 President was thinking only of a peace based upon a stalemate ; it was then his apparent conviction that both sides to the struggle were about equally in the wrong and that a decisive victory of either would not be a good thing for the world. Yet it is...  The World's Work - Page 267edited by - 1922Full view - About this book
 | University of Wisconsin - World War, 1914-1918 - 1918 - 274 pages
...safe for democracy." In these words, spoken before the joint session of Congress upon April 2, 1917, when he asked Congress to declare the existence of a state of war between our own government and the government of the German Empire, President Wilson gave to us and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1918 - 718 pages
...establishing a League of Nations. THE UNITED STATES AND THE WAR. — When, on April 2, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare the existence of a state of war with Germany (see last RECORD, p. 23), he made reference to the allies of that power, observing that " they have... | |
 | United States. Committee on Public Information - World War, 1914-1918 - 1918 - 388 pages
...Brand Whitlock and American Relief Commission withdrawn from Belgium. Apr. 2. President Wilson asks Congress to declare the existence of a state of war with Germany. Apr. 6. United States declares war on Germany. Apr. 8. Austria-Hungary severs diplomatic relations... | |
 | Roland Greene Usher - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 382 pages
...Brand Whitlock and American Relief Commission withdrawn from Belgium. Apr. 2. President Wilson asks Congress to declare the existence of a state of war with Germany. Apr. 6. The United States declares war on Germany. Apr. 8. Austria-Hungary severs diplomatic relations... | |
 | Kelly Miller - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 748 pages
...Brand Whitloek and American Relief Commission withdrawn from Belgium. Apr. 2 — President Wilson asks Congress to declare the existence of a state, of war with Germany. i Apr. 6 — United States declares war on/ Germany. Apr. 8 — Austria-Hungary severs diplomatic relations... | |
 | Burton Jesse Hendrick - Ambassadors - 1922 - 522 pages
...take seriously the activities of a President whose own political position was insecure. At the tune Page's letter was received, the President was thinking...peace, that the United States owes it to its democratic tradition to take up arms against the enemy of free government, that in doing this, it was not making... | |
 | CHARLES F. HORNE, WALTER F. AUSTIN - 1923 - 1528 pages
...toward winning this war was taken when the President of the United States, on April 2nd, in advising Congress to declare the existence of a state of war with Germany, pointed out what war would involve and demand. The striking thing about that historic address was not... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Walter Forward Austin - World War, 1914-1918 - 1923 - 500 pages
...toward winning this war was taken when the President of the United States, on April 2nd, in advising Congress to declare the existence of a state of war with Germany, pointed out what war would involve and demand. The striking thing about that historic address was not... | |
 | Burton Jesse Hendrick - Ambassadors - 1924 - 478 pages
...I can work for anything. I am, Mr. President, most faithfully and gratefully yours, WALTER H. PAGE. of a peace based upon a stalemate; it was then his...peace, that the United States owes it to its democratic tradition to take up arms against the enemy of free government, that in doing this, it was not making... | |
 | Burton Jesse Hendrick - Great Britain - 1922 - 472 pages
...shall, in whatever way I can, work for its complete realization as long as I can work for anything. I am, Mr. President, most faithfully and gratefully...peace, that the United States owes it to its democratic tradition to take up arms against the enemy of free government, that in doing this, it was not making... | |
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