Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-30

Madison Barracks, N. Y. July Zs'-
snoach here tonight before 1,70O
members of the officers feserVa'
corps, Secretary of State Lansing, en-
nhasizing the peril of German I'M
rerialism to the United States ana
tho world, declared his belief thai Inc
Clguan pa@pi@ ns'
The woke of autocracy until the ply
steal might of the united democracies
of the world has destroyed forever the
evil ambitions of the military rulers
or Germany" That, he added, is the
only way to restore the peace OF the
world.
Democracy Means Peace.
Were every people on earth able
to express their will. there would be
no wars of aggression" he said, "and,
if there were no wars of aggression,
there would be no wars, and lasting
peace would come to this earth. The
only way people can express their
will is through democratic instltu-
tions. Therefore, when the world is
made safe for democracy. when that
great principle prevails, universal
peace will be an accomplished fact.
NO nation of people will be fit
more than the United States when
that time comes. But it has not yet
come. great people, ruled in
thought and word as well as in deed
by the most sinister government OF
modern times, is straining every
nerve to supplant democracy by the
autocracy they have been taught to
worship. When will the German peo-
pie awaken to the truth? When will
they arise in their might and cast off
the yoke and become their own mas
ters? / fear that it will not be until
the physical might of the united
democracies of the world has de-
stroyed forever the evil ambitions of
the military rulers of Germany and
liberty triumphs over it's arch enc
my"
American Cause just.
Mr. lansing sought to drive home
to the student officers the righteous
ness of the cause for which they had
volunteered to go to France and fight,
asserting that America would win
because our cause is the cause of
justice and right and humanity
The immediate cause of our war
with Germany-the breaking of her
promises as to indiscriminate subma-
rine warfare-has a far deeper mean
ing, he said, "a meaning which has
been growing more evident as the
war has progressed and which need
ed but this act of perfidy to bring it
home to all thinking Americans. The
evil character of the German govern
ment is laid bare before the world.
We know now that the government
is inspired with ambitions which men,
ace human liberty and that to gain
its end does not hesitate to break
faith, to violate the most sacred
rights, or to perpetuate intolerable
acts of inhumanity.''
Mere Scraps of Paper.
1T needed but the words reported
to have been uttered by the German
chancellor to complete the picture OF
the character of his government when
lie aHHouuCSu tIic OIliy icaooii
why the intensified submarine cam
paign was delayed until February
last was that sufficient submarines
could not be built before that thine
to make the attacks on commerce eff
ficient. Do you realize that this
means, IL 1t means anything. that the
promises to refrain from brutal sub
MARINE warfare which GarmanV had
made to the United states. were never
intended to be kept, that they were
only made in order to gain time in
which to build more submarines and
that when the time came to act, tht
German promises were unhesitatingls