Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-08
PRESIDENT WILSON
Continued from Page One)

There is. therefore. but one re-
Spouse possible from us. force. force
to tie utmost, force without stint or
limit, the righteous force which sh; Il
make right the law of the world and
cast every selfish dominion in I'll"
dust"
J Warning anew that a triumph -
arms for Germany means ruin for
all the ideals America has WOE ann
lives for the President reiterated he
was willing to discuss at any time y
fair. just and honest peace sincere
,ly proposed. a peace i'll which the
strong and weak shall fare alike.
Show Hand in Russia
! But the answer" said he. when |
proposed such peace came from ~
German commanders in Russia. ana
] cannot mistake the meaning Of ~"
answer
'They are enjoying in Russia tfe
President declared, "a cheap triumph
lin which no brave or gallant Nation
can long take a pride. A great PEG
pie, helpless by their own act. liz 8
for the time at their mercy. Their
! fair professions are forgotten.
! "They nowhere set up justice, hu7
/ everywhere impose their power ana
exploit everything for their own ""
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: and the peoples
! of conquered provinces are invited ~
! be free urdor their dominion.
Are We not justified in believing
thot they would do the same things
lat their W cstern front if they Wt,:;
not there face to face with armies
whom their countless divisions ean-
! not overcome.
Address Heard by $1,000
! Last nights address was deliver
ed in the hall where President " lts"n
was nominated for the presidency I'VE
first time and was heard by l9,CVp
nersons. Thousands We're at the doors
unable to gain entrance.
ExC,oy. Phillips l.. Goldshorough.
introducing the President. decl'reA
tb,t ont Of the war will come ne"
world. dedicated to liberty. MT.
Goldsborough. Republican, sac
l. that all parties in the country mus
rally behind the executive.
! In fnll, the Presidents speech 1911
lows: 49,, n,i,.ar-
/ sa-y of our acceptance of t'erfiailS
challenge to fight for our right y TN
and be free, and for the sacred tights
az free men everywhere. The natoh y
o,..,,a There Is no need to call to H.
= ,yo know what the war must cost, ouf
utmost sacrifice. the lives of our htteS'
men and. if need be, all that we pos
sess.
! 1.-THE loan we are met to discuss $
one of the least parts of what we arc
called upon to give and to do, though n
itself imperative.
=, "The people of the whole country are
! alive to the necessity OF it and are
ready to lend to the utmost. even where
ii involves a sharp skimping and daily
sacrifice to lend out OF meagre earnings
They will look with Reproduction and con-
TEMPT upon those who can and VIII not
iunon those who demand a higher rate
Of interest, upon those who think OF II
as A mere commercial transaction. !
have not come, therefore. to urge the
loan, | nave COHlt Ol1lR ~ give $3.50 =
I can. a more vivid conception Of what
il is for.
American Ideals at Stake
The reason for this great war, the
reason why 1t had to come. the need to
fight it through and the issues that hang
iunon its outcome, are more clearly dis
closed now than ever before. It is easy
TO see just what this particular loan
means. because the cause we are fight
ing for stands more sharply revealed
than at any previous crisis Of the mo-
mentous struggle. The man who knows
least can now see plainly how the cause
of justice stands and what the imperish-
able thing he is asked to invest in. Men
in America can be more sure than they
lever were before that the cause is their