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President W
To Dech
Mr. Wilson in Ring
Urges Cooperati
In Warfare
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WHAT THE PRESIDE >T <? !
ASKS. <S> ;
1. A declaration that Ger- $>
many'* acts constitute war ?
against the United States. <?>
i Mobilization of every
American Kesouree to Meet &
and overcome the hostility of
the German government. &
3. Full cooperation with the
' entente allies, including liber- <?
m financial credits.
4. The raising, on the basis
of the principle of universal
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# an army of 500,000 men, to
be followed by similar mere- &
meats as fast as they can be
<$ trained and equipped. S>
5. Bringing the nayy to its -t>
^ strongest war footing, inelud- ^
ing facilities for dealing with
# submarines. *
Washington, April 2.?President
Wilson tonight asked congress to de
clare a state of war existing between
the United States and Germany. While
the news of the torepaoing of the
teteamer Aztec?the first American
armed ship to sail in the war zone?
was being told from mouth to mouth
in the capitol, the president, appear
ing before the house and senate !n
-rvnrvlnta cVaH OOTieTftSS to
ynjuu b i wviuuvw, ^?0
'^cognize and deal with. Germany's
-warfare on America.
The president said war with Ger- 5
many would involve the practical co- 1
operation with the governments now1]
at war with Germany including lib-1
eral financial credits. He urged the <
raising of an army of at least half a 2
million men, with similar increments
to follow as fast as they can be train- i
ed, on the principle of "universal :
iiofHiKfw militarv sflrvice/' f
bV MA*?^
The president made it clear that I
no action was being taken against j
Austria, Bulgaria or Turkey, and that
it was against the Prussian auto
cracy, which has conclusively dem
onstrated that it can not live at peace
with the United States and not
against the German people that action
was necessary.
Guarded by Cavalry.
The president reached the capitol
- ~ - - - --i- * ~ v.*. v; ?
aoout sr4u ocwck. a? au? ui&
tor swung around before the east
front the two troops of cavalry on
guard sabres glittering under the
arc light, swept the plaza clear while
the hundred cheered.
He was taken immediately to the
speaker's room and then into the
waiting house chamber, as the sena
tors entered just before the presi
dent The six members of the su
preme court who had taken seats In
maaVar'a Bland RtOOd
tivut vi UiV 0)>vuuw. ? W.I . ?.
and faced about. They remained
standing until the last senator had
entered.
The president entered at S: 42
o'clock amid deafening cheers. Never
in the history of his administration
had he been cheered as he was to
night. The cheering lasted for two
minutes. Senators La Follette. Stone
and Cummins, who helped defeat the^
armed neutrality bill, did not join iji
++10 Spnator "La Follette, I
stood with arms crossed and head
sunk over his chest. Senator Lane,
another of the group, applauded mild
ly and Senator Kenyon a little more
vigorously.
Of all the audience, Senator La
Follette stood out. Seated well down
in front with folded arms, he gazed j
steadily at the president and gave himj
the closest attention.
As the president proceeded with
his address the chamber became quiet,
members seldom moved in their seats.
Not until the president declared "we,
will not choose the path of submis
sion" did his auditors applaud. Those
words, however, moved them to pell
ing and hand clapping. No attempt
was made by Speaker Clark to curb
the demonstration.
lAv wav Qfan
' CliCCl B I"1 77 ?& OVb]r? I
Scarcely had sound died away I <
when the president declared that the <
congress should declare that a state j
of war existed. A second demonstra- <
tion began. Representative Caldwell <
of New York rose and yelled. <
All the supreme court judges stood! 1
and Chief Justice "WhiteVsmiled and ;
clapped his hands, as did Justices <
Pitney and Clarke. Senators Cum- <
mins, Kenyon, Stone. La Follette and i
Lane gave no expression.
The declaration that this country ;
should help the allies until the end j
of the war also was cheered.
The greatest outburst came whenj
nrocWoTit f?<ar?i9rprt fnr an army of I <
500,000 men and universal service.
Applause greeted the declaration
regarding supplying the needs of the
allies.
"We have no quarrel with the Ger
man people," was another statement
which received an enthusiastic re
ception.
Mention of the recent overthrow of
the Russian monarchy brought loud
cheers.
Senator Stone, sitting in the second
row. rested nis nean on gib nana? ;
and listened with srim face.
A vociferous outburst greeted the <
declaration. t^t "if there should be i
disloyalty it >?e ^ealt with fcy a 1
v firm haM ***% repression." 1
Thunderon* followed the 1
resident's r1?*r<y statement i
rilson Asks C
ire State of
ITlg swureas
on With Allies
Against Germany j
'the day has come when America is
privileged to spend her blood and her 1
night for the principles that gave
ler birth and happiness and the peace ;
svhich she had treasured."
Most of the senators unfolded the'
lags they wore in their outside coat i
c anH w??ve>d them visorously.!
The president spoke a lialf an hour.!
When the president had finished j
speaking resolutions to declare a
state of war existing were introduc
ed in both houses of congress, re
ferred to appropriate committees and
A-ill be debated tomorrow. There Is
10 doubt of their passing.
The objects of the United States in
entering the war, the president said,
ivere to vindicate the principles of
3eace and justice against "selfish and
lutocratic power." Without selfish
A* nr /irvmirunn Kfxpk- i
ng no indemnities, or material com
pensations for the sacrifices it shall
nake, the United States must enter
:he "war, the president said, to make
:he world safe for democracy, as only
:>ne of the champions of the rights
)f mankind, and would be satisfied
vhen those rights were as secure ad
:he faith and. freedom of nations could i
i.ia&.e lucui. |
The president's address was sent in :
full to Germany by a German official
aews agency for publication in that j
country. The text also went to Eng- j
[and, and a summary of its contents.
was sent around the world to other
nations.
To carry on an active warfare
against the German government,
wrhich he characterized as a "natural
foe to liberty,'' the president recom
mended:
Utmost practical cooperation in;
counsel and action with the govern- j
ments already at war with Germany, j
Extension of liberal financial crea-'
its to those eovernments so that the;
resources of America may be addea
>o far as possible to theirs.
Organization and mobilization of
ill the material resources of the
country.
Full equipment of the navy, par
:icularly for means of dealing with
submarine warfare.
An army of at least 500,000 men.
>ased on the principle of universal
liability to service, and the authori
sation of additional increments of
>00,000 each as they are needed or
:an be handled in training.
Raising necessary money for the
United States government, so far as
possible without borrowing and on
iie basis of equitable taxation.
President Wilson Spoke as follows:
"I have called th.e congress into ex- j
:raordinary session because there are(
3erious, very serious, choices of pol
icy to be made and made immediate
ly, which it was neither right nor
norm i CK3 JH1 thflt f
^UiXSCltUlWiJLOHjr yviiuiu>;>?v _
should assume the responsibility ofi
making.
Had Promised Reform.
"On the 3rd of February last I
affifcially laid before you the extra
ordinary announcement of the im
perial German government that on
and after the 1st day of February
It was its purpose to put aside all re
straints of law or of humanity and
use its submarines to sink every ves-j
sel that sought to approach either the.
ports of Great Britain and Ireland or'
the western coasts of Europe or any
of the ports controlled by the enemies
of Germany within the Mediterranean.
That had seemed to be the object ot
the German submarine warfare earn
er in the war but since April of last
pear the imperial governmenta had
somewhat restrained the commanders
3f its undersea craft in conformity
svith its promise then given to us that
passenger boats should not be sunk
md that due warning would be given
:o all other vessels which its subma
rines might seek to destroy, when <no.
resistance was offered or escape at
;empted and care taken that their
:rews were given at least a fair
L~ -?>"? V? ,-ii Hi'Q5 -in tVlof T*
JimilUG LU save tucn iiih *** vu??.
)pen boats. The precautions taken
iv-ere meagre and haphazard enough
is as proved in distressing instance
ifter instance, the progress of the
:>ruel and unmanly business, but a
certain degree of restraint was ob
served. The new policy has swept
*very restriction aside. Vessels of
^very kind, whatever their flag, their
character, their cargo, their designa
tion, their errand, have been ruth
lessly sent to the bottom with
out warning and without thought
:>f help or mercy for those on board
the vessels of friendly neutrals along
with those of belligerents. Even hos
pital ships and ships carrying relief
to the sorely bereaved and stricken
people of Belgium, though the latter
were provided with safe conduct
through the proscribed areas Dy tne
German government itself and were
distinguished by unmistakable marks
of identity, have been sunk with the
same reckless lack of compassion or
of principle.
Could Hardly Believe It.
"I was for a little while unable to
believe that euch things would in
ho Hrtnp hv anv erovernment that
had hitherto subscribed to the hu
mane practices of civilized nations.
International law had its origin in the
attempt to set up some law which
would be respected and observed up
on the sea, where no nation had
right of dominion and where lay the
tree highways of the world. By pain
ful stage after stage has that law
keen built up with, meagre enough
results fnieed "aflgr "ill <Wi? *?S8Sni
Congress \
War Exists
I
plished that could be accomplished,
but always with a clear view at least
of what the heart and conscience or
mankind demanded. This minimum
or' right the German government ha:>
swept aside under 'he plea of re
taliation and necessity and because
it had not weapons which it couia
use at sea except those which it is
impossible to employ as it is em
ploying them without throwing to the
winds all scruples of humanity or or
respect for the understandings that
were supposed to underlie the inter
course of the world.
"I am not now thinking of the
loss of property involved, immense
Rnri serious as that is. but only the
wanton and wholesale destruction or
the lives of noncombatants, men, wo
men and children, engaged in pur
suits which have always, even in the
darkest periods of modern history,
been deemed innocent and legitimate.
Property can be paid for; the lives of
peaceful and innocent people can not
be. The present merman suDmarine
warfare against commerce is a war
fare against mankind.
"It is a war against all nations.
American ships have been sunk,
American lives taken in ways which
it has stirred us very deeply to learn
of, but the ships and people ot other
neutrals and friendly nations have
been sunk and overwhelmed in the
VaieTS 111 lue biiLUt: ?<a^. i uci c
ben no discrimination. The chal
lenge is to all mankind. Each nation
must decide for itself how it will
meet it. The choice we make for our
selves must be made with a modera
tion of counsel and a temperateneas
of judgment befitting our character
and our motives as a nation. We musi
put excited feeling away. Our mo
tive will not be revenge or the vic
torious assertion of the physical
' ' 4-; ? K..4- yNT>lTT +VlQ vin
mignt oi me uauuu uuc vm;
dication of .ght, of human right, of
which we are only a single champion.
Armed Neutrality Jiot Enough.
"When I addressed the congress on
the 36th of February, last, I thought
that it would suffice to assert our
neutral rights with arms, our right to
use the seas against unlawful inter
ference, our right to keep our people
safe against unlawful violence. I3ui
armed neutrality, it now appears, ib
impracticable. Because submarines
are in effect outlaws when used as
the German submarines have been
used against merchant ship:npg. it i*>
impossible to defend ships agains:
their attacks as the law of nations
has assumed that merchantmen
would defend themselves against
privateers or cruisers, Visibie craft
?- -L 11 nnn f Vl a r?n.^T CP'l Tt js
giYlilg C11 el ft C LllJVU 1.10.V, ~ . __ _
common prudence in suen circum
stances, grim necessity indeed, to en
deavor to destroy thara before they
have shown their own intention. They
must be dealt with, upon sight, If
dealt with at all. The Gorman gov
ernment denies the right of neutrals
to use arms at all within the areas of
the sea which it has proscribed, even
in the defense of rights which no
modern publicist has ever before
questioned their right to defend. The
intimation is conveyed that the arm
ed guards which we nave piacea ou
our merchant shlp6 will be treatec
as beyond the pale of la'* and sub
ject to be dealt with as piraces would
be. Armed neutrality is ineffectual
enough at best; in such circum
stances and in the face of such pre
tensions it is worse than ineffectual;
it is likely only to produce what it
is meant to prevent; it is practically
certain to draw us into the war with
out either the rights or the effective
ness of belligerents. There is one
choice we can not make, we are in
capable ?f making: we will not
nQth nf submission and
V.UUUOO
suffer the most sacred rights of our
nation and our people to be ignored,
or violated. The wrongs against
which we now array ourselves are no
common wrongs; they cut to the very
roots of human life.
War Against United States.
"With a profound sense of the
solemn and even tragical character ot
the step I am taking and of the grave!
responsibilities which it involves, but
in unhesitating obedience to what 1
dem my constitutional duty, I advise
that the congress aeciare uie rtx^ui.
course of the imperial German gov
ernment to be in fact nothing; less
than war against the government and j
people of the United States; that it
formally accept the status of belliger
ent which has thus been thrust upon
it and that it take immediate steps
not only to put the country in a more
thorough state of defense, but also
to exert all its power and employ all
fts resources to bring the government
of the German empire to terms and
end the war.
"What this will involve is clear. It
^'ill involve the utmost practicable
cooperation in counsel and action with
- + -n/i-ar at U'lT with
[UtJ gu * CI UilJClito n
Germany and as incident to that, the
extension to those governments of
the most liberal financial credits, in
order that our resources may so farj
as possible he added to theirs. It j
will involve the organization and mo-1
bilization of all the material resources)
of the country to supply the mater
ials of war and serve the incidental
needs of the nation in the most;
abundant and yet the most econo
mical and efficient way possible. It
will involve the immediate full equip- i
ment of the navy in all respects but
particularly in supplying it with the
best means of dealing with the ene
Luy o lui/uianuvu.
"It will involve the immediate ad
dition of the armed forces of United
States already provided for by law in
case of war at least 50fl,0<Xi mon. who
should, in my opinion, be chosen upon
the principle of universal liability to
service and also the authorization of
sufrseqnent additional increments of
equal force so soon aa they may b$
n'Sed&d *and *'can %? ha-adfgd' fri' trafn-' ]
ing. It will involve air,o, of course,
the granting of adequate credits to
the government, .sustained. I hope, ao
far as they can equitably be sustained
by the present generation by weli
conceivtd taxation.
"I say sustained so far as may be
equitable by taxation because it seems
to me that it would be most unwise to
base the credits which will now be
necessary entirely on money borrow
I ed It is our duty, I most respectful
ly urge, to protect our people so far
as we may against the very serious
hardships and evils which would b^
likely to arise out of the inflation
which would be produced by vast
loans.
7dust Snppfy Allies.
j "In carrying out tne measures by
> which these things are to be accom
plished we should keep constantly in
| mind the wisdom of interfering ah
, little as possible in our own prepara
! tion and in the equipment of our own
military forces with the duty?for li
1 will he a verv Dractical dutv?of sutj
plying the nations already at war
with Germany with the materials
which they can obtain only from us
or by our assistance. They are in
I the field and we should help them in
| every way to be effective there.
I "I shall take the liberty of suggest
ing through the several executive de
partments of the government for the
consideration of your committees
measures for the accomplishment ol
the several objects I have mentioned.
I hope that it will be your pleasure
to deal with them as having been
framed after very careful thought by
the branch of the government upon
j wmcn uie resyoiimuucy uj. wuuuv.i
i ing the war and safeguarding the
nation will most directly fall.
"While we do these things, these
deeply momentous'things, let us be
very clear and make very clear to
all the world what our motives ana
our objects are. My own thought has
not been driven from its habitual ana
normal course by the unhappy events
! of the last t *0 months and I do not
' 1 ? rr Vk + r\f f Via n O f i ATl
! Deiievti mill LUC luuugui ui ljlluuuyu
| has been altered or clouded by them.
"I have exactly the same things In
mind now that I had in mind when 1
addressed the senate on the 22nd of
January last; the same that I had in
mind when I addressed the congress
on the 3rd of February and on the
j 26th of February. Our object now
I as then, is to vindicate the principles
i of peace and the juctice in the life o!
j the world as against selfish and auto
j cratic power and to set up amongs;
j the really free and self-governed peo
! pies of the world such a concert ol
purpose and of action as will hence
forth insure the observance of thos
principles.
^/-n l-rmcror foacihlA OT
LI LA CL11L J iO XIV/ iviihv* avw ^ _
desirable where tiie peace of the
world is invaded and the freedom of
its peoples and the menace to that
peace and freedom lies in the ex
istence of autocratic governments
backed by organized force which is
controlled wholly by their will, not
j by the will of their people. We have
i seen the last of neutrality in such cir
j cumstances.
Beginning New Age.
"We are at the beginning of an
age in which it will be insisted thai
the same standards of conduct and
fnt-nAnoi'KiHtw fnr- a-rnn? done shall
iv/i 1 CO^/VUO*<Wi*4^ ? >/A T? ? -Q
be observed among nations and theli
governments that are observed amon?
the individual citizens of civilized
states.
*1vVie have no quarrel with the Ger
man people. We have no feeling to
j ward them but one of sympathy and
friendship. It was not upon their
impulse that their government acted
in entering this war. It was not
with their previous knowledge or ap
proval. It was war determined upon
as wars used to be determined upon
in the old, unhappy days when peo
ples were nowhere consulted by their
rulers and wars were provoked and
waged in the interest of dynasties or
of little groups of ambitious men whc
were accustomed to use their fellow
men as pawns ana toois.
"Self-Governed nations do not fill
their neighbor states with spies or set
the course of intrigue to bring about
some critical posture of affairs which
will give them an opportunity to
make conquest. Such designs can be
successfully worked only under cover
I ahd where no one has the right tc
ask questions.
"Cunningly contrived plan^ of de
ception or aggression, carried, it may
U?. 1#!^ V flu*
"iue>ueMi0i aei
Me 'Gets-lf Quick!"
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Yes. "Gets-It" is the corn discov
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| mands and insists upon full informa- |
j tion concerning all the nation's at-:
! fairs.
! "A steadfast concern for peace can j
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