The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-07

we will stop. First let the Germans
go back to the father!and and show
repentance, and then we can talN
but not until then.
We Must Hold to Our Ideals.
And what else? America has never
been military nation. I, for one,
hope that she may never be. I am
willing and anxious that America shall
use every means of preparation that
is necessary to win this war, but we
believe in the ideals Of peace, and /
hope as a nation we Will cling to those
ideals and take them up again when
this war is won.
We have never been 2 military ma
ton, but we have entered this war
in good faith with our allies, and it is
our business to win. The question to-
day is, How can we best defeat Ger
many?" Germany today. by her
ruthlessness, by her violation of in
ternational law, her violation of all
the laws of humanity, Germany today
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earth. We may some time look too
far ahead. Today Germany is threat
ening the destruction of the civiliza-
tion that the world has built. She is
threatening the liberty of Europe
she is threatening the liberty of
America. Germany IS the common
enemy that must be beaten.
The Issue Is Plain.
We entered this war to protect our
right, but more and more this is a
war between democracy and autoc-
racy, and one or the ether must sur
vive. And in that, we cannot say to
Austria, 1--WE will settle if you will do
so and So" We cannot say it to Ger
many. We. can say it to none. We
must reach out to try to get greater
justice in the world.
Austria's heel has been upon the
neck of the Slavs. She has held the
Poles in subsection and she has held
the Bohemians in subsection. What
shall we say to our Bohemian broth
ers, who are fighting in every allied
army in Europe, who are fighting in
the Austrian army, anG the only time
the Bohemians ever surrender is
when they are fighting in the Austrian
army, and after surrender they just
begin to fight; shall we say to them,
I'VE will leave you bound and chained
to Austria after we have had your de-
votion and your help" or shall we
say, "Our. sympathies are with YOU
and when this war is over and won,
we hope Bohemia can once more be
nation amongst the other nations
of the earth.''
Map Of Europe Must Be Changed.
And what of Poland the land of
art, Of music, of literature, the land
that in science gave lis Copernicus, in
literature gave us Conrad, in music
gave us Paderewski, state that, al
though often defeated, has always
fought, has never surrendered, whose
heart has ever beat true to human lib
erty, a people whether under Austria,
Germany or Russia. have always
longed for a time when they once
more would be independent, a nation
among the other nations of the earth;
a people that if united in Europe
would be at least the Sixth largest ma
ton in Europe, and more than that in
devotion, a people that have contrib
uted to the wealth, the industry, the
intellect of America. Almost to the
last man, they are. standing with us
today. Shall we say to them that in
this great opportunity of the ages we
will turn our back on them or rather
that we will fight this war to the end
and that we will stand to the end
and above the smoke and the ruin
and the blood of the European bat
tlefields, we will help poland to rise
triumphant and free?
. Keep Idealism Foremost.
idealism. Strong as the cannon may
be, there is something stronger, the
everlasting yearning CT the human
soul, the feeling of love and brother
hood, the sympathy III each others
wrong; and this we must have be-
fore we can win; and this we will
have. The map of Europe must be
changed. It is not safe for Europe.
and it is not safe for America, that it
be left as it was. 1t VIII be changed
if Germany can change it. It must
be changed if the allies can change
it. The old boundaries are gone:
many of them are blotted out forever
We will hope that from this carnage
and desolation, there may be new
countries, bound together by blood,
by common language, by common
feeling, and these new countries will
make war less possible in the future
than it has been in the past.