Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-04-07

we desire no conquest, no dominion;
we seek no indemnities for ourselves,
no material compensation for the sac
ritices we shall freely make. We are
but one of the champions of the rights
of mankind We shall be satisfied
when those rights have made as Sc
cure as the faith and freedom of the
nations can make them
Just because we fight without ran
cor and without selfish objects, seek
ing nothing for ourselves, but what
we shall wish to share as free copies,
we shall, | feel confident, conduct our
operations as belligerents without pas
sion and ourselves observe with proud
hpunctility the principles fright and
of fair play we profess to be fighting
for.
| Il have said nothing of the govern
ents allied with the imperial govern
ment of Observation-Disclosures
ments allied with the imperial gov
ernment of Germany because they
have not made war upon us or chal-
lenged us to deefnd our right and our
honor. The Austro- Hungarian gov
ernment has, indeed, avowed it's un-
qualified endorsement and acceptance
of the reckless and ruthless submarine
warfare adoped now without disguise
by he imperial German government
and 1t has therefore not been possible
for his government to receive Count
| Iarnowski the ambassador recently
accredited to this government by the
imperial and royal government of
Astro-Hungary; but that government
has not actually engaged in warfare
against the citizens of the United
States on the seas Ind | take the lib
erty for the present at least of post
ponlng decision of our Citations with
the authorities at Vienna. We enter
| this war only where we are clearly
forced into it because there are no
other means of defending our rights.
1t will be all the easier for us to
conduct ourselves as belligerents in
high spirit OF right an dfairness be-
cause we act without animus, not in
ienmity owards people or with a
desire to bring any injury or disad-
antage upon he, bu only in armed
opposition to an irresponsible gov
ernment wich has thrown aside all
considerations of humanity and of
right and is running amuck
We are, let me say again, the sim
-ere friends OF he German people
and shall desire nothing so much as
ehe re-establishment of relations of
mutual understanding among us, how
ever hard it may be for them for the
time being to believe that this is
spoken from our hearts
I'VE have borne with their present
government through all these bitter
months through that friendship, ex-
ercising patience and forbearance
which would otherwise have been i'm
possible We SHALL happily, still have
an opportunity to prove that friend
ship in our daily attitude and actions
towards the millions of men and wo-
men of German birth and native SYM
pathy who live amongst us and share
our life, and we shall be proud
prove it towards all who are in fact
| loyal to their neighbors and 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 fealty or allegiance. They
will be prompt to stand with US in re-
buking and restraining the few who
may be of different mind and pur-
| pose
If there should be disloyalty, it
will be dealt with with iif,n ! and of
stern repression. but if it lifts its head
at all it will lift it only here and
there, and without countenance, eX-
cept from a lawless and malignant
few
at is depressing and oppressive
duty, gentlemen OF the congress,
which | have performed in thus adj
dressing you. There are it may be
many months of fiery trial and sacri-
fee ahead Of us 1t is a fearful thing
to lead this great peaceful country
into war, into the most terrible and
disastrous of all wars, civilization it.
self seeming to be in the balance But
being in the right is more precious
than peace and we shall fight for the