Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-08

sNidtta III u Sldit OF WIFI WIN FNlte
~trta-TTungary. Does il seem strang,
10 YOU that this should be the con
clusion Of the argument that I have
Just addressed 20 you? u is not
1t is in fact the inevitable logic d
what have said. AuatriaIIungary
II for the time being not her own
mistress, but simply the vassal OF
lie German government. We must
face The facts as they are and &C.
upon them without sentiment in this
stern business.
lnetrument or Another Nation.
Tic government of h|ustrta-IIun.
gary is not acting upon It's own in
i~tiatiye or in response 10 the wishes
and feeling Of It's own peoples, but
as the instrument Of another nation.
We must meet its force with our
own ana regard the central powers
as but one. The war can be sue
cessfuily conducted in no other way.
The same logic would lead also y
q declaration OF war against Turkey
and Bulgaria. They are also the
tools Of Germany. But they are
mere tools and do net yet stand in
the direct path OF our necessary ac-
ton. We shall go wherever the ne
cessities of this war carry us, but I,
! seems to me that we should so only
where immediate and practical CON
siderations lead us and not heed any
others.
The financial and military meas.
ures which must be adopted will
suggest themselves as the war and
It's u%ndertakins develop. but / will
take the liberty of proposing to you
certain other acts of legislation
the support Of the war and for the
release of our Whole force and en-
ergy.
1t will be necessary to extend in
certain particulars the legislation Of
the last session with regard to alien
enemies; and also necessary. | be
lieve, to create a very definite and
particular control over the entrance
and departure of all persons into
and from the United States.
Legislation should be enacted de-
fning as a criminal offense every
willful violation Of the presidential
proclamations relating to alien enc
mics promulgated under section 4067
of the Revised Statutes ard provid.
ing appropriate p~unishments; and
women as well as men should be in.
cluded under the terms of the acts
placing restraints upon alien enc.
mics. 1t is likely that as time goes
on many alien enemies viii be will
ing to be fed and housed at the ex
pense Of the government in the de
| tention camps, and it would be the
purpose of the legislation l have sug.
ested to confne offenders among
them in penitentiaries and other SIM
liar institutions where they could be
made to work as other criminals do.
Replaced BY s~e!fishness.
Recent experience has convinced
me that the Congress must go fur
| ther in authorizing the government
to set limits to prices. The law Of
supply and demand. / am sorry to
say, has been replaced by the law
of u~nrestrained ~selfshness. While
we have eliminated prof eering in
several branches of industry it still
runs impudently rampant in others.
The farmers, for example, complain
with a great deal of justice that,
while the regulation Of food prices
restricts their incomes no restraints
are placed upon the prices of most
of the things they must themselves
purchase; and similar inequalities OBJ
tain on all sides.
1T is imperatively necessary that
the consideration of the full use of
the water power Of the country and
also the consideration of the system.
attic and yet economical development
of such of the natural resources oil
the country as are still under the
. control Of the Federal government
should be Immediately resumed and
affirmatively and constructively dealt
with at the earliest possible moment
The pressing need of such legislation
is daily becoming more obvious.
The Legislation proposed at the
last session with regard to regulated
combinations among u exporters
: III order to provide for Il foreign
) trade a more effective oranization
{ and method of cooperation, ought
? by all means to be completed at this
5 session.
t And I beg that The members Of