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! VOL XXXI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1917. N071>2~
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PRESIDENT APPEALS
TO CONGRESS
FOB AUTHOBITft TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY
IN CRISIS WITH
GERMAN EMPIRE.
Washington, Feb 26:?President
Wilson today took the inevitable step
and asked Congress for authority to
use the forces of the United States
tn nrotect American ships and lives j
against the German submarine men-1
ace?to put the nation in a state of
armed neutrality.
The response was the introduction
in the House of a bill approved in
advance by the President empowering
him to furnish guns and gunners
* to American merchantmen; to "employ
such other instrumentalities
and methods" as may become necesaary
ana providing for a $100,000,000
bend issue to J>e used in his discretion
for war insurance to encour*
age American commerce to brave
the submarine peril. The following
is the text of President Wilson's
speech:
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
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which it seems to mo to be my duty
to keep in close touch with the houses
of Congress so that neither counsel
nor action shall run at cross purposes
between us.
"On the ttd of February I officially
informed you of the sudden and
unexpected action of the Imperial
German Government in declaring: its
intention to disregard the promisesit
had made to this government in April
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last ana uuutrnanc iuiuicuibk g*v
marine operations against all commerce,
whether of belligerents or of
neutrals, that should seek to approach
Great Britain and Ireland,
the Atlantic coasts of Europe or the |
harbors of the eastern Mediterrran- j
ean and to conduct these operations i
without regard to the established restrictions
of international practice,
without regard to any considerations
of humanity, even, which might interfere
with their object. That policy
was forthwith put into practice.
It now has been in active execution
for nearly four weeks.
"Its practical results are not fully
disclosed.
"The commerce of other neutral
nations is suffering severely, but not
perhaps very much more severely
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man it was wrtrnuj suucuuk uv.v,|
the 1st of February, when the new i
policy of the Imperial Government |
was put into operation. We have
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asked the co-operation of other neutral
governments to prevent these
depredations,but I fear none of them
has thought it wise to join us in any
common course of action.
"Our own commerce has suffered,
is suffering, rather in apprehension
than in fact, rather because so many
of our ships are timidly keeping to
their home ports than because American
ships have been sunk.
"Two American vessels have been
sunk,the Housatonic and the Lyman
M Law. The case of the Housatonic,
which was carrying foodstuffs consigned
to a London firm, was essentially
like the case of the Frye, in
which it will be recalled the German
Government admitted its liability tor I
damages,and the lives of the crew as j
in the case of the Frye were safeguarded
with reasonable care.
"The case of the Law, which was
carrying lemon box staves to Palermo,disclosed
a ruthlessness of method
which deserves grave condemnation
but was accomplished by no circumstances
which might not have
been expected at any time in contion
with the use of the submarine
against merchantmen as the German
Government has used it.
"In sum, therefore, the situation
we find ours^ves in, with regard to
the acturl conduct of the German
submarine warfare against commerce
and its effects upon our own ships
and people is substantially the same
that it was tohen I addressed on i
the 3d of February, except for the
lying up 01 our BmppiiiK "? uui vwu ;
ports because of the unwillingness of
our shipowners to risk their vessels
at sea without insurance or adequate
protection hnd the very serious congestion
of our commerce which has
resulted,a congestion which is growing
rapidly more and more serious
every day. This in itself might presently
accomplish, in effect, what the
new German submarine orders were
meant to accomplish so far as we
are concerned. We can only say,
therefore, that the overt act which I
have ventured to hope the German
commanders would in fact avofd has
not occurred.
"But while this is happily true, it
must be admitted that there have
been certain additional indications;
and H*nressions of DurDose on the!
part of the German press and the
German authorities which have increased
rather than lessened the impression
that if our ships and our
people are spared it will be because
of fortunate circumstances or because
the commanders of the German
submarines which they may
happen to encounter exercise an unexpected
discretion and restraipt,
rather than because of the instructions
under which those commanders
are acting.
"It would be foolish to deny that
the sitiuation is fraught with the ]
gravest possibilities and dangers.'
No thoughtful man can fail to see
that the necessity for definite action
may come at any time, if we are in
fact, and not in word merely, to defend
our elementary rights as a neu- j
tral nation. It would be most im-'
prudent to bp unprepared.
"I cannot in such circumstances
beAinmindful of the fact that the
expiration of the term of the present
fnncrivos i<s imrwprliatplv at hanri i
by constitutional limitation; and!
that it would in all likelihood require |
an usual length of time to assemble j
and organize the Congress which is;
to succeed it. I feel that I ought, i
in view of that fact, to obtain from
you full and immediate assurance of
the authority which I may at any
moment be called upon to exercise.
"No doubt I already possess that
authority without special warrant of
law, by the plain implication of my
constitutional duties and powers, i
but I prefer, in the present circumstances,
not to act upon implication.
I wish to feel that the authority and
the power of the Congress are behind
me in whatever it may become
necessary for me to do. We are
jointly the servants of the people
and must act together and in spirit
so far as we can divine and interpret
it.
"No one doubts what is our duty
to do. We must defend our commerce
and the lives of our people in
the midst of the present trying circumstances,
with discretion, but i
with clear and steadfast purpose. :
Only the method and extent remain I
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occasion should arise.
"Since it has unhappily proved im- i
possible to safeguard our neutral i
rights by diplomatic means against
the unwarranted infringements they i
are suffering at the hands of Ger- i
many, there may be no recourse but 1
to armed neutrality, which we shall i 1
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"It is devoutly to be hoped that it
will not be necessary to put armed
force anywhere into action. The
American people do not desire it and
our desire is not different from theirs.
I am sure that they will understand
the spirit in which I am now acting,
the purpose I hold dearest to my
heart and would wish to exhibit in
everything I do.
"I am anxious that the people of
the nations at war also should under
stand and not mistrust us. I hope
that I need give no further proofs
and assurances that I have already j
giVen throughout nearly three years
of anxious patience that I am the
friend of peace and mean to preserve
it for America as long as I am able.
"I am not now proposing or contemplating
war or any steps that need
lead to it. I merely request that you
will accord me by your own vote and
definite bestowal the means and the
authority to safeguard in practice
the right of a great people who are
at peace and who are desirous of exercising
none but the rights of peace
to follow the pursuit of peacein quietness
and good will?rights recognized
time out of mind by all the civilized
nations of the world. No course of
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War can come only by the wilful
acts and aggressions of others.
"You will understand why I can
make no definite proposals or forecasts
of action now and must ask for
your supporting authority in the
most general terms. I believe that
the people will be willing to trust me
to act with restraint, with prudence
and in the true spirit of amity and
good faith that they have themselves !
displayed throughout these trying
months; and it is in that belief that I
request that you will authorize me
to supply our merchant ships with
defensive arms, should that become
necessary, and with the means of using
them, and to employ any other
instrumentalities or methods that
may be necessary and adequate to
protect our ships and our people in
their legitimate and ueacefu! pursuits
on the seas. I request slso that you
will grant me at the same time,along
with the powers I ask,a sufficient credit
to enable me to provide adequate i
means of protection where they are
lacking, including adequate insurance
against the present war risks.
"I have spoken of our commerce
and of the legitimate errands of our
people on the seas, but you will not
be misled as to my main thought,the
thought that lies beneath these
phrases and gives them dignity and j
weight. It is not of national interests
merely that we are thinking. It is,
rather, of fundamental human rights,
chief of all the right of life itself I
am thinking not only of the rights i
of Americans to go and come about I
their proper business by way of the i
sea.butlalso of something much deep- J
er.much more fundamental than that.
"I am thinking of those rights of ,
humanity without which there is no I
civilization. My then ~ is of :h<>sk- |
great principles of companion *nd o"
protection which mankind ha? uigl.t I
to throw about human Jives, the
lives of non-combatants, the lives of
men who are j?eacefully at work
keeping the industrial process of the
world quick and vital, the lives of
women and children and of those
who supply the labor which ministers
to their sustenance. We are
speaking of no selfish material
rights, but simply of rights that our
hearts support and whose foundation
is that righteous passion for
justice upon which all law. all structures
alike of family, of state and
of mankind must rest, as upon the
ultimate base of our existence end
or liberty. I cannot imagine any
man with American principles at
heart hesitating to defend these
things."|
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GERMANY DESIRED
MEXICO^ AND JAPAN
TO MAKE WAR ON THE UNITED
STATES IF THIS NATION DID
NOT REMAIN NEUTRAL. ?
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Washington, Feb. 2.S. ? The Associated
Pres3 is enabled to reveal
that Germany, in planning unrestricted
submarine warfare and
counting its consequencee, proposed
an alliance with Mexico and Japan
to make war on the I'uieed States,
if this country should net remain
neutral.
Japan, through Mexican mediation,
was to be urged to abandon
her allies and jcin in the attack on
the United Stites.
Mexico, as her reward, was to ;
receive general financial support
from Germanv. reconauer Texas. <
New Mexico and Arizona ? lost s
provinces ? and share in the victorious
peace terms Germany contem- <
plated.
Details were left to German Min- 1
ister Von Eckhardt in Mexico City, <
who by instructions signed by Ger- <
man Foreign Minister Zimmerman
at Berlin Jaunary 19, 1917, was ]
directed to propjse the alliance with
Mexico to Gen. Carranza and suggest
that Mexici seek to bring Japan ]
into the plot. j
These instructions were trans- ,
mitted to Von Eckhardt through j
Count Von Bernstorff, former Ger- (
man ambassador here, now on his j
way home to Germany under a safe a
conduct obrained from his enemies 1
by the country against whom he 1
was plotting war.
Germany pictured to Mexico by L
broad intermation. England and (
the Entente Allies defeated; Ger-1]
many and her allies triumphant ,
and in world domination by the in- ]
strument of unrestricted submarine11
warfare.
A copy of the instructions tu Von
Eckhardt, sent through Von Bernstorff,
is in the possession of the;
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United States Government. It is
as follows:
ZIMMERMANN'S LETTER
"Berlin, January 19, 1917.
"On the 1st of February we intend
to begin submarine warfare
unrestricted. In spite of this, it is
our intention to endeavor to keep
neutral the United States of America.
"If this attempt is not successful
we propose an alliance on the following
basis with Mexico: That we
shall make war together and together
make peace. We shall give
rron&rol finanei.il snnnnrt and it is
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understood that Mexico is to reconquer
the lost territory in New
Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The
details are left to you for settlement.
"You are instructed to inform the
President of Mexico of the above in *
the greatest confidence as soon as it
is certain that there will be an outbreak
of war with the United States
and suggests that the President of
Mexico, on his own initiative,
should communicate with Japan
suggesting adherence at once to this
plan; at the same time, offer to mediate
between Germany and Japan.
"Please call to the attention of
the President of Mexico that the
employment of ruthless submarine
warfare now promises to compel
England to make peace in a few
months.
(Signed) *'Zim Hermann."
This document has been in the
hands of the government since President
Wilson broke off diplomatic
relations with Germany. It has
been kept secret, while the President
has been asking Congress for
full authority to deal with Germany
ind while Congress has been hesitating
It was in the President's
hands while Chancellor von Berthrnann-Hollweg
was declaring that
the United States has placed an interpretation
on the submarine decoration
"never intenden in Germany"
and that Germany has promoted
and honored friendly rela:ions
with the United States "as an
neirloom from Frederick the Great."
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