We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples.
Woodrow Wilson: “We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace…”
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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany
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public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at twelve o'clock on the fourth day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive.
For many months there has been a demand that war agencies should be abolished and that there should be less Government interference with business.
The price of wheat is a world price; and it is a matter of little moment whether the Canadian wheat goes directly into the markets of the other countries of the world or indirectly through this country.
Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.





