The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-21
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erty that has been handed down to us
by the men of other days.
"I have said, If we should lose;
there is no such possibility. The
spirit of the men of outraged Serbia
and Roumania, of ravished Belgium
and invaded France, the spirit of Brit
ian, the spirit of '76 in America, the
men of Garibaldi's blood-these men
will fight and fight on until the Hun
shall be driven from France, from
Belgium, from Serbia and Roumania,
yes, back from Russia into Germany" !"
(Here the audience arose unanimously
and applauded in a perfect tumult of
enthusiasm.)
1--WE must not fail. We will win.
If we should lose, if we could lose,
the lights of freedom would go out
over the whole world The men and
women of labor of America combined
with the citizenship of our republic
are heart and soul in this struggle,
making common cause with the peo-
Piles of our allied countries. We are
in this fight and we must win. We
will win, no matter how long the con-
test may last. And God grant that it
may be done quickly. We have said,
and we repeat, that for the republic
of the United States and her cause,
for the cause of freedom and justice
and democracy all over the world we
will give everything, but for private
profit nothing.
"There is no hatred in our hearts
for the people of Germany and Aus
tria; there is nothing but sympathy
or regret, or both sympathy and re-
gret, for them and their course. We
know how they have been miseducat-
have been dulled, we know how their
men have suffered because they have
dared to speak, and we know that
the voice of labor of Germany must
be attuned by the key given by Kaiser
ism or that voice cannot be heard at
all. We do hope that the spirit OF
America, the spirit of the democra-
cies of the world may permeate the
mind and the heart and of the German
people and that they themselves will
crush the tyranny that has oppressed
and misguided them so long. But il
they fail, if they are unable to bring
about that result; then it behooves the
workers and the democracies of the
world to crush that Imperialism anc
that autocracy for them.
Unhappy Russia.
"May take this opportunity to say
what perhaps / may not have another
opportunity to say-a word in regard
to Russia. 1t is great pity that the
situation has existed in that unhappy
country as it has within these past
several months. Every thinking mar
and woman must be convinced that {
treaty or agreement of any govern.
ment with the government of Ger.
many is absolutely fruitless anC
worthless.
"From that time that German aut
ocracy tore asunder the treaty that
guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium
and regarded it as "scrap of paper"
to its promises to the American
scrap of paper-none of its prom
ises have been kept. Even few
days ago an agreement assuring thai
certain cities would not be bombardec
by either the allies or the Germans
was regarded by the Germans as 6
scrap of paper"
"a treaty of peace was entered
into by the representatives of what.
ever government existed in Russia
humiliating peace, but nevertheless
a treaty of peace-with the imperial
governments of Germany and Aus.
tria, and the ink was hardly dry up.
on that treaty before German armies
invaded Russia, just as though nc
treaty of peace had been concluded
Another scrap of paper.
what hope is there of agreement
being kept by the government thai
now exists in Germany? The people
of Russia are suffering as few people
know. 1t is the duty of the American
people, it is the duty of the people
and governments of our allied coun.
tries to come to the assistance in 9
material way of the people of Russia
that they may be able to maintain
themselves, to redeem themselves, anc
possibly again great Russia with hel
people will stand side by side in spirit
and in fact to fight and defeat anc
crush the hated Hun.
'Lest | may be tempted, lest
may be urged on by my own impetu.
osity to discuss these great questions
at length, | halt now just simply tt
express again to our great hosts OF
Minnesota my own deep senses Of
obligation and appreciation of what
ever cordial spirit you may have
manifested toward me. / prefer te
interpret it, however, as a tribute tc
the tremendous task set before us
in our movement, to the great
achievements of the men and women