The Ordway new era., 1917-04-06
URGE Amy OF 100000
Brands Germany's Course as War
fare Against AL Mankind that
.. 8. Will Not Tolerate.
HUGE INCREASE IN THE NAVY
Declares That War Must Be Against
Berlin Government and Not the
German People and Asserts United
States Must Guard World Liberty.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

States Must Guard World Liberty.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, April 3. - President
Wilson addressed joint session OF
Congress last night, starting at S:35
He characterized the present Ger
man submarine warfare as a warfare
against mankind"
Il advise" he continued. that the
Congress declare the recent course OF
the German government to be in fact
nothing less than war against the gov,
ernment and people of the United
States and that It formally accept the
status of the belligerent which has
thus been thrust upon it and employ
all of its resources to bring the gov.
eminent Of Germany to terms and to
end the war"
Full Text Of Message.
The address Of the President fol.
lows:
Gentlemen of the Congress- have
called the Congress- into extraordi-
nary session because there are SER
lous-very serious choices of policy
to be made, and made Immediately,
which It was neither right nor consti-
tutionAlly permis6lble that should as
sumo the responsibility of making.
On the 3rd Of February last l Off
cially laid before you the extraordi-
nary announcement. of the German
government that on and after the 1st
of February It was its purpose to put
aside all restraints of law or of hui
manity and use its submarines to sink
every vessel that sought to approach
either the ports OF Great Britain or
ireland or the western coasts of
Europe, or any Of the ports controlled
by the enemies of Germany within
the Mediterranean.
That had seemed the object of the
German submarine warfare earlier in
the war, but since April of last year
thu German government had some
what restrained the commanders of
~ undersea craft In conformity with
IN promise then given to us that pas
seneea boats should not be sunk and
that aus W5rnihg be given to all other
veaaetG which III submarines might
seek a. destroy, when no resistance
Was 6fl5ted Of Ss3xB9 attempted and
c3fe 4SS1 that ths;s; Crews ~oro
/ given ~ I'll q fair chance to save
their tlv1 their open boats.
The taken were meagar
and hAb enough, as was proved
In dietre1 lrat&nce after instance
I'm the I'D 6 the cruel and un-
manly buBif9 Int q certain degree
OF restraint &S6 0bserved.
Al ResfricsiUk Now Cast Aside.
The new policy has swept every re-
striction aside. Nessels of every kind
whatever their flag, their character,
their cargo, their destination, their er-
rand, have been ruthlessly sent to the
bottom without warning and without
thought Of help or mercy for those
/, on board, the vessels OF friendly neu-
trails along with those. of belligerents.
Even hospital ships and ships carry
ing relief to the sorely bereaved and
stricken people OF Belgium, though
the latter were provided with safe
/, conduct through the prescribed areas
~ the German government itself, and
were sdiatinglished by unmistakable
marks Of identity, have been sunk
with the same reckless lack of COM
J. s.psasion Or principle.
' X Was Tor little while unable to
fhG1i5vS that such things would in fact
Y; ;1&Sx done W any government that had
( r " civilized nations. Inter
|, INV had its origin in the at
Sup some law, which
s11 p&cted and observed upon
y th3 4{sGo nation had right Of
] DOM whore lay the free high.
LaWa$40 9}d. BY painful stage
I sseftGE 2that law been built
pup M Enough results, in
!, deed, b accomplished that
foould 1ished, but always
yX1th oxHl /, at least, of what
}kfk0~ ~hQGT$y ancience Of mankind
Is of right the Ger
4T1f1 mas swept aside un-
sD191S retaliation and ne
MG&e1se 1t had no weap-
I'd use at sea except
6A impossible to em-
Aploying them with
The winds all scruples
& respect for the un-
were supposed to
kcourse of the world.
hinklng OF the loss OF
immense and SER
Dut only of the wan
b destruction of the
atants, men, women
ngaged in pursuits
b, even in the dark
pdern history, been
md legitimate. Prop
for; the lives Of
cent people cannot
Asslnss Mankind.
l. 49, -