The Masses

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(Vol. 9 No. 8: Speaker addresses Woodrow Wilson, not TR)
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''"It is not a war for democracy. It did not originate in a dispute about democracy, and it is unlikely to terminate in a democratic settlement."''
 
''"It is not a war for democracy. It did not originate in a dispute about democracy, and it is unlikely to terminate in a democratic settlement."''
  
The Masses heavily criticized the U.S's involvement in the war, and Eastman contributes to this by attacking Roosevelt's intentions, claiming that the U.S. has caught war-fever and that the war, at heart, was never about liberty to begin with.
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The Masses heavily criticized the U.S's involvement in the war, and Eastman contributes to this by attacking Wilson's intentions, claiming that the U.S. has caught war-fever and that the war, at heart, was never about liberty to begin with.
  
 
''"If you can not raise in our population a volunteer army of one million men for this war, then the American democracy does not want this war; and to call it a democratic war, or a war for democracy, while you whip them to it, is an insult in their faces."''
 
''"If you can not raise in our population a volunteer army of one million men for this war, then the American democracy does not want this war; and to call it a democratic war, or a war for democracy, while you whip them to it, is an insult in their faces."''
  
Challenging the President on the true intent of the war, Eastman asks a series of questions to Roosevelt in his article that question whether the war is a war for democracy:
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Challenging the President on the true intent of the war, Eastman asks a series of questions to Wilson in his article that question whether the war is a war for democracy:
  
 
# Would the U.S. end the war with a democratic Germany putting aside views on submarine war and trade of arms and munitions?
 
# Would the U.S. end the war with a democratic Germany putting aside views on submarine war and trade of arms and munitions?
# Would Roosevelt recant his statement that citizens shouldn't engage in assisting revolution in other states?
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# Would Wilson recant his statement that citizens shouldn't engage in assisting revolution in other states?
 
# Would he promote a German group promoting democratic ideals?
 
# Would he promote a German group promoting democratic ideals?
 
# Would he make a peace agreement with the Reichstag (parliament) where the only item absolutely required is peace?
 
# Would he make a peace agreement with the Reichstag (parliament) where the only item absolutely required is peace?

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