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| if they follow their inclinations at
this time the resulting internal dis
turbance would permit the enemy to
T., enter the gates and 'devastate Ger
many. Germany will remain
monarchy until after the war"
A signed editorial by Bernard Rid
der in the New York Staaats Zeitung
says:
The address of the president will
come as tremendous shock to mil
lions of Americans of German an
cestry. We are one of the allies in
fact as well as in name. The presl-
dent need have no concern as to the
loyalty of Americans of German
ancestry"
Stats Zeitung.
CHICAGO, April 3.-While deplor-
ing any eventuality that may lead to
States and Germany. the Illinois
Stats Zeitung, Horace L. Brand,
editor, declared in an editorial ap-
cago dailies that the Stats Zeitung
will uphold the decision of con-
gress."
" al UctWScA tAC ClllCu 2td tCS
and Germany is 'unthinkable'," the
United States Is at war with a foreign
nation it Is every citizens duty to
attempt to put our country in the
right in our relations with other ma
tions. After our country Is actually
at war with another, then it becomes
every citizens duty to support war
I11
cussed and concluded" ,.
San Francisco Chronicle (Republi-
can)-The nation is united. Repub-
licans and democrats in congress
will be found solidly behind the pres.
ident There remains but one course
that is TO conquer peace that will
be lasting.
Detroit Free Press.-"The presi-
dents recommendations are inclusive
and to a large degree fundamental.
They call for a war Of defense and
offense, for a fight to the finish"
Detroit News-"We are in for war
to the bitter end, and 1t is at the
close that we must stand for. So let
us conduct ourselves that when the
war ceases and a council Of nations
is called to bring about settlement,
we can say as Woodrow Wilson said
little while ago: America asks
nothing for herself that she does not
ask for humanity"
Chicago Herald-His (the presi.
dent is the most momentous presi-
Dental message of our generation.
Its consequences we cannot venture
to predict. But national honor must
be maintained at any cost-and the
democracies of the world have yet a
claim on the aid and sympathy Of a
land dedicated to freedom and peace.
What ever the consequences, they
cannot equal the catastrophe of
standing humbly aside while a war
! mad militarism runs amuck and vio-
lating alike the principles of law and
humanity, attempts to fasten it's
chains more firmly on its own peo-
pie, to impose its will by force upon
the neutral world and to perpetuate
its power for evil to the latest gen
Grafton
Chicago Evening Journal: The
president has no dreams of a quick
triumph He wants every ounce Of
weight the nation can muster thrown
into the scale. He proves himself a
coldly practical administrator who.
| in spite OF his hatred for war, gives
promise of being a great war presi-
dent.
The man who cannot take this ad-
dress for his declaration of prin-
ciples and follow it wherever fate
may deere is no true American. Con
gress cannot, dare not lag or falter
| in carrying out the task which the
president has set before it.