The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-05

proval are most violent In language.
indicating that they were written in
the heat OF passion"
Senator Ia Toilette then describ-
ed al length the little town OF Mon.
roe. Green county. Wisconsin, where
war referendum was held. The
people. he said. were mostly Swiss
or OF English stock. The vote was
964 for a referendum before declar-
ing war and IS for war He refer.
red 10 referendums In other states.
some by postal cards and some 9th.
erNise. saying all favored a con
tinuance OF peace.
He read a telegram from She oy-
gan. Wis. showing in a referendum
there. 4,os2 votes were cast against
entering war compared 20 II fer en-
terfng Il. In the county. outside
the city. the vote was 2,o5i against
entering the war and no votes tor IL.
Scores "wIlfuI" chsros
La Toilette denounced IN" "intol'
erance" shown following the armed
neutrality bill.
"A member OF the British parlia.
ment." he said. now travelling in
This country am not az liberty TO
give his name tho he II probably
within sound OF my voice--hns Civ
en- me his views as 10 the difference
between this country and Great
Britain In that respect.
He pointed out that thero Is as
much intolerance OF dissenting Grin
Ion in this country In time OF peace
az there IL in England in time OF
war. Yet. In England in time OF
war. even in this one. but especially
In the Boer war. there has been
minority opposed to the war.
But the president cAa-acteriEes
the men who opposed the armed
neutrality as 'wilful' II might be
thought the president should be
called wilful for vetoing the immi.
grafton bill the last time after n
had been three times PASSED by
congress and the people reelected
the members whc had voted for Il
Yet. there has been no attack on
him for this exercise OF one-man
power"
The senator urged a nation wide
referendum--the Bryan idea de-
eide whether 10 20 to war. He pre-
Gicted the vote would be AZ least
10 10 aEainsi war.
Peopse Oppose War
CriuclEing President Wilson's
statement that GermanY's rulers
precipitated the war without the
consent or knowledge OF It's people.
he declared the United States gov.
eminent has not and never will
have the popular support" in this
conflict that Germany has given It's
government
The espionage and conscfiption
bills and other measures being
ground out by the war machine are
evidence the administration knows
it does not have popular support"
he said.
Asserting a majority frequently
Is able 10 shape the national policy.
Senator la Toilette digressed from
his prepared speech to make plea
that the people make themselves
heard.
Poor VIII Be Heard
The poor who are called 10 rot
in the. trenches" he declared DIRE.
maticaly. have now no organized
mouthpiece. they have no press,
but sometime they will be heard,
I hope in an orderly and peaceful
way and before long. when. n We
take this step. prices OF necessaries
will multiply and they viii come 10
be taxed double again and again.
The people will be heard; they will
have their day"
The senator referred 10 the priest
dents statement Germany had VIC
lated her submarine pledges, and
continued
Her promise. so-cslled. was con
ditional on England being brought
10 obedience OF international law.
Was II quite fair TO lay before the
country the statement that Ger
many made an unconditional prom.
ise and had deliberately violated
it,
1T was England. not Germany,
who refused TO obey the Declare
ton OF London. containing the most
humane ideas OF naval warfare
which could be framed by the civ
iliEed world up to that time. Keep
that In mind"
Williams Raps Foe
When Senator la Toilette con
Guided he had been speaking more
than three hours. Senator Williams,
OF Mississippi, arose Immediately TO
reply.
The speech OF the Wisconsin
senator would better have become
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg than
an American senator" said Senator
Williams. "In fact. he has gone
further than Herr Won Bethmann.
Hollweg would ever have gone.
Bethmann-Hollweg said the use Of
the submarine could be justified
only on the ground OF necessity. the
senator from Wisconsin puts II on
the same footing as Great Britain's
interference with our commerce.
Il fully expected the senator from
Wisconsin before he took his seat