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Show WAR OF DEMOCRACY Franklin K. Lane In Language That Burns In Excoriates Germany and Her Bloodthirsty Kaiser. rmSkltaKoVlfii! ' ! ta'y of 0 Interior fore the lliSdub of W " IniSTi tt V Rp,?ch bc; a ord to thoye uhn h.J. !,. '. , '. in w,,icl1 1,c addressed 2J Ti f ? W'1,! out; he in Ht wr to me hciolf. with the ret of the woild, tmn the nation thnt lmit linked iUe f wU the 1uik nnd I mloptoil the method or Mahomet !t iw So& to m?k0,,S,c tf1 u,w f Pollclw total 1 x UfSlml at d i-cluntific mllltno "jstem. He mid in imrt: ,rw""' ami Urn of irliriiH Uli ir. i iiKhlln i-rmh-Thc hrli t aimer I- that num I. n ar or m lr ii. fenw iti.i nt i.n t,, flKht (IrrmniK Mh. mail.' thn ntla a iimii im n.it n nr rlwtnt, l.ut our Mm ur llr. .r rtirhi. or fntiin I'm tn imn ami miirr n. In Id to a npitraltt tlhit nmiln h iiI"KIM r.ir tlilnii wlilrh mitrna.t man a nimmno cro- of fulrplur n humniilt At imli iiih ofrnr the Imikiiii of lUlKlmn th killing of ihllbtn ll.-Ul.tiiK tin uttankfi mi K-arlHiritiRh and oth.r dfrnxrli n townn tin la Ina of mini a In nriittnl wiitirn thr frncliiK off of thr we and un and on tliroiiKh the month). wt Mid Thlx la war archaic unrlvllltrd war but war All ruli-n hr linn thrown aw a) all nobllll) man ban tump don n to tin ttlmltltp lirutc And whlh wp i-nnnot JiHtlt '- will not Inltrtrnr It la nut our war Thru till) an w in Itrcatnx w lolild not krf out Thi Invnalnll of llilKhini which iltnrd thr wnr Ird to the Invanlon of thr t'nltid ritutea li alow Ntwul) IikIdiI Ii '" "ur ampathlra hMilxril Into a roiulrllon of aclMnlirrM Our tof of falrpla) rlpi m d Into alarm at our own hk. lion Hi Id ( uwanl. UV tilkrd In thr lanKiiaRi nnd In tin aplrlt of good faith and lmrrlt, na honmt mrn i.huld talk until An illneowrrd our talk wan roniitrurd ua foUHnlln" And Jlrxlio waa colli (I tiioii to tow iik. i talked m men would talk who nirrd aloni for p. imp and the ndiancrmriit of tin Ir nun miili rill lmrtn until we dl-cixend dl-cixend Unit wr wrc ihouxht to in u nation of men mi iie)mkir. devoid of all ihuraiter until. Indeed, we. win told that w mold not walk the hlKhwiOK of tin world without nr-mlwlnn nr-mlwlnn of a 1'riiMlan. that our hlp mlRht not nail without werlnR a trip, d uniform of humiliation a narrow nar-row twith of natlunal HilM"irlelic Wi tatktd an men lalknl who hoped for honcnl iiRreimmt not for war until we found that the treat) torn to iileiPK ut l.leRe wa but Ihe mbol of u polio that mad. aRnimentu worthlriw MRalnt a purpone thut kniw no word but MictrM And o we came Into thU wr for iilimhea It If u war to ip Amrf ha to pr.MMP eelr.nuMt. to Juntlly our rlKht to II ' ' tM, "I'' an Mimnone ele wl.hea n I" n the name of fr.idiin we ihnllenRp with rhlpa und m. n and mono ana ,, undauulid HPlrll that "' iMii.n whlih Herman ha. wiltlin upon tin mu and uikhi the lami inirlni llilnc ilrll. Kor m.rl.-a mt the name of jei mmh terrltoo It - " ' ''r' bom in inixall "' " ' "'n'i a,ho.. of I lit. r iM-rl.mea a II InR ,plrlt whhh haa .uri- nd prl. e kiio wa wh) It wh I" " " ""' '" .reamliHl of tin rld ami hop. a to rTt.iln that r.it l lUlnif ' " !hr IlKl.l of MnVoh. a le of a man n Ita old und new tiaturnenl y&Brjrx&T&zi frol t e flrM of till ' U,r not healtate to ilentroy ua If l' hut wV real, t Of rlnl.t-that are to i mm e.l or the . Irlt llmi p ";. vs. ivru-' ton and I'aiihk lleno llrcuun of Traiui. i un. . Invaded dew ,o our lead Into Zom whom ItoMUM of hrl"i ' pUnUftlR m I"" "Cerent "c '' ' r,y or life und ""S.lta.on lltllw which wp i'' A", hr once on the lion "TULn 'he aea ut "l,, .l"' ""ew TM Afrl nd t--HNer,.. BbrnMrhMroeahow Nol mm nrel wh.n he jimt horn Into free.t..m llrr iieaaanta milirt hate thHr r h Iter they milrt Rtt to a h.x. to aafilnal.m to Jef fPrw(ii and to Uni-oln until the know their way atimit in thla nw Mmtme world f Kvernmeni l.jr the iHipular will, and llw-ainw or nthir peoplea, with their rkdnR hope tint th,. world ma) be fnil from Rniernment h tin ao. dlrr We an flRhtlnR (1. rman) I epnuxe lie aouRht to terrorlie ua and then to foot ua. W could not bellele that (I. rmnn would do what elle raid nhe would do upon the aena. Iliar all or ( hlldirii. We ft 111 henr the plteoua cry of ihltdnn cnnilnR up nut of the apn white the l.ualtnnl t went down And Herman) haa never naked forRbeneaa or the world Wp anw the Hiin.rx Hink crow did with th aona and daiiRhtrra of neutral nation. Wi anw ahlp uftrr ahlp aent to the iMittom alllW of mere) bound out of mrrlra for thi HelRlnn atnrvltiR allp cnrrjlnit the Itid Cnma and laden with tin wounded of all ua. tlona ahlia earning food and i loth-Iiir loth-Iiir to frlendl) hnrmtcaa, terrorlxid piHiptra ahlpa fljlni; the Ktara and Htrlpea ent to tho Iwittnm huudrrda or mllea from niton manned bj American a.Nimrn, murdered uRnlnnt all law, without wnrnlnR Wp bellevid Herman) a priimUn that ahe would rmpci I the neutral (laR and the rUhla of neutral, und we held our miser nnd nutrnRe In rhuk Hut now wp we that ahc wna holdliiR ua off with fair promlx x until un-til alio lould build her Iiukp fleet of Niihmarlnca. Kor whin aprlnR ininr aha blew her promlm Into the nlr, Juat a at the beRlnnliiR ahe had torn up that 'ncrup or piper" Thin we miw ilearl) that there waa but one law for Herman) her will to rub We are llRhtlliR Herman) be rnua. ah. violated our tnnfldtmv t'ald Herman aplia filled our rltlea Traitor Anions I'a, OHIrluU or her government, re telved an the Riieata ( till" nation, livid with ua in lirllM and tirrorlic, iIiOIiir our Ian nnd the law of ua-Hi ua-Hi na Ui are flRhtlnR Herman) be. tauai while we wire )rl her frlcuda the mil) RTeut power that atlll held hunda off ah.' w nt the Zimmerman licit, calling to In r aid Mixlio, our Miutluru n iKhbor and hnplnu to turn Japan our w,-trrn in Ikhbor, In. to wur iiRulnid thla natlnn or peine The nation thut would do thrae think pro. ImIiiih the Roapel that rov. irnment haa no conatltmie And thla tin. trim innnot III. or Ip demnc ruo miial dl. Tor the nutloiia of the world iniiat knp faith Tin re pun be no livliiR f.u ua In u world where tin Mate haa no rinatleme no rcv en nit ror the IIiIiirw or tin aplrlt no reappit for International law no mm) for Hiom. who full In fore Ha forn Whut an unordered world! AmrthV Th. unanh) of the rlvul wolfpuska' Ui are flRhtlnR (Irrmany bemuai In thla wur feiiilnllurn la muklnr: Ita bikt atund nRUlnat on.nmliiR ibmoi. nor . ate It now Thla la u wur uRiilnat un old aplrlt uu undent und u lonr, outworn aplrlt It la u wur ncalrwt feudallam the right of the math on tin hill to rule the Ullage lielow It la a wur for d.moiriu) the rlhht or nil to be tin Ir own mu tera l.t Hermuii) Ih feiulul If alii will! Hut ahe muat not apread hir Hl.m over n world thut hna outgrown It I'liidullam plua iilrnie, thirteenth eentur) plua twentieth thla la the nllglon of the mUtuken Oirmun) thut hua linked ilaeir with the Turk thut hua loo adopted the innthod of Jlahomi t The atate hua no con-aclrliri con-aclrliri the atat' cun do no wrong' With the aplrlt of tin fanatli ahe l-Hevea l-Hevea thla kptl and that it la hi r dut) to aproud It b force Ik Wur or 1 1 udallani With polaon R that mukea living hell Hh aubmurlnea thut aneak through the aeaa to all) murder non jHimbulunta with dlrlglblea that lcm. bard men and women while they aleep with a pirf.itid ajalem of ter-rorliatlon ter-rorliatlon Ihut the modirn world flrnt herd of when Uermun troopa entered en-tered ChlnaHtrman foudullain la muklng wur upon mankind I.et thla old aplrlt of uvll have Ita wn und no man will live In Ainrrlla without pa)lng toll to It In manhood nnd In mone) Tina aplrlt might dr. mund Canada from a deflated nav. leaa England, and then our driam of piece on the north would be at an en I Wp would live, oa Franco haa lived for fort) eur, in haunting terror, ter-ror, America anemic for the world In fighting aermjn. Mark on a map thoi oouotric Vhlch are Oemuny'B ulllea. and )nu will mark but four, running from the Hulilt through Atlanta Atla-nta and Ilulgarla to Turke) All tho othir natlona, the whole globe around, are In anna ugalnat In r or are unable to move There la dei p mean-Ing mean-Ing In thla We fight with the world for un honeat world, In which nutlona keep their word, for u world In which nations na-tions do not live by aw agger or b) threat, for a world In which men think of the wa)a In which the) oan conquer thi common irueltlca of uu tuie Inatead of Inventing more horrible horri-ble rueltlea to Inflict upon the aplrlt and body of man, for a world In which the ambition or the philosophy of a few nhal not make mhterable all mankind: for a. world In which the run I beld more precloua than the machine, the system or the Mate. |