The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-08


where set up Justice but everywher
impose their power and exploit every
thing for their own use and aggrand
izement; and the peoples of conquered
provinces are invited to be free under
their dominion.
Are we not justified inbe lievine
that they would do the same things a
their western front II they were MOI
there face to face with armies whom
their countless divisions cannot over
Gomez"
IN full, the presidents speech was
as follows:
Anniversary Of Acceptance.
Fellow citizens: This is the ami
versary Of our acceptance Of Ger.
many's challenge to fight for our right
to live and be free, and for the sacred
rights of free men everywhere. The
nation is awake. There Is no need
to call to it. We know what the war
must cost, our utmost sacrifices, the
lives of our fittest men, and, if need
be, all that we possess.
AC 1OoA W. hAC uICt " uAoCuo0 10
one of the least parts Of what we are
called upon to give, and to do, though
in itself imperative. The people OF
fIIe whole country are alive to the
necessity of it, and are ready to lend
to the utmost, even where it involves
shadp skimping and daily sacrifice
to lend out of meagre earnings. They
will look with reprobation and con.
tempt upon those who can and will
not. upon those who demand a higher
rate of interest, upon those who think
Of it as a mere commercial transact
ion. have not come, therefore, tc
urge the loan. have come only tc
give you. il can. = more, vivid con.
ception of what it is for. +,
Clearly Disclosed.
"The reason for the great war, the
reason why it had to come the .neeG
to fight it through, and the issueS that
hang upon its outcome, are e/clear.
ly disclosed now than ever before. It
is easy to see just what this particu.
Lar loan means because the cause we
are fighting for stands more sharply
revealed than at any previous crisis
of the momentous Struggle. The man
who knows least can now see plainly
how the cause Of justice stands and
what the imperishable thing is he is
asked to invest in. Men in America
may be more sure than they ever
were before that the cause is their
own, and that If it should be lost.
their own great nations place and
mission in the world would be lost
with it
All You to Witness.
Il call you to witness, my fellow.
countrymen. that at no state of this
terrible business haveI l judged the
purpose of German Unexpectedly
should be ashamed in the presence
of affairs so grave. so fraught with
I'VE destinies of mankind throughout
all the world, to speak with turbulence
to use the weak language of hatred or
vindictive purpose. We must Judge as
we would be judged. have sought
to learn the objects Germany has in
this war from the mouths of her own
spokesman, and to deal as frankly
with them as wished them to deal
with me- l have laid bare our own
ideals, our own purposes, without re.
serve or doubtful phrase, and have
asked them to say as plainly what it is
that they seek.
Propose No Injustice.
I'VE hove ourselves proposed no in.
justice, no aggression. We are ready,
whenever the final reckoning is made,
to be just to the German people, deal
fairly with the German people as well
as others. There can be no difference
before peoples in the final judgment,
If it is indeed to be righteous judg-
ment. To propose anything but justice,
evenhanded and dispassionate Justice
to Germany, at any time. whatever
the outcome of the war, would be to
renounce and to dishonOr our own
cause. For we ask nothing that we
are not willing to accord.
Not Justice but Domination.
1T has been with this thought that
have sougtS: to learn from those who
spoke for Germany whether it was