The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-05-30
WHY WE ARE
AT WAR WITH
GERMANY
BY
EpHRAlM OOl GLASS ADAMS
Executive Head. History Depart
m Mt
Leland Stanford Junior University

The object cf this war Is to deliver
tte free peoples OF tie world from tie
menace aEd ii aStual power of a vast
military establishment controlled by ar
irresE 2nsl6ie government, which, having
secretly CLAIMED to dominate the world
Hrooeedcd to carry out the plan without
regard eitI er TO tbs sacred obligations
CT treaty or the icng- established prac.
t'ces ara icns- cte~ist ed principles of in.
- n2tior al action ard honor; :. E, This
Il c rut' lcss master OF the German pee,
pie. Il is cur business to see to
= :, At tie S$ory Ct the rest Of the
~7''d 4 IS no iorcsr left to it's handling"
- President Wilson, August 27, 1917.
TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
The general definition Of traitor
is cne who gives aid and comfort to
the e-2my." This is usually applied
TO direct action, as in the Oklahoma
movement in opposition to the draft
or the announcement of draft eva
S:ons or when an American citizen re
ye9is our war plans to Germany.
Such acts coas itute direct treason:
'u' tnere Is a kihc OF lAGirect treason,
l'.u'n h"'uer 10 oeI'e &9u COMBAT ve'
often far more d. arous to our toun.
Try ana 'he success oi lhe war thaA
U"ec' ''e".~H' h' ore lhe war 'herV
were in this COZ W many social.
l''it'ic"l' Ut HuillS i1r!lh movements
On ioot' Ill OF v! eA were foatcGi
'lhd' is To '2F' aSVoca'es OF chdh9e)
III tHeil p'o7I' u 1ucH' LOT eA'Alple,
we're 'Ae nocial IS. 'Ae Lana lax re
iorniefS' 'Ae F'' SIS But al O.
'heSe asserted I,1' Il lhe oemocratc
prlhcipie ID Cover ,12At ana Wlsheo 10
sam 'heir eh 5 ny converting GU
ueiiiocracS' A..',s' CT 'he aohereht>
Oh ines" ''''c~S Aoi, Aelts nave ter'
oshized mat shs temocfacy OF 9irs
having eh'csed Y N war must D
8uppor'eu--'"n sfeclal program:
must Ior 'h' Inc T. De suDord'hate3
10 the one SF' al @ CT Oh WtR"'aJ IN
"af' tut 'h29e 2 p scme persons 50
teeple-miNoed or SO ncapaole OF grasp
ing the World In .'4ftahce OF TINS war
that they talN ana write lhlnSs cal
culateu 10 wa ,en our elilcieh' y III
war lheSe people ore Uot'ofS 70 oaF
HeHofTacy'
Inc whole matter Is summed dv ng
the Single lax Journal OF Callfornla
NhoergmaA' November l9lp VII
sons business no" Is 10 win 'he war
anu Win IL sooh' Inc ra'icai
press should STOP knocking MN ana
attehu W us own ouslless-" "hlch Is
TO create the democracy tnal 'he Alllea
are 10 make tne Worid safe lor' 10
flght war; aftef II Is on Is Dootless'
10 hnldef us QHlcf. eHecttVe proSect-
no" IS. OF course Td''oro"S'
But there are other hlethous IMAM
radicai speech "hlch can hlhuer the
quick etlectlVe prosecution Oh 'he
war LABOR ORGANIZATIONS iohE en-
gagged IN a Struggle lor oel'er laoor
condl'loAs' may see III 'he eAls.enc' oi
wal all opportunity ~ Seeaie tle'- oe-
mandS IL such uPH'ahus are uhu"ual
ana II lhey "ouio nave peeh ui'J''S'l'
hed had 'here peeh NJ Wall laoG'
seeks 70 lake S2ec-3l doFah,ase VI u
existence OF "ar' Ineh such labor IS
traltorous' IL h'"'eFS 'he sucfeS5lu
prosecu ion OF the "ar for the mos
part iaoor ofs12 11''ohS nave no
sought soch 32sc-al a%Ea.''5'' o0.
a te" nave dohe So dhu n p"o"' e.
timatlon they stand as traitors TO oH'
democracy
Business meh-iiien with capital
are not free from 'Ae lmpala'ioh
'raltorous cohouct' NJ nan wa
places MS own business 'Ale'eai
above the interests OF 'he na'loA /
MS war Is tFa:to'oaS!y M'h'e1
ne deliberately see proht al tiia q
penSe OF na'loa2I e 'cleh'? ,P' n
sale OF uhder3faoe n1'eitdiS 10 l.
5overnment) ne FAo3ia De f1h'slt5
not simply as a ca IT, Dat as a tfalJo
rms IS thc rare exception, 1t Is l."
almost unconscious eXaI alton of Il
own business interests however IN.
makes the average business man o1
Serously llaole 10 'ra'to.oaS t-'"N
Ihere IS no Such 'hln8 &3 'oA5."a-
as usual diirlh3 wal
Finally, the quea.!cN of h1"est taE
returns and OF SUBSCRIBING 10 W
loans Is directly am poSltlFt!L a O.