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IT Friday, May 17, 1918. THE BEAVERTON TIMES Page Five ,1 WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY By EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS Executlvo Head, History Depart ment Leland Stanford Junior University "The object of this war Is to deliver the free copies 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-eitabllshed prac tices and long-cherished principles of In ternational action and honor; . . , This cower Is not the German people. It Is the ruthless master of the German peo- Rle. . . It is our business to see to : 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 FOR SELF-RESPECT. , What sort of a peace does Germany hope to ' secure? That can be an swered in a sentence: a peace which will enable her to fulfill in the next war the aims she has failed to fwV fill in this. What is the peace the j Allies wish? Again the answer is brief: a peace that will make sure that "it shall not happen again." This 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 Ger many believes in war? Here are four leaders of Germany speaking: "Per petual 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 multitude of pitiful, trembling, miserable creatures . . i who cling fast to life with loud cries! about their 'right' to exist, block the way for real strength, make the airj fetid, and altogether defile the blood i of the nation." "The worst of hypoc risies is the participation by Ger-j maiiy In The Hague Conference." "We roust not look for permanent peace asj a result of this war. Heaven defend' Germany from that." And Treitschke,' the historian-tutor to the military class of Germany, taught over and over again that war was the only i means of achieving world leadership: that war "is to be conceived as an' ordinance set by God"; that "war is' just and moral, and that the idea of' eternal peace is both unjust and im moral and impossible." TheBe theories, put in practice, have made of Germany the Cain of, civiliza tion "his hand against every man's hand." In self-defense and in mere self-respect, 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 out-spoken moral opponents of the present Ger man policy, and of the German State, so long as It holds this present pol icy, and carries on Its present war. . . . Germany, as at present dls- is the willful and deliberate enemy of the humanrace." (Josiah Royce.) ' .. But if there be any who hv not this larger vision of the Issues of the war who are not moved to stake all on the abstractJtMeoHur cause then let them art ttetfftelves . what self-respect as a 'demands '."01 America, and of trm Africans, under the treatment we received from Ger many. When the European war came In 1914; and while we were still neutral, what Insult was not "heaped upon .our self-respect? The Austrian Ambas sador, Dumba, plotted, to organize strikes In our munitions factories, and to buy up agitators to Incite workmen to -discontent. German spies, now con- vlcted and In jail, have admitted that they worked under the direction of high German officials 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 defiance of our laws, and in in solent disregard of International dip lomatic 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 astounding almost to disbelief.- - j The German acts have startled us at last to the knowledge that the nation , which permits them without resent- j ment is no nation In that essential quality of patriotism self-respect. Without that quality, we are but a mass of disorganized peoples, having no influence in world affairs, and ul timately at the mercy of that state which best knows how to carry on shameless intrigues amongst us. Ger many is that state. We are fighting in the hope of saving the world from her immoral ideals; out we are also fighting to restore our self-respect. D "I "- .. THE UNIVERSAL CAR It's rtt) 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. We'll take good care of your order get your Ford to you soon as possible: And rive the best in "after-service" when required. Ericksoe Otto Beaverton and Hillsboro This is the eighth of a series of ten ' articles b" Professor Adams. One ounce less or meat each day for everyone means a saving of 4, 400,d00 meat aniratls a year. Save your ounce. 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