In Our First Year of War

About this eBook

Author

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Title

In our first year of war : messages and addresses to the Congress and the people, March 5, 1917, to January 8, 1918

Credits

Produced by Jennie Gottschalk, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., American

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24668

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24668

Release Date

February 22, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF WAR — MESSAGES AND ADDRESSES TO THE CONGRESS AND THE PEOPLE MARCH 5, 1917, TO JANUARY 8, 1918
2. 2.WOODROW WILSON — HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON — BOOKS BY — WOODROW WILSON
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF WAR
6. 6.THE SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS — A COSMOPOLITAN EPOCH AT HAND — THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION — OUR NATIONAL PLATFORM — A UNITY OF PURPOSE AND ACTION
7. 7.WE MUST ACCEPT WAR — GERMANY'S RUTHLESS POLICY — GERMAN WARFARE AGAINST MANKIND — BELLIGERENCY THRUST UPON US — WHAT THIS WILL INVOLVE — OUR MOTIVES AND OBJECTS — PEACE THROUGH FREE PEOPLES — A CHALLENGE OF HOSTILE PURPOSE — OPPOSITION TO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT — FRIENDSHIP TOWARD THE GERMAN PEOPLE — RIGHT MORE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE
8. 8.A STATE OF WAR
9. 9."SPEAK, ACT AND SERVE TOGETHER" — WHAT WE MUST DO — GREATER EFFICIENCY — THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FARMERS — THE DUTY OF MIDDLEMEN — THE MEN OF THE RAILWAYS — THE SUPREME TEST
10. 10.THE CONSCRIPTION PROCLAMATION — THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE — THE WORK OF REGISTRATION — NEGLECT OF DUTY AND FRAUD — A CALL TO GOVERNORS — REGISTRATION BY MAIL — THE WHOLE NATION AN ARMY — NOT A DRAFT OF THE UNWILLING — DAY OF PATRIOTIC DEVOTION
11. 11.CONSERVING THE NATION'S FOOD — A SHARP LINE OF DISTINCTION — THE END TO BE ATTAINED — THE FIXING OF PRICES — NO FEAR OF BUREAUCRACY
12. 12.AN ANSWER TO CRITICS
13. 13.MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS — A HERITAGE FROM THE DEAD — AMERICA'S FULL FRUITION
14. 14.A STATEMENT TO RUSSIA — AMERICA SEEKS NO CONQUEST — THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE INVOLVED
15. 15.FLAG-DAY ADDRESS — WHY WE ARE AT WAR — THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONFLICT — THE PLAN OF CONQUEST — THE TALK OF PEACE — THE PRESENT AIM OF GERMANY — THIS IS A PEOPLES' WAR
16. 16.AN APPEAL TO THE BUSINESS INTERESTS — PATRIOTISM AND PROFITS APART — IS A BRIBE NECESSARY? — HIGH FREIGHTS AID GERMANY — THE LAW TO DEAL WITH OFFENDERS — PRICES MEAN VICTORY OR DEFEAT
17. 17.REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE COMMUNICATION OF THE POPE TO THE BELLIGERENT GOVERNMENTS
18. 18.THE PROPOSAL FROM THE VATICAN — THE TEST THAT MUST BE APPLIED — THE GERMAN RULERS CANNOT BE TRUSTED
19. 19.A MESSAGE TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS — THE COMMON SCHOOL HAS A PART TO PLAY
20. 20.WOMAN SUFFRAGE MUST COME NOW — NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT
21. 21.THE THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION
22. 22.LABOR MUST BEAR ITS PART — GERMANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR — SUCCESS BY AUTHORITY — THE POLITICAL POWER OF THE WORLD — LABOR MUST BE FREE — AMERICANS MUST CO-OPERATE — BETTER CONDITIONS MAY BE AT HAND
23. 23.ADDRESS TO CONGRESS — WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR — THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA LED ASTRAY — JUSTICE AND REPARATION — OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD GERMANY — THE RIGHTS OF THE CENTRAL POWERS — TRUTH AS THE ANTIDOTE — THE WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA — A STRICTER GRIP ON ENEMY ALIENS — A FURTHER LIMITING OF PRICES — THE WINNING OF THE WAR
24. 24.PROCLAMATION OF WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGARY — NEED ONLY OBEY THE LAWS — A FRIENDLY ATTITUDE IS URGED — FEW REGULATIONS
25. 25.THE GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE RAILROADS — IN FAIRNESS TO THE RAILROADS — INVESTORS TO BE PROTECTED — A RECOGNITION OF FACTS
26. 26.GOVERNMENT OPERATION OF RAILROADS — NEED OF UNITED DIRECTION — AS LITTLE DISTURBANCE AS POSSIBLE — COMPENSATION SHOULD BE GUARANTEED — SELECTION OF MCADOO AS DIRECTOR
27. 27.THE TERMS OF PEACE — SIGNIFICANCE IN PARLEYS — LLOYD GEORGE'S AIMS APPROVED — WOULD LIKE TO AID RUSSIA — THE DEFINITE PROGRAM — BELGIUM MUST BE RESTORED — INDEPENDENCE FOR POLAND — GERMANY'S SPOKESMEN AN ISSUE
28. 28.APPENDIX — STATE DEPARTMENT'S REVISED LIST OF NATIONS AT WAR WHICH HAVE BROKEN RELATIONS — DECLARATIONS OF WAR — SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS — POPULATION OF THE NATIONS — THE END

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