The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-03

resources to bring the government
of the German empire to terms
and end the war.
What this will involve is clear.
1t will involve the utmost practi-
cable cooperation in counsel and
action with the governments now
at war with Germany, and, as in
cident to that, the extension to
those governments of the most lib
eral financial credits, in order that
our resources may so far as pos
sible be added to theirs.
For Universal Service.
1t will involve the organization
and mobilization of all the mate
rial resources of the country to
supply the materials of war and
serve the incidental needs of the
nation in the most abundant and
yet the most economical and eff
cient way possible.
1t will involve the immediate
full equipment of the navy in all
respects, but particularly in sup
plying it with the best means of
dealing with the enemy's subma-
rines.
1t will involve the immediate
addition to the armed forces of
the United States already provided
for by law in case of war of at
least 100000 men, who should, in
my opinion be chosen upon the
principle of universal liability to
service and also the authorization
of subsequent additional incre-
ments of equal force as soon as
they may be needed and can be
handled in training.
Silver Bullets, Too.
1t will involve, also, of course,
the granting of adequate credits
to the government, sustained, |
hope, so far as they can equitahly
be sustained, by the present gen.
GRAFTON, by we'll conceived taxa
ton.
i say sustained so far as may
be equitable by taxation because 1t
seems to me that it would be most
unwise to base the credits which
will now be necessary. entirely on
mOiey DOTTOWeu.
1t is our duty, l most respect
fully urge, to protect our people
as far as we may against the very
serious hardships and evils which
would be likely to arise out of the
initiation which would be produced
by vast loans.
We Must Prepare.
In carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be &C
complished, we should keep con-
stantly In mind the wisdom Of in
terfering at little as possible in
our own preparation and in the
equipment of our own military
forces with the duty-for it will
be very practical duty-of sup
plying the nations already at war
with Germany with the materials
which they can obtain only from
us or by our assistance. They are
in the field and we should help
them in every way to be effective
there.
shall take the liberty of sug-
| costing, through the several exec
utive departments of the govern
ment, for the consideration of
your committees, measures for the
accomplishment Of the several OBJ
jects l have mentioned.
Keep Motives Clear.
hope that 1t will be your pleas
ure to deal with them as having
been framed after very careful
thought by the branch of the gov
eminent upon which the RESPONSE
bility of conducting the war and
safeguarding the nation will most
directly fall.
While we do these things, these
deeply momentous things, let us
be very clear and make very clear
to all the world what our motives
and our objects are. My own
thought has not been driven from
its habitual and normal course by
the unhappy events Of the last two
months and | do not believe that
the thought of the nation has been
altered or clouded by them.
Neutrality Unfeasible.
/ have exactly the same things
in mind now that | had in mind
when l addressed the senate on
the 22d of January last; the same
that l had in mind when l adj
dressed the congress on the Sd of
February and on the 26th of Feb
ruary.
Our object now as then Is to
vindicate the principles of peace
and justice in the life of the
world as against selfish and auto
cratic power and to set up amongst
the really free and self-governed
peoples of the world such a con-
cert of purpose and of action as
will henceforth ensure the observ-
ance of these principles.
Neutrality is no longer feasible
or desirable where the peace of
the world is involved and the free
dom of its peoples and the menace
to that peace and freedom lies in
the existence of autocratic govern
ments, backed by organized force
which is controlled wholly by their
will, not by the will of the people.
War On a Dynasty.
We have seen the last of neu-
trality in such circumstances. We
are at the beginning of an era in
which It will be insisted that the
same standings of conduct and of
responsibility for wrong done shall
be observed among nations and
their governments that are OBJ