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Delivers Memorable Address
AT Liberty Lean Campaign
Observation-Disclosures
Propaganda.
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service:
BALTIMORE. Md. April e.
Prest Wilson at great Liberty
loan campaign here tonight gave
Americas answer to the German
drive on the western battle front;
TO the renewed propaganda for 4
German made peace. TO all pro
posals 10 end the war before Ger
many is awakened from her dream
of world dominion
The presidents answer was.
orce, force to the utmost. force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force, which shall
right the law of the world and cast
every selfish dominion down i'm the
dust"
A few hours before the president
spoke, ne had reviewed a division OF
citizen soldiers, called only a few
months ago from the pursuits of
peace; now transformed into fight
ing men TO carry the ideals of
America 10 the battle fields Of Eu-
rope. At the moment a million
more of their kind all over the land
were celebrating the opening of the
third Liberty loan and the orders
for mobilizing the first of the great
army OF a second million were go
ing out TO the country.
Those were some of the physical
facts which backed his words when
after reviewing briefly the evidence
that Germany seeks a peace for her
world dominion. the president de-
clared:
Challenge i Accepted.
Il accept the challenge know
that YOU accept it, All the world
shall know YOU accept it. II shah
appear i'm the utter sacrifice and
self forgetfulness with which we
shall give all that we love and all
that we have 20 redeem the world
and make it fit for free men like
ourselves to live in. This now is the
meaning of what we do. Let every
thing that we say my fellow coun-
trymen, everything that we hence
forth plan and accomplish, ring true
TO this response till the majesty and
might of our concerted power shall
hl the thought and utterly defeat
the force of those who hout and
misprize what we honor and hold
dear
Germany has once more said
that force and force alone shall de-
eide whether justice and peace shall
reign i'm the affairs Of men: wheth-
er right as America conceives il or
7 dominion as she conceives it shall
+ determine the destinies of man
kind
There is. therefore. but one re-
sponse possible from us; force. force
TO the utmost. force without stint or
limit the righteous force which
shall make right the law Of the
world, and cast every selfish domin-
ion i'm the dust"
President Warns L. :
Warning anew that q triumph of
arms for Germany and her allies
means ruin for all the ideals Amer
lea has won and lives for. the presi-
dent reiterated he was willing to
discuss at any time a fair just and
honest peace. sincerely proposed a
peace i'm which the strong and weak
shall fare alike.
But the answer" he said. when
. I proposed such peace came from
the German commanders i'm Russia
and / cannot mistake the meaning
4 of the answer"
They are enjoying in Russia, 30
. the president declared. "a cheap
I triumph i'm which no brave or GAL
I liant nation can long take pride A
great people. helpless by their own
act lies for the time at their mercy.
Their fair professions are forgot
ten. They nowhere set up justice
hut everywhere impose their power
I and exploit everything for their own
use and grandizement and the peo-
+ piles of conquered provinces are in
vited 20 be free under their do
minion.
Are we not justified ia believing
that they would do the same things
at their western front if they were
not there face 10 face with armies
whom their countless divisions can
not overcome2"