Why we are at war, published by order of Minnesota Commission of Public Safety. Our government did not declare war on Germany. It declared that a state of war existed, because Germany was already committing acts of war ... If we are beaten, what have we a right to expect? What Germany has already inflicted on conquered peoples: Towns laid waste; homes desolated. Men driven into slavery. Women driven into slavery, worse than slavery. Huge indemnities that shall cripple all industries ...