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Show M LOOKS LIK1 WAR. M EVERYTHING mni to imlicnte H that the United States cannot much H longer i-emnin neutral in relation to H the jrrr-nt world war whieh hn been H in progress for the pant two veari H The war clouds are drawing nhout ui, M and there seems to he no way hy -which B we can escape our share of the re m sponsihility of crushinc n power which H covets the control of the world on land and on sea. M he United Stnte? haB tried hard to M keep out of entanglements with Oer- B many, and by our patience and lonp- B suffering we have gained the contempt M of the other leadinp nations of the B earth, but Germany, not only by its M ruthless wnrfare on the shipping of M not onlv the entente allies, hut that of M til the netitrni nations of the world as B well, but bv its dupMcitv and intrierruc H In the Moxirnn nnd Japanese matter. M has put an honorable peace practically M beyond our powers to maintain. B And why should we remain neutral, M since the ambitions, tactics and lack M of moral honor on the part of Ger- B many has become known to the world ? M It la not apparent that there will be B no peace, honor or safety in the world H for any nation that does not bow the m knee to Germany, if she wins in the m present conflict. As we see it, there B can be no peace in the world until H nations of the German type have been BSSSsS lllirill,iffl orH fmifrtit a Inform H We all realize that "war is hell." B and desire to avoid it just as lonjr as H possible; but is it not better to have M this matter settled now, once and for M all, than to postpone it for possibly a H few brief vears, and then have the fl responsibility and task of fitrhtinpr Ger B many alone? We think so, and this B appears to be what it would probably B come to sooner or later. B Congress' is behind the President, M and have vested him with full power to B act. An open declaration nf war seems IBM inevitable and may be expected at any HBl Let everv citizen of this great coun- HBl try stand Ttoeether, then, for national HBl honor and the protection of our coun- HBJ try avrairstt any menacing foe. |