The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-02-07
PREDICTS END THIS YEAR
ppEs,DENT WILSON MAKES A
CHEERING STATEMENT.
Wilson'S Message to Farmers vi Ma
tion States Struggle for Worlo
Freedom Will Cease Soon.

- Freedom Will Cease Soon.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-1n a mes
sage to the nations farmers deilVereu
+oday TO an agricultural conference
at 1Jrbana, ILL.,, President Wilson SAID
he thought statesmen on both sloes
of the water realized that the culm1-
Mating crisis of the war had come anu
this years achievements would oe-
eide it.
The message, which the president
intended to present personally until
attacked by cold several days ago.
was delivered by President james OF
the University of Illinois. Recount
ing the aggressions of Germany the
president said:
1--WE are fighting, therefore, as tru-
" for the liberty and self govern
ment of the United States as II the
war of our own revolution had 10 oe
fonsbt over again; and every man
in every business in the United states
mnst know by this time that MS
whole future lies in the balance.
"Our national life and our whole
fnture development will pass under
the sinister influences of foreign con-
troll if we do not win. We must wln'
therefore. and we shall win.
.I need not ask you to pleoge
vour lives and fortunes with those
Of the rest of the nation to the ac-
complishment of this great end.
The president recalled that farmers
fired the first shots at Lexington tnat
set afame the American revolution
for liberty and expressed the nope
and belief that American farmers
now will willingly and conspicuous
" stand by the government to win
this war. He said the farmers did
not want themselves exempted from
military service as a class but tha'
the attention of the war department
was centered upon the task Of inter-
fering with farm labor as little as
possible and he believed that in the
next draft the farmers would :hnd
their labor less seriously drawn upon
than in the first.
Must he Sacrifice.
The presidents message said IN
part:
81 need not tell you, for | am sure
YOU realize as keenly as l do. that
we are as a nation in the presence
of a great task which demands su-
preme sacrifice and endeavor of ey-
ery one of us. We can give every
thing that is needed with the greater
willingness, and even satisfaction, be-
cause the object of the war in which
we are engaged is the greatest that
free men have ever undertaken. 1t
is to prevent the life of the world
from being determined with fortunes
of men everywhere directed by small
groups of military mea who seek
their own interest by the selfish do
minion yet will not need
to be convinced that it was
necessary for us as free peo-
pIe to take part in this war =.
The rulers of Germany had sought to
exercise their power in such way
as to shut off our economic lie so
far as our intercourse with Europe
was concerned, and to confine our
people within the western -hem1s-
phere while they accomplished pur-
poses which would have permanently
impaired and impeded every process
of our national life and have put the
fortunes of America at the mercy OF
the imperial government of Germany.
This was no threat. 1t had become
a reality. Their hand of violence
had been laid on our own people and
our own property in fragrant viola
ton not only of justice but of we'll
recognized and long standing cove
nants of international law and treaty.
We are fighting. therefore, as truly
for the liberty and self government
of the United States as if the war of
our own revolution had to be fought
over again; and every man in ev-
cry business in the United States
must know by this time that his
whole future fortune lies in the bal
ance. Our national life and our
whole economic development will
pass under the sinister influences of
foreign control if we do not win. We
must win, therefore, and we shall
win. I need not ask you to pledge
your lives and fortunes with those