The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-03
AMERICANS IN
China JUBILANT
OVER ENTRY WAR

Picking, June 2.-(Correspondence
Of the Associated Press. )-More than
six hundred American citizens gath
cred at the American legation fol-
lowing the announcement that Amer
lea had declared war against Ger
many, and adopted the following reso-
luton:
1--WE, the undersigned Americans.
resident in Picking, China, wish to
convey to the president and govern
ment Of country a pledge of loyal
ty and to offer our services unra-
servedly to the great cause of the.
rights of nations"
( The Americans assembled at the
invitation of Lieut.. Col. w. c. Neville,
of the United States marine corps,
at a mess dinner in the American
barracks, which was attended by DR..
Paul S. Reinsch, the American min
lister, and all official Americans in
Pehng, as we'll as prominent civil
ians.
At the conclusion of the dinner the
American minister delivered a brief
address, in which he emphasized the
statement that the United States did
not declare war until it became ap-
parent that German policy threaten
ed the peace and security of every
nation on earth. He spoke also of the
change which had come over Russia,
and said that the present war had
sounded the doom of all tyrannical
government and could not end until
Germany had freed herself from the
evil system which was once believed
to be firmly entrenChed in that IN
happy country.
DR.. Robert McNutt McElroy, who
was professor of history at Princeton,
and is in China this year as exchange
lecturer, spoke on What we are
fighting for" DR.. McElroy said:
"Our ancestors fought for the
rights of men and secured them to
us. We are fighting for the rights of
nations to secure them to our remot-
est descendants Our ancestors
fought and crushed the theory of the
super man. We are fighting the
theory of the super-nation, the theory
that there is given to the strong
nation a divine right to trample upon
the weak nation.
"Our ancestors, by determined eff
fort, cleared the kings highways of
robbers by giving to the weakest and
poorest the majestic protection of a
law sustained by force. We are called
upon to clear the great international
highway of robbers, and to put force
behind the world law that henCeforth
no powerful nation may carry away
a weaker nation into captivity.
"Our forefatheTs gave vital force to
law among individuals. We are called
upon to give vital force to law among
nations. It is in this cause that the
nation of many races has risen to dc
battle with the enemy of ''the rights
of nations and she will see justice
satisfied before her shining sword
again is sheathed in its
And when that sword is sheathed
it will be the glory of America t.
have all men know that no Achar
has spoils hidden in his tent; that
America has poured her millions anC
her men freely without hope of gair
other than that which comes from the
unfaltering performance of duty.
"Should Germany win this war
nav, should Germany fail to lose it
finally and Conclusively, the stamp Of
success will be given to terrorism
disregard of treaties and general in
ternational dishonor. The wars which
our children must face will be many
and of speeches. horror. She Canno
win: but il may be given to AmeriC.
to see that she loses, absolutely anC
completely.
The triumph of American ideal
will mean a liberated Germany, an'
will sound the death-knell of absO
lutism throughout the world. Civ
81 4 ~ nj
many and the few remaining strong
holds Of absoIutism viii at once be.
come untenable. Unhorse Prussian
ism. and we may confidentially eNpec