Show I I JUUB HEEAXD-BEPDBLICA- SALT N TAKTfl CITY UTAH SUNDAY APBIL 1 1917 l' t v i i ft 0 S i 9 I V u ML vi m £ 3: t ' Stand against war The West President Wilson BECAUSE HE HAS re-elect- ed KEPT THE UNITED STATES OUT OF WAR It is therefore up to the West to joim with the peace forces in the East to keep us out of war now The war excitement centers in the east in the big cities and the war party is exciting powerful influence to stampede Congress into war on April 2 But the plain people who have all to lose by a devastating warfare arc utterly opposed to it They know WAR IS HELL A hell of hate intolerance high cost of living war debts misery and sorrow We can protect our rights without going to war We didn’t fight Mexico We created' a JOINT HIGH COMMISSION and now the two countries are at peace and Mexico is gradually recovering Iiersclf Wait and give GERMAN DEMOCRACY A CHANCE TO CRUSH PRUSSIAN MILITARISM FOR ITSELF There are honorable alternatives to war Instruct your congressmen to accept mediation if it is offered and to encourage the President to try and bring the European belligerents together German militarism is crumbling Russia is freed from her despots America as the greatest neutral should lead the way to world peace If we are drawn into war this will be no brief and easy naval parade Our farm and our city boys will fill the trenches of Europe Many thousands will never return The Monroe Doctrine will have become a useless phrase We shall be forever a part of the European system of organized jealousy and competitive armament You of the WEST have the destiny of AMERICA in your hands Once more you have the decision to make whether our country shall be plunged into war LET CONGRESS HEAR FROM THE WEST Wire your congressmen and senators wire the President and the cabinet and urge that there are more honorable means to try before we resort to war Flood Washington with hundreds of letters and thousands of telegrams against war The peace forces are not fighting a lost cause The great danger lies in your silence Let your voice be heard in favor of peace Insist that your representatives delay a declaration of war One or two weeks of calm deliberation will quiet the war fever We are in need of funds to rouse the country to its danger Send what you can at once Emergency Peace Federation 70 Fifth Ave New York 0 y'f c $ 7 I 1 V i J I J t |