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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1918)
FlMv. April a, wit. WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS Executive Head, History Depart- 1-otand Stanford Junior University "TM ebiect Of thla war la tn daliwai Ha free peoples of the world from the ""act and the actual powar of a vast military establishment control lad by an Irresponsible government, which, having i eeeratly planned to dominata the world, proceeded to carry out the plan without regard either to the aacred obllgatlone of treaty or the .long-eatablished prae ticea and long-cherished principle of In. ternational action and honor; . , . Thle power" ie not the German people. It la the nithleas master of the German peo pie. .... It la eur bualneat to see to it that the history of the rest of the -world It na longer left to ttt handling." President Wilson, August 27, 1917. Ellhu Boot ; tfcjB ttatuleu uuiuvcrnui; jotm iduvui umnj am for themselves alone bat tor all who are oppress.' Uiyd CtaBrf aMrtaf that If all muMtrtm sad ! cratiealty organised, tali war would not haw taken plaw; that thla win detenaia Bat Bonly Interna tional relatieaa, oat will affect the lives of people toirkes thMr own ne Hom, for aMranoaa to ooim; that, thla war li to mi is "international democracy," L v to liberty, equal ity, and fraternity, kettoeea nations, I great and small. General Santa, for merly a aoldler againat Great Britain in South Africa, says that the eaaencc of this war is the qnestion whether governments should ha founded on military might or on "principles of equity, justice, fairness and equality." Various writers have depicted this war as a test of democracy, to de termine whether democracy can ad just itself to an emergency so that by sheer efficiency it shall at least equal the efficiency of a military autocracy. DEMOCRACY VERSUS AUTOCRACY nd assert that on this ground alone It is commonly said that this war the future government of all the na is one in which America was forced tlon8 of the world is at stake. Will to take part ia order to "make the Crooks, the British labor leader, says world safe for democracy" What t"1 war "1 paople'a war. We are all does the phrase mean? . ,n It, the man at the Tillage pump and The theories and acts of the Or- I the fields, the blacksmith, the car- IT t ' 1 .-. s Z r-v C . man military autocracy definitely deny the right of the people of a state to rule themselves. The German people, in spite of forms of government that make a pretense of popular control, have no such actual control over their governors as exists in democratically organised nations. In those nations the governors can be removed by a vote of the people in a general elec tion; in Germany the people have not this power. The aristocracy of Germany under stand this difference, and are afraid' of the spread of democracy in Ger many. The whole, much-admired "effi ciency" of Germany is primarily due to a desperate and constant effort by Germany's rulers to' divert the German leople from thoughts of self-government, by offering them material pros- perity. And the rulers have suc ceeded. One ot the causes of this war was the necessity, by still fur ther "glorious acquisitions of terri tory," to hush the murmurings of political discontent in Germany. Vic tory in war, every so often, is a nec essity at the German system. "It is for social as much as for national and political reasons that we must fix our minds incessantly upon war."! "Success is necessary to gain influ ence over the masses," wrote Bern hardt; and General Von' Biasing, just before his death, wrote a "Political Testament," since largely circulated in Germany, in which he argued for the retention of Belgium, because, unlets it were annexed, the prestige of the military autocracy would receive a fatal blow. Are we are the Allies then fight ing to impose upon Germany a dif ferent system; is that the meaning of "making the world - safe for democ racy T" . ,-' . THE UNIVERSAL CAR It's no longer necessary to go into details describ ing the practical merits of the Ford car everybody knows all about 'The Universal Car." How it goes and comes day after day and year after year at an operat ing expense so small that it's wonderful. This adver tisement is to urge prospective buyers to place orders without delay as the war has produced conditions which may interfere with normal production.' Buy a Ford car when you can get one. Well take good care of your order get your Ford to you soon as possible and give the best in "after-service" when required. penter and joiner, the shipwright, and the man of leisure. We are standing together because we ore fighting for liberty:' Yes, this war is one in which ideals of government, of individual liberty, of civilization itself are In conflict Democracy is lined up against auto-; racy. The war is in absolute fact a I war of ideals. But we are not fight-1 mg to impose our ideals upon any 1 nation. What we are fighting for, in "making the world safe for democ racy," is to prevent a military autoc racy from imposing its authority and its ideals upon us. We are ready to keep on minding our own business. and to let other nations do the. same. a military autocracy tnat proposes to conquer the world must be de feated, to the point where it. renounces meddling with other nations, great or small, or there is no peace in the world. That is the issue at stake; and in it rests our safety and the safety of the world. .Erickson Beaverton and Hilbboro Otto St. Cecelia's Parish Locals. This is the fifth of a series of tan articles by Prof ear or Adams, TWO-SEATED HACK for sale double or single. Good as new. S. H. Zimmermann, Beaverton. (Continued from Page 2) matter there, with the assur ance that the War Garden, hav ing been duly initiated and ap propriately named, woui f tain no further damage in the future. That the War Garden will go ralgia for the occupuants. With on throughout the summer and the laying of new tiling for bet fall is now doubly insured. ter drainage the house here The Annual May dinner will after will afford splendid sani be served by the ladies of the tation for the dwelling place of parish and amusements will be the pastor. rendered by the school on May 12. V.. W. E. Taylor of Hillsboro last Saturday installed a new septic tank for the parish house. 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