The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-05
$3.50 = Traitor" Our
1ngoes Cried; stone Was
Hlght," Says the President!

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Their purpose is to saddle militarism
mon this country. and to play upon the
patriotism of the country, now at its
hirh point. to gain their ends-BE-
CAUSE MILITARISM IN ANY CouN-
try MEANS PROFITS TO THEM.
THEIR BUSINESS is EQUIPPING
MLTARIsTIC COUNTRIES AND
MILTARISM.
England knows them.
Germany knows them.
Russia knows them.
The United States is about to md
them out
These ultra-mihtarists-our jingoes-
these who see in war giant consumer
Of steel and borrowed money rather than
IN agent of great humanitarian prlncl-
ple, have been quick to denounce those
Who see first the great red stain that
wsr makes; who see the tears of women
which war draws-our ultra-militarists
have been quick to call such as these
sH,itors,' and the voicing of their senti-
rnents and the giving of expression to
the feeling In their hearts treason
Our ultra-miitarists have an object in
ida
They seek to throttle free press and
ne speech; to muzzle those who are
sbSe 10 conceive of what they are up to,
untfI they have saddled upon us things
which belong to autocracy, which we
have condemned by willingness to take
ID arms against it, rather than to dem
oerscy, in whose name ws point to the
~ under which we will fight.
The war resolution met with OPP
position in the United States senate
nom members of that body who opposed
3 from conviction.
Thee senator's win be called trait
en- and their words ''treasonable. "
one a them has already been burned
= sau BY eitizsns whe, have yielded
- ths pressure of the ultrs-militarists-
Among their number Is Senator Stone,
- 10 chairman of the foreign relations
oonnnit4ee.
He announced in expressing his oppo-
dt30n to the resolution that while he
would vote against it, he would vote to
g everything required by it after its
passage.
Senator Stone was one of the number
ARMED TRAITORS" because they opposed
Ne armed neutrality bill, the impotency
u which the president has now admitted
Z - the only service of which was that
q stepping stsne for the country into
real war.
BY the wilful ultra-militarists Of this
country, or its jingoes, these senators
we're denounced by their stock epithet
and with added expression here and
there that hanging would be too good
for them.
However, since that session of our
senate, the Congressional Record has
been sent thru the country with the
speech of Senator Stone. which received
little mention in the press that does the
jingoes' bidding.
The Times quotes from the speech so
that It's readers may know exactly the
reasons advanced by the senator for his
opposition TO the bill as introduced.
Senator Stone said:
The constitution vests the warrnaking power
alone In the congress. II is power the congress
n not st liberty to delegate. Moreover am
personally unwilling 10 part with my constltu
tiopsl responsibility az a senator 10 express my
5udgmsnt upon the issue OF war whenever and
however II may be presented. ! believe this
law would contravene the constitution Let us
examine that let us discuss that The bill pro
vfdes that the president shall be
authorized and empowered 20 employ such IN.
mont and discretion. seem necessary and adr
ouatr 10 protect the vessels and citizens Of thi
tnitsd states In their lawful and peaceful uur-
suits on the high