The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-07
Germany's Lust for World
Power. to Enslave Nations.
Forbids Peace
STATES HE TESTED
SINCERITY OF HUNS
ON RIGHTS FOR ALL
Militarists Do Not Want JUS
tice But Domination, He De.
clares-Shows Their Perhdy
in Russian Treaty

Baltimore. April s.--Presidsnt viii
aou tonight hurled back at the Ger
man war lords the defiance with which
all efforts TO negotiate q just peace
have been received. The speech was
delivered before a grave audience In
the Fifth Regiment armory, where he
vas first nominated 10 be chief Tnagis-
trate of the nation The occasion was
the opening of the third liberty loan
drive which had included a review In
the afternoon OF the national army
units brought here from Camp Meade
The liberty loan exhibits In the
great auditorium supplied sitting
setting. linn sdiatsiy back of the
stage a statue of liberty lowered more
than forty feet. The ate ndanee was
estimated at 1000 persons Police
authorities announced an equal num-
Der had been denied access TO the
building as IL Was necessary 20 close
the doors at o'clock.
The president called 1t the ami
versary OF our acceptance OF Germany
challenge 20 asht for our right TO live
ana be free" Then following g. re-
view 81 his efforts for peace which
was a NEST effective verbal bonn bard
ment Of 1sutonio policies, he framed
the response the United states now
makes In these words:
Force TO Meet Force.
Force, force to the utmost. force
without stint or limit. the righteous
and triumphant force which shall
make the law Of the world. and cast
selfish dominins down In the dust
The speaker and the audience were
both serious. but the applause " as
generous,
Each rhetorical salvo VAS received
with eni4usiasm which indicated be-
lief thar The speech would cause more
destruction in Berlin and Vienna than
German long-range guns can ever In"
istct upon Paris.
Consistent with previously announced
volictes a clear distinction was again
drawn between ths war-cTased au-
tocraoy of the central empires and the
German peoples, Even the Teutonic
statesmen who have been forced to
accept the kaisers leadership were
mentioned in charitable terms.
Then followed this definite an
nouncement which leaves the ques-
ton of peace on the sarne solid basis
IL has always occupied 50 far as wash
tngton is concerned:
For myself. | am ready, ready still.
ready even now. TO discuss fair and
mat and honest peace at any time that
/, Is sincerely proposed peace in
which the strong and The weak shall
fare alike"
The Presidents Address.
Fellow Citizens.
This is the anniversary or our &C
eaptance of Germany's challenge 10
tight for our right TO live and be free.
and for the sacred rights OF free men
everywhere The nation Is awake.
1'hers. ~ no need to call to H. We
know what the war must cost, our
utmost sacrifice. the lives OF our attest
men and If need be. all that We pos
scss The loan we are met to discuss
.aH-AA ~ - q
are called upon to give and DO,
though In itself Imperative. The peo-
ple OF the whole country are alive to
the necessity OF II and are ready TO
lend to the utmost. even where IL In
wolves a sharp skimping ana dsilF
sacrifice to lend out of meagre earn
ings. They will look with reprooar
Sion and contempt upon those who
can and will not. upon those who DE-
znanJ A higher rate of interest, upon
those who think of 1t as mere COM
rerciai Transaction. / have not come
therefore to urge the loan. have
come only 10 give you If ! can more
vivid conception OF what 1t Ia for
The reasons for this great war. the
reason why II had TO come and the
need TO fight II through, and it's issues
that hang upon its outcome are more
clearly disclosed now than ever BE-
fore. It is easy to see just what this
particular loan means because the
cause we are fighting for stands more
sharply revealed that at any previous
crisis of the momentous struggle. The
man who knows least can now see
plainly how the cause OF Justice
stands and what the in,perish able
thing is he Is asked to invest in. Men
in America may he more sure than
they ever were before that the cause
n their own. and that, II II should
Re lost their own great nations place
and mission in the world would be
lost with II.
Judging GermNny's Pu-ro~c
call YOU TO witness, my fellow.
countrymen. that 1T no stage Of this
terrible business have I Judged the
PURPOSES OF Germany trtemperateiy
! should be ashamed in the p-ese n CO
of a~airs so grave, 60 frauEht with
the destinies of mankind throughou,
Il ell the~world, to spesst with trucu-
fence. to use the weak LANGUAGE 81
hatred or vindirttve nurpose. We
must Judge az we wouid hn tud~sd
have sought IN learn the objects Ger.
many has In this war from the ~rouths
OF her own spokesmen and TO deal n,
frarkIv with them as 7 wished then
10 deal with me. have laid hire
our own ideals our own purpose,
without reserve or doubtful phras,
and have asked them 70 say as plain1,
what II Il that they seek,
We have ourselves rrooosed no in
f,sstfce, no aggression. We are rea a.
! whenever the finat RECKONING Ia mae,
~ be inst to tEA G~~rren peanlA
deal fairly with .hA German nrws,
a with all others. There cen he M
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