WHY WE ARE AT WAR

A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Profusely illustrated. 5 volumes. 8vo

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WHY

WE ARE AT WAR

MESSAGES TO THE CONGRESS

JANUARY TO APRIL, 1917

WHY WE ARE AT WAR

Printed in the United States of America Published May, 1917

CHAP.

I.

CONTENTS

A WORLD LEAGUE FOR PEACE

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1917

Message to the Senate, January 22, 1917.

Message to the Congress, February 3, 1917.

III. REQUEST FOR A GRANT OF POWER

Message to the Congress, February 26, 1917.

IV. WE MUST ACCEPT War.

V.

Message to the Congress, April 2, 1917.

A STATE OF WAR

The President's Proclamation of April 6, 1917.

VI. "SPEAK, ACT, AND SERVE TOGETHER"

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Message to the American people, April 15,

1917.