Show Germany Says Might Will Win Then Might Will Be Given Them 4 PRESIDENT WILSON By Associated Press HAL BALTIMORE April 6 Here Here is th the text of President Wilsons Wilson's Baltimore address r ELLOW CITIZENS r This is the anniversary of ot our acceptance of ot Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's challenge to fl fight ht for our right to live and bo befree free and and for tor the sacred s cred rights of free freemen fre fremen freemen men everywhere every The nation 1 is awal awake e There Is no need to call to it Wo We know what the war must cost our cost our utmost sacrifice tho the lives of our fittest men and anti if iC need be all that we possess The Tho loan we aro are met to discuss Is one of the least pans least parts of what we are aro cam calVed d upon to give and to do though In Itself imperative Tho The people of ot the country countr are alive to the necessity of oC it ft and andare are ready to lend to tho the utmost even where It Involves a sharp skimping skimping skimp skimp- ing lug and nd daily dairy sacrifice to lend len l out of oC meager earnings Thc They will look with reprobation and contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt upon those who ho can and m not upon pon those who demand al er rate of int interest rest upon those who of- of It as a j r commercial transaction 1 1 have not come th therefore r to urge the loan Than I havo have come only to give you If It I can a a. moro vivid more vivid conception conception conception con con- gt r f what it Is for REASONS ARE DISCLOSED The reasons for this great war the reason why it had to come the need to fight tight it through and the Issues that hang upon Its outcome outcome outcome out out- come are more moro clearly disclosed now than ever before It Is necessary ear sary to see Just what this particular lar loan means because the cause we are fighting for stands st. more sharply revealed l than at any previous previous pre pre- crises of ot tho the momentous struggle Tho The man who knows least can now see seo plainly plain how the cause of or Justice stands and what the imperishable thing Is he is asked to invest in Men in AmerIc America Amer Amer- lea ica Ic may ma be more sure than they the over ever were before that the cause is their own and that if it it should be bo lost their own great nations nation's place and mission in the world would woul be lost with It I call you OU to witness witness' my fellow countrymen that at no stage st. of ot this terrible business have I Judged the purposes of Germany intemperately I should bo ashamed in tho the presence of or af af- af fairs so grave graye so fraught with the destinies of mankind throughout all the tho world to speak with lence to use tho the weak language of or hatred or vindictive purpose We mu must t Judge as we wo would be judged judge I have sought to learn the objects Germany Gorman has In the war from the Ule mouths of her own spokesmen and to deal as frankly with them as I wished them theta to todeal todeal todeal deal with me I have laid bare our own I Ideals eals our own purposes without reserve or doubtful phrase and have asked them to say as plainly v what hat it is that they seek seck READY FOR PEACE We have ourselves proposed no Injustice no no We are ready whenever tho the final reckonIng reckoning reckoning reckon reckon- ing is made macic to bo be Just to tho the German German German Ger Ger- man people deal cal fairly with the tho German po power er as with all others There can be bo no be between between between be- be tween peoples in the tho final Judgment jud judgment Judg judg- ment if it is indeed to be a righteous righteous righteous right right- ju judgment To ro propose anything anything anything any any- thing but Justice even handed and dispassionate justice to Germany nt itt any time whatever the outcome of ot tho the war would be bo to renounce re an and dishonor our own cause For Forwe Forwe Forwe we ask nothing that we are not willing to accord It Il ha has haa been with this thought that I have sought to learn from those who spoke for Germany whether it was Justice or dominion and the execution of their own will upon tho the other nations of ot tho world that the German Cerman leaders were s seeking They have havo answered an an- answered answered in ablo able terms term They havo have avowed that it was not justice but do dominion dominion dominion do- do minion and the unhindered l execution execution execution tion of or their own will wm The avowal has not come from rpm Germanys Germany's statesmen It has como come from her military leaders lenders who areher aro are her real rulers Her statesmen havo have said id that they wished peace discuss its an and l were ready to terms term whenever their opponents were willing to sit down own at the tho conference table tabla with them Her present chancellor has said said said-In in Indefinite in indefinite indefinite In- In definite and uncertain terms in indeed indeed in- in deed det-d and in phrases that often seem to den deny their own meaning but with as much plainness as he ha thought prudent that prudent that he believed that peace should be based upon the principles which we had declared do- do dared would be our own in the tho final settlement At Brest her civilian delegates spoke in similar terms professed their do- do sire to conclude e a a. fair peace and accord to tho the peoples with whoso whose fortunes they were dealing tho the right to choose their own al al- al But action accompanied accompanied nied and followed tho the profession Their military masters tho the men who act for G Germany any and exhibit her purpose in execution proclaimed proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- claimed a very different sion slon We Wo cannot misuse what hat they have ave done in Russia In Finland Finland Fin Fin- land hand In the Ukraine in Rumania The Tho real test of or their justice and fair play has haa come From this we may judge the tho rest They aro are enjoying jn In Russia a a. cheap a-cheap triumph triumph tri tn- tri tri- in which n no brave e or gallant gallant gallant gal gal- lant nation can long take pride A gr great people helpless by their q own net act t lies tes for fer tho the the m mercy rc Their fall protes aro forgotten They nowhere set up justice but everywhere Impose their p power and e. e exploit everything for their their- own u use c an and l aggrandizement aggrandize ment and amI the tho peoples of ot conquered conquered conquered con con- provinces are invited to be befree free under their dominion WOULD DOMINATE DOMITE DOMI TE ALL ALL Are we not Justified in believing that they would do the same sarno things at their western front if It they were not there thero face to faco face with armies whom even eyen their countless divisions divi divi- cannot overpower If when they thoy have havo felt their check to be final the they should propose favorable and equitable terms wi with with h regard to Belgium and Franco France and Italy could they blame us if wo we concluded concluded con con- eluded that they dl did so only to as assure assure assure as- as sure themselves of a free hand In Russia and the east Their purpose undoubtedly is to tomake tomake tomake make all the Slavic peoples all th tho free and ambitious nations of oC the Baltic peninsula all the lands that Turkey has dominated and misruled misruled misruled mis mis- ruled subject to their will an and ambition ambition ambition am am- and build upon that dominion dominion domin domin- ion an empire of force forca upon su supremacy su- su an an an empire as hostile to tho Americas as to the tho Europe which it will overawe overawe overawe-an an empire which hicl will ill ul ultimately im tely m master ster P Per Per- sia India InHa anti and the peoples or of Far East In such a program our ouri i ideals eals the ideals of ot justice and humanity an and liberty the principle principle lle of the free determination soil of oC nations upon which all the modera modern mod mod- era ern world insists can play no part The They are rejected for the tho Ideals of ot power for the principle that the tho strong must rule the weak that trade trado must follow the flag whether those tho e to whom it is taken welcome welcom it or not that the peoples of th tho world aro are to be bo made subject to the patronage and of or those who ba have havo vo the power to enforce enforce enforce en en- force it CONTEST WORLD WORLD MASTERY That program once carried out America and all who care or dare to stand with her must arm and prepare themselves to contest the tho mastery master of ot tho world a mastery master In which tho the rights of or common men the th-e rights of ot women an and of all who are weak must for the time timo beIng beIng being be be- ing be bo tro trodden en under foot an and disregarded disregarded dis din regarded and tho old long age-long struggle gle for freedom and right be begin begin bein be- be gin in at Its beginning Everything that America has lived for and loved and grown great to vindicate vindicate vindi vindi- cate an and bring to a glorious realization reali reali- ration will have havo fallen In utter ruin and the gates of ot mercy once more moro pitilessly shut upon mankind The thing is preposterous and Impossible And yet et is not ot ot that what the whole course and action of the tho German armies has meant where where- I ever eyer they havo have moved I 1 do not of ot utter wish even In this moment disillusionment to judge harshly or I jud Judge c only what the German arms anns have havo accomplished accomplished with unpitying thoroughness thorough thorough- ness throughout hout e cr every fair region they have havo touched ACCEPT CHALLENGE What then are aro we wo to tp do o For lor myself I 1 am ready rea ready I still ready read even now to discuss a fair and Just and honest peace at nt any time that it is sincerely purpose pur- pur pose posed posed-a nosed a a peace in which tho the strong alike but an and l tho the weak shall fare the answer when I proposed such sucha a peace came from the tho German commanders in Russia and and I 1 cannot cannot cannot can can- not mistake the tho meaning of or the answer an- an S I accent the challenge challen p. p I know Continued on page 4 L DEFIES a I PRESIDENT KAISER U. 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TO FORCE PEACE Might ii ight ht to Win He Says and Americas America's Might Will Be Waged Against Huns Continued from Crom page 1 I that you QU accept accept It All the tho wo world wood ld shall knot kno that thit you ou accept It lt It shall appear In the utter sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- and forgetfulness self tor s 's with which wo eve shall give all that wo we love lo antI and all that w we have to re redeem redeem re- re deem eem the world and antI make It fit It for tor free men like ourselves to lIvo In This now Is 19 the meaning of oC all an that we do Let everything that we siy my my fellow countrymen overy everything thing that we henceforth plan and accomplish continuo continue to this response until tho the majesty and OUlI might of or our concerted power shall fill fall the tho thought and utterly defeat tho ho force torce of at who flout lout and what w we honor and hold dear ll FORCE TO BE GIVEN Germany has once more said that force and force torce alone shall decide whether Justice and peace pC shall reign In the affairs of ot men whether right as America conceives It or domination as she sho conceives es It shall determine the tho destinies of or mankind man man- kind There Is therefore but one ono ro ro- possible from Crom us Force force torce to tho the utmost force forca without stint sUnt or limit tho the righteous righteous right right- and triumphant force torce which shall shan make right tho the law Jawor of the I 1 i world and cast t every overy selfish do dominIon dominion dominion do- do minion down in tho dust |