The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-20
AS ONE NAN.

This is to be a momentous week in the history
of the United States. With it is to come the
determination of the administration at Washing
ton as to the tenor Of our reply to the German
note which has not accepted the principles laid
down in the previous notes from this country.
The expectation is that the note which will go
from this country will set out in definite terms
exactly what the United States calls upon Ger
many to agree to do in the matters relating to
submarine warfare and the freedom Of the seas.
Our answer, as have been the two notes here
tofore sent to Germany in relation to the issues
involved in the sinking of the Lusitania, will be
such as directed by President Woodrow Wilson
Since the reception of the German note the
President has been studying it from every angle,
and when he has consulted with Secretary Of
State Lansing he will on Tuesday lay before
his Cabinet the conclusions which have been
reached as to what should be stated to Ger
many in the note which is to give the deter
mined position of this country.
The wisdom with which President Wilson
has heretofore presented the views of the United
States to Germany has given him the undivided
support Of the American people. He has asked
nothing except that Germany be guided by the
dictates of humanity and the express stipula-
tons of international law, with a dissvowal of
its acts in defiance of this in the sinking Of the
Lusitania. Upon this sure rock stands the Presi-
dent, and with him the people of this country.
There is no division which can be imagined when
all that is sought is that justice prevail.
In advance the country is prepared to stand
as one man with the President. Our people
realize that it is an awful responsibility which is
placed upon him. they know that as he has
studied the question so as to do the correct
thing he has felt that upon his decision rests
veal or woe for America, and to him has gone
the expression Of our people that they would
have him stand firm for American rights. The
people are showing that absolute trust in him
which should give him added strength in the
hour when he comes to speak for them, and we
feel that this confidence in him cannot be put in
better words than in those of the resolutions
adopted by the North Carolina Press Association
and endorsed by the South Carolina Press Asso-
citation at the recent meeting at Montreal. Those
resolutions, which we believe express the atti-
tude of all patriotic Americans towards Presi-
dent Wilson, are in these words:
The North Carolina Press Association
would send token to Woodrow Wilson,
President of all the people, of its unqua1i-
fled approval of the wisdom and courage he
has displayed in his position in the admin
~istrative policies in connection with the Eu-
ropean war. 1t would make record Of it's
admiration for the exercise of statesman
ship through which he has been able to
measure up to the varying situations of
the recent eventful past, and for the mani
festation of that sterling patriotism which
has inspired the country with confidence in
the ability Of his head to direct and his
hand to guide it to a safe and an honorable
delivcrance.
l. So far as this association is collectively
representatives of prevailing sentiment, it
feels justified in extending to President
Wilson not only a vote of faith and conf
ience, but an assurance OF whole hearted
support and an UNFOLDING Of his hands to
the finish of this crucial period in the cOun-
try's history.
The South Carolina Press Association.
meeting Jointly with the North Carolina
editors, desires to add to these expressions
of confidence and support its hearty and un-
reserved concurrence.
CREAMERIES AND DAIRYING.