Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-27
Extract. from his speech in the

Senate April ~
Tell me that the American congress
is about to involve the American PEG.
pie in war;" The man who says that
is either q knave or fool. He 10 q
knave II he knows better and says 1t
by the American congress, but by the
orders Of the German kaiser and the
German kaiser's military and naval
advisers. a..5
There are two things about this
situation that l face. One is the ne
cessity of it. I face the necessity be-
cause I must Tho other 10 the OPP
portunity Of 1t. and I face that be-
cause / will. I am glad that I and
the American citizenry shall have tho
opportunity Of lighting on the side Of
liberty and democracy and free speech
and free institutions against Prussian
militarism and autocrAcy.
The senator from, Wisconsin spent
a whole lot Of time talking about the
violations Of the rights Of neutrality
by Great Britain. He proved thereby
the paragraph in asfunny paper,which
said, not long ago They he did not
court and a torpedo. q
Which would you rather .do-Aght
Germany now. with France and Eng
land and Russia 70 help you. or tight
her later, when she Ia ready. BY our
selvss7 You have got to do ono or
the other.
I toll you. moreover, that IL Ger
many does win that fight upon the
continent Of Europe. with Belgtum al
come ono. France by defeat one, with
all their forts and naval stations and
shipyards open a we'll ~ her own,
she will begin to get ready to whip us
unless England's fact. prevents It.
I know Of but one way to tight any
body. You cannot always whip him,
but there Is but one way with . hope
Of success. and that IL to hit him Just
40 o As the provocation comes and
as quickly az you can and a. strongly
as you can.
The senator from Wisconsin says
that with the European war carried
on over there we have nothing to lose.
Have W. not? Have We no honor
that We might loss7 Have we no re-
gard for the soverelgnty OF the Ameri
can nation that We might be; ON
PEELED to dispense with? Have We no
regard for the nag floating from the
without warning upon the high seas?
Is sentiment rot?. IL patriotism rot?
IL there. nothing that a man has
which he either possesses Or rossessee
him that is precious to him except
money and material advantage?
He Ga Folletts3e wants 70 persuade
US that It 10 the rich mans war and
the poor mans hg1at. I heard all that
CANNON and demagogy In the south
after the civil war. It was q lie then
as 1t is now. I am getting very tired
of somebody saying It r. . Wall street
war. It 10 a lie. Wall street and
the money power of the capitalists did
not sink the LusitaniA and send to
the judgment Of God those men, wom-
en- and children unshrtven. Wall
street did not sink the Arabic. Wall
street did not sink the Sussex. Wall
street did not sink the Algonquin
with the American nag on her main
staff.
I have . hearty contempt for the
mar who does not know his environ
mont end his kindyed and his friends
and his country. Il may bs narrow.
but I love. my plantation bsttef than
any ofher plantAS10n my COUNTY bst-
;tersathan. any othpr countt, my state
better than any aagtthSf state and my
country better than any cther coun.
tn, and my race-ths English speak
ing race--better than any other Yace.
am tired Of telling me,
Wel1hmaa, eootc1smo2, 2na13Ghmaa In
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