The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-03

NAOy1 Il ouN10C OudO JlIC
congress declare the re-
cent course of the inn
perial German govern
ment, to be in, fact moth
ing less than war
against the government
and people of the United
States; that it formally
accept the status of a
belligerent which has
thus been thrust upon it
and that it take in1n1e-
date steps not only to
put the country In a
more thorough state of
defense, but also to ex-
ert all it's power and en-
ploy all its resources to
bring the government of
the German empire to
terms and end the war.
WHAT THIS WILL INVOLVE
Is CLEAR, III WILL INVOLVE
THE UTMOST PRACTICABLE
Co;oPERAI!oN IN COUNSEL
ERNMENTS NOW AT WAR
WITH GERMANY AND. AS IN
e eI6E TO THAIs THE 6xT5N-
MENTS OF THE MOST LI5ER-
Al FINANCIAL. CREDITS. IN
ORDER THAT OUR RESOURCES
MAY. so FAR AS POSSIBLE. BE
A .I TO THElRs: 1T WILL
AND Mos!LIzATioN OF AL
OF THE COUNTRY TO SUP
AND SERVE THE INCIDENTAL
NEEDS OF THE NATION IN
The MOST ARUNDANT. AND
AND EFFICIENT WAY POS
PIP SlnEF IMMEpIAT M!i FuLL IH ESdIp.
REsPEcTs sur PARTIcuLAR-
LY IN SUPPLYING 1T WITH
THE BEST MEANS OF DEAL
ING WITH THE ENEMY's SUB
MARINES. 1T WILL INVOLVE
THE IMMEDIATE ADDITION 70
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES ALREADY
PROVIDED FOR BY LW IN CASE
OF WAR, AT LEAST $780, 900 MEN
WHO SHOULD, IN MY OPINION,
BE CHOSEN UPON THE PRIN-.
CIPLE or UNIVERSAL LIABIL-
lTY TO SERVICE, AND ALSO
THE AUTHORIZATION OF SUB
SEQUENT ADDITIONAL INCRE-
MENTS OF EQUAL FORCES AS
SOON AS THEY MAY BE NEED
ED AND CAN BE HANDLED IN
ut viii INVOLVE ALSO, OF
COURSE, THE GRANTING OF
ADEQUATE CREDITS TO THE
GoVERNME EMIT, SUSTAINED, !
HOPE, so FAR AS THEY CAN
EQUlTA5LY BE SUSTAINED.
BY THE PRESENT GENERA.
TON, BY WELL CONCEIVED
TAXATION. | SAY SUSTAINED
so FAR AS MAY BE EQuIT-
ARLE RY TAXATION, BECAUSE
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT
BASE THE CREDITS WHICH
ENTIRELY ON MONEY BoR-
MOST REsPEcTFULLY URGE,
TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE so
FAR AS WE MAY. AGAINST THE
VERY SERIOUS HARDSHIPS
AND EVILS WHICH WOULD BE
LIKELY TO ARISE OUT OF
THE INF TION WHICH
WOULD BE PRODUCED BY
VAST LOANS.
In carrying out the measures b
yhich these things are to. be accom-
lished, we should keep constantly
mind the wisdom of interfering as Iii
lie as possible in our own preparatio
nd in the equipment of our own mil
airy forces with the duty-for it wi
e a very practical duty-of supply
ng the nations already at war wit
Germany, with the materials whic
hey can obtain only from us or
ur assistance. They are in the feel
nd we should help them in every wa
0 be effective there.
II shall take the liberty of suggest
1g, through the several executive de
artments of the government for tn
of your committee
measures for the accomplishment {
he several objects / have mentione,
hope that it will be your pleasure
cal with them as having been frame
fter very careful thought by til
ranch of the government upon whic
he responsibility of conducting til
1ar and safeguarding the. nation wi
most directly fall.
while we do these things, thes
eeply momentous things, let us be yer
lear, and make very clear to all tn
rorld what our motives and our OF
ects are. My own thought has nc
cen driven from it's habitual and nor
nal course by the unhappy events {
he last two months, and do not be
eve that the thought of the natio
as ben altered or clouded by them.
81 have exactly the same thing
mind now that had in mind when
addressed the senate on Jan. % las
he same that i had in mind when
addressed the congress on Feb. 3 an
N Feb. 26. Our object now, as thel
. to vindicate the principles Of peaC
nd Justice In the life Of the world q
.gainst selfish and autocratic pows
nd to set up amongst the really FIRE
nd seIf-governed peoples Of u