The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-03

| The President has a passion Tor peace,
 Senator Kern said at this point but be- | cause of illness he did not rise and flew 1 senators heard him.
 IS NO BRYANITE
 q will accept the remark of the sen 1 ator from Indiana (Mr. Kern) that he | has 0 passion for peace" Senator Gore
 responded. We all have passion for l peace. Yet I want to say at this place l that I am not for peace at any price, | Asked by Senator James why he did
 not ask the President about the reports, l Senator Gore said:
 l '1n the first place, have no evidence
 of any confidential relationship that might 1 lead me to hope that l might receive his 1 judgment in the matter or his impress ] sions in the matter I acted as I say
 upon what seemed to be a reliable report. l Of course, I may have been in error about l it. I realized that at the time. acted
 in the lurid light of those impressions. | Certainly I do not undertake to quote | what the President said to senators nor l did I intimate that the senators had re- ported to me or repeated to me the con- versation with the President, but I as- | sume that other senators received the sam me report and if it be untrue, of course 1 everybody must be gratified.' | Senator Gore said he would endeavor | to present the whole issue at the proper time, and added:
 DOES NOT WANT WAR 'Whatever may have been the conver- sation between the President and Sena- tor Stone, I hope the impression received 1 by me and others was a mistaken one. possess only finite wisdom. have been doing my duty as I see it under the evil
 dence and lights that avail.
 T have no disposition to interfere with l diplomatic negotiations. insofar as they n on ha oSfi ittiti inra .ier1f | of Congress to declare war. I am not willing to embark on war with Germany 1 or any other nation on this issue. When- 1 ever the vital interests of the United | States or the essential rights of Ameri- | can citizens are violated, or outraged, I will go as far as any one to arm the President with every available power to wage war, whether it be with Germany 1 or any nation under the sun. I have no
 choice of enemies
 l Senator Gore defended his resolution. Tn my Judgment, any American plac-
 ing Germany's interest above those of the United State is traitor" he said. And
 there are many traitors of that class in
 America. I think any American placing
 Great Britain's interest above ours is
 traitor, and there are as many of that
 class. These two types are equally offen- sive, disloyal and reprehensible | T do not doubt that American ship owners whose ships are flying the allies 1 flags would like to have the United States
 police and protect their vessels plying to
 European ports. I do not doubt that | buyers and brokers of the $500 OOO,OO0 al-
 lies bonds rejoice to have the United
 States underwrite their investment. T have no more sympathy with them
 than have with any hyphenated Ameri-
 can who is disloyal to his adopted land When the honor of the republic is in Volved, the essential rights are those of
 the American citizen. And every Amer
 ican sword will leap from it's scabbard | in defense of those rights That senti-
 ment must not be trifled with It is not
 a plaything for the hands of Americans who are disposed to risk their lives on belligerent ships.
 LAW IS NOT RIGHT
 T believe that the law gives neutrals
 the right to travel on belligerent ships | The right is a survival of piracy and ought to be withdrawn. The law once
 gave them the right to hold slaves Perhaps anyone of hundred million
 Americans has the right to risk his own
 life and any. mad-cap American citizen
 may boast that it is his inalienable, his | sacred right under international law to
 involve the nation in war. But I believe 1 the hundred million others have the right
 to be protected against the recklessness l of the one.
 "Of course, the right of the millions is
 not to be balanced against the right of | the one
 1 My conviction,' continued Senator Gore lis that Congress has the right to l say to the American people for the well fare of the country and for their own preservation, stay off these ships The | resolution expressly states that it does
 not withdraw such a right. It specifical- 1 ly asks that Americans forbear to exer- | else their right.
 | There is absolutely no misapprehension l here on that point" interrupted Senator l Lodge. "It only says if Americans exer- else their right this government will with l draw it's protection
 T would like to ask question:" said Senator Borah, republican of Idaho. Suppose we pass the Gore resolution as drawn and suppose as time proceeds some submarine destroys ship and 100 Ameri-
 can lives, would the senator from Okla homa be willing to forego the right of the American government to demand reparation for their loss?" WOULD PREVENT TROUBLE My judgment is'' Senator Gore replied, that the warning would serve the pur-