The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19
MUST FIGHT TO
WIN OR We ARE
DOOMED NATION
Dr.. w. K. Weaver Sounds Warn.
ing in Address to Lexington
Day Audience
NJ NOT WHIPPED;
RUSSIA OUT OF SCRAP

We're in this war, n we must
win it. We must win it, or we are
done. To win it we must have men,
was the warning which DR.. W. K.
Weaver, vice president Of the Navy
League of the United States, brought
to Bismarck this afternoon in his ad-
dress to an audience which filled ev-
evry seat and every inch Of standing
room in the Auditorium.
America is in real danger; Amer
lea must awake, or it is doomed, was
DR.. Weaver's message. His address
in part follows:
Facing Greatest ~rIsis.
Tile nation is facing probably the
greatest crisis she has ever faced. If
we win this war, it will be because
every man and woman has done his
or her duty. Our danger is not only
from the outsidc-right now we are
iii danger of distressing u W land.
We had bread riots in New York and
Chicago last winter. These are like
ly to he intensified in the coming
winter. The winter wheat crop has
largely failed. In this northern coun-
try the season is backward, and farm
crs are discouraged. The long win
ter and shortage Of feed; Eave caused
the death ..pf 53bhousnpds: Of cattle and
sheeHSA sOnsthe, train Yesterday, in an
hours time We toilnted on one side
of the train a. hundred and five dead
IN,y1yy r1pn nnI nunCNy
square yard of land or lots should be
cultivated this summer.
The Actual Situation.
"NOW we are at war with the great
est military nation in the. world.
Some think that Germany is about to
collapse. In this, we believe. they
are very much mistaken. 1t is a fifty
fifty proposition right new, whether
or not Germany will win this war,
Notwithstanding the fact were in 1t.
You will not believe that. My rea-
sons for saying it are first. that Rus
STA is out of the war. Germany can
give Russia for the asking, Constan-
tinople, for which she has been fight
ing 400 years. If Germany Car hold
out until the summers crop comes
in it will 3be ,impossible to starve her;
with her splendid efficiency ,v4she is
c%ultivating the great wheat fields OF
Rumania, Which she captured last
summers She is cultivating all of
Poland Peace with Russia means
that ;yse1anany will have access to the
millions OF bushels of wheat now
stored at Odessa. Then againO peace
with Russia relieves her thousands
of troops now held on the S00-mile
Russian line 4 r.. So. " -FEa..
... Defeat in Six Months.
IF Germany should crush Italy, and
it looks as though she might do it,
it would neutralize tle allied attempt
in Greece: 1t would also force Con
cral Maude at Bagdad to Immediately
intrench to defend himself. Then, ii
the submarine warfare should make
England hungry, and force her to a
separate peace, Germany would easily
defeat us, within six months, as we
are deficient in both our army and
navy. go.
Some Things We Must Do.
"Some things we must do. Our
first line Of defense must be diplo-
macy. II we, are wise, we Will lmme-
diately enter into a compact with
the entente allies that there shall be
no separate peace. The British navy
has saved us for two years, and to-
day stands between us and our enc
mics. If That. navy should be nell
tralized we are defeated. Then we
must send soldiers to Europe. France
is bleeding to death. She has put
up a mighty struggle; she is call
ing for help; she needs men. Now,
if we should limit our efforts to fur
nishing the allies money, 7 will never
look a Canadian in the face, nor a
FrenChman, TO- an. Englishman.
France stood by us in our hour of dis
tress. Lafayette fought with Wash
ingtoA at Yorktown. BY this assist
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