The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-27
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American Patriotism Is Not
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H0N0RS WOMEN WORKERS
Oklahoma Organization Given
Praise for Work ON Loan,

In thus closing his address 10 the
| people Of Oklahoma this afternoon,
Secretary MeAdoo summarized in few
words the message he had brought as
the climax TO the Liberty day celebra-
tiop Of Oklahoma City
Simply and with little attempt at ora
tory he told OF the needs Of the coun-
try urged all to economic and help
the government expressed confidence
/ in the success Of each Liberty loan the
/ country may have to place and declared
Y his optimism and confidence in Ameri-
can victory.
4 His speech in full is as follows:
Fellow oountrymen: America In en-
Eaged In the most colossal war OF all
lime; a war Of such tragic proportions
that those who are close 10 II and
4 charged with the responsibilities Of con-
dueting II have their souk torn every
day With the anguish OF suffering hu-
u Year Has Taught Much.
u We sre. fellow citizens, against our
4 will, parties TO this tragic and Htupend-
Gus conflict year OF experience has
taught us much. A year OF experience
has dlslllusloned even those who wanted
n 10 believe that Germany had no such
Intentions a. she has now disclosed In
the Russian catastrophe. N II only
II the simpleton who thinks or bepeyes
that there IA any benevolent purpose or
intention on the part OF the German
been unmasked and II stands pilloried
at the bar Of civillsdtion.
America has come upon the scene, not
only because her safety was mperlled
not only because her rights had been
ruthlessly and insolently transgresscd
reason. She came because the voice
OF suffering and outraged humanity from
those stricken battle fields across tho
sea have touched the soul OF America
and America has sprung 10 arms
Answer kalser's Challenge.
We received command from this
despotlc tyrant, the kaiser. on the 3lst
day OF January, 1917, TO forego our
rights as an Independent people He
undertook to say. by decree signed in
his palace at Berlin. that America
should no longer exercise her right 20
sail unmolested the high seas In the
pursuit Of legitimate commerce: and n
you viii read the memorandum attached
TO that declaration, which was lodged
with the then friendly American govern
ment few hours only before the decree
INVENT Into effect. you will find that after
ordering us TO keep off the high seas in
zones surrounding Great Britain. France
and Italy. some 800 miles In extent. he
II erecionsy added that he would permit
N ore American ship per week to sail from
america TO Plymouth, England, and one
american ship to return from England
ft0 America. each week, provided-what?
That due notice should be given 10 the
H kaiser that that single American shin
~ would sal course specified by the
kaiser and that II should be painted I'm
dicate that II had his permission 10 20
{i upon the high seas
III "Floatlna Barber Poles"
III He ordered US 10 transform these few
III American ships into floating barber poles
81 md said that We must submit to that In.
'ignity, regardless OF the fact that under
II International law, we had as much right
% eal the seas AZ any other nation upon
ne earth. The high seas are the COM
non property ot the world and Amer
ca won her right 10 the freedom Of the
kieat with the blood Of American sailors
find soldiers.
IN We do not Intend TO permit the
kaiser TO order the American flau
ON the high seas. And We do not In.
tend TO permit the kaiser TO enslave
the world America In the bargain.
IA We do not intend 20 do II unless the
blood OF America has run yellow, and
xhls denomination here today proves
anew what we all knew, that Amer.
lean blood stlll runs red
Our answer to the kaiser after one
ear OF war In defiance and unsweryng
determination to fight this war TO a
inish until the last vestge Of military
lespotism In driven from the earth so
hat the free peoples Of the world shall
lever be endangered again.
IA How Can We VIM
How can we fight this war success
uliyI That is the question OF the hour
We can Tight II successfully, and We
hall fight II successfully and victori-
In all haN l.. l..
make the American people understand
he real issues involved, the seriousness
III the preparations that have to he
made, the necessity for the sacrifices
hat must be endured II liberty Ia 10
urvive and the national safety Is to
he made secure.
Our problem Ia to mobilize Americas
Knight, to organize II lrreslstlbly upon
he battlefront, We have been engaged
fn the war for year. and I want TO
ssure you that wonderful progress has
cen made by this great unorgfnized
emocracy In making itself an organ
ged and potential military power. By
iature, by training, by principle. by
4 radition, we have been an unRrmed peo-
lie. We believed sincerely that universal
eace was thing Rttanable In the state
civilization that had been developed
HI efore this war broke out In Europe
II Ia a noble and splendid ideal .his
Zeal N universal peace, when men can
ItrnterIlLe hH OTOtneIbr Wntn inc FlRUlh
men and women shall he equal. when
II the peoples Of the world shall have
The right OF self-determinaton and Of
elf government, when every national
integrity shall he respected when every
f,eople may live in safety, when the
nowledge that territorial aggrandlze-
nent II NJ an end. and that people
annot be bartered as though they were
nercha ndlse
Kaiser Used Subterfuue.
The wonderful ideal that we all hoped
vas about to be realized lulled many
nto the hope that war could never oc-
tar again and gave this despot Of Ger
fnany his opportunity. He took advant-
,ge OF that belief, that expectation. that
rope, and proceeded with remorseless
,reparntlon for war designed 10 make
lin the conqueror Of the world And
So when the time came to strike he
lad an immense initial advantage and
llad n not been for thst unconquerable
hing which makes a nation, that thing
which IL greater than guns that thing
which is greata than everything else
he spirit and Sul Of people--he would
tlready have succeeded I'm enslaving the
,eope Of England and France and
would have had America Mt his feet.
But those great nations were able 10
lrrest the invasion by the most gallant
md prolonged defense ever made and
America finally found herself brought
nto the conflict she came Just In time
o rescue them because the odds we're
against them.
We Cannot Turn
And now that we are In II, we must
10 forward without hesitation or turn
ne. We cannot for one instant think