 We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a Government, following such methods, we can never have a friend ; and that in the presence of its organized power, always lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose,...  The Immediate Causes of the Great War - Page 258by Oliver Perry Chitwood - 1918 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1917 - 920 pages
...statesman mindful of his duty as the trustee of his people would undertake it. As President Wilson put it, "in such a Government, following such methods, we can never have a friend." The cardinal conception which vitalizes the Allies' striving for peace provides for the settlement... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1931 - 836 pages
...Congress, wnen, on the 2d of April last, he advised the declaration of war against Germany. He said: We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a government (the German Government) following such methods we can never have a friend; and that in the presence... | |
 | 1918 - 728 pages
...at our very doors, the intercepted Note to the German Minister at Mexico City is eloquent evidence. We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose,...never have a friend, and that in the presence of its organised power, always lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, there can be no assured... | |
 | 1917 - 884 pages
...known since the beginning of August, 1914, that Prussian militarism is the "natural foe to liberty," and that "in the presence of its organized power,...security for the democratic governments of the world." It is too early to measure the material value of this great accession of strength to the side of the... | |
 | Roady Kenehan - 1917 - 614 pages
...at our very doors the intercepted note to the German Minister at Mexico City is eloquent evidence. We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose...such methods, we can never have a friend ; and that in1 the presence of its organized power, always lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose,... | |
 | 1918 - 962 pages
...covenants." 8. The sending by Germany of spies and intriguers into the United States. 9. Our conviction "that in such a government, following such methods,...lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world." 10. Our resolution to fight... | |
 | 1918 - 954 pages
...covenants." 8. The sending by Germany of spies and intriguers into the United States. 9. Our conviction "that in such a government, following such methods,...lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world." 10. Our resolution to fight... | |
 | 1917 - 962 pages
...Congress, when, on the secftnd of April last, he advised the declaration of war against Germany. He said : We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a government (the German government), following such methods, we can never have a friend; and that in the presence... | |
 | 1917 - 664 pages
...at our very doors the intercepted note to the German Minister at Mexico City is eloquent evidence. We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose...Governments of the world. We are now about to accept the gage of battle with this natural foe to liberty and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force... | |
 | Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1916 - 544 pages
...striking passage of an oration that will rank as one of the greatest ever addressed to a listening world : "We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose...lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world. We are now about to accept... | |
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