Current History, Volume 6New York Times Company, 1917 - History |
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Page 35
... enemy checkmated for two and a half years , and where , all that time , they had been harassed by German guns on the Messines - Wytschaete Ridge . For nearly two years several companies of Australian , New Zealand , and British sappers ...
... enemy checkmated for two and a half years , and where , all that time , they had been harassed by German guns on the Messines - Wytschaete Ridge . For nearly two years several companies of Australian , New Zealand , and British sappers ...
Page 36
... enemy garrison and machine gunners from the ef- fect of our bombardment . In short , no pre- caution was omitted that could be provided by the incessant labor of years , guided by the experience gained by the enemy in his previ- ous ...
... enemy garrison and machine gunners from the ef- fect of our bombardment . In short , no pre- caution was omitted that could be provided by the incessant labor of years , guided by the experience gained by the enemy in his previ- ous ...
Page 37
... enemy's squadrons far over his lines . In five days from June 1 forty - four separate machines were sent crashing down , and this morning very early flocks of airplanes went out to blind the enemy's eyes and report the progress of the ...
... enemy's squadrons far over his lines . In five days from June 1 forty - four separate machines were sent crashing down , and this morning very early flocks of airplanes went out to blind the enemy's eyes and report the progress of the ...
Page 38
... enemy's ground with a prolonged tumult . " Just as the day broke with crimson feathers unfolding in the eastern sky and flights of airmen , following other flights above the troops , rockets rose from the German lines . They were dis ...
... enemy's ground with a prolonged tumult . " Just as the day broke with crimson feathers unfolding in the eastern sky and flights of airmen , following other flights above the troops , rockets rose from the German lines . They were dis ...
Page 40
... enemy or destroy his material . Having used up all his Lewis gun ammunition upon the marching troops , one lad fired his signal rockets at the next group of men he saw . " They flew at the field gunners and put them to flight , at heavy ...
... enemy or destroy his material . Having used up all his Lewis gun ammunition upon the marching troops , one lad fired his signal rockets at the next group of men he saw . " They flew at the field gunners and put them to flight , at heavy ...
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Page 72 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts,— for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 302 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions...
Page 66 - ... supplying the nations already at war with Germany with the materials which they can obtain only from us or by our assistance. They are in the field, and we should help them in every way to be effective there.
Page 72 - ... all who are in fact loyal to their neighbors and to the Government in the hour of test.
Page 63 - I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history been deemed innocent and legitimate.
Page 72 - They are, most of them, as true and loyal Americans as if they had never known any other fealty or allegiance. They will be prompt to stand with us in rebuking and restraining the few who may be of a different mind and purpose. If there should be disloyalty, it will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression...
Page 67 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established...
Page 68 - It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.
Page 2 - The war was begun by the military masters of Germany, who proved to be also the masters of Austria-Hungary. These men have never regarded nations as peoples, men, women, and children of like blood and frame as themselves, for whom governments existed and in whom governments had their life. They have regarded them merely as serviceable organizations which they could by force or intrigue bend of corrupt to their own purpose.
Page 65 - The German Government denies the right of neutrals to use arms at all within the areas of the sea which it has proscribed, even in the defense of rights which no modern publicist has ever before questioned their right to defend.