Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-04
We're Fighting for the Brotherhood
of Man, Says EX-Gov. of Missouri

- amy because or England from
whence came our laws and civiliza-
Hon. and whose early entry into the
conflict prevented that victory for
German arms which would otherwise
have been certain, thus saving US
from the terrors OF German mill
tarism We are fighting Germany be
cause the success OF Germany would
mean the end OF freedom here and
everywhere. America can not remain
free u kAlserism wins. II Germany
should triumph over our European
allies, We would have TO battle single
handed with victorious Teuton au-
.ocracy. determined 10 conquer and
subJugate the world
For forty years Germany has been
building up a military machine, the
central thot OF which has been world
domination. and this terrible world
calamity of blood and misery is the
result OF this aim OF the German
.Nutocracy.
Can Never Forget.
Germany's method OF warfare, In
the sinking Of merchant ships with
out warning. In the drowning Of helb-
less women and children. IN bonn
harding urfortifed cities, In lurking
like assassins beneath the waters and
In the air, ready TO strike and mur-
der the unarmed, the unsuspecting,
and the helpless has evidenced a saw
agery and brutality such as the world
has never known before. Humanity
viii find 1t difficult TO forgive and
history impossible to forget. Germany
Is the outlaw among the nations.
: trampling under foot every obligation
of international law, threatening every
| ideal dear to the hearts Of freemen;
and the world win not be n safe place
for liberty until the German autoc-
racy is oVerthrown and crushed for
ever.
We would have lost the respect OF
mankind and our own self-respect
had we failed To take up the gaunt-
let 80 lusolently thrown IN our face
by the German rulers. We are fight
ing for our own freedom and for the
freedom of all men during all the
years to come. II takes fighting to
make the people free and more FIGHT
Ing to keep the people free. We want
no conquered territory, we desire no
indemnity The mission OF America
In this war is TO free mankind by en-
throning justice and brotherhood In
the hearts of men everywhere. We
are fighting Germany In order TO Sc
cure the permanent peace Of the
world, which is impossible as long as
the German military system. is al
lowed to exist, for there can be no
enduring peace until further criminal
aggressions against the other nations
by the German autocracy have been
rendered impossible. The same rea-
sons which impclled us to enter the
war must force US to eep up the war
until its objects have BEEN accom-
plished, for an inconclusive peace
now would merely mean death
struggle later on between American
ideals and an unconquered German
autocracy.
No Compromise Now
truce now would be compromise
and there can be no compromise be
tween liberty and tyranny. A truce
now would be surrender, and sur
render would be defeat. James Rus
rell Lowell wrote these words in the
long ago, and they come to us in the
present crisis with new and deeper
meaning:
once to every man and nation comes
the moment 10 decide
In the strife OF truth with false
hood. for the good or evil side .
lIdst thou chosen O my people, on
whose party thou shall stand
Ere the doom from its worn sandals
shakes the dust against our land?
Careless seems the great avenger: his
tory's pages but record.
one death struggle in the darkness
twlXt old system and the word
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong
forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future.
and behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow.
keeping watch above his own.
Last the ominous stern whisper from
the Dclphic cave within.
They enslave their chldren's chill
drcn who make compromise with
sin"
Before we entered the war Ameri-
cans had a right to be neutral as be-
tween other nations. Now that we
are in, no American can be neutral.
The American who is neutral now is
guilty OF treason TO the republic The
American who is not for his country
in this war must be counted as
against his country. Whatever our
internal differences may have been.
In such n time as this we must be
one people, loyal to common coun-
try and devoted to a common flag
Any man or woman unwilling to rem
der whatever service he or she may
bc called upon to give in this great
hour is unworthy to be an American
citizen.
Millions OF Americas sons have
answered TO the nations call They
should have the fun support of heart
and soul and spirit OF all American
men and women. for. in the name of
America and in behalf OF America,
they are going forth to battle i'm order
that American honor may be sus-
tained, American freedom preserved.
10 make the world safe for the COM
and Ia la Inf