The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-04-24
WILSON ACCEPTS
HUN CHALLENGE
,pes,nENT ADVOCATES WAR TO
FINISH IN ANNiVenSNn'
ADDRESS At BALTIMORE.
eut One Response to Germany
Riqhteous Force Which sha'! MAKE
RIGHT the Law Of World and Cast
Selfish Dominion in the Dust.

great Liberty loan celebration mere SAT
nrdav night, April 6, gave Amricas
answer to the renewed propaganda 1or
n German-made peace, to all propos"iS
to end the war before Germany Is
wakened from her dream OF woriu oo'
minion. The presidents answer was:
"Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or Init, the righteous anu
trumphant force which shall make
right the law of the world ana cast
every selfish dominion down In the
lust"
A few hours before the president
spoke, he had reviewed division OF
citizen soldiers, called only few
months ago from the pursuits OF peace;
now transformed into fighting men 10
carry the ideals of America to the bat
tlefields of Europe. At the moment
million more of their kind all over the
land were celebrating the opening OF
the third Liberty loan; and the orders
for mobilizing the first Of the great
army of a second million were going
out to the country.
Challenge Of Huns Accepted.
Those were some of the physical
facts which backed his words, when,
after reviewing briefly the evidence
that Germany seeks peace for her
world dominion, the president de-
clared:
II accept the challenge. l know that
you accept it. All the world shall
know you accept it. 1t shall appear in
the utter sacrifice and self-forgetfui'
hess with which we shall give all that
we love and all that we have to redeem
the world and make it fit for free men
like ourselves to live in. This now Is
the meaning of what we do. Let every
thing that we say, my fellow country
men, everything that we henceforth
plan and accomplish, ring true to this
response till the majesty and might OF
our concerted power shall fill the
thought and utterly defeat the force of
those who flout and misprize what we
honor and hold dear.
Germany has once more said that
force and force alone shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign
in the affairs of men; whether right, ms
America conceives it, or dominion, as
she conceives it, shall determine the
destinies of mankind.
"There is, therefore, but one re-
spouse possible from us; force, force
to the utmost; force without stint OF
limit; the righteous force which shall
make right the law of the world ant
cast every selfish dominion in the
dust"
Hun Success Means Our Ruin.
Warning anew that triumph OF
arms for Germany means ruin for al
the ideals America has won and livet
for, the president reiterated he wa:
willing to discuss at any time fair
just and honest peace sincerely pro
posed-"a peace in which the strOn.
and weak shall fare alike"
But the answer" he said, "when
proposed such peace came from TIN
German commanders in Russia, and
cannot mistake the meaning of the an
swer.
"They are enjoying in Russia" tn
president declared, "a cheap triumph
in which no brave or gallant nation cal
long take pride. A great people, help
less by their own act, for the time a
their mercy. Their fair professions ar
forgotten. They nowhere set up jus
tice, but everywhere impose their pow
er and exploit everything for their Ow
use and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; and the pee
pies of conquered provinces are invite
to be free under their dominion.
"Are we not justified in believin
that they would do the same things a
their western front if they were nc
there face to face with armies who1
} their countless divisions cannot ove]
; Gomez"
President Wilson was given q grea
demonstration on his arrival at tn
F., hall, which was packed with abor
$4,000 persons.
Thousands were at the doors III
able to gain entrance. Long linz
formed in front of the armory as earl
as o'clock.