The Dolores star., 1917-11-09

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s.ssg sbe really free anA sela-gev-
eroea pesDBss sf the world soeA q eea-
cert Of Darpsee onA ef actsaa - Win
heaeesorth Insure the sbservnaes es
tAese pRiDefpIeA-
NestFallty In Ne Issger aeasaAse -
aes1ruhte where the pence Of the world
In savo1veA and the freedssa of Sss p<s-
paes. soa the nsenaee % that peace and
freeasa Hes In the exissenee 81 aufs-
esasse governments. backed by sr9as-
tss1 force which is eeatrslleA whsl1y
~ tAesr will. not hy the VIII e6 sheir
people. We have seen The lnse 81 neu-
ssaasty IN soeh ciRca nstaaeea. We are
nt she beginafaE sf aa age IN vshseA n
wsn - fsss.teA that the saHe saaaA-
aRAs sf eooducs anA sf re.poassbslley
tor wrseG dene shall Se ebsesveA
n1seG eatssns and their gsversaaenss
teas are ob.erveA aoong the lndlyBAunl
estiaess Of civiiisea states.
We have no quarrel with the German
people We have no feeling toward
them but one OF sympathy and friend
snip IL was not upon their Impulse
that their government acted In enter
ing the war. II was not with their
previous knowledge or approval. II
was q war determined upon as Wars
used to be determined upon in the old
unhappy days. when peoples were mo-
where consulted by their rulers and
wars were provoked and waged In the
interest of dynasties or of little groups
VI men VINO were accustomed
to use their fellow men an pawns and
tools.
self-govesaea natfsas 10 soe nm sAeav
neikhhor ssstes with spass Or set the
csurse Of lssrixue to bring assat ssae
critical pssture Of affairs which Will
make cenquest. Saeh aeslGns eaa be
aseeessfsliy worked eat oaly under
covef and where 00e has the right
10 ask qaestseas- Cunnisgly esatPived
pIans of eeeeptioa or aggressi0a. car
rsed, II may be from GeneratlOa 90 gen.
eration. can be worked Out and kept
from the Hight only withla the psivaey
OF courts OF behind the carefully guard
ed eeaAdences of narrow and privl-
teEea ciaas. They are happily impossi-
Die where publfr opinion commands and
tssasds upon full infOrmaslon concern-
lag all the aation's aHairs-
steadfast concert for peace cnn
sever be mnintRined except by n part
aership Of democratic nations. No au-
tocratie government coulA be trusted
to keep faith within u or observe its
coSenanta. II must be 1eaGue Of
honor, partnership Of opinioa. Ia-
triKue would eat its vitals awayt the
plottinEs of inner circles who could
plan what they would. and render ac-
count to No one, would he = corruption
seated at Its very heart. Oa1y free peo-
pie can hold their purpose and thetr
honor steady to u common end. and
prefer the interest Of mankind to any
narrow interest of their own.
Does not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace of the world by
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks In Russia? Russia was
known by those who knew her best
to have b-en always In fact democratic
at heart In all vital habits of her
thought. In all the intimate relations
ships Of her people that spoke their
natural instinet, their habituR1 attitude
toward life. The autocracy that cr0wn-
ed the summit of her political strue.
ture. long as n had stood and terrible
as was the reality Of Its power, was
not In fact Russian in origin. charac-
ten or purpoae. and now IL has beea
shaken or and the great generous Rss-
aian people have been added, In all
their native majesty and might, 70 the
forces that are fighting for freedom h
the world. for Justice, aud for peace.
Here 10 a Mt partner for league OF
honor.
One' Of the thisgs that have served
to cOnvince us that the Prussian ante
crack was n0t and could never be our
friend II that from the very outset Of
the Dresent war u has allied our us-
suapectinG c0nmuaities, and ewes our
o@ces Of government. with spies aad
set criDlaal latriguea everywhere afoot
against our national unity OF eeusssl.
err peace within asd vvithost, Ous In
austries, asa osr eomnerce. i.aeed It
Il now evident that Its spies were here
even before the wnF beGan and u IL
unhappi1y net . matter Of conjecture.
but q fact proven IN our courts Of Jus-
tiee, that the intrigses which have
more than once e0ne perlloualy near TO
disturbing the peace and disloeating
the Industries Of the country. have beea
carried On 1t the lsstigatiOa, with the
support, aDd evea under the peFseaaI
Airectiens Of oMcial agests of the In-
government Of the United States.
Ewes In checking these thisgs and
trying to extirpate them we have
sought to pst the most Ee1eroas inter
DFetation possible up0n them, because
we knew that their source hay not In
German people toward ms (who were.
Ne aosbt, as ignorant Of then as We
ourselves were), but only IN the selfish
designs 81 q government that did what
II pleased asd told It's people nothing.
Bat they have played their part In serv-
Ing to convince as at last that that
government entertains no real friend
ship for us and means to act aGaisst
0ur peace and security At its cOnveni-
ence. That II means TO STIR up enemien
against ss At our very doors, the In
tereepteA note t0 the German minister
We arr aeceptIng this chaIlepge of
hostile purpose because we know that
In such . government, following such
methods: we can never have friend.
apd that In the presence of Its 0rGan-
lzed power, always lying In wait to
accomplish we know act what pur-
pose. there can be No assured seeurlty
for the democratic g0vernments Of the
world. We are now about to accept
the gage Of battle with the natural foe
to liberty. and shall. II necessary. spend
the whole force of the nation to check
and nullify its pretensions and its pow
er. We are Glad now fhat we see the
facts with no veil Of false pretense
aASut them, to Aght Thus for the uIti-
nate peace of the world and for the
liberation of its PeoDles, the German
peoples inelhdedt for the rights Of pa-
tiens. great and small. and the privi-
leGe Of men everywhere to choose their
way Of life and Of obedienee.
The world must be made safe for
Democracy. Its peaee must be planted
upOn the tested fOsnaations of politicaI
liberty. We have no selash ends to