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WHY WE ARE AT WAR
WITH GERMANY
LECTURE NUMBER EIGHT
A Series of Lectu-es By Ephraim Douglas Adams, Executive Head
of History Department, of Leland Stanford Junior University
“The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world
from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment
controlled by an irresponsible government, which, having secretly planned
to dominate'the world, proceeded to carry out the plan without regard
either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long-established practices
and long-cherished principles of international action and honor; • ■ ™‘s
power is not the German people. It is the ruthless master of the Geiman
people. ... It is our business to see to it that the history of the rest of
the world is no longer left to its handling.”—President Wilson, August
27, 1917.
WE FIGHT FOR PEACE AND SELF-RESPECT
What sort of a peace does Germany hope to secure? That
can be answered in a sentence: a peace which will enable her to
fulfill in the next war the aim* she ha* failed to fulfill in thi*.
What is the peace the Allies wish? Again the answer is brief: a
peace that will make sure that “it shall not happen again.”
Thas war has already killed (not maimed or -wounded) over
.8,000,000 young and vigorous men, yet Germany still believes that
war is essential to human progress, and that any act, however
atrocious, is permissible so long as it is an act of war. Against
that theory America has set her will.
Does anyone still doubt that Germany believes in war? Here
are four leaders of Germany speaking: “Perpetual peace is a
dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream; war forms part of
the eternal order instituted by God.” “A long peace not only
leads to enervation, but allows of the existence of a mutitude of
pitiful, trembling, miserable creatures . . who cling fast to life
with loud cries about their ‘right’ to exist, block the way for real
strength, make the air fetid, and altogether defile the blood of
the nation.” “The worst of hypocrisis is the participation by Ger
many in The Hague Conference.” “We must not look for per
manent peace as a result of this war. Heaven defend Germany
from that.” And Treitschke, the historian-tutor to the military
only means of achieving world leadership; that war “is to be con
ceived as an ordinance set by God”; that “war is just and moral
and that the idea of eternal peace is both unjust and immoral and
impossible.”
These theories, put in practice, have made of Germany the
Cain of civilization—“his hand against every man’s hand.” In
self-defense and in mere self-rexpect, America was forced to strike
back. We could not sit still when we realized that it was our
duty “to be and to remain the outspoken moral opponents of the
present German policy, and of the German State, so long as it
holds this present policy, and carries on its present war. . . Ger
many, as at present disposed, is the willful and deliberate enemy
of the human race." (James Royce.)
But if there be any who have not this larger vision of the
issues of the war—who are not moved to stake all on the abstract
juxtice of our cause—then let them ask themselves what self
respect as a nation demands of America, and of true Americans,
under the treatment we received from Germany.
When the European war came in 1914. and while we were still
neutral, what insult was not heaped upon our self-respect? The
Austrian Ambassador, Dumba, plotted to organize strikes in our
munition factories, and to buy up agitators to incite workmen to
discontent. German spies now convicted and in jail, have ad
mitted that they worked under the direction of high German offi
cials to commit acts in violation of our neutrality. Some of these
same officials have admitted the expenditure of millions of dollars
in illegal operations conducted “in direct defance of our laws,
and in insolent disregard of international diplomatic courtesy.”
The catalogue of German crimes in America, and of German agents
amongst us, while we were still neutral, if published in full would
be astouding almost to disbelief.
The German acts have startled us at last to the knowledge
that the nation which permits them without resentment is no nation
in that essential quality of patriotism—self-respect. Without that
quality, we are but a mass of disorganized peoples, having no in
fluence in world affairs, and ultimately at the mercy of that state
which best knows how to carry on shameless intrigue amongst us.
Germany is that state. We are fighting in the hope of saving the
world from her immoral ideals; but we ere also fighting to restore
our self-respect.
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Only two more days to get your
eyes examined and glasses fitted
properly.
Make appointments with DR.
KEN I SON, at Cooney’* Hotel,
and
Do It Now
MACHINE RIFLES
ARE BEING MADE
ON LARGE SCALE
Browning Type of Gun to Be In
General Use Soon Along the
Western Front.
The Browning machine rifle,
model of 1918, air cooled, familiarly
called the “light Browning rifle,”
to be issued to the United States
army chiefly as an offensive weapon
and possessing remarkable advant
ages which have been fully demon
strated, is now being manufactured.
The ordnance department is ad
vised of the completion of more than
100 of these guns and that deliveries
will continue regularly and in in
creasing volume as shop machines
are mutiplied and manufacturing
personnel developed. It is estimated
that peak production will be reached
in June, when several thousand guns
of this type will be turned out each
week for the army.
Ahead of Contract Promise*
In this accomplishment the manu
facturers are ahead of their contract
promises to the ordnance department,
This is gratifying as it has beer
the experience of the government
heretofore that machine-gun produo
tion has rartly met pre-determined
schedules, owing to the tendency tc
make contract promises upon the
most favorable estimates of the man
ufacturing situation, which in the
case of new machine-gun productior
is particularly intricate. It is 2
matter of satisfaction that there has
been no delay in bringing the quan
tity manufacture of the Browning
rifle to a point which promises ade
quate supplies for the trench war
fare of the Expeditionary force anc
ample opportunity to give the nec
essary training in the use of thes<
guns to the mobilized army.
The board which tested the Brown
ing rifle last May, prior to its adop
tion by the war department, callec
particular attention to the manu
facturing problems involved and om
| of its recommendations in favor o1
! the rifle was that the inventor har
j approached the subject with a ful
knowledge and comprehensive pro
gram to meet the problems of manu
facture.
The Browning machine rifle i;
now in process of manufacture ir
three gun factories.
Production of the Colt-Browning
machine gun, model of 1918, watei
cooled, familiarly culled the “Brown
ing heavy machine gun,” and in
tended more as a defense weapon,
will begin within a few weeks in
four factories on a quantity basis
by machine processes. The ordnance
department is in receipt of assur
ances that manufacture of this type
will progress on terms favorably
comparing with the production now
in view of the Browning rifle.
Types Supplemented Each Other
These two types of machine guns
the inventions of John M. Browning,
whose achievements as a fire-arms
designer have given him world re
nown, supplemented each other in
their respective fields. The official
tests that have been made by the
ordnance department of the Brown
ing guns, taken in connection with
general machine-gun equipment and
plans, assure to the United States
army supremacy in this field of
equipment.
Miss Alta Russell, sister of Miss
Queenie Russell, has been offered
the position in the Commission tele
phone exchange, made vacant by
the resignation this week of Mrs.
Alderman. The new hello girl will
leave Fairbanks tomorrow morning
to assume her duties.
In the absence of other evidences
of the approach of spring, a force
of commission workers has been
busy the past few days removing
storm doors and windows from the
government buildings.
Paul Borak, Billy Himes and Gil
bert Gould arrived from the Middle
river yesterday and will remain in
town for a few days. They report
a prosperous catch.
WOMEN SHERIFFS
00 PATROL WORK
NEAR IHE CAMPS
The war department commisssion
on training: camp activities now has j
55 women deputy sheriffs doing
scouting and patrol work. Under
the girls' protective bureaus being
established by The Training Camps
Activities commission these protect
ive officers are working in vicinities
of camps in all parts of the country.
They have training and experience
in social work with girls. Their
work is intensely personal in char
acter and is chiefly concerned with
the problems of the individual girls
who come to their attention. They
wear no badge or distinguishing
mark of any kind .though they co
operate closely with the military
police and the local authorities.
Find Girl* at Camp*
“Often,” said Miss Maude Miner,
chairman of the Committee on Pro
tective Work for Girls, “the women
protective officers find girls in the
vicinity of the camps who are at
tracted by the presence of the uni
form. Some of these are girls who
have answered advertisements and
who arrive in camp cities with in
j sufficient funds; others are run
! aways from their homes in near-by
j cities and country towns. A girl
| resident of the town, who is dis
| posed to resist dicipline, is taken
jto her home by the woman protect
ive officer and her mother warned
of her danger. The officer also
visits near-by amusement places to
discover young girls who seem to
need protection and to see that local
ordinances are obeyed.”
Detention Homes Opened.
| In connection with protective work
I for girls, detention houses are being
j opened in several places near camps
j where girls may be housed tempor
S arily without coming in contact with
jail environment. The houses are
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in some cases, in quarters offered by
individuals who are interested in
| protective work.
j Fairbanksans have subscribed
! $100,000 to the Third Liberty Loan.
A mass meeting will be held at
; Fairbanks on Saturday night for
j the purpose of stimulating Liberty
Loan subscriptions.
Bam Perisich, who was arrested
at Fairbanks several days ago on an
insanity charge, was released yes
terday after a hearing in the com
missioner’s court.
j Mrs. Wilson, the wife of C. Herb
j Wilson, who has been a visitor in
j town for the past two weeks, re
turned to her home on the Wilson
• homestead, near Residency Three
(35-mile) on the train leaving yes
terday morning. While in town she
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ryus.
Mrs. I A. Alderman, who left here
yesterday afternoon with J. M. Bur
row’s’ dog team, to join the Barr
party, of which her husband is a
member, reached 43-mile at 1:30
a. m. today. The party left for
Lignite, enroute to Anchorage at
10 a. m. today.
Cam Kudsoff was placed under ar
rest at Fairbanks late yesterday af
ternoon on the charge of wife de
sertion, the complaint having been
sworn to by his wife, who is a resi- j
dent of Nenana.
ELECTRIC PUMPS
DECK PUMPS
FORCE PUMPS
PITCHER PUMPS
; WELL POINTS
Lang and Toledo
RANGES
JUST ARRIVED
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Stage Headquarters
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QUICK ACTION
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Office at t'oonev Hotel
ACCOMMODATING UNCLE
Uncle wants to borrow
All that I can lend.
Says he has to have it,
To accommodate a friend.
Never knew him scarey,
Never knew him rash,
Must be somethin' doin’
When Uncle calls for cash.
Guess the need is mighty
That corners him so tight.
They say he grudged his money.
They say he wouldn’t fight.
But they don’t know Uncle;
And they’ll learn a lot.
When they ccme to reckon
For the final shot.
Buy That Libery Bond Today.
No trouble to buy, cheap, con
venient, a real inveitment.—WAR
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^Let us grasp this opportunity^
./Your government is depending upon you in this, the most
critically and vital need of the war. The navy wants 100,000
extra pairs of eyes to spy out the enemy submarines of the
sea. If you have, or if you know of any of your friends hav
ing Spy-glasses, Binoculars, or any good Glasses to loan to
the government during the war, have them sent at once to
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, U. S. Naval Observatory,
Washington, D. C.
Your glasses will be tagged with your name and address,
and if not lost during the war, they will be returned to you.
You will help your country win the war,.. Think what this
will mean to you, and if you are fortunate enough to have
your galsses saved, you will possess a priceless souvenir; Who
knows but that your glasses will be the ones to spot a sub
marine, and you the American to save a Thousand American
Beys.
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