Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1917 — WE MUST WIN. [ARTICLE]

WE MUST WIN.

Willima J. Bryan speaks a profound truth when he says that “We Must Win” this war. There is but one great task before the American people right now; it is the task of winning this, the greatest war in the world’s history. It is doubtful if all of us have come to appreciate the necessity for winning or the price that must be paid. We must win regardless of the price. Writing in the Commoner Mr. Bryan says: Those, who, before the United States entered the war, thought it better to remain neutral and postpone until after the war the settlement of differences with belligerent nations, will have no difficulty in recognizing the change in the situation caused by our own nation’s entrance into the war. Had we remained neutral we might have been able to act as mediator and thus rendered an important service to the world. In entering the war, however, we surrendered that opportunity and incurred the enmity of the central powers. A new situation, therefore, confronts us. We must'not only protect ourselves from those who are now our enemies, but we must find an opportunity for world service in aiding to arrange a permanent peace, built on justice, liberty and democracy. ■ . We must win. Defeat is inconceivable —it would be indescribably unfortunate if it were possible. We cannot allow any foreign nation to determine the destiny of the United States——especially a nation committed, as Germany is, to arbitrary government and militarism. Neither can we afford to have our allies overcome —that would bring upon us the disasters of defeat or the burden of carrying on the war alone. The quickset way to peace is to go straight through, supporting the government in all it undertakes, no matter how long the war lasts or how much it costs. We must win. Any discord or division, after the government has acted, would prolong the war and increase its cost in money and men.