The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-10-11
'N0'PEACE NOW'!e:'
PRESIDENT WILSON
Victory the Way to End War,
Says Executive.
IN STATEMENT, TO CALLERS
IL $T Nisi.lSE:hj sj5ise
lndorses Plan, Of Organizers of New
Patriotic Movement - Citizens
Urged to Aequaiht Selves With
Causes and Issues of War. s.

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WashiEgtoA, Oct 9.-"Americans
who are discussing early peace with
Germany forget that it would mean
crushing the democratic ideals for
which the United States has always
Stood" declared President Wilson TO
the organizers of patriotic educa-
| tional movement who called at the
White House. lie said the only way
to end the war is by complete victory
of the nations representing those
ideals over Germany's doctrine OF
force.
"Many people," said the president,
"are inclined TO let their thoughts on
the causes and principles underlying
the war wander into byways, and for
get that the main reason the United
! States is at war Is t2 defeat q gov
, ernment which threatens even the ex-
/ istence of democracy"
| Plan Endorsed by President.
The president Endorsed the plan OF
the new organization, which includes
la number of religious, business, labor
and fraternal groups, for unifying the
spirit of America. Little real misun-
| deTstandings of the war exist in the
| United States, he said, hut there Is
evident considerable cloudy thinking
which q patriotic educational move
ment can set Alright.
Patriotic Gail to Nation.
A call was sent out to the American
people to .acquaint themselves with
the causes and the issues OF this war.
The word was sent by representa-
tiyes of religious Industrial, labor, fra
ternal, professional, financial and 9TH
er interests who met here to perfect
an organization first proposed at a
similar conference here a month ago.
Outlines Principles.
The conference adopted the follow
ing declaration of principles:
I'm an hour when our nation is fight
Ing for the principles upon which it
was founded, in an hour when free
| institutions and the hopes of human
! lily are at stake, we hold 1t the duty
of every American to take his place
on the firing line of public opinion.
| ut is not time for old prejudices
or academic discussion as to past diff
ferences. Those who are not now for
America are against America.
'Our cause it just. We took up
the sword only when international law
and ancient rights were set at naught
and when our fOrbearance had been
exhausted by persistent deception and
broken pledges.
Aims Are Explicit.
"Our aims are explicit, our pur-
poses unsoiled by any selfishness We
defend the sanctities of life, the fun
damental decencieS of civilization. We
fight for just and durable peace and
that the rule of reason shall lie re-
stored to the community of nations.
I'm this crisis the unity of, the
American people must not be i'm
paired by the voices of dissension or
sedition.
agitation for a premature peace
lis Seditious when its object is to
weaken the determination of America
to see the war through to a conclu-
slve vindication of the principles for
which we have taken arms. ...s....s
! No Dynastic Peace. ..,a.
'The war we are waging is q war
I against war, and its sacrifices must
not be nullified by any truce or arm
sticc that means no more than a
breathing spell for the enemy.
I'VE believe in the wise purpose Of
the president not to negotiate a peace
with any irresponsible and autocratic
dynasty, ....-...
1--WE approve the action of the ma
tional government in dispatching an
Pxpedltionary force to the land Of
Lafayette and Rochambeau. Either
we fight the enemy on foreign soil,
shoulder to shoulder with comrades
In arms, or we fight on our own soil,
backs against our homes, and alone.
Rise Above Party.
1--WE are organized in the interests
Of a national accord that rises high
above any previous division OF party,
race. creed and circumstance.
1--WE believe that this is the critical
hiIu nun iOi lOl
tlvilization. To lose now is to lose
lfur many generations. The peril Is
great and requires our highest en-
deavors. If defeat comes to us
through any weakness, Germany,
whose purposes for worldwide do
minion are now revealed, might draw
TO ITSELF as magnet does the filings,
the residium of world power and this
would affect the standing and the
existence Of America.
"We not only accept, but heartily
approve the decision reached by the
president and congress of the United
States, to declare war against the
common enemy of the free nations,
and as loyal citizens of the United
States we pledge to the president and
the government our undivided sup