Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22


And march of events left us choice and the imne
date of the direct wrong personally But
vastly than the rights of
neuras navigate the No spoke with clearer
vision than did President Wilson, when addressing Congress and
urging declaration of war, when he said:
Neutrality is longer feasible desirable The peace of
the world involved and the freedom Of its people and the menace
to that peace and freedom lies IN the existence OF gov
backed by organized force which controlled wholly
by their will and not by the will of the people We have seen the
neutrality circumstances We the beginning
of which will be insisted that the standards OF
conduct Of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed
individual citizens of civilized states
And again he said:
know that in such following such methods we
have FRIEND and that the of its organized
power lying accomplish what there
be security for the democratic OF the world
And again:
THE world must be made safe for democracy Its peace must
be planted the tested foundations Of political liberty We are
champions Of rights of mankind We shall be
satisfied when those rights shall have been made the
faith freedom of the nations make them"
Friends and fellow citizens along these lines the issue
drawn and while sudde at the fearful sacrifices we must make
have choice but in the words Of the greatest cham
pons Of religious liberty Here take stand cannot do
otherwise God helping Liberty maintained must
goyel beneath despotm Let those choose the latter who may
my life awaits the call Of liberty if she needs it.
Our position best stated in few words by David Jayne Hill
former United States ambassador Germany when he said IF
Entente Allies this they prepared make
end Of forceu exploitation and to enter into solemn
men keep the faith They have appealed the conscience OF
mankind; they defined their conceptions of right and
wrong they have pofessed be ready die for em they have
Obligations
claimed the rights deenseess peoples they have asserted that
humanity national morality be preferred empire In
humang descend To all who believe in their sincerity
they have spoken with diviney prophetic voice.
If we had sufficient known cause for entering the war when
did, have been multiplied by facts which have
learned of since When declared did not then know
depth German nfamy We have since discovered that while
she supposedly with and protesting sincere friend
Ship and while her ambassadors cosuls guests OF
country filed country with spies and plotter bought up
the services Of newspapers spread proGean propaganda
the purpose sought influence the opinions and OF
members Congress- ncendiaries up
and burn factories and ships scattered her agents onent
industrial troubles and did her stir Mexico
and Dan to enter upon war Of conquest against u.s. promising
nations large slices Of country conquest
And when the stir Mexico and Japan light
eany foreign minister not only admitted but sought to Justify
his dupiciy Such of treachery compatible only with
the character Of without moral principles Consider
the incident of German minister to Argentina who while under
the protection Of that country with lying statements seeking
to aay her rising by claiming that her ships sunk by
mistake at all by Germany and the time send
his through secret channels directions that when
any ship of Argentina sunk should be left
life be saved and be left aoa Dead men, Of course
tell tales And there should be evidence left Of German
guilt lying denial might still prevail The reachey of Macbeth
who slew his king while guest he slept the anced protection
Of Macbeh home and the scheng van lago who made of
his undetermined chief and benefaco murderer Of his limo
cent BRIDE ought to be admired by those who will condone the
course of Germany toward America.
Not only the of liberty and justice but the Of
humanity calls loudly for assistance No stronger evidence of
the depoe nature Of the rulers Of the Central Powers could be
given than the unspeakabe babars which they have pepeaed
throughout the The natural of the despot ghtfu
Mecess barbar we'll calculated deter those who love
life and home and friends from doing anything ncite the wrath
of power than nct it, No humane justice guided
could oop this weapon but despo hestates
Not until this did socaled civilized nation
sinking unarmed ships carrying noncombaant without
first providing for the safety Of the and Never
before has such nation raned bombs peaceful and unde
Tended homes killing noncombatan children and
hospitals killing only the wounded but the nistering angels
of merely to teorze the whole people And has
such nation sanctioned the Central Allies have the mercess
slaughter of thousands of defenseless people, merely for
ton has been done during this Armenia The atrocities
committed Belgium beyond adequate Characterization
Here not only did Germany loot burn and Destroy but she
committed muitudes Of murders of perfectly innocent
Blatant and children carried off their possessions,
levied of tribute the inhabitants deported the
beggaed the masses and left the helpless old
the and children with Of sustaining life that
they would have persisted in numbers of starvation and
exposure for the charities that poured
the country by England France and America It literally
that while Germany stripping Belgium of every that she
could take she left the starving people to be supported by the
charities of peoples against whom she fighting quote