Evening journal., 1918-09-28

IN reply 10 JAductllot Noh hcih hiho
recent speech in the German Reiohstag
said:
my Country Citizens-I am not here
10 promote the loan. That VIII be
done-ably and enthusiastically done
hy the hundreds Of thousands OF loyal
and tireless men and women who have
undertaken TO present II TO you and to
our fellow citizens throughout the
country; and have not the least doubt
Of their complete success; for ! know
their spirit and the spirit Of the coun-
try. My confidence Is confirmed, too,
by the thoughtful and experienced Co
operation OF the bankers here and
everywhere who are lending their In
valuable aid and guidance. / have come,
rather, TO seek an opportunity 10 pre-
sent 10 you some thoughts which |
trust will serve to give you, in per-
haps fuller measure than before, vivid
sense of the great issues involved, In
order that you may appreciate and ac-
cept with added enthusiasm the grave
significance Of the duty Of supporting
The government by your men and your
means 10 the utmost point Of sacrifice
and self-denlal. No man or woman who
has really taken in what this war means
can hesitate to give to the very limit
sof what they have; and II Is my mis-
sion here tonight TO try 20 make Il clear
once more what the war really means.
You VIII need no other stimulation or
reminder OF your duty.
PURPOSES OF THE WAR.
AT every turn OF the war we gain a
fresh consciousness Of what we mean
10 accomplish by it. When our hope
and expectations are most excited we
think more definitely than before OF
The issues that hang upon II and Of the
purposes which must be realized by
means OF It. For II has positive and
well-defned purposes which we did not
determine and which we cannot alter.
No statesman or assembly created
them; no statesman or assembly can
alter them. They have arisen out Of
the very nature and circumstances OF
the war. The most that statesmen or
assemblies can do Is to carry them out
or be false TO them. They were per-
haps not clear at the outset: but they
are clear now The war has lasted
more than four years and the whole
world has been drawn into it. The
common will Of mankind has been sub
individual states. Individual statesmen
may have started the conflict, but nelth-
er they nor their opponents can stop II
as they please. IL has become a peO-
pies war, and peoples OF all sorts and
races, Of every degree or power and
variety OF fortune, are involved in its
sweeping processes Of change and set
Element. We came into Il when It's
a a
Il was plain that no nation could stand
apart or be Indifferent TO its outcome.
It's challenge drove TO the heart Of
everything we cared for and lived for.
Our brothers from many lands, as well
as our own murdered dead under the
sea, were calling TO us, and we re-
sponded flercely and Of course.
THE REAL ISSUES
'The air was clear about us. We saw
things in their full. convincing pro-
portions as they were; and we have
Neen them with steady eyes and un-
changing comprehension ever since. We
accepted the issues Of the war as facts,
llot as any group OF men either here
or elsewhere had defined them, and we
can accept no outcome which does not
squsrely meet and settle them. Those
issues are lneSes
"Shall he military power OF any ma
zion or group OF nations be suffered to
determine the fortunes Of peoples over
tvhom they have no right to rule ex-
sept the right of force?
"Shall strong nations be free TO
wrong weak nations and make them
subject TO their purpose and interest?
"Shall peoples be ruled and domnat-
ed, even In their own internal affairs,
by arbitrary and irresponsible force
W by their own will and choice2
shall there be a common standard
Of right and privilege for all peoples
and nations or shall the strong do as
they viii and the weak suffer without
redress2
"shan the assertion Of right be hap
hazard and by casual alliance or shall
there be a common concert to oblige
the observance OF common rights?
'No man, no group Of men, chose
these TO be the issues OF the struggle
They are The issues Of &c; and they must
be settled--by an arrangement or com
promise or adjustment Of interests. but
definitely and once for all and with a
hun and unequivOcal acceptance Of the
lprinciple that the interest OF the weak
est is as sacred as the interest Of the
utrongest.
"This is what we mean when we
speak Of a permanent peace, II we
Bpeak sincerely, intelligently. and with
a real knowledge and comprehension OF
The matter we deal with.
NO PEACE BY COMPROMISE.
I'VE are all agreed that there can
be no peace obtained by any kind OF
bargain or compromise with the gov
ernments Of the Central Empires be-
s.ause we have dealt wit them already
and have seen them deal with other
governments that were parties TO this
istruggle, at Brest-Litoysk and Buch-
ttrest. ~
"They have convinced us that they
TIRE without honor and do not intend
Justice.
"They observe no covenants. accept
no principle but force and their own
interest.
We cannot come to terms with
them. They have made IL impossible.
me German people must by this
Time be fully aware that we cannot ac-
cept the word Of those who forced This
war upon us.
'NNe do not think the same thoughts
" speak the same language of agree
nent.
ut is OF capital Importance that we
hould also be explicitly agreed that
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