New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-07-30
LANSING SAYS WE
MUST CRUSH KAISER
German Cupidity Will Seize on
America Il Allies Lose War

sailed the military clique at Berlin IN
an address delivered to the 1900
candidates for reserve commissions
at Madison Barracks last night. He de-
clared that 1.-The independence OF no
,, nation is safe, the liberty OF no IN
dividual Is sure, until the military
| despotism which now holds the Ger
| man people in the hollow OF It's hand
| has been made impotent and harm-
less forever"
Appeals to Justice, to moral obi
| cation, to honor, no longer avail With
such a power" said Mr.. Lansing. He
| contended that there is but one way
| to restore peace to the world, and
| that is by overcoming the physical
| might of German Imperialism by
force of arms.
"For its own safety as we'll as for
the cause of human liberty this great
republic is marshalling it's armies and
preparing with all its vigor to aid in
! Kidding Germany as we'll as the
world of the most ambitious and I'M
principled autocracy which has ever
arisen to stay the wheels of progress
and imperial Christian civilization"
the secretary said.
cit was the policy of those who
plotted and made ready for the time
to accomplish the desire of the Ger
man rulers to lull into false security
the great nations which they intended
to subdue SO that when the storm
broke they would be unprepared. But
democracy no longer sleeps. 1t is
fully awake to the menace which
threatens it.
1.-THE American people, trustful and
friendly, were reluctant to 'tbelieve
that imperialism again threatened the
peace and liberty Of the world. Con-
viction came to them at last, and to-
day the American nation has arrayed
itself with the other democracies of
the earth against a. genius of evil
which broods over the destinies of
central Europe. With lofty purpose,
with patriotic fervor, with intense
earnestness, the American democracy
has drawn the sword which will not
be sheathed until the faces of abso-
lutism go down defeated and broken"
The Address,
Secretary Lansing's address follows:
1T is an opportunity which I great
ly appreciate to be here this evening
and to say a few words to you about
the great enterprise in which you are
to be participants. There are so many
viewpoints, that it is hard to know
how to deal with the subject in a way
that will appeal to the greatest num-
Der.
First, we must all realize that we
are living in the most momentous
time in all history, in a time when the
lives and destinies of nations are in the
balance, when the civilization which
has taken centuries to build, may
or h1o before tarrih1o storm
which is sweeping over Europe. We
are not only living in this critical
period, but we, as a nation, have be-
come participant in the struggle.
Having cast our lot on the side Of the
powers allied against the imperial
government we will put behind our
decision the full power and the re-
sources of the republic. We intend to
win in this mighty conflict ,and we will
win because our cause is the cause Of
justice and right and Of humanity.
II wonder how many Of us compre-
bend what the outcome of this war
means to mankind, or to bring It
nearer to each one of us, what it
means to our country. I sometimes
think that there prevail very errone-
Gus impressions as to the reasons why
we entered the war, not the immediate
reasons, but the deep underlying
reasons which affect the life and
future of the United States and Of all
other liberty-loving nations through
out the world
"Of course the immediate cause of
our war against Germany was the an
nounced purpose of the German gov
eminent to break its promises as to
indiscriminate subm arine warfare and
the subsequent renewal of that ruth
less method Of destruction with in
creased vigor and brutality.
while this cause was In itself su fl
cient to force us to enter the war if
we would preserve our self-respect, the
German government deliberate
breach of faith and it's utter disregard
of right and life had a far deeper
meaning, a meaning had been grow
ing more evident as the war had pro-
crossed and which needed but this act
Of perfidy to bring it home to all
thinking Americans. The evil charac-
ter of the German government is laid
bare before the world. We know now
that that Government Is inspired with
ambition which menace human liberty
and that to gain it's end it does not
hesitate to break faith to violate the
most sacred rights, or to perpetrate
intolerable acts of inhumanity.
Proof of German Perf1dy.
at needed but the words reported
to have been uttered by the German
Chancellor to complete the picture Of
the character Of his government
when he announced that the only
reason why the Intensified submarine
campaign was delayed until February
| last was that sufficient submarines
| could not be built before that time to
make the attacks on commerce eff
! cient. Do you realize that this means
! if it means anything, that the promis-
es to refrain from brutal submarine