Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-22
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= morning. and wish TO correct that
S impression.
"My intention was to suSscst the
.sWEFSery direct and necessary interest
y 80 sfMhich this country. as one of the neu-
5tls trial nations. has in the possible terms
50 which the belliEerents may have in
49, mind and did not intend TO ultimate
ithat the government was considering
srstEany change in its policy 81 neutrality
Wv which II has constantly pursued III III"
face OF constantly increasing Difficult
s'dsties.
5sN,'@s II regret that my words were open
2I'Sto any other construction. as now
I; 500 !,rcalize that they | think that
80 the whole tone and language OF the
- mote TO the belliGcrents show the pur-
sIsa pose withou, further comment OH my
part. 1T is needless to say that am
tlos unreservedly in support of that pur-
~. = pose. and hope TO see i; accomplished
So NO COMMENT WHATEVER
MADE At WHITE NOT 81:
NJ the White House no comment
FS ,wbatever WAS made on the note itself
~. SHhor on the two statements by Secre-
4 tary Lansing. The German embassy
~ gave no outward evidences OF concern
~ over the sudden developments.
~ President Wilson himself on several
II pcca sions has pointed out the danger
IN of tho United States becoming involved
~; I'm the war. Because Of violations OF
IS American rights. he has felt that the
It United States had a very difficult; role
- TO fiji.
x Last February while touring tho
- Middle West in favor OF prcpa rcdness.
- and again during the last campaign.
50 the President touched on that feature.
- In n speech at Pittsburgh last Jan
Is nary. liz said
Il when YOU know that there COM
-. bustiblc materials in the life Of the
in, f..
- and that The sky is full of nontinG
~ sparks from great conhaGrat ton. are
* YOU. going IL sit down and say it viii
e he time when tho fire begins TO do
II something about it, do not believe
- that tho fire is going 10 begin. but
~ would be sure Of it If we were ready
- for the fire.
- 30 NOT CONTRoI. FInE
RI WHICH RACES ~ EUROPE
- - want to come your responsible
- servant and tell YOU this. that do
y not control the fire We arc under the
II influences OF it. but we arc not at
~ the sources of it, We are where IL a
any time may affect us. and Yet We
Is cannot govern its spread and progress.
-, Again at Cleveland. Ohio the Pr"si-
~ dent declared:
~, "rwo-thi OF the world at war
~ 1t is not merely European struggle:
nations III tho Orient have become in
- volvcd. n we'll nations in the West
-; and everywhere there seems TO be
= creeping even upon the nations dis
u engaged the spirit and the threat OF
-: war All the world outside of America
~ is IRE.
=. In speech at Milwaukee,. after
=; pointing out the dcvclopm ent\of tho
war and saying his object WAS to main
- tain peace. the President aided: 80
~ far | have done so. and | pledge YOU
~ my word that. God helping me. will
- if il is possible. He added that the
x people Of the nation had hidden him
- see that nothing stained the honor Of
- the United States. therefore, there
..S may at any momcn; come a time when
~ | cannot preserve both !hc honor and
80 the peace Of the United States, he
- went on.
- LAST GREAT MAR ~ WHICH
COUNTRY CAS- RE NEUTRAL
- In OF his campaign speeches the
~ President dcca red that The present WAS
~ the last great war in which the United
~ States could remain neutral He said
y on that occasion that the interests OF
=, the world SO drawn together that
- il WAS difficult for any one Of til. ma
x lions TO remain neutral when the others
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