The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-05

was caused by European secret dIp:o'
macy. and citing the AngioFTench
Moroccan secret treaty as the mos;
reDrehcnSihlc, dishonest and perJurcd
Of records"
ENGLAND first began the ruthless
naval warfare" he charged, by re,
pudjaling the declaration Of LONDON
That the United States did not pro
Test more vigorously against lhe bllL-
ish mine field blockade WAS the adllllfl'
;stralion's great mistake, the senator
said. and the real and, primary cause
nf an American war declaration.
When Senator La Toilette concluded
ne had been speaking more than lnret
hours. Senator Williams OF MISSISSIPPI
arose Immediately 10 reply.
The speech Of tfF Wisconsin soma
tor would better have become lltlI
Won -E0llwcg than an Amer
lean senator" said Senator Williams
I'm fact he has gone further than Herr
Won -lIullweg would ever
have gone. Delhmann-HolIweg SAD
the usc of the submarine could be JUS
III flied onlv on the ground OF necessity
The senator from Wisconsin puts il on
the same footing as Great BRITAIN III
81 fully expected the senator from
Wisconsin before he took his seat &c
defend the INVASION OF Belgium. the
most barbariouS act ever committed
/ heard from him speech that wa:
PROG German, pro.GOth, pro-Fandal aho
which was anti-preSident, anti-con
cress and anti-AmeriCan.
while pronouncing Il eulogy on the
!German people it might have eulo
cizcd a very much greater, better and
more intelligent prople-the Amcrt
can. His speech was exactly what
nigh, have been delivered IN the Ger
man .RcichstnG by Bcthmann- Hollweg
if Observation-Disclosures had had the an,
dacity. But Bcihmann.H0llwrg hau
100 much sense. TOO much knowledge
10 make that speech.
At This point Senator La tollette
left me chamber, but remained IN the
clo?k room a while within hearing dis
lance.
Continuing. Senator Williams said
he heard in imagination the groans O!
men, women and children. sent &c
walcry graves by German submarines
Has No Praise
But tho senator from Wisconsin
hears none OF them said the Missis
sippi senator. II have loved tho Wis
cDnsin senator in a way until recently,
BAT have no patience with any man
who stands up in The senate at this
time applaudinG the common enemy,
who also Is the enemy OF The human
race and has not one word in praise
OF the American president or the
American people.
IF the American people cant be
aroused now in patriotic fGrvor they
are degenerate sons OF noble sires. We
are involved in this war now. not by
congress, but involved by the German
kaiser. | join the president in express
ing no hostility against the German
people themselves. | lived among
them TWO years.
THE senator from Wisconsin labor
cd 70 establish an identity OF purpose
and action in the violations Of our
neutral rights by Great Britain and
Germany. He proved he did not know
the difference between a prize court
and utorpcGO. Great Britain s
drowned none Of our citizens.
81 am a little tired Of utterances like
that of the senator from Wisconsin de-
nouncing The Entente Allies. lIo en-,
dcavorS TO twist the British lions tail
Demagogues have been doing that
ever since the revolution, but it is a
matter Of history that most OF the peo
pie Of England were against the war
on the colonies.
(Which would you rather do, fight
Germany now with France and Great
Britain and Russia, or fight her alone
later? You have got to do one or the
other. tell you if Germany does win
that fight on the continent Of Europe
she will begin building and getting
ready to whip us unless. the English
fleet prevents it,
Nothing To Lose
Referring 10 the Wisconsin sena
tors statement that the United States