Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-30
Lansing Talks to
 Officers Reserve
EMPHASIZES PERIL OF GERMAN
 IMPERIALISM
RULERS EVIL AMBITIONS
States His Belief That There Will be No Lasting Peace Until AutocratIc Rulers Have Been Destroyed by the United Decomcracies of the World.

Madison Barracks, N. T.. July 29.- In a speech here tonight before I7O0 members of the officers reserve corps, Secretary Robert Lansing, emphasfz- ing the peril of German imperialism to the United States and the world, declared his belief that the German people would not cast off the yoke Of autocracy until the physical might has destroyed forever the evil ann bitions of the military rulers of Germany That, he added, is the only way to restore the peace of the world.
 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 that a people can express their will is through democratic insti- tutions Therefore, when the world is made safe for democracy. when that great principle prevails, univer- sal peace will be an accomplished fact.
 Contest of Democracy and Autocracy.
 No nation of people will benefit more than the United States when that time comes. But it has not yet come. A great people, ruled in thought and word as well a $ in deed by the most sinister government of modern
 
 supplant democracy by the .autocracy which they have been taught to wor- ship. When will the German people awaken to the truth? When will they arise in their might and cast off the yoke and become their own masters fear that it will not be until the physical might of the united democra- cies of the world has destroyed for ever the evil ambitions of the military rulers Of Germany and liberty tri- lImphS of it's arch enemy.
 Mir. 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 of right and of human ity." Evil Character of German Government
 'The immediate cause of cur war with Germany-the breaking of her promises as to indiscriminatc sub marine warfare-has a far deeper neaninS," he said, "a meaning which has been growing more evident as the war has progressed and which needed hut 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 that government is inspired with ambitions which menace human liberty, and that to SSt1I US eIlQ IL uOeS not H0SIldl6 lO break faith to violate the most sac red rights, or to perpetrate intolerable acts of inhumanity."
 Grimes Perpetrated by Germany.
 Answering those who. he said, might think it improbable that Ger many would attack the United States if she won the war, Mir. Lansing cited things of which Germany has been guilty which were thought ''improb- I-I sl~T l.. %1 violation of treaties, the crimes of Belgium and France. submari rine bru- tality and bomb dropping on cities Yet, God help us, these things have come to pass" he exclaimed, and iron crosses have been awarded the perpetrators"
 But there is more, far more" he continued, which might be added to this record of unbelievable things which the German government has done I only need to mention the at tempt of the foreign office at Berlin to bribe Mexico to make war upon us by promising her American territory.
 No Reason to Doubt Outcome.
 "If enthusiasm and ardor can make success sure, ther we Americans have no cause for anxiety, no reason to doubt the outcome of the conflict But enthusiasm and ardor are not all, they must be founded on a profound con- victiOn of the righteousness of your cause and on an implicit faith that the God of battles will strengthen the arm of him who fights for the right"