The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

not going to see you send off a fool
message that will ruin plaus I've been
a whole lifetime i'm building am l.:
No. sir; you're i'm hard place. but
you've got 20 come up to the dough
dish with the rest OF them. and-and -
well. I'm here 20 say YOU mustn't de-
clare war"
War will pc declared today" The
presidents face was calm. lie spoke
rapidly. but IN a low voice. The
honor of the country is at stake. 70
refuse to fight low would not only
deprive us of valuable privileges IN a
Quarter of the world where Ameri can
domination must be maintained at .lrv
cost. but would pat us back a hun
dred years in Prestige and the sort Of
Fewer that makes government worth
while. Besides. you have 40 kind Of
right to come mere with these threats,
and / warn vol
And l warn you" Anchester's voice
broke in high AND angry. that if You
think I've been making threats. Won
Just listen TO this: You're first I'm war.
well. I'm first in peace. I'm the aster
of hundreds of thousands or votes. and
! control five hundred newspapers all
ever this country. You declare war.
and I'll play the highly moral game
and tell the women of the United
states you're going tc rush their sons
end husbands and fathers To- death for
tn sake Of SOTCe foolish. bovish IDEA
OF foreign policy, III say ycu'H ruin
The country WITH war debts and fever.
and all that sort of thing, and I'll send
tie best speechinakers and the clever
est writer's. and rtore money than vol,c
treasury department has seen I'm SIX
months TO rub that i'm and sandpapar
II down until women and children vii,
De calling You murderer and a thief.
ard somebody with a liking for thar
Kind Of think viii shoot you for a to-
rant. That's what T. do for YOU. nv
Young sir. if Sou dare declare war to-
The president walked to The far ED
OF the room and back before he re-
Yet congress win declare war to-
AEchester's cheeks blazed redder tha,
lis round eyes.
III you're going TO have war. Won
nave II, On you, have il. have II
rave IT. But you start il and TN sion
II IN three weeks. and whip you like n.
pup into the bargain. For you've got
70 nsht me. I've got an undivided sur
pIus OF hundred and five million dol
idfs' ana 1 can raise a hundred million
more by wire in ten minutes after T
get back to my Office i'm New York. OF
the Two and half million in nv en-
plOy. I'll threaten every married man
with ruin II he takes up arms. More
over, this evening / shall cable nv
agents IN the very country you propose
10 nsnt. and offer TO loan that govern
rheht suhclent FUNDS to purcha &c every
available warship i'm Europe and char
ter every merchant steamer outside the
great Atlantic lines-which are person
any controlled by me- Besides which,
-Anchester put on his hat with a fri
umphant GESTURE shall decline 10
sell pound of meat. or a ton Of fuel
or yard Of cloth. or pair OF shoes
or to ship them. from tonight ar -
o'clock Go ahead" he was at the
door and growled il back toward tha
go ahead and declare war. but re-
member you're fighting me, and I'm
going to win in three weeks"
One moment cried the president.
WHAT sneered AnChester. turning.
Let US see." said the president hit-
ting his right arm in a peculiar ges-
ture, you threaten TO Join the enemy
with funds and ships and men. and to
cripple the forces of the United States
until We can be successfully attacked
by invasion?"
IF war Is declared" said Anchester.
complacently, Il guess you'll"
Then, sir" said the president. Il
say TO YOU that as congress has by now
received my message asking for the be-
ginning of hostilities and has doubtless
voted unanimously to declare and has
declared war. a state Of war now ac-
tually exists. Thus, you. an avowed
enemy 10 your country, in time of war.
have penetrated in a friendly guise to
the honor of the nation and the life
Of the commander-in-chief OF its army
and navy. / therefore place you under
arrest as prisoner OF war to be dealt
with according 10 usage in due sea-
son.
Anchester sprang forward. but was
suddenly checked up by hand from
behind. He wheeled and exclaimed in
the very jaws OF familiar face: