The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-28

 trirues and weakening morale and doubtful purpose on the part of those in authority utterly and if need be
 uceremoniously aside and say things in the plainest words that can be found even when it is only to say over again what has been said before, quite as plainly if in less unyarnisho1 terms
 As have said, neither l. nor any other man in governmental authority created CT save form tO the issues of this war l have simply responded to them with such vision as could com mand. but l have responded gladly and with resolution that has grown warmer and more confident as tho Is- sues have grown clearer anI clearcr. IL is uoW plain that there are Issues which no man can pevert unless it be Nifmly. am bound to fight for them and happy to fight for them az time and circumstances have revealed them to mo as to all the world. Our enthusiasm for them erows more and more irresistible as they stand ont in more anJ utrc vivid and unmistah able outline.
 And the forces that fight for lAcm 'lraw into closer and closer array, or eanize their millions into more and more uuconQIerabIe misht, as they become more and more distinct to the thought and purpose of the peoples cngase0.
 "It is the peculiarly of thus great war that while statesmen have seemed 10 east about tor definitions of their purpose and have sometimes seemed 10 shift their ground and their point of view. the thought ol the mass oI men whom statesmen are supposed to instruct and lead has grown more and more uncIouded. more and more cer- tain ol what t is that they are fight iue sor National purposes have fallen more and more into the bachErounu and the common purpose of eulight- cned mankind has taken theu rlar "The counsel of plain men have be- come on all hands. more simple. this changed the aspect Of the whole world of policy and action Perhaps they have not alWafs spoken on he direct reply Co the questions asked because they did not know how searchirs those que tlons were aud what sort ol answers they demand
 But !. for one, am glad 10 attemp. the auaWcr again and again, in the hope that ] may make it clearer and clearer that ny one thought is to sui | fer those Wbo struggle in the ranks end are, perhaps above all others. entitled to a. yeply whose meaning no one can have any excuse for m@ul- dorstanding, if he understands the l language in which it is spoken or can get some one 10 translate ie correctly [ into his own And ] believe that the leaders of tLe governments with which we are associated will peak. as , they have occasionally, as plainly aa II have tried 10 speak hope taC they will feel free to say whether they think that am in any dGaree ms- taken iu my interpretation oG the Is. | sues involved or in my purpose with regard to the means by which a sai- ! IisfactOry settlement of those issue With uui,y of purpose and of com mana in the battlefield. and with peg fleet unity of purpose and counsel will come assurance of complete }iciory. It can be had in no other way. "Peace drives can be effectively ! neuralized and silenaed ouiy 0g showing that every victory of the na- l tions associated against Germany brings the nations nearer Che sort Q. peace which will bring security and assurance to all peoples and make tle recurrence of another such struggle of pitiless force and bloodshed forever , impossible and that nothing else cau Germany is constantly Htimatng tla terms she Will acapt and alWa finds that tha world does mot wan. terms II wishes Dhc final triumph oI justice and fair doalme'
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