Iron County register., 1917-04-12
Wants Nation to Help the
Entente Allies Win
Kaiser.
AUToCRACY WORLD MENACE
America Enters the Struggle to
Aid in Saving Freedom for
Democracies.

wv va Se'"iS bSSAVttt wi
Democracies.
Washing'On.-In what has been de-
scrihed On az sides as one of the great
state papers Of American history,
President Wilson addressed the senate
and house in joint session Monday
nigh, aud asked for declaration of
state "f war with Germany.
He based his assertions that the
kHiscrS government is already CON
dnr'ins hoStiiitce against the United
States nn iermany's unrestricted sub
niarine warfare. on the widespread and
destructive German spy system in This
country--Which has destroyed prop
,rty and sought to intrigue Mexico and
Japan against uS-auh on The bloody
of Fru>Sian autocrncy to do
inmate the world of self governing
peoples.
Aud To the end that this aut0cratir
power may be defeated and the safety
of peace-loving nations assured. Mr..
Wilson called upon congress to en-
ploy all the resources of the United
States to whip Germany. He urged
entire cooperation with the entente
allies with men. money and supplies,
and he recommended the recruiting of
III" regular army and National Guard
TO more than half a million and the
raising of an additional 100000 mill
tary force by applying uniyer-
sal service law.
Most notable In the presidents ad-
dress was the section devoted To IN
indictment Of pruSsian au;ocrary and
professional militarisln. He said
Our object now is to yindcatp the
principles Of peace and of justice IT.
the life of the world as against selfish
and autucra'ic power and to set up
amongst the really free and selt-g
rrned peoples If the world such q con
cert of purpose and Of action ns will
henceforth insure the observance of
those principles,
Neutrality Not Feasible.
Neutrality is no longer feasible or
desirable when the peace Of the world
is Involved and the freedom of It's
peoples and the menace to ihat peace
and freedom lies IN the existence Of nu-
torratic governments backed by organ
lied force which Is controlled wholly
by their will. not by the viii q their
people. We have seen the last of neu-
trality in such circumstances.
We are at the beginning OF an age
In which II will be insisted that the
same standards of conduct and of re-
sponslbility for wrong done shall be OBJ
served among nations and their gov
ernmentS that are observed among the
individual citizens Of civilized states.
No Quarrel With People.
We have no quarrel with the German
people. We have no feeling toward
them but one Of sympathy und friend
ship. II was not upon their impulse
that their government acted In enter
ing this war. II was not with their
previous knowledge or approval.
It was war determined upon rs wars
used TO be determined on in the old.
unhappy days when peoples were no.
where consulted by their rulers and
wars were provoked and waged in the
interest of dynasties or Of little groups
of ambitious men who We're accustomed
TO use their fellow men as pawns and
tools.
A stcadfast concert for peace can
never he maintained except by Il part.
ncrship Of democratic nations. No au-
,Ocratic government could be trusted to
keep fni,h within 1t or observe It's COW
ennnts. 1t must be league Of honor.
partnership of opinion.
Only free peoples can hold their
purpose and their honor steady to a
comlnnn end and prefer the interests
Of mankind to any narrow interest Of
their own.
Docs not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our
hope for the future peace of the
world by the wonderful and hearten-
Ing things that have been happening
within the last few weeks in Russia?
Intrigued Against National Unity.
One Of the things that have served
10 convince us that the PrusSian au-
tocracv WIS not and could never be
aur friend is that from the very outset
OF the present war it has filed our I'M
suSpecting communities and even our
Offices OF government with sries and
set criminal intricucS everywhere afoot
against our national unity of counsel,
our peace within and without. our in
tllstrlos and our commerce.
Indeed. 1t Is now evident that its
spies were here even before the war
began; and 1t is unhapilly not sat
ter of conjecture, hut fact we'd
in our courts Of justice that The in.
trilues which have more than once
come pcriously near to disturbing the
ncace and diSiocating the industries Of
the country have been carried on nt
the instigatlon, with the support. and
even under the personal direction Of
Official agents Of the imperial govern.
lurt accredited to the government Of
the United States.
Weuid Act at Convenience.
But they have played their Dart In
serving to convince us at Inst that the
government crtertnins no real friend.
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