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    Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917
    Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917
    Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917
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    Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917

    By Woodrow Wilson

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    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academicwho served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Bornin Staunton, Virginia, he spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia andColumbia, South Carolina. 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateFeb 24, 2016
    ISBN9781531228170
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      Why We Are at War - Woodrow Wilson

      WHY WE ARE AT WAR : MESSAGES TO THE CONGRESS JANUARY TO APRIL 1917

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      Woodrow Wilson

      FIREWORK PRESS

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917

      By

      Woodrow Wilson

      Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 1917

      Published by Firework Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1924

      Copyright © Firework Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Firework Press

      Firework Press prints and publishes the greatest books about American history ever written, including seminal works written by our nation’s most influential figures.

      PUBLISHER’S NOTE

      This book presents in convenient form the memorable messages to the Congress read by President Wilson in January, February, and April, 1917. They should be read together, for only in this way is it possible to appreciate both the forbearance and the logic of events reflected in these consecutive chapters of history. While the great war message of April 2d is obviously the most momentous, its full significance is not made clear unless it is read as the climax of the preceding messages and also in connection with the President’s proclamation of a state of war on April 6th and his message to the American people of April 15th. While the approval of President Wilson was very naturally requested and obtained for the publication of these messages in collected form, the Publishers are responsible for the title and for captions. They have felt that they are rendering a service of permanent value by collecting and presenting these historic documents in the same form in which they have published President Wilson’s When a Man Comes to Himself, On Being Human, and The President of the United States.

      A WORLD LEAGUE FOR PEACE Message to the Senate January 22, 1917

      Gentlemen of the Senate:

      On the 18th of December last I addressed an identic note to the Governments of the nations now at war, requesting them to state, more definitely than they had yet been stated by either group of belligerents, the terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peace. I spoke on behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neutral nations like our own, many of whose most vital interests the war puts in constant jeopardy.

      The Central Powers united in a reply which stated merely that they were ready to meet their antagonists in conference to discuss terms of peace.

      ENTENTE REPLY WAS MORE DEFINITE

      The Entente Powers have replied much more definitely and have stated, in general terms, indeed, but with sufficient definiteness to imply details, the arrangements, guarantees, and acts of reparation which they deem to be the indispensable conditions of a satisfactory settlement.

      We are that much nearer a definite discussion of the peace which shall end the present war. We are that much nearer

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