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PRESIDENT GIVES
ANSWER TO TEUTs
0ERMANY'S CHALLENGE IS Ac.
cEPTED AND FORCE MUST
DECIDE THE ISSUE.
AUDIENCE is ENTHUSIASTIC
Address Is Made Before Meeting in
Celebration of Opening of Third
Liberty Loan.-Answer to
Peace Proposal Given.

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son, at a great Liberty loan celebra-
ton here, gave Americas answer to the
German drive on the western battle
front; to the renewed propaganda for
German-made peace; to all proposals
to end the war before Germany is
awakened from her dream of world
dominion.
The presidents answer was:
"Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shall make
right the law of the world and cast
every selfish dominion down in the
DUST
President Wilson's acceptance in a
speech here of Germany's challenge
that the issue between the central
powers and her enemies be settled by
force brought $4,000 persons cheering
| to their feet.
The president, opening the third
Liberty loan campaign, carried his
audience with hin in his address.
Audience Cheers.
When the president declared that
he accepted Germany's challenge and
that force must decide the issue, the
audience arose to it's feet and cheered
for several minutes.
The presidents audience was plain
ly with him in his denunciation of
Germany's military masters. 1t ap-
plauded his declaration that he is
ready at any time TO discuss a just
peace sincerely proposed.
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address, subscriptions were opened for |
Liberty bonds. The Savings Bank of |
Baltimore Immediately took one mil |
lion dollars worth. Other large am
cunts were subscribed.
A few hours before the president |
spoke, he had received. division of |
citizen soldiers, called only few
months ago from the pursuits of peace
now transformed into fighting men to |
carry the ideals of America to the
batlefields of Europe. At the moment
million more of their kind all over
the land were celebrating the opening
of the third Liberty loan; and the Or
ders for mobilizing the first of the
great army of a second million were
going out to the country.
Those were some of the physical
facts which backed his words, when
after reviewing briefly the evidence
hat Germany seeks peace for her
world dominion, the president de-
clared:
Il accept the challenge. I know I
that you accept it. All the world shall t
know you accept it. 1t shall appear S
in the utter sacrifice and self-forget- {
fulness with which we shall give all !
that we love and all that we have to ,
redeem the world and make for free q
men like ourselves to live in. This
now is the meaning of what we do. /
Germany Has Urged Force.
Germany has once more said that q
,orce and force alone shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign {
n the affairs of men; whether right {
Is America conceives it or dominion y
is she conceives it shall determine p
he destines of mankind.
''There is, therefore, but one re-
ponse possible from us: force. force L
o the utmost, force without stint or =
INIT, the righteous force which shall
make right the law Of the world, and a
asst every selfish dominion in the 4
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Warming anew that a triumph of
rms for Germany means ruin for all
he ideals America has won and lived :
or, the president reiterated he was
Wiling to discuss at any time fair
ust and honest peace sincerely pro-
osed-'a peace in which the strong -
nd weak shall fare alike"
But the answer" he said, "when az
proposed such peace came from ~
he German comantlmers in Russia and u
cannot mistake the meaning of the !.
nswer.''
"They are enjoying in Russia the vi
resident declared, "a cheap triumph
! which no brarer or gallant nation J"
an long take pride. A great people, :,
elpless by their own act, lies for the o
me at their mercy. Their full pro-
sssions are forgotten. They no
here set up justice, but everywhere
npose their power and exploit every ne
ling for their own use and aggran- "a
and the peoples of con- ue
lered provinces are invited to be free u
nder their dominion. nc
Are we not justified in believing "a
lat they would do the same things at co
leir western front if they were not Do
lere face to face with armies whom pr
leir countless divisions cannot over. ca
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