Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-04-11
WILL FORCE PEACE,
DECLARES WILSON
NUN GAGE OF BATTLE ACCEPTED
BY PRESIDENT IN BALTl-
MORE ADDRESS.
Reasons for the War, .the Need to
Fight 1t Through, and the Issues
That Hang Upon Its Outcome Are
More Clearly Disclosed.

more CSariy DISCLOSED.
Baltimore-President Wilson, at a
great Liberty loan celebration here
Saturday night, April 6, gave Amer
icas answer to the German drive on
the western front.
The presidents address was as fol-
lows:
'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 sacrifice, the
lives of our fittest men, and, if need
be, all that we possess The loan we
Are met to discuss is one of the least
parts Of what we are called upon to
give and do, though in itself impera-
tive. The people of the whole coun-
try are alive to the necessity of It,
and are ready to lend to the utmost,
even where it involves a sharp skimp-
aug anu Qdily SuCllllCt W ltlu Oul vi
meager earnings. Aney will look with
reprobatiOn and contempt 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 transaction. / have not
come, therefore, to urge the loan.
have come only to give you, If can,
b more vivid conception of what it
Is for.
Reasons for the War.
1.-THE reasons for this great war. the
reason why it had to come, the need
to fight it through and the issues
that hang upon it's outcome are more
clearly disclosed now than ever be-
fore. 1t is necessary to see just
what this particular loan means, be-
cause the cause we are fighting for
stands more sharply revealed than
at any previous crisis of the mo-
mentous 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 be-
that, if it should be lost, their own
great nations place and mission in
the world would be lost with it.
| call you to witness, my fellow
countrymen, that at no stage of this
terrible business have 1 judged the
,ournocac of Norn,onv fntaD,paro toIx
] should be ashamed in the presence
of affairs so grave, so fraught with
the destinies of mankind throughout
all the world, to speak with trucu-
lence, to use the weak language of
hatred or vindictive purpose. We must
Sought to learn the objects Germany
has in the war from the mouths of
her own spokesman, and to deal as
frankly with them as / wished them
to deal with me. / have laid bare
our own ideals, our own purposes,
without reserve or doubtful phrase,
and have asked them to say as plain
ly what 1t is that they seek.
Proposes No Injustice.
1--WE have 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 power, as with
all others. There can be no difference
between peoples in the final judgment,
If it is, indeed, to be righteous judg
ment. To propose anything but JUS
tice, even-handed and dispassionate
justice, to Germany, at any time what
ever the outcome of the war; would be
to renounce and dishonor our own
cause. For we ask nothing that we are
not willing to accord.
1T has been with this thought that
have sought to learn from those who
spoke for Germany whether it was JUS
tice or dominion and the execution of
their own will upon the other nations
Of the world that the German leaders
were seeking. They have answered,
answered in unmistakable terms. They
have avowed that it was not justice,
cution Of their own will.
Germany Ruled by Military.
1.-The avcwal has not come from Ger
many's statesmen. 1t has come from
her military leaders, who are ner real
rulers. Her statesmen have said that
they wished peace, and were ready to
discuss its terms whenever their oppo-
nents were willing to sit down at the
conference table with them. Her pres
.ent chancellor has said-in indefinite
and uncertain terms, indeed, and in
phrases that often seem to deny their
own meaning but with as much plain