New Britain herald., 1917-03-21
ROOSEVELT, HUGHES
 AND ROOT FUR } WAR.

lhree ulka Belicose Statements
 at Union IAleua Club
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 New York, xaich ,1.-rhe Union 4AAgue club met last night and Aloltsd resolutions presented by | 4DeMal coAHitAAA on immediate de-
 oap and nAtionAl service. of which 4oeert lAAoa we4 chairman, rscos- elslAg tAAt swer Now exists by the act Af Germany" and urging the people - HonceatAA0 tAe uRited weight of American loyalty on affective govern NAoaeal actjon." The resolutions Nr9ed the president to remedy the { a9a4qoue dG0cleaey~ h munitions and Naf eqN(pmsAk a4Preaaad approval Of AAs atmtno = lAaFohAnt ships. and oseQd oongeoD e adopt immediately AttAer thu EhamheFiain bill or tho yar collA9e Ajll for universal service.
 n support of thsse resolutions 600 3eAdprs of thu rspNbucAn party. 4ea4ed by Theodore Roosevelt. Ehasles D. NuUhss, DtiAu Root, and Joseph Fl. OhoaAe met behind closed AVVGO 0e30 tSuO Y3OAOOAS $V 9AVO tho naoplA . chance ta defend them- 4elvea. The burden of every speech Was that 0efsaAny was making war on Ns: that it h tor us to stand up and Try to fight back.
 "Let us net delude ourselves" said AGr. HgEhSs. ''Germany is now nak- 9pg weF upAn tAa Halted States, mak- Dng war with . ruthless barbarity. It - not . question of 1egalistic concepl 4lon. There is nov state of war. and the United &&at1s should recognize tho 4Rct. I reGAr1 these attacks. tho method oS their conduct, as an on- saught on MbATty and on civilization tlsslf.n
 Mr. Choate. who spoke with great 1oiAngity, said that whether 1t was WAEs . sort of var. . 'state of war. or armed neutrality. 1t was time for the people. fer those whom he called i've lsar-citisens." to rise and assert thelr rights. We can't stay on the &rin1k of war forever. We have tulnbled in. The president may still n on tho brink, but the rest of the people are not"
 Gl1an We Take It Lying Down.
 .'Germany is making war on us,'' eaid MF. Root, and we are all wait 1ug tQ see HAether we ars to take 1t lH1ng down. It h sithsr war or 1t is Aabpieten to epprsssicn- My diaSno- - of the situation h that the 1rsadaat waats to hear from the teoDle. Let VI an1wer to his want end tell higa that tho AmertcAn people 10 net want him to discuss. not to plan. not to tAlk about what ts TO- tng to be Aaus. but to adt."
 Coleaei Roqesvelt ssaA: Germany - waging war upon us and we arc 0sutraMty under these cfrcumstances h feeble War, but 1t is war. So far. es we oys our shameful safety to the bsitish flsst."
 Eaoh speaksr reminded the club 4hat it hAA besn. founded in . time Fl great pational danger. of warfare :. without and treachery within, and founded 10 stand by the government 4na to nGht to the llniah for American F1Ghts. Ar. Choate spoke principally n the argument that the American rights which have been violated are oonsonent with the principles of lib- erty for which the allies are fighting.
 shoals Ahead Seen by Root.
 MT. Root warned the country of the Hangers ahead. both now and in the llstant future. of what may and must 0ome If America continues in the at- 1itnde of supineiy enduring insult lpoR foreign nations. He predicted 4lQat auE nbesties. eur institutions, could not live Nnlese we stood up for tke principles yiplAted by Germany. ss%As sama pTtnciple that was applied to Deleipm has boon applied to us." ,hQ eaid. "If 1t i4 undeFetQod that VI aDa . weak. Aehby. dtvided. and jp1nfinite people, whe can be insulted aaA assaulted and abused with im- punify. then the tide hows over us cad we are gone. Our country is gone. 0gF union ts gone. Our iberty Is eeas.T
 The Colonsl begged the country not to ilght ':A dollar war". We want to prepare at once . real army" he aaid, 1T should hepe an army of a couple of million men. But we do ,1et WAat te uait for that army. We 1aa AeFlect3y pAll senA m expedition - laScs AhFead now."
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