WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE STRUGGLE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3112, 16 June 1917, Page 7

WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE STRUGGLE

PEOPLE'S WAR. FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND SELF-GOVERNMENT GREAT SPEECH BY PRESIDENT WILSON Washington, .Tune 11. President Wilson, in a speech at. the Flag Day exorcises, said: "Wo are about to bid thousand' hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of our men to die bethe coasts of Europe. Not Enemies of the German People, but of Their Military Masters, "Wβ are not enemies of the German people. They did not originate this hideoiswa. ami did not wish that we snould ho drawn into it. Wβ «e v^udy. rnnecioui th-it we are fighting their cause, as well as our own. They lire in the Trp of hsnine.inisle," power that hns stretched out its u ? l.y talons »"d drown. Horn! from u<= The whole world is ut war. because it is in Hie grip of that The war was begun by Germany's military master,, who are alsn ho K;., O f \,,,lriii-Hun"a -V. They do not regard nations as peoples or of like oo I « the" twelves are. for whom Governments exist; but mere y as serlisa to s"which they could corrupt to their own purposes. Germany's G™v'Vn,le, S nvircl, filHns the thrones of the"Balkan States with rerrnnn PiW putfinc German officers info the service of Turkey developing planTfo, sedition in India and Egypt, and eetling I he fires going iif Persia. German Plan lo Throw Belt of Military Power Across Europe. ■ ■Motrin'* demands on Sorbin were a step in Ihe plan 1" throw the belt of fVrnv 'miliinrv power and political control ncross the centra of Eurone into h h "r As Austria-Hungary. Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, and ilio pon--1 „ sSlVeVoMho Nnst were, lo become Germonv's pawns, and Austria-Hungary I * obecome part of Iho German Umpire. The plan conlcniplaUd Ihr binding Jnwfhpr of races which .-ould be kept together only by force, such as the proud SI of 3o emi.- md Hungary, the stout little commonwealths of the Balkans KtoLSeTurk" and ,he suUle peoples of the Bast who ardently desired , ~l =n ilnrl imlpiienilpiirfl and could be kept quiet only bv the fonstnnl: threat of ™e"l . en ami would then await the day of revolution. The Germans hare actuallr carried the creiiter nart of their ama/.ine nlnti into oxerutinn. Austria u T iheir meiTV ]H people desire peace, bill. il is imtinssiWi- that leave will l.r> "•••Tirted Tv HeHin The Ontral Powers ..v P |, ur n ,in-rle Power. Ink ~g iU ! orders' from Kerlin. whose ne! is spread from Hamburg to the Persian (.nilf. Why Germany Desires Peace Now, "II- is oasv lo undcrstiind liorlin's eafiernew for pence. Since the snare has been set, peace has been the talk of the German Foreign Office for-over a year.

Little has been made, public, most of it has been private, and has come to me through all sorts of channels and guises; but never with the terms disclosed, (jerroany cannot go forward, »nd she dar& not go back. She wishes to close the , bargain before it is too late. Germany's military masters see clearly what, fate liae brought them 10. If they fall back, or are. forced back, an inch, their power at home and abroad will fall like a house of cards. II: is of their power at home that they are now thinking, rno.ro than of their power abroad. H is that power which is now tumbling beneath their feel; and deep fear has entered their hearts. They luivo once chaucn lo perpetuate their military power and political influence, if they can make peace now, with the advantages they have apparently gained, they will bo justified before the. German people, and their prestige will be secure. Hut if they fail, their pcoplo will •thrust them aside, and a Government accountable.to the peoplo will bo set up in Germany, as it is jiow infill the great countries except Germany. If they succeed, they are sole; and Germany and the world aro undone. But if they fail, Germany is- saved, and 'the world will be at peace. If they succeed we and the rest of tlm world must remain armed, and make ready for the next step of their aggression, but if they fail, the world may unite for peace, and Germany may be of the union. To Make the World Safe for the Peoples Who Live in It. "One great fact stands abovo the rest: this is a people's war for freedom, justice, and self-government among the world's nations, to make the world safe' I for thn peoples who live in it, and who have made it. their own, the German I peoples themselves included. AVe have made our choice. Woe to the men who I seek to stand in our way!"—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.