Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-04-06
PRESIDENT URGES
WAR WITH GERMANY
ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE ADDITION
or HALF MILLION MEN TO
ARMED FORCES.
In Address TO Congress- President VIII
son Says We viii Accept Gauge
Of Battle and Will Fight for
Ultimate Peace.

WdSnluBIO1.-1u6 following lS
summary of President Wilson's mes.
sage to congress, urging declaration
Of war against Germany. The presi- /
dents message was delivered to con
gress on April 2:
ut will involve the practical CO.
operation in council and action with |
the governments now at war with Ger |
many, and. as incidental to that, the
extension to those governments of the
most liberal financial credits IN order
that our resources may, as far as pos |
sible, be added to theirs.
1T will involve the mobilization OF
all the material resources Of the coun-
try to supply the materials Of war and
serve the incidental needs Of the ma
ton.
TT will involve the immediate full
equipment of the navy in all respects,
but particularly in supplying it with
the best means Of dealing with the en-.
emy's submarines.
TT will involve the immediate addi-
ton to the armed forces Of the United
States . at least 100000 men, on
basis of liability to universal mill
tary service.
1T will be a very practical duty
the supplying the nations already at
war with the materials which
| they can obtain only with our assist
ance. They are in the held and we
should help them In every way to be
effective there.
Neutrality is no Logger reasonable
| or desirable where the peace of the
world is involved and the men
ace to that peace and freedom lies in
the existence of autocratic govern
ments backed by organized force which.
is controlled wholly by their will, not
by the will OF their people.
Zone of the things which has served
to convince us that the Prussran auto
cracy was not and could never be our
friend is that from the very outset of
the present war it has filled our unsus-
pecting communities and even our Of
fees of. government with spies.
THAT it means to stir up enemies
against us at our very doors. the in
tercepted note to the German minister
ct Mexico City is eloquent evidence.
1--WE are accepting this challenge OF
hostile purpose because we know that,
In such a government, we can never
have q friend.
I'VE are now about to accept the
gar ge of battle with this natural foe
of liberty and shall, IL necessary
spend the whole force of the nation to
check and nullify its pretensions and
power.
1--WE are glad to fght for the ulti-
mate peace of the world and for the
liberation OF its peoples.
eff there should be disloyaity (this
in reference to Germans herel 1t will
be dealt with with firm hand.
America is privileged to spend her
blood for the principles that
gave her birth and happiness and the
peace which she has treasured. God
helping her. she can do no other.
Vessels of every kind 40 have
been ruth1essly sent to the bottom
without warning and without thought
of help or mercy for, those on board,
the. vessels Of friendly neutrals along
with those of belligerents.
Even hospital ships = have
been sunk with the same reckless lack
of compassion or principle.
Property can be paid for; the lives
of peaceful and innocent people can
not be.
'.The present German submarine
warfare against commerce 10 a, war
against mankind.
Our motive will not be of revenge
or the victorious assertion Of the phys
ical might of the nation, but only. the
vindication OF right, Of human right, OF
which we are only a single champion
I'VE will not choose the path OF sub
mission and suffer the most sacred
rights Of our nation to be. ignored OF
violated.
with a profound sense OF the sol
emn and even tragical character OF the
step am taking. | advise thai
the congress declare the recent course
of the imperial government TO be II
fact nothing less than war against the
government and people of the United
States: that it formally accept the
status of belligerent which has thus
~ been thrust upon it and that 1t take
Immediate steps to exert all its
power and employ all its resources te
. bring the government of the German
| empire to terms and end the war"
. Duke Nicholas Retires TO His Estate
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