New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Ka;ser Can and Must
Be Beaten, He Says
MS the Government Of the
Masses Against the Gov
eminent of the Estate"
lStnf Cnrrespondencel

knowledge defeat, Senator William Z.
Borah. Of Idaho, declared today in a
vigorous speech in the Senate.
Mr. Borah denounced the "vicious"
theory that democracy could not wage
. successful war.
AIN Gods name, if that is the case,
vhv are our boys in the trenches, ready
10 die for their country? 90 he demanded.
aThe German historian Professor
Never in book written since the be-
Ginning Of the war in which he sums
IN the issues involved, or rather the
issue. because It all resolves itself into
one." said Senator Borah, uses this
language: The truth Of the whole mat
ter undoubtedly is that the time has
arrived when two distinct forms Of
state organization must face each other
in life and death struggle
"Tha. is undoubtedly the under
standing and belief CT those who are
responsib bic for this war. 1t is coming
to be the understanding and belief of
those who have had the war forced
upon them. We have finally put aside
the tragedy at the Bosnian capital and
the wrongs inflicted upon Belgium as
the moving causes of the war. They
were but the prologue to the imperial
theme. We now see and understand
clearly and unmistakably the cause at
ali times lying back OF those things.
Upon the one hand is Magma
Charta, the Bill of Rights, the Decla-
ration Of Independence. the Constitu-
ton OF the United States and prin-
ciples Of human liberty which they
embody and preserve. Upon the other
hane Is that peculiar form Of state
organization which. il The "a. guage OF
the Emperor, rests alone upon the
strength of the army, and whose high
rat creed finds expression III the words
o. one of its greatest advocates, that
war is a pa-t OF The eternal order in
stisused b. God
"We 90 back to Runnymede, where
fearless men wrenched from the hands
Of power habeas corpus and trial by
jury. They point US to Breslau and
Molwitz. where Frederick the Great, in
violation Of his plighted word, inau-
gurated the rule Of fraud and force
and laid the foundation for that mighty
structure whose central and domina..
ing principle is that of power. 1t is
that power with which we are at wa,
to-day Shall men, shall the people
be governed b. some remorseless an
soulless entity softly called 'sthe state,
or shall the instrumentalities of gov
ernmen- yield alone and at all times tc
the wants and necessities, the hopes
and aspirations CT the masses? Tha'
ls now the issue. Nothing should long
er conceal IL It is but. another anc
more stupendous phase OF the ole
struggle, d struggle as ancient and =,
inevitable as the thirst for power ane
tn@ love Of liberty. struggle il
which men have fought and sacrificed
al the way from Marathon to Verdun
Aimed at Worlds Civilization
III seenas. strange now, and it viii
seem more extraordinary 20 those who
come AFTER us. that we did not recog
Aize from tnc beginning that this wa:
the issue. But obscurcd by the dehli:
Of European life, confused with the
aynsst.c Guarrels and racial bitternes:
OF the Old World var. il was difficult t.
aiaeern aid st..l more difficult to real
He thai the very life of our institu
lions was a. stake, that the scheme o
.ne enemy. amazing and astounding
was not alone TO control territory ant
dominate commerce, but to change th'
1 arift 6 human progress and to read
{ast the standards Of the worlds civi
lzstion.
Perhaps, too, our love Of peace, oul
traditional friendship for all nations
5 'alled suspicion and discouraged in
e1iry. Be thai as il may, there can b.
10 doubt noa. Whatever the cause
& ho~eTer rerverse the fate which bring
ss 70 this crisis, we are called upon no
% se.tie questions O. territory or cs
.eo.ian ne~ spheres of national activ
~ BIZ . defcf1 the institutions un
eeE wnien we live.
~ s.o-Dta should we fail, that. th>
1Hoie theory and system Of govern
R.eFt Tor which We have labored ant
sssfaggled, our whole conception Of civ
n,,,.zzaslon, would be digcredited utterly
no Dur believes that, should we lose
a.ii.4risn would be the searching tes
- a.. governments, and that the worlt
s soo'd De an armed camp, harried ant
wars?
10, we car no longer doubt tn,
.zeae and notwithstanding some dis
1isging facts VIC must not doubt th'
.e''' Ne are simply meeting th'
~ Hhien brave men have met before
~ ~ 'ais .1sue has been fought over ane
III. Se9ia for three thousand years
80 iaaatlci-n1 was grounded IN th,
-. ee@.aa and made of the same
e., D1E y broke upon the vaics o
e~aa @tag@ 9iarteFz men al Tours. But tn
1sr. "as noE conclusive.
g. Ahe elder Napoleon wag obsessed b,
~ ~ same dream Of world dominion
~. ~ same passion for military glor,
ss .As ho@ obzesscs those against whon
sse war Bat he too saw his uniycrsa
spsse depart when change and fate
4 in.thien sosnetlmes MAR on the side o
- sssa,,J, turned from hin OF. the fielt
q Waterloo. ~ " ' ''
issne IL UD Again
~. "ta n1w sae issue Is again made
-, @e'tf again this dream u world do
.<,a,oh' .ar,' tai. pszsion for military glor,
,~siaehss ,~ Inc soul Of our would. b.
g. .@stefs. Ard ron again somewfer.
+ o.. ne haftieAelds Of Europe the earn.
- 10 awaits me nossg of lrresponaibL
s..n ~ suen q contest and with such al
aaxs xs We cannot io.e--it would not far
rs.s "s WITH the law Of human prog
sen. = mas been the proud belief q
~ In greater rrss.,ue and ~ ~reatsr se e
witty for free jnssitntlong' hui fha,