Douglas Island news., 1917-03-23

and supported Dy All true AIneIlCdIs AV0SaI IulSS'
 of Section, Party or Relgion-An Confidence Re
 posed in Him.
 While no war has as yet been waged between the United States and Germany, aside from the latters sub marine atrocities a state of warfare practically exists and any day. any hoU may two of the greatest na- tons on earth engaged in struggle for national su- prcmacy Not that Americans will go to Europe to en- gage in physical encounter or that Germans will land on American soil for the same purpose but that the seas will be the battle arenas and that every known meas mc will be adopted in efforts to retain supremacy of the seas
 President Wilson has acted after the greatest grand est and most supreme display of almost superhuman pa ticucc ever known and after withstaudmg for two years OF more the pressure of forces that would have caused weaker men to collapse He has kept his pledge to his people to avoid at any cost at the sacrifice of National honor
 The president is just as anxious today to save his country from war as he has ever been but Germany has forced him to make the atcGu decision and having put his hand to the blow, he is not the to turn back He has decided between dishonombc peace and the defense of American rights and lives at the cost of and has proven thereby the world that his former position was the result of patience and not cowardce. The prompucss and fiucSs with which he met the ruthless German challenge and his refusal to retreat one inch from the position he had SO clearly defined are substantial proofs of the stamp of man who stands at the head of our nation. His Amercmism is superb mqucstionabc
 I looks now as though it will be the fate of try to bc drawn into the vortex of the most gigantic fic the world has ever known but if we arc we will en- tcr in defense of justice against injustice democracy against autoc1cy, international right against ruthless piracy.
 And in defense of these noblc principles we will have at the head of our nation who has taken his solemn oath o administer its affairs to the best of his ability and in that ability the people of the United States rcposc inn pcit confidence No man in America has given the sub icct much study as has our president and the result of that study prccmnenty fits him for dischargng the duties of the nation at this the supremcs moment of her existence.
 It is no divided country that now stands on the rim of wars crater This is America and she has been found wanting in any crisis Nonaton on Gods footstooI highly honos and rcvcres her flag as does America and to preserve it msulcd Americans will fight to the last ditch-go the limit and then some In other words the people of America will stand firmly behind President Will son. knowing that when he asks them to strike it will be in defense of American honor their ataIs and their fires the green graves of their sircs God and hcrnatve land
 The following from the Manufacturers Record and directed to President Wilson apt description of the American sentiment as it exists today:
 'Iu this the sprcmcst hour in the life of this ma tion and pcrchancc in human civilization; in this hour, big with destiny, mOmcntOUS beyond the human mind to grasp the nation pended knee pravs to our Heavenly Father that strength of body and mind and wisdom from on high may be given to you.
 "It is a solemn hour, so momcntous that every right thinking man stands appalled,, come squarev to face the future and as get some vision of what may be ahead of and how the future of this nation and of all civilization may be influenced through all time to come by what We now do
 Every uuc-hcarted American puts aside all oues- lons important at other times, but petty now, of po- uca affiliations and of economic problems and stands beside you to hold up your hands The nation realizes that the burden of responsibility is resting on you and the nations sympathy is yours"
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