Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-12
ENGLAND NEEDED.
AID FROM AMERICA
THE U. S. HAS AT ONE BOUND
BECOME WORLD POWER, SAYS
LLOYD GEORGE.
WILSON'S ADDRESS PRAISED
Former Premier Asquith Says All
Will Breathe More Freely Since
Country Acts-Germany Ridi-
cuIes Our Stand.

London.-Premier Lloyd George has
given to the American newspapers
on behalf of the war cabinet, the
following:
America has at one bound become
world power in a sense she never
was before. She waited until she
found cause worthy. of her. tradi.
ton. The American people held back
until they were fully convinced that
the fight was not sordid scrimmage
for power and possessions, but an I'M
selfish struggle to overthrow a SIMS
ter conspiracy against human liberty
and human rights.
"Once that conviction was reached
the great republic of the west has
leaped into the arena and she stands
now side by side with the European
democracies, who, bruised and bleed
ing after three years of grim con-
flict, are still fighting the most saw
age foe that ever menaced the free
dom of the world.
'"The glowing phrases of the pres
ident's noble deliverance illumine the
horizon and make clearer than ever
the goal we are striving to reach.
Three Phrases Stand Out.
"There are three phrases which
will stand out forever in the story of
this crusade
"The first is that the world must
be safe for democracy the next the
menace to peace and freedom lies in
the existence of autocratic govern
ments backed by organized force,
which is controlled wholly by their
will and not by the will Of their peo-
pie, and the browning phrase is that
in which he declares that a stead
fast concert for peace can never be
maintained except by the partisan
ship of democratic nations
"These words represent the faith
which inspires and sustains our peo-
pie in the tremendous sacrifices they
have made and are still making They
also believe that the unity and peace
Of mankind can only rest upon democ-
racy, upon the right of those who
submit to authority to have a voice in
their own government upon respect
for the rights and liberties of nations
both great and small, and upon the
universal dominion of public right. :.
'"To all of these Prussian military
autocracy is an implacable foe.
"The imperial war cabinet, repre-
sentative of all the peoples of the
British empire, wish me on their be-
half to recognize the chivalry and
courage which call the people of the
United States to dedicate the whole
of their resources to the greatest
cause that ever enraged human en-
deavor.''
German Press Views.
Amsterdam-The Weser Zeitung of
Bremen processes amazement at Pres
ident Wilson's speech, which it calls
"an accumulation Of misstatements,
hateful insinuations and one-sided
prejudices." The paper continues:
eff ever a power threw itself into
a big war without sufficient cause it
is the United States, which believes
it is a peace power because it is dem
ocratically governed" -
The Weser Zeitung SCOTS at the
patriotic demonstrations in America
as manifestations of the very mill.
tarism which America declares must
be destroyed. 1t sees in the "desper.
ate appeal Of England to America" a
sure sign that England will soon col