The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-04-07

| The Cambridge Branch of the Ma
Wy League, which is an organization
compJ I'd of ladies of Cambridge anC
| the cuInty, viii hold public meet
| ing tonight at the Parish House al
! haIf-IuSt seven o'clock. Governor
Harrin son Will be present and Will
address the meeting, stating not on
| ly the purpose Oh The organization
| out the need for it.
| Our country IS at war; our ships
| have been sunk, our property des-
| ,royed, and our citizens, including
| even Vi omen and children, have been
| killed, simply because we refused To
let the KAISER CT Germany tell Us
now 10 conduct our affairs. This ma
lion could not have held up its head
in honor; its self-respecL would nave
oeen gone; it would have lost ali
prestlS5 and standing with the
world 1t large II We had permitted
these insults to have continued an
checI.cG; the American flag would
40 loLEer have been respected and
he p erection OF the citizens OF this
country abroad would ii The future
have meant nothing.
Our President has been very paii-
ent; the American Congress has
shown a degree of self control al
! most unknown in the history of ma
tional deliberatiVe bodies; despite
| the cold-blooded murder Of our citi-
zens, despite the abandonment of the
principles under which civilized. ma
ions have heretofore Waged theiI
| wars. tie American people have re-
manned wonderfully calm and have
an1trE1' cd fbGir.
| heir anger.
| For less cause than the insults
| indignities and actual warfare that
has been heaped upon US, were wag-
ed the war of American Indepen-
dence, the War of 1872, the Wal
with Mexico, the awful Civil War,
and the War with Spain. We are a
peace loving people, we enjoy the
most liberal and most democratic
form OF government Of any country
in the world, we are slow TO anger,
we know what war means, We have
taken every possible course TO avoid
1t, but the enemy, apparently, mis-
judging this nation, and failing to
realize that it is composed OF a race
who lave come from every portion
of the world to escape autocratic
government, and to enjoy life, liber-
~ and the pursuit of happiness, I'M
molested by kingly rule, free from
the domination of military or bu-
reaucratic castles, has thought that
the great American people would &C
cept orders from his government;
would so when he told them,, would
stay when he so decreed, would, in
short, submit to his dictation even
rh y-inl al on
of every known international rule
and agreement.
But so long as the red blood Of
he f0Iefathers runs through this
race: so long as the sons of the OPP
pressed races of other lands find re-
.igious and political freedom here,
and the door of opportunity wide OBJ
en- for advancement, with no Ques-
lions Of birth, race or previous con-
dition, so long as this proud coun-
try deserves the title of The Great
American Republic" so long will it
refuse to permit any foreign power
20 abridge it's rights on land or sea
or to contemptuously disregard the
protection which the Stars and
Stripes afford to lives and property
of her citizens.
We wanted no fight; We wanted no
foreign entanglements, all that the
people of this country asked was
that the rights of the country and its
citizens be properly respected, that
40 foreign power attempt TO inter
iere with our internal affairs or
NEEDLE with the relations of this
and friendly countries, all of these
demands were refused; foreign ennis
;arieS have sought to create internal
iissensions, have blown up boats,
manufacturing plants, bridges, ETC.,
while diplomats have plotted to get
friendly nations to war upon US.
Congress has declared that a state of
war exists and from this time on an
energetic campaign will be waged,
The cost will be great, the losses may
De large, and it is for the purpose OF
helping in every way possible that
the Cambridge Branch of the Navy
League has been organized by the
women of Cambridge, and it is hop
ed that every woman who can do sc
will be present tonight.
A special invitation is extended
the wives and mothers of the mem
bers of Company c, our gallant mill
| tary company, which rendered signal
| service on the Mexican border last
summer. The presence of the young
er ladies, too, is specially desired.