The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-12-08

| navy JoSt CAtSluSu IGCOSultlOH anC
the right hand of fellowship, and te
whom l have, in the exercise of the
powers conferred upon me by tbs
congress, just extended a credit OF
| 500, 100000. We want them to un.
derstand that Americas professions
| of friendship and support are not Liz
| service, but that we intend to put be-
hind every nation fighting with us for
the cause Of liberty throughout the
world what congress, in it's resolution
declaring a. state of war between Ger
many and the United States, ex-
pressed in this noble language: we
pledge the entire resources of the
people of the United States for this
great object
'"There is one remaining military
autocrscy left, a military autocracy
the ike of which the world has never
known, headed by an autocrat of linn
itless and lustful ambition, whose
covetous eyes rest upon the whole
world. His purpose today is world
dominion. Never since the days of
Alexander the Great has such an au-
dacious scheme of world conquest
been deliberately conceived and re-
morselessly organized by any nation,
That is the thing that threatens the
liberties of mankind; that is the
thing that makes it necessary for
america to get into this fight as
the champion of liberty throughout
the world, and to see that that colos-
sal crime, as it would be if successful,
is not perpetrated upon the human
race.
81 like to feel, my friends, when I
think about this war, that it is the
only kind of war in which this great
republic could afford to engage. We
would not go into any war for ma
terial ends. We would not lift fin
ger to take one square inch of the soil
Of any other nation upon the face OF
the earth. We do not seek to make
subject any other races upon the face
Of the earth. We do not want any
indernities or any compensation for
what we do in this war. We are fight
ing for an ideal, which is the only
thing that makes any nation great,
whether it has material resources or
not, because any nation with material
resources and no ideals will in time
become the prey of the conqueror.
We do not intend to be drawn at the
chariot wheels of any military auto
crat, as poor, stricken, bleeding Bel
gium has been for the past three
years. and as horribly devastated Ser
bia has been for the same time. We
intend to assert the power of free
America with such effect upon these
battle fronts in Europe that 1t won't
be long before the slaughter OF all
kinds of human beings will be stopped.
And when America sits at that coun-
ell table Of peace-and that is one OF
the things about this war that is such
a noble and inspiring thing, a thing
upon which / like to let my magma
ton dwelI-when America sits at
that council of the great natiUns she
must bear upon her brow the crown
of Justice, the crown of disinterested-
ness, and in her eyes must shine the
clear light Of liberty and love for hui
manity; she must seek nothing for
herself; she must use her benevolent
powers for the purpose of seeing that
even as between these belilgerents,
enemies and friends alike, justice IS
done; that the bases of peace shall be
founded upon a fair adjustment OF
all of the complex questions involved );
that no cancerous sores shall be left
to tester and disturb the peace of the
world in the future; that all may have
the assurance that, because the treaty
is based upon justice, the new peace
may for centuries survive with preg-
nant blessings to mankind!