The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-04-13
PRESIDENT ASKS CONGRESS TO SAY
WAR STATE EXISTS WITH GERMANY

LNACc- nat TX means 10 sur up enc
mics against US at our very doors the
Intercepted note TO the German minis
ter at Mexico City Is eloquent evil /
dence.
We are accepting this challenge OF 1
hostile purpose because we know that /
In such a government, following such j
methods, We can never have Il friend /
and that In the presence OF its organ !
lied power. always lying In wait To ac-
complish we know not what purpose, |
there can be no assured security for |
the democratic governments OF the |
world
We are now about 10 accept gage
OF battle with this natural foe 10 lib
erty and shall, II necessary, expend the
whole force of the nation 20 check aud
nuilify its pretensions and its power.
No False Pretense.-
We are glad. now that we see the
facts with no veil or false pretense
about them. 10 fight thus for the ulti-
mate peace OF the world and for the
liberation of Its people. the German
peoples included; for the rights OF ma
fions great and small, aud the priv
| ilege of men everywhere to choose
[ tAiFlE Why III NE anu bI DbtHiSlct.
| The world must be made safe for
| democracy. Its peace must be planted
/ upon the tested foundations OF politi-
| cal liberty.
We desire no conquest, no dominion.
/ We seek no indemnities for ourselves
! 40 material compensation for the sac
rifice we shall freely make.
! We are but one OF the champions OF
| the rights of mankind. We shall be
satisfied when those rights have been
made as secure as the faith and the
freedom OF nations can make them.
Just because We fight, without ran
cor and without selfish object, seek
| ing nothing for ourselves but what we
shall wish 10 share with all free peo-
ple's, we shall feel confident, conduct
our operation on belllgerents without
passion and ourselves observe with
proud punctilio the principles OF right
and of fair play We profess N be fight
ing for.
Regarding the details OF war meas
ures, Mr.. Wilson said:
ut will involve the utmost practi-
cal cooperation I'm counsel and action
with the governments now at war with
Germany and, as incident 10 that, the
extension to those governments OF the
most liberal credit, In order that our
resources may be added To theirs.
Resources.
1T viii involve the organization and
mobilization OF all the material re-
sources of the country To supply the
materials Of war and serve the Incl
dental needs OF the nation in the most
abundant and yet the most economical
and efficient way possible.
The Navy.
1T will involve the immediate full
equipment OF the navy In all respects
but particularly In supplying II with
the best means OF dealing With the
enemy's submarines.
The Army.
1T will involve the Immediate addi
don to the armed forces Of the United
States already provided for in case al
war at least 10000 men, who should
In my opinion. be chosen upon this
principle of universal liability TO serv
ice. and also the authorization Of sub
segment additional increment Of equa
force 50 soon as they may be needed
snd can be handled In training.
Finance,
1T will involve Alas granting ade
quate credits to the government. sus
tuined, hope. g far IS the can egui
tnbly be sustained By the present gen
Grafton, BY well conceived taxation
1t seems 20 me that II wouf'
, hes most unwise To have the credit
, which will now he necessary entere'
ON borrowed money.
, Munitions.
= I'VE should interfere as little "a
r. possible with the duty--for
% will be very practical duty-of SUP
- plying the nations already at war Wit
Germany with the material which the
can obtain only from US"
r Referring once more to the Rttitud
d OF America toward the great Germa
: people-as distinguished from tn
Z warTnad and blood-lusty autoCracy. ia
president declared:
Z To Germans In America.
r We are. let me say again, the sit
q cere friends % the German people an
J. shall desire nothing 80 much as IN
2 early re-estnbilshment Of intimate r,
? lations 81 mutual advantage betwee
Us. however hard II may be for thei
4 for the time being to believe that thI
B. j. spoken from our hearts. We has
~ borne with their present goyerumeI
g through all these bitter months b.
Sc cause OF that friendship. exercising
.r patience and forbsarancs which woul
q otherwise have been impossible,
y We shall. happily, stlIi have an 81
& portunity 10 prove that friendship
D. our daily attitude and actions towaI
the millions Of men and women
= German birth and native sympatt
II who live among rs and share our M
= and we shall be proud to prove IL L
j ward all who are I'm fact loyal to the