Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-05-14

for destruction of American lives on the bioh Tho
IriSis Is one pregnant with tremendous consequences. I'm
oer at crushlng weight of the responsibility for leading the
people through it, the President is entitled to full time for
consideration and consultation before announcing a decision
ne SOBER sense and the conscience of the nation will not fol.
low the attempt of an ex-President to stampede him into .
declaration of war, before breakfast. The Herald has faith
tnat we believe is shared by the great majority. that M
wilson viii act as becomes his high office, and BELTS the
natlonal Traditions, IN the emergency; ''act with delibera-
ton as well as with frmness."
There are two things that in orr iudpment M 49,
shouIu; oe taken Tor granted. First, Germany is not going
TO apologize, disavow or in any way try to shuttle out Of the
responsibility for the act of her submarine commander. 40
mucn, winch was to be assumed, is foreshadowed in Ambas-
sador Bernstorff's first words. Second, the American neo-
pie are not prepared to eat the leek. red with the bIood of
their brothers. The very idea of entrance. or beino Jraou
ed. INTO. this war is horrible, utterly repelant. But if there
IS a unit TO impositions upon neutrality, this is it. Furth-
erlnore' 1t is trlfhng for which Americans will not stand. to
deny the especial guilt attaching to this sending of hundreds
OF tG Americans to their graves: to allow that the principle of
.his CRIME does not widely differ from the fragrant but blood
less violations of our neutral rights, that have preceded +
Act of Piracy and Murder.
Theodore Roosevelt: "On the night of the dav that +b.
qlsaster occurred called the attention of our people to the
act Inac the sinking OF the Lusitania was not only an act of
simple piracy, but that it represented piracy accomnanied
oy murder on a vaster scale than any old time pirate hads
ever pfaciiced before being hung for his misdeeds.t
Il called attention to the fact that this was merely the
application, on the high seas and at our expense of the nrin.
clpleS Whcn When applied on land had produced the innum-
northern France. D"s"" UT
IL said that not only our duty to humanity at large. but
u u uu'y u preserve our own national self respect demand
ca instant action on our part, and forbade all deIav. I can
az httle more than relterate what | thus said. When the
German decree established the war zone and of course nnh-
llcly threatened exactly the type of tragedy which has oc-
cured our government notified Germany that in the event
u any sucn wrong doing at the expense of cur citizens. we
y nou the herman government to a strict accountabilitv
Inc use OF this phrase strict accountability. of course
Jus mean ana can only mean that action will be taken bv
Us without an hours unnecessary delay. 1t was eminentIv
proper TO use the exact phrase that was used: and hsvingg =
used 1t our own self -respect demando tbot nv e navms
abide by it," ' " 'o'n"ith
Demand Apology and Indemnity.
John Sharp Williams. eff were president 7 ro,,I
LnoDllZe the Meet and demand of Germany not only an anoIo-
~ ana indemnity but assurance that such an incident sbo,Id
not be repeated" "But This would bo - :" az on should
not an ultimatum." N""u ohy' ana
Speaking of the Lusitania disaster. the senator said tho.
!, LIE 90 at was armed, Germany, of course. was inst;6ad
pu', ne ne AIDED: i am Informed that she was not and thot
puts a different light upon it." "u 'na'
Il am told that Ambassador B4rnstorff cold A.
government reported that the Lusitania was armed rno
one trip but did not know that she was on the last Tb upon
= nc, because they have spies, a lot of these German
IN New York, many of them more German thar AZ 49,
Wno watch these things and keep them posted " ~
however, added the senator, 81 am nerfertIv u;,;.l
10 leaVe the entire subject with the President. who 10 ~,
informed ana will do the proper thing" " AW'
Nothing to It-This Settles II.
IameSh n. IdTdqmqn Chattanooga, Tenn. Nav II
oenator James X, Vardaman of Mississippi. here ay+h a.
= y - tessiollai parry inspecting the Tennessee river said TO-
Jay ChaG tne Lusltanla incident contained NOTHING that oa,iNd
Tor war. he said that 'the warphobia of Fnrope - Idn nt
,eacn the American continent, but on the contraru no .Ln ~
lrecI every effort toward subduing the snJ,;W.e 4 nM
n danger" OonSluer the country Z