Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-03
Here's Full Text of the Presidents Message

at least 50O, 1000 men, who should
 in my opinion, be chosen upon the
 principle of universal liability to service, and also the authorization
 of subsequent additional increases
 of equal force 50 soon as they may
 be needed and can be handled in
 training.
 To Involve High Tax
 ''It will involve, of course. the granting of adequate credits to the government, sustained, I hope. so far as they can equitably be sustained, by the present generation by well con ceived taxation. I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation be- cause it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, most respectfully urge. to protect our people so fair as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which will be likely to arise out of the imitation which would be produced
 
 by vast loans.
 In carrying out the measures by which these things are to be accom- plished we should keep constantly in mind the wisdom of interfering as lit- tie as possible in our own prepara- ton and in the equipment of our own military forces with the duty-for it will be very practical duty-of sup plying the nations already at war with Germany with the materials which they can obtain only from us or by our assistance. They are deficient and we should help them in every way to be effective.
 T shall take the liberty Of suggest ing, through the several executive de Dartments of the governments for the consideration of your committees. measures for the accomplishment of the several objects I have mentioned. l hope that it will be your pleasure to deal with the mas having been framed after very careful thought hy the branch of the government upon which the responsibility of conducting te war and safeguarding the nation will most directly fall.
 Why U. s. Wages War While We do these things. these deeply momentous things, let us be very clear and make very clear to all the world what our motives and our objects are. My own thought has not been driven from it's habitual and nor nal course by the unhappy events oi the last two months, and do not be lieve that the thought of the nation has been altered or clOuded ny them
 "l have exactly the same things il mind now that I had in mind when addressed the senate on the 22nd o January last; the same that I hal il mind when I addressed the congress. on the 3rd Of February and the 26tE ] of February. Our object now, as then Is to vindicate the principles of peac, and justice in the life of the world a. against selfish and autocratic powe and to set up amongst the really ire, and self-governed peoples of tn, world such concert of purpose ant Of action as will henceforth insur, the observance of these principles.
 Neutrality is no longer feasible o desirable where the peace of thu world is involved and the freedom o Its peoples. and the menace. to tha peace and freedom lies in the exist ence of autocratic governments back ed by organized force which is con trolled wholly by their will. notSb, the will of their people we have seer the last of neutrality in such circum stances.
 | We are at the beginning of an az ln which it will be insisted that tn, same standards of conduct and of re sponsibility for wrong done shall b, observed among nations and the gov ernments that are observed anon. the individual citizens of civilizet states.
 German People Blameless
 We have no quarrel with the Ger man people. We have no feeling to ward them but one of sympathy anC friendship. It was not upon their i'm pulse that their government acted il entering this war. It was not witt their previous knowledge or approva Ii was a war determined upon as war used to be determined on in the old unhappy days when peoples were nc where consulted by their rulers an, wars were provoked and waged in tn, interests Of dynasties or of littl groups of ambitious men who wer, accustomed to use their fellow mel as pawns and tools.
 The Spy Cases
 'Self-goverDed nations do not fl their Deighbor states with spies or SC Al.