The Keota news., 1917-04-06


summit OF her political structure, long
~ 1t had stood and terrible az was
the reality Of its power, was not In
TACT Russian in origin, character or
purpose; and now it has been shaken
OF and the great, generous Russian
people have been added in all their
native majesty and might to the forces
that are fighting for freedom in the
world. for justice and for peace Here
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Plots Aimed at Unity Of America.
One Of the things that has served
to convince US that the Prussian au-
tocracy was not and could never be
our. friend is that from the very out
set Of the present war It has filled
our unsuspecting communities and
even our offices Of government with
spies and set criminal intrigues every
where afoOt against our national unity
OF council. our peace within and with
out. our industries and our commerce.
Indeed 1t Is now evident that its
spies were here even before the war
began: and it is unhappily not a mat
ter Of conjecture, but a fact proved
In our courts of justice. that the in
trigues which have more than once
come perilously near to disturbing the
peace and dislocating the industries of
the country have been carried on at
the instigation, with the support. and
even under the personal direction of
Official agents of the Imperial govern
ment accredited to the government of
the United States.
Even in checking these things and
trying to extirpate them we have
sought to put the most generous inter.
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we knew that their source lay. not in
any hostile feeling or purpose of the
German people towards us (who were.
no doubt. as ignorant of them as we
ourselves were), but only in the self
ish designs of a government that did
what 1t pleased and told its people
nothing.
But they have played their part in
serving to convince US at last that
that government entertains no real
friendship for US and means to act
against our people and security at its
convenience. ~.
That it means to stir up enemies
against US at our very doors, the in
tercepted note to the German minis
ter at Mexico City is eloquent evi-
dence.
Fight That World May es Safe.
We are accepting this challenge Of
hostile purpose because we know that
in such government. following such
methods. we can never have friend,
and that in the presence of it's Or
ganized power. always lying in wait
to accomplish we know not what pur.
pose. there be no assured security for
the democratic governments of the
world.
We are now about to accept the
gauge Of battle with this natural foe
to liberty and shall, II necessary,
spend the whole force of the nation
to check and nullify its pretensions
and its power.
We are glad, now that we see the
facts with no veil of false pretense
about them, to fight thus for the ulti-
mate peace of the world and for the
liberation of its people, the German
peoples included; for the rights Of ma
tions great and small and the privi-
lege of men everywhere to choose
their way Of life and Of obedience.
The world must be made safe for de-
mocracy. Its peace must be planted
upon the trusted foundations of polit-
ical liberty,
We have no selfish ends to serve.
We desire no conquest. no dominion.
We seek no indemnities for ourselves,
no material compensation for the sac
riflces we shall freely make. We are
but one of the champions of the rights
Of mankind. We shall be satisfied
when those rights have been as secure
a. the faith and the freedom of the