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Show M 'f AMERICA ynSOjl NEVER YIELD ! I AiiotheV springtime has come and gone - f ' iri our north temperate zone, and the ,' iworld war enters a period of summer ' j lighting that will soon have brought us ,V i it f to the beginning of the warVfif th year. .' jl It is the general opinion that the military K '" ""'K' situation is hear its critical climax. The K ; J ' events have so shaped themselves that Kf; , . , both sides see a possibility of terminat-4- ? 5 v ' 1ng the conflict through victory upon the jLV '; SatFront. mP,i' 'j .The Germans have been, doing every- H t - thing in their power to strengthen their ij: '( v forces for further attacks upon the A1- WfisiK lied line in France. .Their, aim is; to m? .r HI break through to the Chahnel ports, and K " J to shatter the British front, while.rolling j;i' back' the French armies and occupying aBb '" i Paris.' Out of victories thus gained they B ," , hope to evolve an early peace. They are BJTy $ staking' all their fortunes on this sum- Mk .$ ' iner's offensive. They have in mind a Rjw league of nations, with a" re-united and A". harmonious Europe under Germany's &j ?. ir leadership and under her fully acknowl- K,7 ' ' edeed domination. w-'' J' Even if Germany should conquer such K-: ." .. peace in Eurqye (which we deem im-K im-K 1 ' W - possible) the United States would not ad- K' ' f' mitdefeat This country would be able mjt.r '-"'' to defend itself against Germany, no mat-' LB ft if ter'to what extent the Teutonic empire K- w f- might become aggrandized, r , if g;-J? (1 ,. furthtorev assuming a reasonable H , l Ul1 '6iSmpipionlf;defeMe to , f -; . South America the United State with HI; ,f '"' Canada's partnership could protect the J . entire Western Hemisphere from any, B-v1 f' ":' -- form of German aggression. All compe-K compe-K v 7 tent strategists understand that in aid-B:. aid-B:. L nf :ing the European Allies on a large scale W ! - ;v- v to meet Germany in Europe, we are un-H un-H ;1A ,i ffertaking what in every aspect is a much B:i r- :nore difficult task than would be ours if Bi '.' we were fighting Germany unaided and . B! ''iW - . tone. l '' The European war has assumed ( a Bi WL "t lorm that is relatively advantageous for aW W fev4 .;:-. v:- , .GrVmany, and. that puts us at the disad- Kj , 1' ;aiiHatthty. fully 'undefsUnd.. this in I - ) , 4 France and because'all the more thought-Br thought-Br -ri: ' Vfil and candid minds of Great Britain f' --i, ileo understand it, that they .appreciate B i ; :' ' - 6 deeply the willingness of the -Ameri- m ' '.'- , can people not merely to carry on a war . ' ;-"-; - against, Germanyby reason of our own B.1 f V "'' v' " grievancijJut toaidthem in the partic-'' W ' I , ,' lar aspecxs of the war that circumstan- H ' 1 .;'' , ceshave now rendered most exigent" The 4 ' ;T action we have taken makes the league Kj . ; v ;;" o nations va praent reality rather than a Hl V , .-future aspiration.. We have espoused . a K '- 'u ' xreat cause, and we are not carrying on sBl K T' y ewar or 0UrTown national needs. iAv Review , of Reviews, i . - . |
