South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-30
WORLD Pc ACE
IS Up TO j. s.
Lansing Tells Officers Amer
lea Must Destroy Ambi-
tons of Germany.

H
July 5o.-in a speech here Sunday
night before 100 mem bers Of the
officers reserve corps. Sec'y of
state Robert Lansing, emphasizing
the peril of German Imperialism to
I the United States and the world. de-
I clared his belief that the German
people would not cast of the yoke
/ OF autocracy until the physical
might Of the united democracies OF
the world has destroyed forever the
evil ambitions of the military rulers
Of Germany. That" ne added.
is the only way to restore the peace
world.
Were every people on earth able
20 express their viii. there would
be no wars Of aggression he said,
and if there were no wars of ag-
gression. 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 institutions
Therefore. when the world is made
safe for democracy, when that
principle prevails. universal peace
will be an accomplished fact.
L. =. VIII BE Best Fitted.
NO nation of people will be fit
more than the United States when
that time comes. But il has not
yet come. A great people, ruled
in thought and word as we'll as in
deed by the most sinister govern
ment Of modern times is straining
every nerve TO supplant democracy
D. Il Il II.
been taught 10 worship. When viii
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 il will not be until the
physical might of the united democ-
racies of the world have destroyed
forever the evil ambitions of the
military rulers Of Germany and lib
erty triumphs over its arch
Mr.. Lansing sought 10 drive home
10 the student officer the righteous
ness of the cause for which they
had volunteered 10 go TO France and
fight, asserting that America would
tu because our cause is the cause
of justice and of right and of hui
mainly.
German Aims Laid Bare.
THE immediate cause Of our war
with Germany-the brea king Of her
promises as TO indiscrimnate subma-
rine warfare-has a far deeper
meaning" he said "a meaning which
has been growing more evident as
the war has progressed and which
needed but this act of perfidy to
bring it home TO all thinking Amer
leans. The evil character of the
German government is laid bare be-
fore the world.
I'VE know now that that govern
meut is inspired with ambitions
which menace human liberty and
that TO gain its end it does not hest
tate TO break faith, TO violate the
most sacred rights. or TO perpetuate
intoIerabIe acts of inhumanity-
Promises Mere Words.
1T needed but the words reported
to have been uttered by the German
chancellor TO complete the picture
of the character of his government
when he announced that the only
reason why the intensified subma-
rine campaign was delayed until
February last was that sufficient
submarines could not be built before
that time 10 make the attacks on
commerce efficient. Do YOU realize
that this means. if il means any
thing. that the promises to refrain
from brutal submarine warfare,
which Germany had made to the
United States were never intended
10 be kept, that they were only made
in order TO gain time in which TO
build more submarines and that |
when the time came to act. the Ger
man promises were unhe sitatingly |
torn TO pieces like other scraps of
paper
1T is this disclosure Of the char
acter of the imperial German gov
eminent which is the underlying
cause of our entry into the war. We
had doubted. or at least many |
Americans had doubted, the evil |
of the rulers of Germany. /
Doubt remained no longer. In the |
light Of events we could read the
past and see that for a quarter of a |
century the absorbing ambition Of
the military oligarchy which was the (
master OF the German empire was
for world-dominion."
Fighting Our Own Battles.
Asserting that the future OF the I
United States is at stake" Sec'y I
Lansing said that If any OF you
have the idea that we are fighting
others battles and not our own. the .
sooner he gets away from that idea 7.
the better il will be for him, the /
better it will he for all Of us"
Imagine Germany victor I'm EU- /.
rope because the United States re- /
NAMED neutral who then, think /
YOU. would be the next victim of /
those who are seeking 20 he masters /
of the whole EARTH Would not this I
country with its enormous wealth /
arouse the cupidity of an impOver- |
ished though triumphant Germany? I
Would not this democracy be the F.
only obstacle between the autOcratic |
rulers of Germany and their SUI
preme ambition? Do YOU think that /
they withhold their hand from so
rich a prize?
Easier to Fight With Allies.
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