Show It is plain enough how we were forced Into war The extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary nary insults and ald aggressions of the Imperial German Government left leftus leftus leftus us no self-respecting self choice but to take up arms in defense of our rights as a free people and o of our honor as asa asa asa a soverign government The military military mil mU- ilar masters of Germany denied us the right to be neutral They filled filled tilled fil- fil fil til- led our unsuspecting communities with vicious spies and conspirators and sought to corrupt the opinion of our people In their own behalf Much as we had desir desired d peace it was denied us and not of our own choice The flag under which we serve would have been dishonored had we withheld our hand Wood Woodrow Wood Wood- row Wilson President of of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States |