The Washington herald., 1917-04-04
Editors Stand Solid Behind
Utterances in Wilson's Message

! can people will not lie down like whipped
ours and take their lashing. II the
German kaiser by wantonly attacking us
has brought on a state Of war We can
not help 1t. There remains but one course
Tor any loyal American to take, and that
is 70 carve out a peace that will be last
ing. --., ..
Louisville Courier journal.
There have been times when the
patience of the Courier Journal was
| tried by the patience of this man, but
| those times must now be forgotten, or, II
! remembered at all. be recalled in justi-
lcation Of the wrath that was 80 slow
IN breaking. However we may have diff
fered as TO the slowness of that break
ins' there Is no room for differences
among US any longer.
The American President speaks for
the American people. aroused, outraged,
militant and determined. to every atom
OF their manhood and every ounce of
their resources, that liberty shall not
perish from the earth.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
There is no choice as to our course
we are compelled by the force Of cir
cumstances guided by a power that has
aroused the chief nations Of the earth
against 1t. to enter into the most colossal
contest in human history. We have
moved to this decision slowly and with
great reluctance. but having reached II,
there will be no turning back.
Seattle (Wash.) Post InteIIiRencer.
All abused neutrality gives place to q
righteous belligerency. Heart and SOUL
the nation will be in this war Every
sentence Of the Presidents message is
meaningful. Henceforth pacifism must
spell treason.
"And Make the World Itself at Last
Free"
Philadelphia Ledger)
The President has accomplished the
seemingly impossible. His mighty words
to Congress have made the purpose that
America will have in entering the war
transcend in Importance the fact that We
do enter it,
For once the people of q nation have
been allowed to debate exhaustively
whether or not they shall fight. For once
people have been allowed to bring to
chief OF state the accumulated counsels
that confiicted with each other and yet
were at the last united, and to receive
from him the precise response that the
noblest Of them had prayed for.
We have meant to strike for humanity
In some way that would be American.
We have hesitated to strike because we
could not see our way clear to strike and
strike only for democracy in the tangled
purposes OF the nations. The President
has made 1t clear. Not by entangling US
amid the legalistic weeds and underbrush
OF the war, but by making our purpose
as simple. as great and as invincible as
that OF any other belligerent nation. he
mas taken America In the only way she
should be taken-at her best. Who OF US
would value his life above these prin-
ciples?
1t Is not belittling the speech, It Is but
praising II the more, to say that II says
what all good and brave men and women
have been saying. here and every
The Baltimore Sun.
For wrongs done by Germany to this
country alone We are justified in going to
war against 1t: for the wrongs done by
1t to democracy and civilization we are
yet moro abundantly justified in striking.
We hope that Congress will not delay a
day In passing the resolution.
Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
With convincing directness the Presi-
dent marshalled the mournful facts that
have been accumulating since February,
1915. We cannot go in alone: we cannot
draw out by ourselves: we must under
take war in full recognition Of what that
tween autocracy and democracy or do
nothing and be ground in the dust The
Presidents assurance that only Germany
Is an offender agaist US and that he con-
templates no action against the allies OF
the Kaiser's government will not be mis-
interpreted. War with Germany neces-
sarily will mean war with all Of the mem
bers OF the central powers alliance.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Through the premediated and persistent
aggression OF the imperial government, .
state of war exists between Germany and
the United States against the anarchic
association that might is right. We must
oppose the might Of right. The laws Of
nations must be enforced by arms and
peace be restored by fighting for It,
The indictment Of the imperial govern
ment framed by the President Of the
United States is the most damning ar
alignment in history The enormities
committed by the German government
have been as unprecedented as our amaz-
ing tolerance OF them.