Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-04-13

clared would be our own In sho G.
settlement. At Rrest-Litoysk har 80
ian delegates spoke In similar tar,ns
prOfessed their desire to conclpao
fair peace and accord to the neo,,,.a
with whose fortunes they were dealt
the right to choose their own a,,aa'
ances. But action accompanied ana
followed the profession. Their mil,
tary masters, the men who act for %.
many and exhibit her purpose in oxa
cution, proclaimed very different 90,
clusion. We can not mistake what tba,-
have done--in Russia, in Finland n
the Ukraine, In Rumania. The roo,
test of their justice and fair play ho,
come. From this we may Judge M.
rest. They are enjoying in RUSSIA a
cheap triumph in which no bravo a..
gallant nation can long take pride
great people, helpless by their own Act
lies for the time at their mercy. Their
fair professions are forgotten. Tho,
nowhere set up justice, but everywhere.
impose their power and exploit every.
thing for their own use and sgpran.
dizement; and the peoples Of con.
quered provinces are invited to be free
under their dominion.
Purpose Of Teutons Plain.
Are we not JUSTIFIED in believing
that they would do the same things nj
their western front If they were NOT
there face to face with armies whom
even their countless divisions cannot
overcome? If, when they have felt
their check to be final. they should pro.
pose favorable and equitable terms
with regard to Belgium and France and
Italy, could they blame us Il we CON
cluded that they did so only to assure
themselves OF free hand IN Russia
and the east?
Their purpose undoubtedly is To
make all the Slavic peoples, all the
free and ambitions nations of the Bal
tic peninsula all the lands that Turkey
has dominated and misruled, subject
to their will and ambition, and build
upon that dominion an empire Of force
upon which they fancy they can then
erect an empire of gain and CONNER
clal supremacy-an empire hostile to
| the Americas as to the Europe which
| ii will overawe-an empire which will
ultimately master Persia. India and the
peoples of the far east. In such pro-
gram our ideals of justice and human
ity and liberty, the principle OF the free
self-determinatIen of nations upon
which all tne modern world insists can
| play no part. They are rejected for
| the Ideals of power, for the principle
| that the strong must rule the weak,
| that trade must follow the flag, wheth-
or those to whom II Is taken welcome 1t
| or not. that the peoples Of the world
| are 10 be made subject TO the patron
/ age aud overlOrdship of those who have
the power 10 enforce II.
Freedom of World at Stake.
THAT program once carried out
America and all who care or dare To
stand with her must arm and prepare
themselves 10 contest the mastery OF
the world mastery In which the
rights of common men. the rights OF
women. and of all who are weak, must
for the time being, be trodden uhd@
foot and disregarded, and the old, age
long struggle for freedom and right be
gin again nj it's beginning.
Everything that America has lives
for and loved and grown great to win
dictate and bring to glorious realiza
ton will have fallen in utter ruin ant
the gates Of mercy once more pitilessl,
shut upon mankind!
''The thing is preposterous and I'm
possible. And yet, is not that wha
the whole course and action of the Ger
man armies has meant wherever the,
have moved? / do not wish, even II
this moment Of utter disillusionment
to Judge harshly or unrighteously.
ludge only what the German arms haV'
accomplished with Implying thorough
ness throughout every fair region the
have touched.
what, then. are we to do?
No Mistaking Meaning.
For myself, am ready, ready still
ready even now, to discuss falr AM
ust and honest peace at any time tina
it is sincerely purposed--a peace u
which the strong and the weak shall
fare alike: but the answer, when pre-
posed such IA pence, came from w
German commanders In Russia, and
| cannot mistake tnc HiehniHs VI shc "H
swer.
II accept the challenged kno'
that you accept 1t. All the world sha'
know that you accept 1t.
ut shall appear In the utter s9cr
ice and self-forgetfulness with whic
we shall give all that we love ana "a
that we have to redeem the world an
make II TIT for free men like ourselve
TO Hive in. This now is the .meanin
OF all that we do.
LET everything that we say. my fe
low countrymen. everything that "
) henceforth plan and accomplish. COZ
=. tinue to this response, until the mi
, lesty and might of our concerted powt
!. shall FIJI the thought and utterly defe,
the force of those who flout and mi
prize what we honor and hold dear.
Germany has once more said th'
force, and force alone, shall dech
: whether justice and peace shall reie
a In the affairs of men. whether right
!! America conceives IL or dominion