New Britain herald., 1917-04-04
DEBATES WAR RESOLUTION
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SIGNS OF EASTER.

(eeans to ma that nothing is more inn >ostant than to follow it out. sN am a thorough believer in the keneral policy laid down by Wash, hoton when he advised the people of Ia Knitted States not to enter into Fex3Nanent alliances; but the man who Foi5Ahe American revolution through Alliance with France would have ,6est the last to lay down a hard and |ASksrule that under no circumstances m Tor no purposes were we ever to kllyF ourselves with other nations. ESfteeing and wise, he knew very. t9lx that dangers might come which YQ&5H make a temporary alliance or ygl ment with foreign nations im- Sef1tive. That time has arrived. It kol4d be made necessary for us to ttnpt to make war alone upon Ger haRS and find ourselves perhaps, at hesend left isolated. with war with |1apower. when all the nations had h&9ae peace, because we had not as- |pfed ourselves with them. The II of the EnteHke. as they are AHeG are fighting common foe and hGtX foe Is now ours. We cannot kn8 sa great army across the ocean prsNe have no army to send. Yet |h0G1d be glad for one if we could eHd 0.000 men of our regular troops 5 That the flag of the United States hiaAt at least be unfurled in the 'e31A of France. I believe that the keSs sight of that flag in that region Aa4A so desolate by war would stim- tetec the courage and help the suc- slltof those who have the same aim H AH~ lctory. We can also help the Allies
 the president recommends. with Ire credits and with those supplies h1ch we can furnish them and filch they lack: We cannot do more my direction to bring this war to beAdy end than to give those credits III furnish those supplies.''
 aanator Lodge. referring to the fe6dent's statement concerning Ger \@h spies in this country he said he kQ1ved "the overwhelming mass of hf ycitizens of German descent are RAt.ans loyal to the United States as nfs citizens could be. but that Ger:
 agents must be dealt. with. to p69e the presidents address. with firm hand"
 Would Seize German Ships.
 Senator Lodge said one of the first kSyof the United States should be TT e1eizure of the German ships now
 the United States ports, putting k6tonnaRc in the worlds service to SutAce the ships sunk by Germany's hxnarines. He continued:
 she worst of all wars is a feeble IT: r:sfWar Is too awful to be an- red upon half-heartedly.
 eff we fight at all we must fight for we are worth. It must be no weak, gttating war. The mort merciful kx, jy that which is most vigorously sged and which comes most quickly
 an end.
 sThere are. in my opinion, some 5ings worse for a nation than war: tional degeneracy is worse: national |warNice is worse: the division of r people into race groups. striving
 direct the course of the United ates in the interest of some other Suntry when we should have but e alliance. one hope and one tradi- pn. All these dangers have been thering about us and darkening the rixoN during the last three years, hatever suffering and misery were
 
 ul things away. It will unify us
 o one nation.
 'Hsbefeve that on our entrance into asswar under the conditions which 1t s assumed. our future peace, our
 portance as a proud and high spir.,. d nation. our very security are at kke. There is no other way as I
 it, except by war. to save these ings without which national exist ce is mockery and a sham.
 s# War Against Barbarism.
 .sBut there is still higher pur- s0 here. as I look upon it. The e&ldent has said with great justice ht Germany Is making war on all ltto14 We enter this war to unite tk hose who are fighting the com
 n fee in order to preserve human