The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-05

. D-- ~ ~ 1L1-p u CEAL-J-s. tLLA y ~
would eat its vitals away; the pIott
ings Of inner circles who could plag
what they would and render accoun
/ to no one would be q corruption seat
I ed At its very heart
Only free peoples can hold rhsil
( purpose and their honor steady to Z
( common end and prefer the interest:
. Of mankind to any narrow interest Of
their own.
The present German submarine
warfare against commerce is q war
/ fare against mankind. It IS wal
against all nations. American ships
have been sunk. Amrican lives taken
| in ways which it has stirred US very
deeply to learn OF, but the ships and
people of other neutral and friendI.
nations have been sunk and over
whelmed in the waters in the same
way.
There has been no discrimination
The challenge is 10 all mankind Each
nation must decide for Itself how It
will meet IL The choice we make fo-
yourselves must be made with mod
Grafton Of counsel and q temperate
ness of judgment BETTING our char
.acter and our motives as q nation. We
must put excited feeling away. Our
motive viii not be revenge OF the vic
oTious assertion of the physical nigh.
of the nation, out only the vindicatioH
of right, OF human right, Of which
We are only 2 single champion
The German government denies
the right Of neutraIs TO use arms al
all within the areas OF the sea whIeL
lie has prescribed, even in 5he de
Eenzs Of rights which no modern pun
icisc has ever before questioned thEl
right to defend The ntimarion Is
conveyed that the armed guard
which We have placed on 0us mes
chant ships viii be treated as beyonc
The pale Of law and subject to be
dealt with as pirates would b
armed neutrality IS iueEeclua
enough at best: IN such Circumstance
nd in the lace Of such pretensioE
L IS worse than LnsfectuaEi it j.
likely at once to produce what j
was meant TO prevent; it is practical
" certain to draw Us into the wa
without either the rights or the eI
tectiyeuess OF belIigerents.
There is one choice we can no
make. we are incapable OF making
We will not choose the path Of 81.
mission and sufer the most saere
rights Of our nation and our peopl
10 be ignored or violated. The wrong
.gaiust which We now array ouI
5avss are not common wrongs; the
III to the very roots Of human life.
With q profound sense OF The 81 1
mn ana even tragicaI character o
hs step I an .aking and Of the grav
zsponsibiIities which it involves, bu
uuhesitattug obedience to what
eem my constitutional duty. ad
sa tEat tie congress declare tE
e-s-- course OF the imperial Sc
government to be in fact not
less than ~a- against the g1
-lmeu- and people OF the Unite
saa- # form .ly accept Il
-s oE asl-Ea-azt which has -hU
cen thrust arg- it, and that 1t Ia
Immediate steps not only TO pu- lEa
7un-rr IN s. more thorough state
license. but also 70 exert all its pov
s- and employ all It's resources
ring the government Of the Germ
supire 10 terms and end the war
What this VIII involve is clea
-- viii involve the utmost practcabl \
cooperation in counsel and acrio |
rirb the governments now AT Wa
With Germany. and, as incident q
hat. the extension TO those govern
renrs of the most liberal fnancia
redits. In order that our resource |
nay. so far as possible, be added 70
heirs
1T will involve the organization |
nd mobilization Of all the materia
esources Of the country to supply the
materials of war and serve the Incl
.ental needs Of the nation in the mos
bundaur. and yet the most ecououE
al and efficient way possible.
1T will involve the mediate ful
1uipmeut Of the navy in all re
-ects. but particularly in supplyir
with the best means OF deali-
nth the enemy's submarines
1t viii involve the immediate a.
ition to the armed forces Of T.
nited States already provided f
v law in case OF war, by at leas
90. .00O men, who should, in n
1iuion. be chosen upon the primo
e Of universal liability to servtc-
ID also the authorization Of subs
lent additional incremeuts OF cor
rec so soon as they may be need
ID can be handled in training