El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-30
AMERICANS ARE WITH RUSSIA.
FOR GERMANY MUST NOT WIN.
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re AMERICANS in this southwestern section are
NJ with free Russia through every vGsstude OF war
IN good fortune bad, until a complete victory
is by the entente allies and the United States Of
Amsrica.
There are faint hearts In this world who do not believe
the malevOent autOcraces headed by Germany can be
defeated But American citizens confident that
the central empires be and viii be vanquished We
fighting the fight Of humanity against despotc oppre
and against the acts Of savagey which Germany has
constantly committed since the beginning of the The
outrages Of Germany intOerable In this world civil
zation endure We Americans recognize that our own
safety, like that Of free Russia and the other states Of
Europe depends Furnishing German and enfOTc
ing different standards IN the world Prssanlsm to US
odOus typyng the ruthless soul directing the mailed
fist TO strike down every people toward whom Teutonic
revenge envy ambition may be directed We cannot be
safe If Germany under the dynasc government, nor
can Russia be safe
Our ideal Is peace without annexatons ndemnites
for ourselves But in this part Of the United States
realize that any general program of restoring the status
quo ante IS not TO be considered oT II would leave Germany
as much Of a menace to the worlds peace as ever
The allies render It impossible for Germany again
regard the most solemn engagements as scraps Of
paper and the sacred rights Of foreign peoples as of no
consequence That shall by such Encouragement
of boundaries and by the eaction such payments
shall help restore stolen and ravshed lands and make
TeparaOn, insofar IS possible Tor atrocities commit
and for destruction Of property Germany has heavy
penalty to pay. If It be exaced by just but unsParng
hands Germany VIII being the sword rafting terror
inspiring menace Of world and viii be content to seek
her place In the by civilized and peaceful methods
The Russian mission is 240O miles away from our
capital Its members may wOncer just what the war
down here the Mexican border It means to
all that has been sketched above and more; all that
It can any American citizen possessed Of high
sense of justice and courage to act upon conviction It
means to Us that soon troops viii be IN the thick
Of warfare; that blood relatives viii make
the supreme sacrifice the battlefield; that we must
pour in steady, increasing stream into Europe TO
fight and bleed and de- that those who are not chosen
the army navy must provide money and materials
for the men the thick Of the fight It means that from
the day declared to exist between the United
States and Germany, Americans have had the one
supreme thought Germany must not win That viii
be our one great aim until the defeat Of Germany Is &C
complished
We cannot be content with half victory and we abhor
notion Of any separate peace We honor Russia Tor
that great nations willing sacrifices IN this war and We
shall look 70 our government give Russia every aid IN
expeing the invader from her borders Russlas tight
Is our fight and right IS RusSla's-
The influences IN Russia seeking to overthrow the
democracy and yield Russia shaced, to her most danger
Gus enemies VIII be overthrow by the might and the
courageous determination Of the provisional government
supported by the Of RusSas citizenship Stern
measures already been naugrated TO restore IN the
army that discipline and that morale which have enabled
Russian soldiers goously to defeat their enemies despite
enormous handaps and look to Russia to restore upon
the eastern front the unyiedng pressure which can so
greatly aid the allies the western line in carrying
through successfully victorious military program
It honors greet the chief Of staff of Gen Bus
soff and to salute anticipation Of the victory 10 be
won, the flag Of free Russia