The Robesonian., 1918-04-11
1.-The Righteous and Triumphant
Force Which Shall Make Right
The Law of the World and
Cast Every Selfish Dominion
Down in the Dust

in the dust"
lows:
niversary of our acceptance OF Ger
many's challenge to fight for our
right to live and be free, and for the
sacred rights Of free men everywhere.
The nation is awake. There is no
need to call to it. We know what
the war must cost, our utmost sac
rifice, the lives Of our fittest men
and, If need be, all that we possess.
The loan we are met to discuss is one
of the least parts of what we are call
ed upon to give and to do, though in
itself imperative The people Of the
whole country are alive to the neces-
sity of it and are ready to lend to-
the utmost, even where it involves
a sharp skimping and daily sacrifice
to lend out of meagre earnings. They
will look with reprobation and con-
tempt upon those who can and will
not. upon those who demand higher
rate If interest, upon those who think
of it as a mere commercial transac-
t;on. I have not come, therefore, to
urge the loan. 1 have come only to
give YOU, if l can, more vivid con-
ception of what it is for.
"The reasons for this great war, the
reason why it had to come, the need
to fight it through, and the issues
that hang upon it's outcome, are more
clearly disclosed now than ever be-
fore. 1t is easy to see just what tnls
particular loan means because the
Cause we are fighting for stands more
sharply revealed than at any previous
crisis of the momentous struggle. The
L 1ooct see
| nlainly how the cause of Justice
stands and what the imperlshablt
thing is he is asked to invest in. Mei
in America may be more sure thai
thew ever were before that the caus'
j is their own, and that, if it should b
lost. their own great Nations plac'
. and mission in the world would b.
lost with it. .n
: "I call you to witness, my fellov
II countrvmen, that at no stage OF thu
II terrible business have l judged tn
nurposes of Germany intemporately
If should be ashamed in the presenc.
II of affairs so grave, SO fraught witt
the destinies Of mankind Throughout
II ali the world, to speak with trucu
| lence. to use the weak language @
hatred or vindictive purpose: ",
| must Judge as we would be judged
MI have sought to learn the objects Ger
| many has in this war from the mouth
II of her own spokesmen, and to dea
| as frankly with them as WISHED
| them to deal with us. l have lal'
| bare our own ideals, our own pur
| poses, without reserve or dOuDtlu
phrase, and have asked them to sa'
as plainly what it IS that sy tney seer Sc <,
i 1--WE have ourselves proposed-no IN
justice, no aggression. we a.
ready, whenever the final reckonln
neonle. deal fairly with the Germa
hover. as with all others. There ca
be no difference between peoples
= the final Judgment, if it is indeed TO
a righteous judgement. To propOs
= ANYTHING but justice, even handed an
dispassionate justice, to Germany
anV time. whatever the outcome
the war, would be to renoUnce al
I{dishonor our own cause. For we q
IInothinp that we are not willing, TO
at has been with this thought tn
II have sought to learn from tho
who spoke for Germany whether
vas Justice or dominion and T
execution Of their own will upon t
other nations of the world that t
German leaders were seeking. IN
have answered, answered in unm
taxable terms They have avow
that it was not justice but domlnl
and the unhindered execution OF tn
own will.
"The avowal has not come frt
Germany's statesmen. It has, CO.
from her military leaders who
her real rulers. Her statesmen ne
said that they wished peace, a
were ready to discuss its terms wn
ever their opponents were willing
sit down at the conference table W
them. thu Her present chancellor has $
! in indefinite and uncertain ter!
indeed, and in phrases that OF
seem to deny their own meaning,
with as much plainness as he thou
prudent-that he believed that pc
should be used upon the prlncll
which we had declared would be
own in the final settlement.