The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-07
CHALLENGE0F
GERMANY MET
BY PRESIDENT
Great Baltimore Audience
Cheers His Promise of
War to Victory.
NATION. STANDS UNITED
Enemy Made Peace Not Ac.
ceptable to America. He
Declares.
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BALTIMORE, April Elm the hall
where he was nominated in 1912 Wood.
row Wilson. as the war President OF
the United States. Tonight accepted
Germany's challenge to end the war by
force.
The force We shall use, the President
said. will be the righteous and tri-
umphant force which shall make right
the law OF the world and cast every
selfish dominion down in the dust
The President. Cheered by great
throns that jammed the Fifth Regiment
Armory. spoke less than 1000 words,
but every word had weight and signia-
cance. and the President aroused the
unchecked enthusiasm OF his auditors.
They stood and cheered when he said.
raising his voice and with added EN-
phasis.
II accep, the challenge. iSnow that
YOU accept 1t. All the world shall know
YOU accep. it. 1t shall appear in the
utter sacrifice and self-forgetfulness
with which we shall give all that we love
and all that We have to redeem the
world and make it Mt for free men like
ourselves to live in.
Promise Of icaOPy.
This now is ths meaning o: what we
do Let everything that we say. my fell
low countrymen. everything that we
henceforth plan and accomplish ring
true 10 this response till the majesty and
might OF our concerted power shall fll
the thought and utterly defeat the force
Of those who fiout and misprlxe 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 II or dominion az she
conceives it shall determine the des-
tinies OF mankind.
There is therefore but one response
possible from uS-Force. force to the
utmost. force without stint or limit. the
righteous force which shall make right
the law OF the world. and cast every
selfish dominion In the dust
Cheap Triumph In Russia.
They (the Germans) are enjoying in
Russia a cheap triumph was another
expression which evoked approval.
When the President. speaking with
slow emphasis, concluded with his refer
ence to Force, force to the utmost" the
crowd. in which mingled many soldiers
and sailors, stood and shouted their ap-
probation.
The Presidents statement that he
was willing at any time to listen to
honest peace overtures. but the plain
notice that there is to be no German
made peace dictated by the military
masters Of Prussia. brought the assem-
blage to cheers again.
President Wilson spoke in pictur-
esQue setting.
In the armory an "Over There"
bazaar was under way The convention
hall represented an improvi.ed battle
field with miniature trenches. Trophies
from the European battlefields. including
German guns and helmets, were about
the wide spaces. The walls were COW
cred with enlistment Autographs and the
tall ceiling was painted to represent a
starlit Sky. with panoramic paintings OF
battles below.
Back Of the President stood a huge
Goddess Of Liberty. done IN plaster Of
paris and upholding an urn In which
fire burned Other urns were about
the stage. the fires within them burning
slowly as the President spoke
The long steps leading to the platform
were lined with soldiers and bluejackets.
the men in khaki standing at attention
TO the right Of the President and the
tackles to tho left. The Marine Band
played before and after the Presidents s
speech, the entire assemblage standing
for The Star Spangled Banner" as the
Presidents final sentences were heard.
I'VE have had the man OF the world
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