Macon beacon., 1917-10-19

that if Austria made war upon Servia she would make war
upon Austria but that the whole matter ought to be sub
med to arbitration to the Hague else to what is
called the of Europe and England then proposed that
representatives of Great Britain and France that represen
tatives Of Italy and Germany being allied Of Austria Great
rtan and France beng IN the entente c9dae that Russia
should send atveE together and that hev should
arbtrate the trouble and let the civilized world deal with it
like court OF justice and that the voice of the civilized
world should be summoned to keep the peace of the world
Hapsburg made the answer that the proposition could
not be considered Then proposed that Russia and
Austria deal with the matter dplomatcay Finally just
when Austria ready to agree to that Kaiser Wilhelm Of
Germany ratified his saber in his scabbad and little
aspirant for military glory twisted his mutache up higher
ratified his saber and cried. ''Hoch der kaiser
Then the kaiser gave notice that Russia must den ohlze
leave Srva to be dealt with by the great empire of Austria
Hungary and give within "a hours he would
declare war Austria had Just agreed to proceed further
with negotiations with Russia.
Dream Of World Empire.
Now what back of all that? This, my friends that
for 40 the rulers of Germany had been d5cpnng and
training and armyng and equppng entire people for the
purposes of carrying out their idea of the growth and expan
sion of their country, their state That but the old
dream of world empire back again The dream that
actually put into effect by the Roman republic and later
bv the Roman empire; the dream of Napoleon Bonaparte
which had been destroyed by the power of Great Britain
just this dream of Wilhelm is today being destroyed by
the sea power of Great Britain, (Applause).
MY friends the sweetest thing in this world is peace,
provided it is just and enduring and righteous peace.
There only thing in this world more sacred than it,
and that personal national sefrespect That the
gst of things across the water and when they went into
that what did they do? The very thing they did to
regard another treaty OF The German
gions od the prosrate body Of little Belgium destroy
ed their universities, bombarded their cathedra deprived
their ocks Of their religious Shepherds and whenever Bel
gan who happened not to have uniform shot at the people
who had invaded his land without alleging that they had any
provocaon, without pretending that Belgium had
raised its hands against ANYBODY on the surface of this earth
fact country of perhaps and prosperity than
any country in Europe outside of Switzerland and Holland
killed under those circumstances dared fire shot at
one of those men, what happened Did they go after the
snper and execute him according to military law the
! Yankees would have done in the Civil war?
AS we did with few people at Vera Cruz that sniped
our soldiers? Not bit of it, They burned their villages
lined the against the walls and shot them like sheep
til the whole civilized world stood aghast at the spectacle and
atrocities and barbarties that civilized had long
thought had been reegated to the middle ages.
Passion is Peace
Now my friends am peace fanatic, say with Thom-
as Jefferson, "Mv passion is peace" yield to man in
my love for it. have been surpassed by any
far public record goes devotion o stood by the
president of the United States when after propagation and
povocaon he ongsuerng and patient and when Repub
cans and other political enemies of his and of this
wifu group within the Democratic party hma coward
because he had allowed America to submit to insult.
The time when the thing began to touch Afro
cities in Europe, murdered men, avshed destroyed
educational institutions the things in Serva and in
Poland repeating the desoaton of the war; and of
the middle ages, all this the other side of the and
then the German fleets having been driven from the seas
German emperor resorted to what is called ruthless sub
marine warfare.
Now let examine and what that ls because that
1t principle of international law which has been res
pected for 300 vearsby everybody except body of pirates
Jefferson for just that sort of hingt has been principle
of international law that any beigerent vessel has
right to visit and search neutral or belgerent merchant
whether there be contraband of war NUM-
ons of other things aboard it, and if the merchant
ships undertake to resist heet be fought and sunk
i 1t principle of international law that this visit and
search must take place, and that then they take
from the ship only the contraband of war; and if it be
enc my ship that to say ship belonging to subject of
an thew can carry the ship to the nearest bort and
submit the decision to whether the ship itself should be
condemned to prize court.
Cermany's Slaughter
Now Germany said: 81 can't do that my ships are all
gone | can't board merchant ships from submarine
can't carry the crews in safety" 1t is principle of inter
national law that wherever. the the tonfed-
eracy the between the states if the beger-
ens had port to which they could carry Ships they
could destroy the ship provided provided remember it, that
they took the non-combatants and passengers
place of safety. Now, Germany said: II can't do that
President Wilson replied: 'Then if you cannot do this
now it is not for high assassination of men,
men and children. 1t is for not using submarines
warfare upon merchant ships and America neutral pow-
has much right upon the high you belge-
have because the high belong all the daughters
and of men, and not to any nation not the
You remember the first time that up-the L1st an
Ia British merchant ship packed with and children
as we'll men IAN thousand of them-American
women and children torpedong without warning sunk in
the spell of moment and children unsung I'M
kneed unshven the bottom of the in contradiction
to all the laws of nations of the civilized people as have
outlined and the nresdent of the limited States and
began to negotiate have described Meanwhile Germany
evaded the dplomatized delayed and while that was
going kept the warfare till the Arabic had gone
down with and helpless people board
of them Americans till several other ships had gone down
the same way, until finally the Sussex sunk.
Then the president, Notwithstanding his fanacal devo
ton peace finally sent his utmaum and said the EN-
peror of all the Germanies: This thing must stop"
And the kaiser sent word that it would stop: that il
should not be repeated any
Then he added it sort of string to the effect that il
equal duty of the United States see that Grea
5 Britain did not interfere with American commerce.
Some of you may remember that made speech upol
the floor of the Senate nwhch said that Dixie Lard and thu
descendants
stand for the proposition of putting bale of merchandise
n upon the same footing with human life (Appause)
And that these United States would never go to va
with country just for the purpose of saving merchandise
and for the purpose of enabling the ctz to
out of trade upon the high seas. (Appause.)
Not 1rade War
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