The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-24

japan was at war with Germany, so
the kaiser could not approach her d.
rectly, and-this is another evidence
of that superior intelligence of the
German diplomatic service-he sug-
gested that Mexico approach Japan
and suggest that Japan make common
cause with Germany and Mexico, so
that if Japan had done that we would
have been attacked upon the Pacific
coast and, in the meantime, what
would have happened to our great
partners in this fight for universal
denocracy-Great Britain, Belgium
plies cut off, who can say how long
they could have held out. And this
lustful military despot, the kaiser
whose eyes are upon the whole earth
whose dreams transcend even those
of Alexander the Great and Hanni-
bal and Caesar, would have come into
what he has been trying to get all
these years: domination of the world
except free America. And then what
would have been the next step?
1.-The United States would have been
at war, the kaiser hoped, with Mexico
and Japan. We would have been
weakened by the internal dissensions
and economic losses sustained by
craven submission to the kaiser's or
der and the kaiser would have come
to rich America to satisfy his covet-
Gus heart He would have made us
pay more in indernnities to secure
peace, and then upon whatever terms
he might have been gracious enough
to give us, than we will have to pay
in ten years to arm the manhood of
this great nation, Vindicate its honor
and defeat the kaiser.
Peace Societies, Traitors.
"And thse alleged peace societies in
this country, these so-called truth
societies, which for several years have
been making efforts to put embargoes
E,-ir \
of Great Britain, Belgium, France and
Italy, which the German kaiser final
~ ordered us to do--these societies
were merely German wolves Thasque-
rading in the hides of American trail
tors.
This fight must be fought to fin
ish. The money derived from the
sale of liberty bonds will be used to
equip our men so that it can be fought
to a successful finish. Eight billion,
one hundred million dollars will be
expended upon our splendid armies;
$500, 900, 900 will be expended upon
our navy, for additional craft to sail
the prohibited waters in which the
kaiser's undersea assassins operate,
$3.50. 100000 to build a great air fleet
manned by courageous American pi-
lots, to carry the stars and stripes in
the air, as we have always carried
them upon land and sea: $1,5OO,OOO.-
900, or Whereabouts to build a great
merchant marine, to protect the line
of communication between France
and America, so that our gallant SOL
diers may never have their base of
supplies imperiled, and also to carry
the commerce of America. in defiance
Of the German kaiser.
Settle Despotism Forever.
These are some of the uses to
which these moneys are to be put.
And, having provided these funds and
equipped our gallant men, on with
this fight to a finish. Let us not listen
to those anemic peace advocates who
inopportunely talk of peace at this,
time. when there can be no peace un-
til this issue is settled right. God
knows 1 want peace as much as any
man, but do not want a peace, a pre-
mature and immature peace which
would only postpone the time when
we should have to fight it out again
probably alone. and when the sacri-
fices would be infinitely greater than
now. This is our time to strike and
strike hard and settle despotism for
ever. Let us see it to finish.
Some of these peace advocates are
merely -deluded and simple people.
Others, and 1 say it deliberately, are
IN the pay of the German kaiser vs.
cannot tolerate men who make argu-
ments at this time which encourage
the German kaiser to fight harder.
Rather let the kaiser be discouraged
by the knowledge that we are going 20
fight to the death. The arguments OF
these peace advocates will stab our
gallant boys in the back while they
are fighting German bullets in the
front. 1 do not believe in compromis.
ing with anemic or deIuded American
citizens, to the detriment ofSour coun-
try, any more than 1 believe. in COM
promising with the enemies of our
country.
Never Again Imperiled.
IF we go forward with resolution, if
we let the kaiser understand that
America is infleNble in her purpose to
restore peace to the world upon the
| stable bases of Justice and right, so
| that hereafter the weakest nation on
earth shall equally with the most pow
erful be protected in the exercise of its
| just rights so that the will of people
| shall find free expression, as the will
of the people of this great republic is
permitted free expression, if we gu
! forward with that spirit, under the
leadership of that indomitabIe and
! courageous and far-seeing statesman,
| woodrow Wilson. we shall end this
thing forever and Americas liberties
will never be imperiled again"