Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-28
P. O. 6. Of 4. IS
BACK Of WILSON
POLICY DEFENSE

The P. 0. S. of A, Washington camp
! No. IA, at a meeting held Monday
hight, adopted strong resolutions en-.
,dorsing the administration policy as
regards preparedness"
These resolutions were proposed by
d joint committee of the two camps in
this city at a mass meeting held last
week. These resolutions will be
promptly ratified at meeting to be
held Thursday night of this week. A
copy will be sent to Speaker Champ
Clark of the House of Representatives
ard one to Hon. Chas. R. Crisp, mem
Der of Congress from this, the third
congressional district of Georgia.
The resolutions adopted are as fol
lows:
Whereas, The world is today wit
Messing, in the great struggle in Euro
pean countries, war that is the
greatest tragedy of history; and,
Whereas, 1t appears that in the as
sassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir
apparent to the throne of austria, by
a Serbian subject, and the resultant
refusal of the Serbian government to
surrender it's judicial powers and pre-
negatives to Austria to try a Serbian
subject lies the spark thath as kindlei
the flame of war and has plunged ma
tions into the business of the destruc-
tion of each other; and,
Whereas, We recognize the right of
the Serbian government to try its sub
jects for crimes committed against the
law within it's own borders, and our
sense of justice as between nations
and people, could do no less than ap-
plaud her stand for the inherent right
that belongs to all nations; and,
Whereas, The tragedy of the Ser
bian people should be solemn warn
ing to the government of the Unite
States in that it points out in thunder
tones what the weak and unprepared
many expect from the strong and un-
'sCrupulous; and,
Whereas, 1t may appear that the
reason or causes for this struggle are
trivial, yet it constitutes one of the
fundamentals of freedom and liberty,
ard while there may be grave ques-
ton as to Austria's and Germany 5
other motives that to them might have
been greater, nevertheless we can
plainly see in their action regarding
Serbia and Belgium two great wrongs.
viz, the overriding of the weaker
people, and an utter disregard fos
treaties between nations; and,
Whereas, This great world tragedy
has come upon us after and in spite Of
great efforts upon the part of some of
the greatest statesmen and thinkers
Of modern times to bring about an uni
yersal peace, thus pointing out that
selfish and unscrupulous nations, for
reasons that may not appear, but sui
ticient unto themselves, will regard
treaties as mere scraps of paper .
and the rights of other nations not
able to protect and defend their rights
not at all. This being amply proven
by events that have and are transpir-
ling upon land and sea, in which the
rights and lives of American citizens
have been utterly disregarded, as we'll
as the fragrant violation of interna,
tional law and the freedom of neutral
nations on the high seas; now, there
fore, be it
Resolved by Washington Camp
No. IA, Patriotic Order Sons oi
America, this day in mass meeting as
sembled at Americus, Ga, that realiz-
ira the great principles of freedom
liberty and justice, for which the gov
ernment of the United States stands
anG for which she is now at great haz
ard to her own peace contending, ant
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