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Show THIS IS LABOR'S WAR 'T' HIS, is labor's war. No element of the people of this" country, or of other countries, would suffer more than the workers from a Cerman victory- a Cerman peace. Whu the Germans mean by a "strong peace," a "Cerman peace," was recently expressed by Gen. Von Liebert, a leading Prussian conservative. "For us there is but one principle to be followed, fol-lowed, and we recognise no other. We hold that might is right. We must know neither sentiment, humanity, consideration, nor compassion. We must have Belgium and the north of France. France must be made to pay until she is bled white. We must have a strong peace." Mr. Gompers spoke well for American labor when he said: "The Republic of the United States is not perfect per-fect ; it has the imperfectionso f the human but it is the best country on the face of the earth, and those who do not love it enough to work for it. to fight for it, to die for it, are not worthy of the privilege of living in it. "I say to the Kaiser. I say to the Cermans, in the name of the American labor movement: You Cant talk peace with the American workers; vou can't talk peace with us ; you can't talk to us at all now. We are fighting now. Either you Smash your Kaiser autocracy or we will smash it for you." The working men of America have a tremendous tremen-dous interest to serve, a vital cause to defend, a work of surpassing importance to accomplish. What is vital to them is vital to America and to the world. That they see their duty and that the great mass of them are performing it with unimpeachable unim-peachable loyalty Is a cause for congratulation to the Nation and to the world. () |