Annapolis Commencement Address
06/04/1914
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It is a case of 'put up or shut up.'
It is made for the protection of the weak peoples of the world and not for the aggrandizement of the strong.
That is a noble achievement, and it is largely due to the influence of such great peoples as the people of America.
There is a method of adjustment in that treaty by which the reparation shall not be pressed beyond the point which Germany can pay.