Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-09
WILSON ACCEPTS
KA|SER'S Def
Says Force Will Meet Force
In Righteous Battle For
What Is Riqht

BALTIMORE. Md, April 6.-Presi.
! dent Wilson, at great Liberty Loan
celebration here tonight gave Ameri.
cas- answer TO the German drive on
the western battle front; to the re-
n"wed propaganda for German
made i"ace. 20 All proposals to end
the war before Germany Is awakened
from her dream of world dominion.
The presidents answer was:
Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shall
make right the law OF the world and
cast every selfish dominion down in
the dust"
a few hours before the president
spoke, he had reviewed a division of
citizen soldiers, called only a few
months ago from the pursuits of
peace; now transformed into fighting
men To carry the ideals Of America to
the battlofields 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
ttrst Of the great army OF second
million were going out to the coun-
! try.
Those were some of the physical
facts which backed his words, when
after reviewing briefly the evidence
that Germany seeks a peace for her
world dominion. the president de.
clarcd:
Il accept the challenge. know you
accept H. All the world shall know
YOU accept it. II shall appear in the
utter sacrifice and self forcctfuIness
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 Ike ourselves to live in. This
now is the meaning of what we do
Let everything that we say, my fell
low countrymcn; everything that we
hcnCcforth plan and accomplish, ring
true to this response till the majesty
and might of our concerted power
shall fill the thought and utterly de
feat the force of those who flout and
misprizc 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
as America conceives It or dominion
as she conCcivos It shall determine
the dcstinics of mankind.
There Is therefore but one re,
sponsc for us. force. force TO the ut.
most: force without stint or limit.
, the righteous force which shall make
right tn" law of the word. and cast
every selfish dominion in the dust"
Warning anew that triumph of
arms for Germany means ruin for all
the ideals America has won and lived
for, the president reiterated he was
willing TO discuss at any time, n fair,
just and honest peace sincerely pro-
posed "a peace in which the strong
and weak shall fare alike"
But the answer" he said, when |
proposed such peace. came from
the German commanders in Russia
and cannot mistake the meaning OF
the answer.
They are enjoying in Russia" the
president declared, "a cheap triumph
in which no brave or gallant nation
can long take pride. a great people
helpless by their own acts, lies for
the time at their mercy. Their fair
professions are forgotten. They no
where set up justice, but everywhere
impose their power and exploit ey
orythnE for their own use and agran
di2cmcnt; and the peoples Of con
qucrcd provinces are invited to bt
; free under their dominion.
. Are we not justified in believing
that they would do the same thing a
. their western front If they were no
. there face to face with armies whom
their countless divisions cannot over
Gomez"