Show wily WHY WE AVE ARE AT WAR germany has forced america as it has forced practically the an entire ti ra I 1 world to defend itself by arms we nye are fighting Ish ting this war because ger many made war upon us america Americ Is a reace peaceful ful nation we have no lust for conquest no desire tor for annexation of territory we are defending ourselves against germany because the imperial german germa n government entered dereh upon a program which the destruction of all american insel tut lons ions when we finally re recognized that gormany was waging war upon us we had soon seen more than americans them many woman and children killed hilled by getman german submarines hospital ships had been sunk unfortified towns had peen been bombed and bombarded medals had been struck in honor of the sinking of the lusitania the murderous act by which so amany many of our men women and ch children lost their lives joei gei man officials had treated the united states a neutral nation as an enemy strikes were organized in this I 1 country plants were blown up pro german publications were founded and subsidized and hatred of america was systematically sought to be inculcated among our foreign born inhabitants every effort was made mada to involve us in trouble with japan and mexico our tests were met with promises and explanations which were little vatter better than insults the imperial german government finally proclaimed the unrestricted destruction of neutral ships upon the high seas it was the notification to the united states that our people were vere no longer sovereign and that it if they would sail the seas in safety we must conform to conditions laid down by a government that thai defied fied international law humanity and elemental morality A policy of terrorism has been systematically applied by the tha imperial german government since the outbreak of the european war treaties that stood in the way ot of german militaristic plans have been disregarded women and children have bren been treated with indescribable brutality the noblest works ot of art havo have been destroyed and prisoners have been abused and maltreated mal treated and civilian populations massacred and and deported this Is why america has gone into this war iii in defense ot of american honor and american rights to have done anything else would have been to surrender our sovereignty and we ue would have been forced in the end to fight a conscienceless and rapacious C military autocracy an autocracy which la is in this war avowedly for or in aggrandizement and the control of 0 the world our success means that our children and our childrens children will be alile able to enjoy peace buy a liberty bond get behind j your government and shorten this war this Is your fight our men are giving their lives you are only asked to lend your money there should be b at least one liberty bond in every home there thera Is no better belter test of your americanism |