"It really wants war, but everybody joins himself with the theory that he couldn't do otherwise, and reasons himself to the inevitable. Nor can there be any doubt about this—the nation will, solid as a wall, support every declaration of the President and Congress once it has been made. Americans of German birth or descent will join in this support, no matter how their hearts may bleed in thinking of the brethren across the sea. That is their loyalty. The question which most vitally occupies us at present culminates the question. What will be the direct consequence? It will not be a favorable one for the central powers. From the words of the President, it is clear that even if the German empire should have up the whole war, upon which it has staked every time, and which already has come in many a friendship, the United States would not yet be satisfied.

"The impression which our entrance into the war will create in France, Russia, and Italy, each of which contrives were tiring of the conflict and ready for peace—the impression that will be created in these lands when they hear that this young and rich and active nation enters on their side is bound to add new strength to the entente." 