Evening star., 1917-04-03
INDIANAPOLIS STAR,

INDIANAPOLIS STAR,
To this imperious call. there can be
but one response. 1t is already bodied
forth In the joint resolution to be en-
dent asks will be granted, as 1t should
be; and we are permitted to hope that
the enect may be seen. not only in the
union of all American hearts in the
resolve and the actions now coming
on. but also in the chancellories of
Europe and even in the trenches of the
belligerent nations and the dispairing
householdse of the central powers. as
| of a star of liberty arisen on their
night, as Of voice proclaiming de-
| nverance to them that are bound.
WICHITA tKAN.) EAGLE,
Where the President has been inf
nitely forbearing in the past he Is now
heroically aggressive. Behind the
! President and this program stands
America, facing war grimly.
OKLAHOMA CITY DAILY OKLA
HOMAN,
| For two and a half years the German
government has trampled ruthlessly
| upon every American right that stood
| in the way of her monstrous purpose.
She has lied to US, she has killed our
citizens. She has held us in contempt.
There is but one answer for young
America to give. Go to the recruiting
station and get your gun.
BEAUMONT (TEXD ENTERPRISE;
America will answer the kaiser today.
Our patience and restraint have been
| too long mistaken for cowardice, our
! further gain, Now that the Berlin
gamblers inhuman destiny are to find
out their error, it remains for US to
| make a quick conclusion of the strug-
gle upon which we are unwillingly en-
tering. And that conclusion embodies
nothing less than the house Of Hohen-
zollern, in all its ramifica tions.
FORT WORTH (TEX.) RECORD.
The President spoke as statesman
and q patriot The nation Is behind him
and woe to that senator and repre-
sentative who does not recognize that
fact.
SALT LAKE HERALD-REPEBLIC
Let the pacifists stand aside-or. bet
ter yet, let them show their red Ameri-
can blood by standing squarely behind
the President and Congress. President
Wilson has risen to the occasion. He
has called upon American manhood and
American womanhood to defend their
lives. their fortunes and their sacred
honor. Today we stand where We
should have stood long ago-out in the
| open-an able and willing ally of
France and England in fight to stem
the tide of Prussian militarism.
BOSTON GLOBE:
Never before in the history Of the
country has there been such a mo-
mentous document as that of the Presi-
dent. In a union of the democracies
of the world Mr.. Wilson foretells the
downfall of autocratic misrule and the
end of all war. Automatically we are
creating a league for peace of the
world.
SACRAMENTO (CAL.) UNION,
We have entered the war against our
will. We have drawn the sword only
after great provocation. We must not
lay 1t aside until the peace of the
world is restored on a basis which will
make future wars well nigh impossible.
SEATTLE (wAsHD POST INTELLI-
GENCER:
An abused neutrality gives place to
a righteous belligerency. Heart and
SOUL the nation will be in this war.
Every sentence of the Presidents mes
ge Is meaningful. Henceforth pacif-
ism must spell treason.
SPOKANE (wAsH.) SPOKESMAN RE
VIEW:
The Presidents recommendation to
Congress was an address to the world
calling upon those nations still under
autocratic rule to assume charge of
their own governments and join with
other democracies in peace pact after
the military party in control of Ger
many has been destroyed.
TACOMA tWAsHD LEDGER:
The Presidents address is a mas
terly Indictment of Teuton autocracy,
straightforward and restrained.
KANSAS CITY (MOD JOURNAL:
The American people desired peace,
and they desire it yet-very sincerely
and earnestly. For months they have
hoped that some honorable way to
avoid war would be found. But the
protests of their government against
the wrongs and insults to which the
nation has been repeatedly subjected
were unavailing, and the government
believes that last resort the coun-
try's rights and honor must be pro-
tected by force And the people are
behind the government and will sup
port it-not lulSewarmly. but with all
the fervor of true and fully aroused
patriotism.
The President has met the expecta-
tions of the nations. and has stated the
case with force and decision that
leaves no room for doubt as to his pre-
else meaning and less room for ques-
tions by all impartial judges as to the
abSolute righteousness and justice of
the cause for which we are to draw the
word. His arraignment of Germany is
one of the most tremendous and crush
ing ever addressed in modern times by
one power against another.
PHILADELPHIA PRESS:
The Presidents address states the
facts of the situation as the country
already knows them. The gov
ernment had to come to the defense of
its people a government that did not
do this would not be worthy of the
name Loyal America ought to be all
America, standing together with one
accord, supporting the government of
their country in its war with Germany
and pledging in it's behalf as did our
forefathers Their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor"
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER:
AS it now seems. war is inevitable.
The nation is calm and deliberate. In
every community there is an unthink-
ing element anxious to demonstrate it's
patriotism by some noisy accomplish
ment To the curbing of its members
the conservative citizens should ad-
dress themselves. 1t does not follow
that because 1t has become our duty
to join hands with the opponents of
, militarism, as exemplif1ed by the Prus-
sian dynasty, we are to regard our fell
Ilow-residents (Germans) as enemies
CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL TRIBUNE:
With the United States an avowed
participant in the European war comes
a new obligation to every citizen of
this country-viS., a determination to
give of his or her best to the nations