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I beg the gentlemans pardon. You can not find any substantiation anywhere for the statement that GermanAmerican naturalized citizens have engaged in any sulch actions as those you charge. lVlr. GARDNER. But our pacifist friend. See where his doctrine is carrying him. His hatred of militarism would halt the very arms Which are striving to destroy militarism. If he had his way- he would paralyze the only force In the universe which. stands between him and the tender mercies of armed autocracy. "Peace." cries the pacifist. "Peace at any price. peace at the German price! Arbitration! Compromise! Anything for pec L.et us arbitrate." said King John of England at Runnymede. "Not so." said the barons. "we will fight It out." So King John was forced to yield. the Magna Charta was signed. and tie liberties of Englishmen were gained. "Let us have peace. we will grant you all you ask except independence." said the ritish Parliament on March 2. 1778. "Not so." said the American patriots. "we will fight It out." So we fought it out. and -Great Britain was forced to yield and the liberties of Americans were gained. "This Civil War Is a failure." said a great American political party in 1864. "let us compromise our dispute with the Confederacy without settling the question of slavery." "Not so." said the Union. "we will fight It out." So we fought it out. and who is there today.