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Congress 10 enter upon with resolution and
follow with energy 70 the end. II is en-
tirely certain that the President will have
the full support Of the senate add the House
Of Representatives. II 90 beyond doubt that
tho PEOPLE Of the United States by vast
majority are with him heart and soul.
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER II does not fol
low that because it has become our duty 70
Join hands with the opponents'of mili'ari'm.
"a excmplifed by the Prussian dynasty. "'
are 70 regard our fellow residents Germans
rs encmics.
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL. Not
since there Declaration ~ independence has
there been more significant. more mo-
mentous dclivcrance on the part Of the Amer
lean people than yesterday was made Tor
them by their President. Woodrow wilson.
b their Congress and to all mankind. The
liberty which was then claimed and won Tor
the now continent by the founders Of our
Republic IS the same liberty for whose con-
servation and perpctuatlon against the as
saults Of the most powerful and desperate
foe to liberty in all the world the President
Of the Republic yesterday called it. people tn
arms.
RICHMOND VaJ TIMES-DISPATCH
II is for each OF US now to play his part
manfully in the great cause 70 which our
country has become committed. We shall
carry the fight for freedom and democracy
against the last stronghold Of autocracy and
reaction In such a cause We can afford 10
forget our own wrongs.
CHARLESTON IS. c. NEWS AND
COURIER President Wilson's address will
ring round the world. It is. moreover. as
practical a. it is eloquent. Every recon-
incubation which it contains is designed to
make the nation fit to do its part worthily
as. becomes it's past and as becomes the cause
in which it is existing.
NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE.-
The call TO action finds instant response IN
many millions Of American hearts. Con-
gress. we have no doubt. will accept the
Presidents recommendation that the exist
encc Of a state Of war be recognized and
forthwith take all steps nccdful to carry Tho
conflict forced upon Us to a righteous and
triumphant end.
CHICAGO HERALD Strict accountable
ity" took on "A deeper significance when
President Wilson. in "A message which will
rank a. a great historic event. went before
Congress and asked Il declaration that a
state of war exists between this country and
Germany That empire must now realize
that the oft-repcated and oft-houted warning
that this country could be expected TO omit
no word or act needed to maintain its honor
and it. rights were something more than
diplomatic phrases.
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. That Congress
will grant the Presidents request in full
there can be no doubt. As the greatest OK
ponent Of democracy. We should be false Ia
our traditions if We should falter in this SUI
prone hour Of libcrty's struggle with des-
potism.
TOPEKA (KAND DAILY Capitalists
most pacific government in the world Is
driven to war because it could not escape
war and perform its duties. The nation
stands behind the President.
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT- has
been the hope Of the country that when the
President spoke he would speak IN no uncer-
tain tones. That hope is fully fulfilled in
his address Of tonight. There is no mincing
of words, no qualifying phrases. That Con-
gress will act at once and in full accord with
the Presidents wishes cannot be doubted. and
the country will support its action to man
and 10 the end.
DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
President Wilson's message is pitched in 2
lofty key that will appeal not only to the
people OF this nation, but 20 all the free
peoples Of the world. It will take its place
with the Mckinley message that resulted in
freeing the people OF Cuba from foreign
bondage.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE President
has uttered the words which the people Of
the United States demanded. The American
spirit throbs in every trenchant line and
puts to shame the pacifists. lie has taken
the correct position that If No enter the war
we must employ every resource available
7 hUETFn0 anu udllDi must ipii'" NM ~ ~
last sacrifice.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. - The
President has resisted war until he could re-
sist no longer. The American people will not
lie down like whipped ours and take their
iashing. II the German Kaiser by
wantonly attacking US has brought on a state
Of war We cannot help it. There remains but
one course for any loyal American to take.
and that is to carve out peace that will be
lasting.
LOS ANGELES TIMES We will seek no
spoils Of territory. OF course. II Mexico
shall be mad enough 10 offer her territory as
a base for German military operations
against Us. we will be compelled to guard
our frontier. and will lessen the length Of
that frontier by moving it down 20 the south
line Of Chihuahua. Sonora and Lower Cali
fornia. and wherever American valor shall
plant the American flag. there the flag shall
stay"
Canadian Newspapers
Lnud u. S. Entry Into War
TORONTO (ONTJ GLOBE-The natural
foe TO liberty has now arrayed against him
the whole English-speakng world. The flag