The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-05
SENATOR WILLIAMS ASSAILS

States is the only nation of all neu- trals which regards it necessary to declare war upon Germany? An have refused to join in a combination against Germany. Some may have a clearer view than we This suspi- cion of desire for war profits does not attach 10 them
 Senator LaFollette said the United states has not the confidence of the other American republics because of its war policies. He predicted that entrance of the United States would not shorten the conflict but will yastly extend t by drawing other na- tions in It Is idle he declared. to talk of a war on the German govern ment and not on the German people
 "Wc are leagued,' he continued, "or are about to be, according to the presidents speech. with the heredi. tary enemies ot the German people Words are not strong enough to pro. test against a combination with the entente allies which would have us endorse the violations of iuternatiou- al law by Great Britain by her pur- pose 10 Wreak vengeance on the Ger man people We do not know what is in the minds of those who made the eompacts in which we are to sharee
 Submit this question to the people By vote of ten to one they would register their declaration against war. The armies necessary to be raised to aid the entente allies cannot be raised by voluntary enlistment" he said
 When Senator La Toilette conclud- cd he had been speaking more than three hours. Senator William. c Mississippi arose immediately to se- |ply
 The speech of the Wisconsin sen Iator would better have become Herr won BethmannITollweg than an Amer. Iitan senator said Senator Williams In fact. he hls gone further than Herr yol Bethmann-Eiol veg would eyes have gone Bethmaun-1Iollwes said the use ot the submarine could be justified only on the ground of necessity, the senator from Wisconsin puts i, on the same footing as Great Brtains interference with our com Imerce.
 "l fully expected the senator from Wisconsin, befose he took his seat to defend the invasion of Belgium, the most barbarous act ever commit, ed. heard from him a speech that was ITO C Gsrman, proGoth, pro-yandal and which was anti-president, anti-cOn- eress and anti-Amerfcan
 While pronouncing an eulogy on the German people he might have GU logized a very much greater, better land more intelligent peep e-the American. Lis speech was exactly Y hat might have been delivered in the German reichstag by Bethmann- Hollweg, if Bethmann-Hollweg had had the audacity But Be hmann- Hollweg had too muc1 sense. too much knowltdg to make the speech.
 At this point Senator Ia Toilette left the chamber but Aemained in tha cloak rocM 8 whi e within hearing distance.
 ConulWug. Senator Williams said he heard in imagination the groans of men. women and children sent to watery graves by German submarines.
 But the senator from Wisconsin rcars none of tAem said he Mssls- inW senator. "I have loved the Wis cons senator in a way until recently .o. 1 Ye no patience with any man who stands up in the senate al this .time ap)iauding the common enemy, who is also the enemy of the human lrac,. and has not one word Of praise o' the American president or Inc 'm, i.a1 people.
 "lf tho American people can't be Iaroueet noN in patriotic lervor, they are degenerate sons of noble sires. We are involved in this war now, but ,rot Ly congress burt involved by the German kaises. | join the president in expressing no hostility against the ! German people themselves. lived among them two years
 "The senator from Wisconsin la
 bored to establish an identity of pur pose and action in the violations oi l our neutral rights by Great Britain
 and Germany He proved he did no' know the differences between prize
 court and torpedo. Great Britain has drowned none of our citizens l "I am a little tired of utteranceS 1 like that of the senator from Wis consin denouncing the entente allies He endeavors 10 twist the Britisl lions tail. Demagogues have been do ing that ever since the revolutions | but it is a matter of history that mos
 of the people of England were agains l the war iii the colonies
 1 (Which would you rather do, fighi | Germany now with France and Grea Britain and Russia, or fight her alon' later? You've got to do one or thu
 other. tell you if Germany does vii that fight on the continent of Europe l .,,o y,u1 Laoiu hlfiIding and pettinl