The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-22
WHY WE ARE
AT WARMTH
GERMANY
EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS
Executive Head. History Depart
ment
Leland Stanford Junior Universal.

"The Oh iect of this var is 10 s=.-
the tree peoples Of the world from
menace and the actual power cf .Har
military establ sfnent controlled uf H"
irresponsi bic government which. -a.
secretly planned 10 dominate ire vse.
proceeded tc carry out tee pian a.-H-.-
reaard either 20 the sacred OtIl .lt-
Of treaty or the long established prf.
tees and long cherished principles gf
ternstiOpat action and honor.
cover is not the German people 10
the ruthless master Of the German peg.
pie. II IS our business % see t-
IL that the history Of the rest az the
world 5 no longer LEFT 10 its Narr lra
President Wilson, August p, l4iI
WE FIGHT FOR PEACE AND FJB
SELFRESPECT
What sort of a peace does German
hope TO secure2 That can pe
swered in a sentence. peace Wbe.
will enable her 10 fuifH ia te H.
tsar the aims she has falei ~ f
IN IN this What is the peace r-s
Allies wish Again the answer
brief. a peace thar Will make sa,-
that 1T shall not happen again
This war has already biHei uot
manned or wounded) over SUneHra
Young and vigorous men yet Germany
still believes that war is essential tu
human progress, and that any art
however atroeious, is permissible s.
long as it is an act of war Against
that theory America has set her Wllt
Does anyone still doubt that Ger
many believes in war? Here are four
leaders Of Germany speaking "Pes
petual peace is dream, and il is NOT
even a beautiful dream; war forms
part of the eternal order instituted
by God. "A long peace not only
leads to enervation, but allows of me
existence of multitude Of piutul
trembling miserable creatures
who cling fast to life with loud cries
about their right to exist, block the
way for real strength, make the ait
fetid, and altogether detile the blooi
of the nation" The worst Of hypoe
risies is the participation by Ger
many in The Hague Conference We
must not look for permanent peace as
a result of this war Heaven defend
Germany from that" And TreitsChke,
the historian tutor to the military
class of Germany taught over and
over again that war was the only
means of achieving world leadership,
that war els to be conceived as an
ordinance set by Cod that war is
/ just and moral, and that the idea of
eternal peace is both unjust and i'm.
/ moral and impossible
| These theories, put in practice, have
/ made of Germany the Cain Of civiliza
/ tom his hand against every man 5
hand IN self-detense and in mere
4 SeIfreSptct. America was forced to
strike back We could not sit still
when we realized that it was our duty
/ 10 be and to remain the ont spoken
moral opponents Of the present Ger.
man policy and Of the German State
so long as it holds this present pol
icy, and carries on its present war
Germany as at present dis
posed is the willful and deliberate
enemy of the human race" (Josiah
RoyceD
But if there be any who have not
this larger vision of the issues Of the
war who are not moved TO stake all
on the abstract jastice of our cause
then let them ask themselves wha
SeHreSpect as nation demands OF
America, and Of true Americans, under
the treatment we received from Ger
many
When the European war came ir
1914, and while we were still neutral
what insult was not heaped upon ou
self-respect? The Austrian Ambas
sad0r, Dumba, plotted to organic
strikes in our munitions factories, an(
to buy up agtators to incite workmel
to discomfort. German spies, now con
victed and in Jail, have admitted tina
they worked under the direction o
high German officials to commit act
in violation of our neutrality Som
Of these same officials have adniitte,
the expenditure of millions Of dollar
in illegal operations conducted ii
direct defiance of our laws. and in il
solent disregard Of international dir
lomatic courtesy" The catalogue O
German crimes in America, and Q
German agents amongst us chile lr
1rere StiH neutral, II published in full
would be astounding almost to di'
belief
The German acts have startled us a
last to the knowledge that the natio
which permits them without resen
ment IS no nation in that essentit
quality OF patriotism self-respec
Without that quality, we are but
mass of disorganized peoples, hayin
no influence in world affairs, and II
, timately at the mercy of that stat
which best knows how to carry O
shameless intrigues amongst us Ge
a many is that state. We are tightin
| In the hope Of saving the world fro
her immoral ideals; but zee are al,
= fghting TO restore our self-reSpect
!. This Is the eighth Of series of te
. articles by Professor Adams.