Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-04
|EAR-TREASON CHARGES ROUSE
SENATE IN HEATED WAR DEBATE

nse1 from Paec One
~ not only the country, but member
~ body. and they are not in full posses
q their reasoning powers"
,ody except him." chuckled Joh
y That point would like to ask tn
tor' said Senator Pomcrene, Of Ohio
- knows that upward Of 400 American
women and children have lost thei
- the result Of ~Germany's submarine
tfnre want to know Just how man!
ore American lives must be lost before h
M3u vote to declare war;"
|>H*'lf any country was deliberately seeking
Et~W americans and Killing them would de
<9~re war right away" said Norris. "Bu
ktxvery American life that has been lost ir
Ett4am trouble was lost in connection with
~ 4ommercial gain. In Mexico more than SOC
americans have been deliberately sought ou,
40 Killed because they were Americans and
&Xe have done nothing"
DEBATE WAKES HOT
n think the Senator can distinguish" said
Y omerene. between murders of organized
q I1|Sovernment and murders by organized
o9ndits. such as those In Mexico"
H The debate grew hotter as 1t advanced.
~ can see the difference between the acts
~ Germany and the acts of Great Britain"
aid Senator Pomerene.
And so can l, even though i may not
nave the same mental capacity as the Sem
ator from Ohio" sarcastically retorted Nor
xis
You are assaulting the American people"
That is absolutely unfounded," Norris
hurled back
Senator Salisbury. the presiding officer.
raped for order and warned the Senators
K 20 observe the Senate rules of debate.
w Senator Norris condemned the British
& naval authorities for scattering mines.
ss Il have no recollection of any American
losing his life through an act of the British
Government," said Senator Williams.
whats his name?'
do you deny that Americans met death
by reason of mines?" demanded Norris.
absolutely" retorted Williams
senator Tilman, of South Carolina,
pointed out that the President had made 1t
clear that "the people of the United States
are not going to declare war agai the
German people, but against the Hohenzol-
lorn dynasty"
# WAR ON HOHENzOLLERNS
The President has repeatedly emphasized
the idea that the German people have had
nothing to do with this war upon which we
are now forced to enter" said Senator Till
man ''The Kaiser and his slavish under
lings, aiders and abettors alone are re-
Sponsfble. The Hohenzollerns have COM
PEELED us TO fight for our dearest rights.
The German people, ha ing been edu-
Gated for more than a generation to bow
down and worship that dynasty, have be-
come indifferent to their own liberties and
rights because they never had any. |
want to pick out the Hohenzollerns and
specify that we warning alone with them
and not with the German people. The |
Russian people have settled with he |
Romanoffs, and we ought by every means |
20 encourage the Teutonc people to settle |
with the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs
IF the legal status did not require use |
of the words Imperial German Govern
nent In this resolution, | would gladly |
substitute 'Hohenzolern dynasty, its aiders |
ana abettors'," continued Tillman. But
as weicannot thus word the resolution de-
ciaring war. l am taking this opportunity
10 call attention to the fact repeatedly |
voiced by the President.
KENYON CONVERTED
Senator Kenyon. of Iowa, was the first
- the "willful twelve to announce that he
would vote for the war resolution.
although there was "A mild note of
pacif1sm In both houses OF Congress the
war resolution Is certain of passage
In the Senate, Senator's Stone and varda-
man decried the war move, but stirred stad
members and the galleries to the depths by
oeciaring themselves ready personally to go
90 the utmost limit in making war against
oermany success. Senator Stone how
ever. will vote against the resolution.
Senator Vardaman pledged his own serv-
Ices In whatever they might be needed
tf'T dedicate my life and my services to
my country" he declared nj the close of
npeech stepped in pacfsm. but surcharged
with the idea of patriotism.
Senator Hitchcock opened the Senate de-
bate with a resounding appeal to patriotism |
His speech and Senator Lodges aroused
an otherwise dgnified body to the highest |
pitches of enthusiasm. The Senate will
Act and act forcibly. Pacfist speeches may
delay proceedings for time, but the Con-
40 "a Xxh iC fnr
Il am opposed to war" he said, "and I
Earnestly wish that there were some
way In which it could be avoided. But
matters have now reached such a pass
where our keeping out of the war is impos-
Iible. There are some things worse than :
var. and dishonor is among them. No one
an say this great republic has been i'm G
,atient But patience has its limits and a
he limit in this case has been reached. a
Senator Gronna, another of the twelve q
willful men," declared he would vote .
gainst going into the war, but concluded ;
nth statement that when war comes / | /;
I'LL do my duty" =
4'f have felt from the beginning" said o
enator Kirby, of Arkansas, another of the q
welve. that the course this Government a
'as following would lead to war. | have
Zen the war sentiment cultivated and
ursed by the eastern press yonder with
dramatic wave to the press gallery.
ave seen an .ex-President of the United a
tates on a tour of the South ostensbly "
. the interest Of league for peace, tell ii
Is audiences that we would he at war with
ermany within ten days. That is the way D
lis sentiment for war, II there Is such a | d
lntiment. has been worked up" W
Senator Kirby, who opposed the armed !
sutralty bill. announced that he would
pte for the resolution despite his opposl-
on to war.
Senator Ashurst made a stirring appeal
II the resolution.
Liberty Is not going to survive" he
I'd. ''if II does nothing more than parade
>out in nghtcap and slippers seeking soft
~ and comfort. The time Is passed for
melting notes on the harp of
ace"
MOVE TO DELAY WAR
A resolution designed to postpone war
til Germany and give her chance to
Bnge her present methods was introduced
the Senate between speeches by Senator
tCumber North Dakota, as a substitute
1.-The Senate Foreign Committee measure.
Mccumber proposed that the United
Afes recognize the right of any belligerent
seAtablish and maintain blockade by
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