought and word as well
as In deed by the most sinister govern
ment Of modern times. IL stralntnp
every nerve to snpplant democracy by
the hutocracy which they have been
taught to worship"
Mr. lansing sought to drive home to
the student officers the righteousness
OF the cause for which they had volun-
teered to go to France and fight, as :
serting that America would win .be- :
cause our cause il tho cause of ius :
lice and Of right and Of humanity"
we know now that the German gov
ernment Is Inspired with ambitions
which menace human liberty and that
10 gain Its end II does not hesitate to
break faith. to violate the most sacred
rights. or to perpetr,ltc intolerabIe acts
of inhumanity."
Nation's Future at Stake,
Asserting that the future of the
United States IL at stake, Secretary
Lansing said that "if any of Won have
the idea that we are fighting others
battles and not our own, the sooner
he gets away from that Idea the better
II VIII be for him. the better II will be
for us ALL
imagine Germany victor in Europc.
because the United States remained
neutral. Who then would be the next
victim OF those who nrc seeking to be
masters Of the whole world? Would
not this country, with It's enormous
wealth. arouse the cupidity Of an i'm
roverishCd though triumphant Ger
many? Would not this democracy be
tho only obstacle hctween the auto
cratic rulers Of Germany and their su :
premc ambition? DO you think thai
they would withhold their hand from
so rich n price
Now-or Later Alone.
Let me then ask you, would II he
easier or wiser for this country, SINGLE
handed. to resist n German empire,
flushed with victory and with great
armies and nnvics az It's command,
than to unto with the brave enemies
Of that empire in ending now and for
all time this menace TO our future?
Primarily, then, every man who
crosses the ocean to fight on foreign
soil against the armies OF the German
emperor. goes forth to fight for his
country. and for the preservation of
those things for which our forefa thers
were willing to die."
osrmany's "lmpes essibii;tiss."
Answering those who. no said. might
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