Evening journal., 1917-04-03

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defend. The intimaion is conveyed /
that the armed guards which we have
placed on our merchant ships will be /
treated as beyond the pale Of law and /
subject td be dealt with as pirates !
should be.
Armed neutrality IS Intellectual
enough ct best; in such circumstances
and in the face OF such pretenslons Il
Is worse than Intellectual; IT Is likely
once to produce what Il was meant 90
prevent; It is practically certain TO
draw us into the war without either
the rights or the effectiveness Of bel
ligerents.
There Is one choice we cannot
make, we are incapable of making;
we will not choose the path Of SUBJ
mission and suffer the most sacred
rights Of our nation and our people
% he ignored or violated. The wrongs
against which we now array our
selves are not common wrongs; they
reach out 10 the very roots OF human
life.
WITH 4 PROFOUND SENSE OF
THE SOLEMN AND EVEN TRAGICAL|
, CHARACTER OF TIE STEP l AM
TAGGING AND OF THE GRAVE RE
, SP0NSIBILITES WHICH TT IN.
/ Wolves, BUT IN UNHESITATING
/ OBEDIENCE TO WHAT / DEEM MY
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY, ADVISE
THAT THE CONGRESS- DECLARE
THE RECENT COTRSE OF THE IN
lPERIAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO
BE IN FACT NOTHING LESS THAN
WAR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
AND PEOPLE or THE UNITED
J STATES. That II formally accept the
status az helligorent which has thus
/ heen thrust upon II and that Il take
Immediate steps not only 10 Put the
country IN more thorough state Of
defenet, hut also 10 exert all its power
and emnlOy all ifs resources 70 bring
The Government If tia German En-
plre 10 terms and end the war.
What this. will involve IS clear. II
will Involve the utmost practicable Co
operation I'm counsel and action with
the governments now at war With
Germany, and as incident 10 that the
extension 10 those governments OF the
most liberal financial credits IN order
that our resources may so far as pos
sihle he added 20 theirs.
II will 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 economi
cal and efficient way possible
10 will involve the immediate full
equipment of the navy In ell respects
but particularly IN supplying It with
the best means Of dealing with the
/ enemy's submarines
II will involve the immediats addi,
! ton 10 the ARMED forces Of tho
United States already provided for hy
law In case Of war. Mt least 600.00l
men. who should. In my opinion. he
chosen uR0n the Drineipbe Of uniVer
sal liability 10 service, and also thC
authorization OF subsequent add
; tiOnai increments Of equal force 81
! soon as they may he needed and caI
be handled I'm training.
II will involve also. of course. the
granting of adequate credits to tho
government, sustained. I hope, so far
> as they can eQuitably be sustained by
: the present generation. by well con
oeived taxation. l say sustained s.,
far as may be EQUITABLE hv taxation
!
: be most unwise to base the credits
= which Will now be necessary ontirel,
on money borrowed.
, IL is our duty. / most respectfull,
4 urge to protect our people so far a
. We may against the very seriou
+ hardshlps and evils which would b.
!, likely TO arise out of the initiation
: which would be produced by vas
q loans.
:. In carrying out the measures b
, which these things are to be accom-
s pllshed, we should keep constantly i
l. mind the wisdom of interfering a
little as possible i'm our own prepare
e ton and in the equipment of our ow
e military forces with the duty-for
IS will be a very practical duty-of SUI
IS plying the nations already at war wit
IS Germany with the materials whic
" they can obtain only from us by on
ID assistance. They are I'm the field an
Id we should help them in every way
10 be effective there.
s. shall take the liberty Of suggest TN
II through the several executive depar
lie ments of the government for the col
he sideration OF your committees, mea
st uros for the accomplishment of Il
ell several objects I have mentioned.
e. hope that it will be your pleasure
es deal with them as having been frame
IL after very careful thought by q
branch of the government upon whiC
or the responsibility of conducting q
al war and safeguarding the nation wi
ne most directly fall.
u, While we do these thingo, the
H. deeply momentous things, let us
very clear and make very clear to q
on the world what our motives and Of
objects are My own thought has n
Ut been driven from its habitual and no
Ut NAL course by the unhappy events
y" the last two months, and do not b
~ lieve that the thought Of the natil
:. has been altered or clouded by then
40 | have exactly the same thing
"a mind now that I had in mind when
ON addressed the Senate on the 22nd
is January last; the same that I had
,st mind when / addressed the Congre
ms on the Bird of February, and on I
nd 26th OF February.
ers Our object now, as then. is TO vim
,se cate the principles of peace and
Justice In the life of the world
cir against selfish and autocratic pow
to and 20 set us amongst the really n
ley and self-gOyerned peoples Of the VOL
icy such a concert OF purpose and OF !
lalt ton as will henCefOrth insure the I
seryance Of those principles.
the Does not every American feel q
all assurance has been added 20 our he
it for the future peace OF the world