Why We Went to WarScribner, 1918 - 386 páginas |
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... that the treachery of conspirators dragged us unwillingly into a forced war . That national something you must conceal from foreign eyes . . . . Not as · weak - willed blunderers have we undertaken the fearful risk 14 WHY WE WENT TO WAR.
... that the treachery of conspirators dragged us unwillingly into a forced war . That national something you must conceal from foreign eyes . . . . Not as · weak - willed blunderers have we undertaken the fearful risk 14 WHY WE WENT TO WAR.
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... domestic policy and none on foreign . The way in which the world is governed is to them a mystery . They know only that men must obey their rulers , and in The Kaiser has said it : " Great ideals have 22 WHY WE WENT TO WAR.
... domestic policy and none on foreign . The way in which the world is governed is to them a mystery . They know only that men must obey their rulers , and in The Kaiser has said it : " Great ideals have 22 WHY WE WENT TO WAR.
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... foreign Power from murdering our women and children or barring to us the free paths of the sea . it is now a show of strength to prove whether a free people rising in its might can maintain such rights against a centralized military ...
... foreign Power from murdering our women and children or barring to us the free paths of the sea . it is now a show of strength to prove whether a free people rising in its might can maintain such rights against a centralized military ...
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... foreign capital . " These classes of people either consciously or instinc- tively prefer peace to war ; but they are only a sort of makeweight in political matters , with limited influence on public opinion , or they are silent social ...
... foreign capital . " These classes of people either consciously or instinc- tively prefer peace to war ; but they are only a sort of makeweight in political matters , with limited influence on public opinion , or they are silent social ...
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... foreign politics in Germany ? Who gives the life impulse to economic driving forces . ? Absolutely none other , for a quarter of a cen- tury , than the Pan - Germans . They have ac- quired a greater influence on the shaping of national ...
... foreign politics in Germany ? Who gives the life impulse to economic driving forces . ? Absolutely none other , for a quarter of a cen- tury , than the Pan - Germans . They have ac- quired a greater influence on the shaping of national ...
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accept action affairs alliance Allies American Journal American passports arms army attempt August Austria Austria-Hungary Balkan Balkan War Baron Beyens Belgian Belgium believe belligerents Berlin Bernstorff Britain British Bulgaria Central Powers Chancellor citizens contraband covenants December December 18 declared desire Deutschtum diplomatic Emperor enemy England Europe fact fighting force Foreign France French future German Embassy German Empire Germany's gium guarantee Helfferich Herr honor humanity Imperial German Government Imperial Government interest international law issue Italy Jagow Journal of International July justice Kaiser league of nations Lusitania ment military Minister naval negotiations neutral officers ourselves Papen peace plain political possible present President Wilson's principles proposal protest Prussian purpose question ready refused regard Reichstag reply Rumania Russia seas Secretary Serbia settlement ships Special Supplement speech spirit statement submarine territory tion treaty ultimatum United Vernon Kellogg vessels violation warfare Wilson wish
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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.