Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-03-23
MAY THE PRESIDENT BIC
GUIDED Alright.
The Now York American says in

MT President, the country is well
aware that only the grave question
Of formally entering upon a state Of
war with Germany and her allies Is
the cause Of the sudden assembling
Of the Congress.
Therefore, you will doubtless be
not rescntful if an American news
paper speaks to you some Of the
thoughts which it knows are in the
minds and on the tongues OF our
people in this momentous hour.
Speaking for itself, Mr.. President,
The American emphatically pledges
to you the fullest support that il can
give in case you, in your high office,
and the Congress, in the exercise Of
It's constitutional authority, shall de-
eide upon a declaration Of war. We
pledge our active loyalty and all the
assistance that great newspaper
organization can give, day and night,
to the cause of the nation against
any foe and all foes.
We can say no more; we could not
possibly do anything else.
All that we are and all that we
have is the nations, freely and
gladly.
But in making up your mind, MI.
President, as to the real sentiment
Of our people, we beg Of you that
you will lend an attentive ear to the
counsels OF the wise and moderate
and unselGsh
We beg Of you that you will not
he influenced by the manifestly pas
sionate and selfish outcry Of Mr.,
Roosevelt who represents only his
own desire to pose as military hero,
OF Of Mr.. Root, who represents Wall
Street bankers and spectators who
have invested in foreign securities,
or Of Mr. Choate, who speaks for for
eign governments and institutions
and for the users and makers Of am
munition.
The American people are always
willing to fight for what is right and
always have fought for what is
right
But as this paper has shown, both
Mr.. Root and Mr. Choate, when they
were lusty young men and when they
had the opportunity to fight for the
Union, carefully stayed at home.
In those terrible days OF stress and
agony, when more than two millions
Of American youth, under the age OF
eighteen, risked their lives and shed
their blood for the perpetuity OF the
Republic and the everlasting honor
Of the flag, Mr. Root and Mr.. Choatc
ably and heroically avoided enlist
mont and let others do the fighting,
assisted in their patriotic devotion 70
home duties, Mr.. President, by Mr.
Depew and the majority Of those
aged gentlemen who are now seeking
10 hurry you into their belated fond
ness for war.
Mr.. President, it is not to the coun-
sci OF tie clamor Of men who would
not and did not fight for the nations
life in their youth that you should
pay heed.
We feel sure that you desire to
know the sentiment Of the whole
people and that sentiment, Mr..
President, you can learn from the
common people, and from their dircct
representatives, the members of the
Congress which is about TO answer
your summons.
Mr. President, it you think that
we should take sides with England
and enter upon this European war
as her ally, and the Congress agrees
with this Wow, we again Pledge our
loyal devotion to you in that case
But we feel sure that If you will
consult the people, you viii find
them far more disposed to protect
America only than to protect any
foreign country.
And we think. too, that you will
find the united sentiment or the vast
majority Of the American people to
be that If our merchant ships are TO
oo armed VITA naval guns and
manned with navy gunners in order
Ito run the German blockade Of Eng
land, then other American merchant
ships should be armed with naval
guns and manned with navy gunners
in order to run the English blockade
of Germany.
Mr. President, the American peo-
pie are as just as they are patriotic,
and their feeling is that our Amer
lean Government ought to protect
and defend ALL our rights and not
only SOME Of our rights, that If we
are to fight for the freedom Of the
seas we should fight for the freedom
Of all the seas
And they deeply feel and univer-
sally say th9t If we must go to war,
our sons should fight ONLY FOR
TIE PROTECTION or AEMRICA
and not as the partisans Of ANY Of
the European combatants.
Mr. President, the American peo-
pie are loyal people and 2 patriotic
people, and they are trusting you
and are going to follow you any
where you lead them, and that only
makes your responsibility the sreater
TO lead them in the path of just deal
ing, and, il need be, in the path Of
just war
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