AMERICA'S ENTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1918, Page 6

AMERICA'S ENTRY.

i FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. STEADFAST DETERMINATION TO WIN. NEW YORK, April 7. The President delivered a speech at Baltimore, and members of the Cabinet spoke in other centres, while the country •was beflagged in celebration of the anniversary of America's entry into the war. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. Wilson said he accepted Germany's challenge and her appeal to force. Righteous force would cast all selfish dominion in the dust.. The triumph of German arms would mean the ruin of American ideals. German propaganda would deceive nobody. Germany's appeal to force must be met with righteoun force. The only peace was a just peace for the strong and tho weak alike. The German peace in Russia showed what Germany meant when she spoke of peace. Speaking at Philadelphia, Mr. W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, said: " We do not intend to let the Kaiser establish civilisation at the bayonet's point. We shall re-establish civilisation on the secure foundation of justice. America' is undaunted. She sends defiance to her foes, and to tne enemies of free peoples everywhere. It is idle to talk of peace. There will not be peace until the Allies achieve victory. Mr. James Beck delivered a speech condemning the tendency to boastfulness, adding, '■ We must place our backs to the wall. America must go on or go under. God grant the words ' too late* will not be the epitaph on our war efforts." Earl Reading, special British Minister to the United States, announced that Queen Alexandra had sent a message of greeting to the American women on the anniversary of the country's entry into the war, saying. " It Is my earnest j pray to God to guide nnd guard our righteous cause."