...people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been1o thrust upon it ; and that it take immediate steps...Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war. 15 • ••••• • Our object is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life...

...of the United Stafc*; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thue lieen tlirust upon it; and that it take immediate steps not only...Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war ... It will involve the utmost practicable co-operation in counsel and action with the Governments...

...against the Government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that it take...resources to bring the Government of the German Empire to term* and end the war ... It will involve the utmost practicable co-operation in counsel and action...

...the government and the people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that it take...its power and employ all its resources to bring the Goverment of the German Empire to terms and end the war. In giving reasons for our taking up the sword...

...take im- St ates . mediate steps not only to put the country in a more thorough 8 WHY AMERICA FIGHTS state of defense, but also to exert all its power...Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war . . . ; . "The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations...

...and that immediate steps be taken "not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defence, but also to exert all its power and employ all its...government of the German Empire to terms and end the war." This would, he said, "involve the utmost practicable co-operation and action with the governments now...

...finance for our guidance in this great crisis. The President, calling upon Congress and the country to "exert all its power and employ all its resources...government of the German Empire to terms and end the war, " states what this will involve in the way of economic and financial preparation in these propositions:...

...against the Government and people of the United States: that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it and that it take...immediate steps not only to put the country in a more thoro state of defense, but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the Government...

...the 1 From the Nineteenth Century .and After, May 1917« 350 status of a belligerent which is thus thrust upon it ; and that it take immediate steps,...only to put the country in a more thorough state of defence, but also to exert all its power and to employ its resources to bring the Government of the...

...accept the 1 From the Nineteenth Century and After, May 1917, status of a belligerent which is thus thrust upon it ; and that it take immediate steps,...only to put the country in a more thorough state of defence, but also to exert all its power and to employ its resources to bring the Government of the...