The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12

! Libertys torch from being engulfed
! in the flood of militarism and to pro-
tect democracy evermore, declared the
! speaker. This war is the fundamental
conflict between the world of autoc-
racy and the world of democracy" he
said.
Every rivulet, creek and stream
must be joined in one engulfng wave
to blot out militarism and that autoc-
racy may be swallowed and blotted
out that democracy may forever live"
| he said.
1--WE did not want this war We
waited long and watched. Our vessels
were sunk. We were promised, and
other vessels were sunk and then We
/ had evidence that the country with
| which we were disputing was trying
to disrupt our internal quiet by incit-
ing men to strike, to fire our indus
tries and spread propaganda broad
cast throughout the land, and it was
all being done by the ambassador won
BernstOrff) of that nation who was
then our honored guest, observing
none Of our laws and who could act
without reprOach. A thing so vile and
contempitible to fill every patriot
with nauseau," said the speaker And
finally, on February l, 1917, we were
told that we could only sail ships on
the high seas down a narrow line and
by having them painted like an in
ebriated barber pole. The president
th IN nHo6 hn hoc Il; Il,
ports,' he said
I'VE want peace so much my dear
friends in this country that we are
willing to fight for it," he declared.
"On April 2, 1917, declaration was
issued, not of war, but that war had
been made upon us and that it was
necessary to meet that war; said.
I'VE are in war and are asking our
selves as Americans, What is our
duty? Some will shoulder arms and go
to sunny France, some will sail in the
air, and some will guide the ships of
war and some the ships of industry
For every man at the front we must
have forty men behind them You
men and women who stay at home,
your opportunity is here. Buy Liberty
bonds" declared the speaker.
The security of these bonds is civ
ilization, every home, industry and
every dollar in the United States. The
government is able to take every pen
ny by taxation it needs to carry on
government is not going to do it, and
has instead come to you and said:
Loan me money at Az per cent in
terest." When the government gets
this money it will be used for battles
necessary to keep you Free" he de-
clared
While we have been united in this
country more so than any other coun-
try i'll the world, there is discord-
some are singing out of tune. The man
who lags behind and lines his pockets
with gold and charging exorbitant
prices, is no patriot. No matter how
many Liberty bonds he buys or how
much he gives to the Red Cross
There is another class who say
that it is alright to fight here but not
to send our boys across. There is an
old naxium, DO your fighting at the
time and place where it will help you
most That is what we are doing Did
not we make a decent show of re-
treat? We ran back rapidly to the
wall, and then again and again until
at last we decided we had gone back
far enough and that the better pol
icy would be to fight it where it was
now going on. 1t is nothing new to
| fight in other countries. All our fights
have been fought on the soil of our
| enemies. Is it not better to fight in
pillaged France than in front of your
own doorstep to protect those you
love?"
Another class, the arbiters, say,
do not fight at all but arbitrate.' A
treaty to be successful, to all par
ties to the controversy must agree to
arbitrate. Second, they must agree to
| be bound by the arbitration. When
has our enemy agreed to arbitrator"
"The last class. the ones most con-