The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-03

S. already provided for by law in case
Of war, of at least 100000 men who
should in my opinion, be chosen upon
the principle of universal liability to
service and also the authorization Of
the forces SO soon as they may be
needed and can be handled in train
ing. 1t will also involve the granting
of adequate credit to the government
to sustain SO far as they can equitably
be sustained by the present generation
by wei! conceived taxation.
at is our duty to protect our people
SO far as we may against the serious
hardships and evils which will be like
Iy to arise out Of the initiation which
would be produced by vast loans.
"In carrying out the measures by
which these thinqs are to be accom-.
pIished we should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom of interfering as lit
tie as possible in our own preparation
and in the equipment of our own. mill
be very practical duty-of supplying
the nations already at war with Ger.
many with the materials which they
can obtain only from us or by our as
sistance. They are in the field and we
should help them in every way to be
effective there.
"WhiIe we do these things, these
deeply momentous things, let us be
very clear and make very clear to all
the world what our motives and our
objects are. My own thought has not
| a nj
NAL course by the unhappy events Of
the last two months and do not be-
Iieve that the thought of the nations
has been altered or changed by them.
~ have exactly the same thing in
mind now that | had in mind when |
addressed the senate on the twenty.
second of January last.
~ shall take the liberty of suggest
ing through the federal executive de-.
partment for the consideration Of your
committees measures for the accom-.
plishment of the several objects | have
mentioned. hope that it will be your
pleasure to deal with them as having
been framed after very careful thought
by the branch Of the government upon
which the responsibility Of conducting
the war and safeguarding the nation
will most directly fall.
1.-THE things ! had in mind when |
addressed the Congress on the 3rd Of
February and on the 26th of February
are the things ! have in mind now.
"Our object now as then is to vim
dictate the principles Of peace and jus.
tice in the light of the world as
against selfish and autocratic power
and to set up amongst the really free
and seIf-aoverned people of the world
such concert of purpose and Of &C.
ton as will henceforth insure the OBJ
servance of those principles. Neutral.
ity is no longer feasible or desirable
where the peace of the world is in.
voIved and the freedom of their peo-
Piles and the menace to that peace and
freedom lies in the existence of auto
cratic government backed by organ.
lied force which is controlled wholly
by their will, and not by the will of
their people.
1--WE have seen the last of neutrai.
ty in such circumstances.
1--WE are at the beginning Of an age
in which it will be insisted that the
same standards of conduct and of re-
sponsbiity of wrongs done shall be
observed by nations and their govern.
ments that are observed among the in.
dividual citizens of civilized states.
We have no quarrel with the German
people. We have no feeling for them
but one Of sympathy. 1t was not upon
their impulse that their government
acted in entering this war; It was not
with their previous knowledge. It was
war determined upon as wars used
to be determined upon in the old days
when the people were nowhere consult
ed by their rulers and wars we're pro-
voked and waged In the interests Of
dynasties or little groups of ambitious
men who were accustomed to use their
fellow man as pawns and tools. Self.
governing nations do not fiji their
neighbor states with spies to bring
about some critical position Of affairs
which will give them an opportunity
to strike and make progress. Such
designs can be worked only under
cover. cunningly devised plans Of az.
erosion, carried, it may be from gen.