The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17

know something of what the book
contains the following extracts are
published in addition to those which
appeared in The Free Press few
nights since. Compare his speech
with the following extract:
'Trespass upon cur rights on the high
seas makes our cause just, still do not
claim that II was wise to enter the war.
believe the problem could have been
settled without war or sacrifice of ma
tional honor, the same as We expect to
adjust the trespass upon our rights to
the high seas by other nations. Our pur-
that have proved that a certain inner
circle without official authority and for
selfish purposes, adroItly Unanswered
things to bring about conditions that
some of the beligerents would violate
our international rights and bring US to
war with them."-Page 6.
I'VE should spurn as contemplate to
the idea of democracy the oft -heralded
statement of Stand by the President
in the sense of it's frequent use because
it is too often used as .gise to de-
1T is impossible according to the big
press to be a true American unless you
are pro- British If you are really for
America first last and all the time, and
solely for America and for the masses
primarily, then you are claSSed as pro-
German by the big press which are sup
ported by the spectators. Page s.
1T has been humiliating to the Amer
lean people to see how the wealth grab
bers, owners of the big press, actually
attempt By scurrilouS editorials and
specially prepared articles to drive the
people as if we were q lot of cattle, to
buy bonds, subscribe to the Red Cross,
fn%f
other things."-Page 25.
THE lash of the press during the reg
istration period was an. insult, Back OF
that insult, however, were the greedy
government and to manage the war to
destroy the value of the victories that
we expected from the true and the brave
upon the field of battle. Page Sc.
1--WE the people, did not begin the
war. 1t was not originally our choice to
go to war We were dragged In because
the war for profit group refuse to sacri-
flee temporarily their speculations. If
to add the several billions of profit which
the war had netted to them. Rather
than lose that profit, they carried on a
traffic which tempted the violation of
the freedom Of the seas as a public high
way by all of the belligerents. Page 81.
"The destruction of human beings In
either case raised no difference in prin-
cirie as applied to the uninterrupted
freedom for travel and commerce on the
high seas, but it immeasurably aggravat-
ed the seriousness of the violation. 1t
added to the gravity in the minds of the
people, which resulted in congress de-
claring war.'-Page 81.
statement predicting that Speculation
and loans in foreign fields, especially
with the nations at war. is likely to
bring US into the war. They form q
powerful incentive on the part of the
Sne ,lat tn pat iptn the hJt
even if it results that way, they never
will be stated as the cause. You can
depend upon it that the trust-supported
press will be used to trump up some
other thing as the pretended cause, or
things will be staged to force some coun-
try to commit acts of war upon u.s. What
stated then has happened. Page 165
and 166.
loans Ito our allies), but In allowing the
special interests to create a condition
that forced us into the war."-Page 169.
1.-The new Liberty Loan was offered
would all get a little of the loan so that
they would believe themselves to be in
terested in keeping up the system. =
Page III.
You will find that everywhere, in all
lands and at all times, many of the high
of the church of Rome have
been the ally of OPPRESSION whether that
oppression has been exercised under the
UotIrlne OF the ulNlHc FiSHt VI
kings or whether it is exercised under
the groveling greed of plutocracy. =
Page 176
1--WE should not have the false pride
of wishing to make the war last longer.
merely to show how terrific we can pun
ish a military foe.'-Page 209
1.-The speculative interests. having
to greed as their type of patri-
otto manifestation. invited the violation
of our unquestioned right to the free and
use of the high seas and
caused those rights to be violated, so
that now we are at war. Page 2l0.
after the spectators had created the
sentiment for the kind of preparedness
that they wanted, they wished to use
that preparedness in a measure, to carry
or help guard their commerce ships fill
ed with munitions of war and products
of various kinds to the belligerent ma
lions to aid in war, particularly to those
whom they had become fina ncially in
terested in. so these ships ere armed.
which of course caused more trouble
with the belligerents who believed that
commerce to be ~ their dSadva nti4 90.
Then our International rights were FUR
Their violated, and without consulting the
people to secure "a vote as To Whetner
under the circumstances we should de-
clare war against certain nations. con-
gresS on the advice of the president did
declare war. The next step was to resort
to CONSUMPTION of mon In some OF the
states even women were forced to reg
lister F" There is y difference of
opinion among the people as to whether
or not we should conscript men to send
across the seas to wage war Under the
existing circI instances. So part of the
press controlled by special privilege
realizing this and knowing full well that
no conscription would be necessary to get
men to defend the nation as against any
prospective invading foe, but doubling it
for securing great American army to
invs lie foreign countries, did not dare to
submit conscription to the people, so
congress on the pressure of the press
and on the advice of the president
voted to conscript men for the purpose
. We should repeal the conscrip-
ton law as soon as 1t can be done with
protection to those who have been con-
scripted and sent abroad. Pages 210-
212