New Britain herald., 1917-04-03

litical liberty. -sswe have no seifah ends to serve. We dsetro no conQuests for ourselves, no material compensax ton for the sacrinces we shall freely make. We are but ono of the cham pions of the rights of mankind. WI shall be satisfied whom those righta have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can mals1 them.
 "Just because we fight without ran. cor and without selfish object. seeks ing nothing for ourselves but what VI shall wish to share with all fret peoples. we shall. I feel confident conduct our operations as belligerent4 without passion and ourselves observe with prdud punctilio the principles ol right and of fair play we profess td be fighting for.
 T have said nothing of the gev- ernments allied with the Imperial govx ernment of Germany because they have not made war upon us or chal-g lenged us to defend our right and our honor. The Austro- -HungariaH government has, indeed, avowed itS unqualified indorsement and accept ance of the reckless ad lawless sub- marine warfare, adopted now without disguise by the Imperial German gov-s ernment. and it has therefore not been possible for this government to receive Count Tarnowski. the ambassador re- gently accredited to this government by the Imperial and Royal govern-3 ment of Austria Hungary: but that government has not actually engaged in warfare against citizens of the United States on the seas, and take the liberty, for the present at least, ok postponing 8 discussion of our rela- tions with the authorities at Viennas We enter this war only where we ara clearly forced into it because there are no other means of defending our right.
 .'It will be all the easier for us to- conduct ourselves as belligerents in aA high spirit of right and fairness be- cause we act without animus, not with, enmity toward people or with the desire to bring any injury or disad-s vantage upon them, but only in armed opposition to a irresponsible governs ment which has thrown aside all con-; alterations of humanity and of right and is running amuck.
 We are, let me say again, the sins cere friends of the German people,p and shall desire nothing so much as the early re-establishment of intimati. relations of mutual advantage between us. however hard it may be for them for the time being to believe that thiati Is spoken from our hearts. We havas borne with their present government through all these bitter months be- cause of that friendship. exercising . patience and forbearance which would otherwise have been impossible.
 We shall happily still have an op- portunity to prove that friendship in our daily attitude and actions toward the millions of men and women of Ger man birth and native sympathy who live among us and share our life, and we shall be proud to prove it toward all who. gre in fact loyal to thSiT neighbdfa ehd: to the government in the hour of test. They are most of them as true and loyal Americans as if they had never known any other feaItys or allegiance. They will be prompt to stand with us in rebukina and restraining the few who. may be of a different mind and pnrpose. IT there should be disloyalty, 1t will sba dealt with with firm hand of stern repression; but. if 1t liftsSits head 1t all, 1t willSltft 1t only her6 and ti1exe and without countenance except from lawless and malignant feW
 Ut is a distressiS and Impressive duty gentlemen of the conGxess, which have performed in thua addreasins you. There are. 1t may be, nSany months of fiery trial and sacrafco ahead of us. Mt Is . fearful think t6 lead this great, peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and dfsas- trous of all wars, civilization Hself seeming to be in the balance, M But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts-for democracy. for the right of those who submit to authority to have voice in their own governments. for the rights and, liber4y ties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concArt of free people as shall bring peac6 and safety to all nations and mako the world itself at last free
 ITO such a task we can dedicato, our lives and our fortunes, everythfnr that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend. her. blood and her might for the prinospless that gave her birth and kapf,anesssi and the peace which she hA4 treas- ured x sSs sas ss. <
 God helping her. she can do no other"
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