Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-13
QUOTES KAISER AND SENATOR

1 llSS " Tic lIdB HIS ITeSlu4uL, OI
his armies, then In humanity he
] ought to correct 1t and not in defiance
repeat It,"
KELLOGG'S WORDS BITTER
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, who
presented the first resolutions Of Min
nesota, organizations asking La FOIL
lettos expulsion accused La Toilette
of misstating facts in the st. Paul I'D
dress and denied that this country
went to war to secure Americans the
right to travel OH munition laden ships
or to protect loans made to foreign
governments.
Il have no right, or wish, to criti
ciZc any man who voted against this
nation going to war, although l may
disagree with him; but we are at war
and | believe men of this body, men
OF influence, should not make state
ments tending to aid and encourage
the enemy and to cast dishonor and dis
credit upon this nation.
Imagine tho circulation in the Ger
man empire Of those statements, re
flecting discredit upon our prosccu.
ton OF the war, and sustaining the
Justice of the cause Of the German EN-
pirc.
Gould these people be blamed for
believing in n cause however, lacking
IN justice and right, il these arc the
reasonPawhich lead us into this great
conflict, and sustain us through its
trying ordeal?
Whatever may be said as to the
orlginal cause of the war between Ger
m""'' and the allies, this nation rests
upon solid ground, backed by interna
tional '"'' by the dictates Of human
ity and the instincts Of self preserya
tion."
DANGEROUS" ASSERTS FALL.
This country, Senator kellogg de
cared, owes 1t to the allies and to his
tory to place its dtsapproyals before
the world of the "slanderous accuse
tlon" made bv Senator La Toilette In
his st. Paul speech.
He denied the statement attributed
to La Toilette, that President Wilson
had been warned by Secretary Bryan
before the Lusitahia sailed, that six
million rounds Of ammunition besides
explosives were on board and that tho
passengers were sailing in violation
Of the statutes Of this country.
Senator Fall said that utteranccs
which before tho war would be proper
In his opinion now were unjustifiable.
He saiti he has always believed
the Wisconsin senator to DO sincere
although he has not always agreed
with him, but In tho senator's present
attitude he believes him to BIO In er
rOr.
mo moro dangerous doctrine could
have been preached and no more in
s1duous utterance could have been
heard from any source than that by
the senator from Wisconsin. in my
Judgment" he said. II refer to his
:. Paul speech"
FULL SPEED" HIS KEYNOTE.
La Toilette spent Friday and most
OF the night preparing his speech De
Tending his course In opposing tho
declaration of war and subsequent at
lacks on war policies, La Toilette de
clared:
ut Is the citizens duty to obey the
law until 1t Is repealed or declared
unconstitutional. But he has tho in
alienablo right to fight what he deems
an obnoxious law or a wrongful policy
IN the courts and at the ballot box.
1T Is the suppressed emotion of the
masses that breeds revolution, If the
American people are to carry on this
great war; If plblic opinion is to be
enlightened and intelligent there must
be free discussion.
MAY BEAR WARS BRUNT.
congress. as we'll as the people of
the United States entered the war in
great confusion of mind and under
feverish excitement. The Presidents
leadership was followed unquestion
ingly in the faith that he had some
big unreyealed plan by which peace
that would exalt him before all the
world would soon be achieved
Gradually reluctantly, Congress
ana the country are beginning to per
ce1ye that we are in this terrific
world conflict, not only to right our
wrongs, not only to aid the allies,
not only to share it's awful death toll
and its fearful tax burdens but per
haps to bear the brunt OF the war.
And so I say II we are to forestall
the danger Of being drawn into years
of war perhaps finally to attain impe
ri'mlism and exploitation, the people
must unite in campaign along constf
tutional lines for free discussion Of
the policy OF the war and its conclu
sion on just basis.
WOULD PREPARE ALL FOR WAR
"While it Is true that the war must
hn gone through with" he said. IT
was not true that we must go through
to the END to accomplish an undisclos
ed purpose to reach an unknown goal "
Every preparation for prosecuting
the war must be made, the Wisconsin