Arizona republican., 1917-04-04
BRITISH HAPPY j
AT ENTRANCE OF
TT. S. INTO WAR
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vention of the United States IN the
death struggle OF Europe
The Express says:
The president speech viii always
be regarded as one OF the great ms
coric documents OF The great war
rhe lofty dignity OF his language ADDS
70 the lmpresslNeness OF the enuncla-
ZION OF international ldeallsn.
America is entering the war Tor the
one specific purpose Of destroying
Potsdam. If the president speech
means anything. II means that AIneri-
ca viii never treat with the Kaiser
and VIII resoluteiy oppose amy peace
mat leaves the hohenzoIlerns on the
German throne
''fhe Daily Mail in an editorial under
the caption of No Peace with the
tiohenzollerns,' says
President Wilson'S speech Will stand
beside Lincoln's greatest speeches for
It's gravity and pathos. 1t is IN effect
an appeal to the American people 10
take up the task Tor winch Lincoln
aid down ms lire, for the issue is today
as 1t was In 1851 and 1864, freedom.
though it would be sovereign inJus-
uce TO compare the south, whose sof-
diers fought like gentlemen with the
kaiser's murderous myrmidons.
The Mail credits the American peo-
pie with complete disinterestedness in
the course they are about to adopt and
mails as one of the most glorious
events of history the coming of Amer
lea into line with other free peoples.
"A second Lincoln: a Lincoln lnaug-
ural,' ''in these simple words" says
the Evening Star, our emotions find
expression as we read the majestic
closing words of President Wilson's
message. We are not ashamed To say
hat these words are destined to echo
through the ages and TO be read by
free men with grateful hearts. They
fill our eyes with tears of pride and
gratitude.
Lacking America. the allies could
and would. have Woa. but the victor,
would not have been complete.
Now we know that the worlds freedom
is won and that the great peace for
which we pray will be established for
ever more,
President Wilson's speech has made
a tremendous impression i'm admiralty
circles particularly that morton re
ferring to the impossibilifv of CON
tinuing armed neutrality. when the
Germans threaten to shoot armed
guards in case of cantura
While NOT DESIRING Ia ,i,-a an ne
eiciaI exnression refyarfine NE noIicy
Of Inc adn7iraItN rho arntin.r of MGR.
chant Sims. a naval official az nigh
ranI, exnreeeed the general faali,T If
the British navy to the Associated
Press in the following statement;
The president in his spcecb referee,
to the fact that armed neutralit-. was
rendered irnpossible in view NJ no
:acf mat the German aufborifias Ia
tbreatened In shoot &c Iirates no
armed Guards m Ararioa,, ,,,e.,ra,,t
Sims
THE case of CaDtain Frvatt has
neither been forgotten nor forgiven
and the murder of this officer has
been repudiated by all neutral powers
THE right of arming merchant YES
sells for defensive purposes dates back
TO times immemorial and as a policy
has never been disputed. The arlrffng
and the using of merchant vessels for
offensive Drrnose was an addition
man Submarines
German submarine warfare has
been directed almost exclusively
against the merchant vessels. nom
conhatants and women and children.
Aiming merchant vessels for offense
bas +berafnre hnan necassi+atad in tl,a1
anne manner ana for the same reason
trat a man arms himself when armed
Hooligans threaten him"
Replying to the question of the
Associated Press as TO what differ
cnce America's entrance in the wal
would make to Europe now and
hereafter Viscount Bryce. the former
British ambassador at Washington
said today.
Il would say tnat II will be of the
highest importance N three ways and
it gives the keenest pleasure tn
Americas warmest friends here First,
it must bring the war to q speedier
close. not only by the material aid
America can render, but also by the
mora, effect her participation will
produce on the German people and
tho German armies They now win
see that success has for them has
become impossible. Decentralization
must increase and resistance weaken
secondly. America comes in from
no selfish motives. but as the cham
pion Of intcrnat ional justice and hui
mainly, outraged by the German
methods OF conducting the war.
Thirdly, the world has for nearly
a century and a half known and adj
mi-ed America as country which.
freedom and given sympathy to all
who strove for it. She nov is rem
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