Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-04

| theirs. 1t will Involve the organiza-
| ton and mobilization Of all the mate
! rial resources Of the country to sup
ply the materials OF war and serve
the Incidental needs Of the nation in
the most abundant and yet the
most economical and efficient way
possible. 1t will involve the imme-
diate full equipment OF the navy in
| all respects, but particularly IN sup
plying it with tile best means OF deal
ing with tho encmy's submarines.
1T will involve the immediate ad-
dition to the armed forces Of the Uni
ted States already provided for by
law in case OF war at least 500.D00
| men. w1t should, In my opinion, be
chosen upon the principle OF univer-
sal liability to service, and also the
authorization Of subsequent addi-
tional increments Of equal force so
soon as they may be needed and can
be handled in training. 1t will in
volve also, Of course, the granting Of
adequate credits to the government,
sustained, l hope, SO far as they can
eQuitably be sustained by the present
generation, by well-conceived taxa
tiOn.
II say sustained so far as may be
Equitable by taxation because 1t
seems to me that 1t would be most
unwise to base the credits which will
now be necessary entirely on money
borrowed. 1t is our duty, I most re-
spectfully urge, to protect our peo-
pie so far as we may against the very
serious hardships and evils which
would be likely to arise out of the in
flation which would be produced by
vast loans.
"In carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be accom-
plished we should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom of interfering as
little as possible in our own prepara-
tion and in the equipment Of our
own military forces with the duty
for 1t will be very practical duty
Of supplying the nations already at
war with Germany with the materials
which they can obtain only from us
or by our assistance. They are in the
field and we should help them In
every way TO be effective there, 5.5l
."I shell take tsths liberty Of sugS
u kgegtipg, thEloYg i the yeral exec,i-
sEsts Al fiaSent iiaitt
" II foT q oisf fof' oTs po IN ID hi.
1hnittees, measures for the accom-
plishment OF the several objects !
have mentioned. l hope that 1t will be
your pleasure to deal with them as
having been framed after very care
full thought by the branch OF the gov
ernment upon which the responsible
ity OF conducting the war and safe
guarding the nation will most di-
rectly fall.
Neutrality Not Possible.
while we do these gs-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 been driven from It's habitual and
normal course by the unhappy events
OF the last two months, and | do not
believe that the thought of the ma
tion has been altered or clouded by
them.
II have exactly the same things IN
mind now that had in mind when |
addressed the Senate on the 22d OF
January last; the same that had in
mind when | addressed the Congress
on the Sd Of February and on the
26th of February. Our object now,
as then, Is to vindicate the principles
Of peace and justice in the life of
the world as against selfish and auto
SidtiC Po"SIJ oAu W SCI up dulOURSL
the really free and self-governed peo-
pies of the world such a concert of
purpose and Of action as will hence
forth insure the observance OF those
principles.
| Neutrality is no longer feasible or
desirable where the peace OF the
world Is involved, and the freedom of
| its peoples, and the menacesao that
peace and freedom lies in the exist
ence Of autocratic governments back
ed by organized force which Is con-
trolled wholly by their will, not by
the will Of their people. We have
seen the last Of neutrality in such cir
! lcumstances.
! 1--WE are at the beginning of an age
in which 1t will be insisted that the
same standards of conduct and OF re-
sponsibility for wrong done shall be
observed among nations and their
governments that are observed
among the individual citizens Of civ
iliZed States.
eve have no quarrel with the Ger
man people. We have no feeling to-
wards them but one Of sympathy and
friendship. 1t was not upon their I'M
pulse that their government acted in
entering this war. 1t was not with
their previous knowledge or appro-
val"
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