Why We Went to WarScribner, 1918 - 386 páginas |
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... allied states- man has yet been able to discover a serious split or any marked line of cleavage . If Germany were what we imagined it to be , the war could have been ended quickly and almost without bloodshed . It would simply have been ...
... allied states- man has yet been able to discover a serious split or any marked line of cleavage . If Germany were what we imagined it to be , the war could have been ended quickly and almost without bloodshed . It would simply have been ...
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... Allies have , any- thing which remotely corresponds to it in our national life . There is no parallel conception , and , therefore , no parallel word in French or Italian or English . When , for instance , we use the word Americanism we ...
... Allies have , any- thing which remotely corresponds to it in our national life . There is no parallel conception , and , therefore , no parallel word in French or Italian or English . When , for instance , we use the word Americanism we ...
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... ally but irresistibly forcing itself upon us is far more serious and big with consequences . It is not merely a gigantic war in which one shall finally be acclaimed the victor ; in which the points at issue shall be settled and the ...
... ally but irresistibly forcing itself upon us is far more serious and big with consequences . It is not merely a gigantic war in which one shall finally be acclaimed the victor ; in which the points at issue shall be settled and the ...
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... ally , had been forced to surrender most of her territory in Europe ; and especially after the sec- ond Balkan War , when Greece , Serbia , Rou- mania , and Montenegro succeeded in defeating Bulgaria , her remaining friend along the ...
... ally , had been forced to surrender most of her territory in Europe ; and especially after the sec- ond Balkan War , when Greece , Serbia , Rou- mania , and Montenegro succeeded in defeating Bulgaria , her remaining friend along the ...
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... ally . " Little Serbia was , therefore , forced to submit , though the discon- tent at the action of Austria - Hungary was about as keen in the annexed provinces as it was in the kingdom of Serbia itself . This tension , which was the ...
... ally . " Little Serbia was , therefore , forced to submit , though the discon- tent at the action of Austria - Hungary was about as keen in the annexed provinces as it was in the kingdom of Serbia itself . This tension , which was the ...
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Página 289 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty, We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Página 334 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of International covenants.
Página 113 - One of the things that has served to convince us that the Prussian autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that from the very outset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting communities and even our offices of government with spies and set criminal intrigues everywhere afoot against our national unity of counsel, our peace within and without, our industries and our commerce.
Página 287 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making: We will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Página 330 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Página 330 - Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated, occupied territories restored, Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan States to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality...
Página 137 - Government was terrible to a degree ; just for a word — " neutrality," a word which in war-time had so often been disregarded — just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
Página 350 - ... whether it was justice or dominion and the execution of their own will upon the other nations of the world that the German leaders were seeking. They have answered — answered in unmistakable terms. They have avowed that it was not justice, but dominion and the unhindered execution of their own will. The avowal has not come from Germany's statesmen. It has come from her military leaders, who are her real rulers. Her statesmen have said that they wished peace, and were ready to discuss its terms...
Página 328 - What we demand in this war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peace-loving nation...
Página 11 - Ye shall love peace as a means to new wars — and the short peace more than the long.