The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-17
shaw SPEAKS
.INOhAHA ON WAR
Former penlson Man Says We Cannot
Talk OF Peace at Present Time,
Let Alone Think Of Peace.
MUST FORGET ALL NohsENs;
Get Ready for Biggest Fight In History
Of Our Country and IN History
Of tho World. .

Our former townsman, Leslie NJ.
Shaw, was in Omaha on Saturday last
and while there addressed the Cham
Der OF Commerce on the war. Tire
bee of Sunday printed the following
interview which will be of interest to
readers of this paper: -....,. e..
This country was the ultimate aim
Of the Germans at the outset of this
war;" declared Mr.. Shaw. I'VE can.
not at the present time talk of peace,
We cannot even dream of peace and
the man who dares to do so is either
q fool or q traitor.
"A peace at the present time would
OF necessity be a German peace and
that. is rnthinkable. i do not know
how others stand, but for myself l
say Give me liberty or give me
DEATH
1.-THE American flag was first un.
furled through force and force should
be used to keep our country on the
map and our nag in the sky. This
Is our war and we must win it.
1--WE must forget all this nonsense
and get ready for the biggest fight in
the history OF our country and in the
history of the world Our homes and
country are in this war, we are fight
ing for ourselves and for our lives"
Mr.. Shaw stated that he was not q
member Of tiny peace societies and
had received no peace prizes, but that
he was for war, and for it strong. He
declared that he had discussed the
German menace with Mr.. Roosevelt
numerous times and that they were
both of the opinion that the beak and
fighting and not for ornaments.
For 80 months, men. your wives,
mothers, daughters, sweethearts and
your homes themselves have been
protected from the Germans only by
the English and French fleets. You
are now fighting the most righteous
fight that has ever been fought, and
to the extent you buy Liberty bonds
you are dissenting from the terms Of
an iEnominous. a German peace.
1T is case of 60 on or 60 under
and there Is only one choice for real
Americans am sorry that we were
not in, thu Ear earlier. but have no
criticisms make: this is no time for
criticisms; IT is time for dissenting
and dissenting strongly, from the
terms Of a German peace"
In his talk before the Liberty bank
at o'clock Mr.. Shaw declared:
!. God Almighty must have loved the
people. believe that is why He
brought on this awful war.
1.-TWO weeks before this awful car.
mage began in July, 1914, Kaiser vii
helm called his admirals. generals and
bankers together and asked them
this question. Are you ready?'
"Thc bankers were not. They asked
two weeks to prepare. Original copies
OF the cablcgrams swapping America
with orders to sell American securi.
tics arc now held by the government.
Billions and billions OF dollars were
disposed OF. And then the war be
gar.
Back in town in New York state
woman told me her story. She had
asked for two Belgian orphans tc
raise. They came. Neither infant had
hAnds-only pleading stu'l s-exam.
pies Of ruthlcssncss preached into
every German. ..,. - ~
This is no time for bunkism. This
IL time for action That thin line now
being held by bleeding France and
England is all that separates Germany
from tho great British fleet. which
tho kaiser intends to use in conquer
ing America"