The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-22
A STATE OF WAR

XXI ASHINGTON IS of the opinion that when Congress w meets in extra session. the president will say that state of with Germany exists and will ask the author y and the to meethe condition fortunate ysexstng.
 To declare war exists will be something than declaration of War exists within the purview of such declaration not because the United States has done any hostile act toward Germany but because Germany sinking the ships owned by Americans and destroying the lives of Americans in defiance of precedent and international custom and against the repeated protests of the United States
 All the conditions of changed status between two nations must be represented by something than phrase there is to be an actual change Armed neutrality nothing accompanied by physical expression such armed merchant ships. AZ
 The physical expression state of war; waged by Germany against States manifested orpedoed ships plots against American industry the splracy to array Mexico Japan and Russia against America
 What will be the physical expression of state of war on the part of the United States? @~4s@
 There is little it would seem the United States do i'm medaey except furnish for submarine pursuit. ships oadn safeguarding the channels of Atlantic money and materials for the support the Allies and free entrance and supply in the ports of the nation for the ships and armed merchant vessels of the enemies of Germany
 By these alone, which would require the employ men Of great treasure but not the employment of many men, would be given to Allies and the period of German sistance much shortened,
 Germany has to rely upon submarine campaign Germany cannot sink ships fast they be built once the United States puts it's tremendous industrial power it's wealth and it's genius standardized quantity into operation I'M
 There could not be at once, any expedition abroad
 America has not the trained to spare She needs entire standing and her last mliaman to meet cond ions as they exist at home such possible with Mexico
 To raise adequate would require at least England used two In two time the should bel But army must be raised for nobody tell what the necessities of the future may be- world war just thing the etes and bounds of which cannot be certainly estimated, surely defined.
 It is possible, though not probable that day may come when would be mperativey needed a Europe Or change of European alignment might send o shores. sfA
 The smallest army that may be safely relied upon in add on to the forces in being might consist of 5O0OO0 whose enlistment must be immediately accomplished whose fning must be early begun perhaps million may be quired.
 The impetuous demand of Col Roosevelt for army to be used great expeditionary force to be medaey despatched abroad is unreaoned impetuous of the colonels desire to gain fame general than of the sober judgment of statesman.
 What Europe needs is ships and especially ships of merce open plentiful supplies of food and ammunition funds with which carry the burdens of world conflict.
 Every patriotic American pledges his support to the gov rnmen without regard to his previous sympathes opinions racial prejudces When state of exists all Ameri cans Americans first, and there is second
 Now that Russia is free country America feels that with Germany will array upon the side racy and against the only three auocrac politics governed arstocrac traditions which
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