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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
German Warfare
Is Against Mankind

The present German warfare
aoajust commerce is warfare
aoaiust mankind. 1t is a war against
all nations. American ships have
been sunk. American lives taken, in
WAYS which it has stirred us very
deenly 10 learn Of, but the ships and
people Of other neutral and friendly
nations have been sunk aud over
whelmed in the waters in the same
way. There has been no discrimna-
ton. The challenge is to all man
kind. Each nation must decide for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
For the Ultimate
Peace of the World

That it means to stir up enemies
against us at our very doors the IN
tercepted note to the German MIN
ister at Mexico City is eloquent eVl-
dence.
We are accepting this challenge OF
hostile purpose because we know
that in such a government, follow
ING such methods, we can never have
n friend. and that in the presence OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Destroy Autocratic
Rule in Germany

The United States must enter the
war, the President said, to make the
world safe for democracy. He de-
clared that the aim of this nation
was to free the German people from
their autocratic rulers.
The Presidents address was sent
in full to Germany by a German Off
cial news agency for publication in
that country. The text also went to
England, and a summary of its con-
tents was sent around the world to
other nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Because 1t Had
No Weapons But These

This minimum of right the Ger
man government has swept ASIDE
under the plea of retaliation and ne
cessity. and because it had no weap-
ons which it could use at sea except
these which it is impossible to en-
plov as it is employing them with
out throwing to the winds all scru'
ples of humanity or Of respect for
the understandings that were sup
posed TO underlie the intercourse ol
The world.
/ am not now thinking Of the loss
of property involved, immense and
serious as that is. but only OF the
vanton and wholesale destruction o1
the lives of non-combatants, men,
women and children, engaged IN pur-
suits which have always, even III
the darkest periods Of modern his
tory. been deemed innocent and le-
climate. Property can be paid for;
the lives Of peaceful and innocent
ncople cannot be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
HAVE called the Congress into
extraordinary session because

i extraordinary session because
there are serious. very seri-
Gus. choices of policy to he made,
and made Immediately, which it was
neither right nor constitutionally
permissible that | should assume the
responsibility of making.
o. the sd OF February last Off
.ially laid before you the eXtraordi-
nary announcement Of the Imperial
German Government. that on and
after the lst day of February it was
its purpose 20 pat aside all restraints
OF law or cf humanity and use its
submarines to sink every vessel that
sought to approach either the ports
of Great Britain and Ireland or the
western coasts OF Europe, or any of
the ports controlled by the enemies
cf Germany within the Mediter-
ranean.
That had seemed to be the OBJ
iect of the German submarine war
fare earlier in the war, but since
April of last year the imperial gov
crnment had somewhat restrained
the commanders of its undersea
craft. in conformity with its prom
ise then given to US that passenger
boats should not be sunk, and that
due warning would be given to all
other vessels which its submarines
might seek to destroy, when no re-
sistance was offered or escape at
tempted. and care taken that their
crews were given at least a fair
chance to save their lives in their
open boats. The precautions taken
were meagre and haphazard enough,
as was proved in distressing instance
after instance in the progress of the
cruel and unmanly business, but a
certain degree of restraint was OBJ
served.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Final Indictment
OF German Frightfulness

The new policy has swept every
restriction aside. Vessels Of every
kind. whatever their flag, their char
acter, their cargo, their destination,
their errand, have been ruthiessly
sent to the bottom without warning
and without thought of help or
mercy for those on board, the yes
sells of friendly neutrals along with
those of belligerents. Even hospital
ships and ships carrying relief to
the sorely bereaved and stricken peo-
ple of Belgium, though the latter
we're provided with safe conduct
through the prescribed areas by the
German government itself, and were
distinguished by unmistakable marks
OF identity, have been sunk with the
same reckless lack of compassion or
Of principle.
I was for a little while unable to
believe that such things would IN
TACT be done by any government that
had hitherto subscribed to the hu-
name practices Of civilized nations
International law had it's origin IN
the attempt to set up some law
which would be respected and OBJ
served upon the seas, where no ma
ton had right of dominion and where
law the free highways of the world
By painful stage after stage has that
law been built up, with meagre
enough results, indeed, after all was
accomplished that could be accom-
plished, but always with a clear view
a, least of what the heart and con-
.c;onco of mankind demanded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Here Is d
Fit Partner

Does not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace of the world by
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks in Russia?
Russia was known by those who
knew it best to have been always in
fact democratic at heart, in all the
vital habits of her thought, in all
the intimate relationships of her
people that spoke for their natural
instinct, their habitual attitude tow
ard life.
Autocracy that crowned the sum-
nit of her political structure, long
AS it had stood and terrible as was
the reality of its power, was not IN
fact Russian in origin, in character
or purpose, and now it has been
shaken. and the great, generous Rus
sian people have been added in all
their native majesty and might to
the forces that are fighting for free
dom in the world, for justice and
for peace. Here is fit partner for
= league of honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
directly fall.
While We Do
These Things

While we do these things, these
deeply momentous things, let us be
very clear, and make very clear to all
the world what our motives and our
objects are. My own thought has
not been driven from its habltual and
normal course by the unhappy events
of the last two months, and ! do not
believe that the thought Of the nation
has been altered or clouded by them.
/ have exactly the same thing IN
mind now that had in mind when |
addressed the Senate on the 22d Of
January last; the same that had IN
mind when ] addressed the Congress
on the Sd of February and on the
26th of February. Our object now,
as then. is to vindcate the principles
of peace and the justice in the life of
the world as against selfish and auto
cratic power and to set up among
the really free and self-governcd peo-
ples Of the world such a concert Of
purpose and of action as will hence
forth insure the observance of those
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
There Is One Choice
We Cannot Make

There is one choice we cannot
make. we are incapable of making;
We will not choose the path of sub
mission and suffer the most sacred
rights of our nation and our people
to be ignored or violated. The
wrongs against which we now array
ourselves are not common wrongs;
they cut to the very roots of human
life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Wilson s Programme
of Action in War

To carry on an effective war the
President recommended:
Utmost practical cooperation
in counsel and action with the
governments already at war
with Germany.
Extension Of liberal financial
credits to those governments so
that the resources of America
may be added So far as possible
to theirs.
Organization and mobilization
of all the material resources Of
the country.
Full equipment Of the navy,
particularly for means of deal
ing with submarine warfare.
An army of at least 100000
men, based on the principle Of
universal liability to service.
and the authorization of addi-
tional increments of 100000
each as they are needed or can
be handled in training.
Raising necessary money for
the United States government,
SO far as possible without bor-
rowing, and on the basis Of
equitable taxation.
All preparations, the President
urged, should be made in such way
as not to check the flow of war sup.
plies to the nations already in the
field against Germany.
Measures to accomplish all these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

its organized power, always lying IN
wait to accomplish we know not what
purpose, there can he no assured Sc
turity for the democratic govern
mcnts of the world.
We are now about to accept gage
Of battle with this natural foe to
liberty and shall, if necessary. spend
the whole force of the nation to
check and nullify its pretensions and
its power. We are glad, now that We
see the facts with no veil of false
pretence about them. to fight thus
for the ultimate peace of the world
and for the liberation Of its peoples,
TIE German peoples included, for the
rights of nations great and small.
end the privilege of men everywhere
to choose their way of life and Of
obedience.
The world must be made safe for
democracy. It's peace must be plant
Ell upon the trusted foundations OF
political liberty.
We have no selfish ends to serve.
We desire no conquest, no dominion.
We seek no indcmnities for our
selves, no material compensation for
rhe sacrifices we shall freely make.
We are but one of the champions Of
the rights of mankind. We shall be
satisfied when those rights have
been as secure IS the faith and the
freedom Of the nation can make
them.
Just because we fight without ran
cor and without selfish objects, seek
ing nothing for ourselves but what
we shall wish 10 share with all
free peoples. we shall, feel conf
dent, conduct our operations as bei-
igerents without passion and our
selves observe with proud punctillo
the principles of right and of fair
play we profess to be fighting for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
The President Calls for War Without late

Aprl2 Al this
6h assembled in the House Representatives. called for against
bendmhum
ALT the dof fmamg The
emendoH nhuSasm sin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

Sketches T.; men on the Aztec
ond comments ~ ici' rciotices
hsre. IN fG9c =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Will Deal with
Austria Later

| have said nothing of the govern
nents allied with the imperial gov
ernment of Germany, because they
kavc not made war upon us or chal
Jenged us to defend our right and
our honor. The Austro- Hungarian
government has, indeed, avowed its
Lnoualifed Endorsement and accept
ance of the reckless and lawless sub
marine warfare adopted now without
Disguise by the imperial government,
and il has therefore not been possi-
bic for this government to receive
Count Tarnowski. the ambassador
recently accredited to this govern
n.cnt by the imperial and royal gov
cIument of Austria Hungary, but
that government has not actually
engaged in warfare against citizens
of the United States on the seas,
and | take the liberty, for the pres
cnt at least. of postponing discus
sion of our relations with the au-
thorities at Vienna. We enter this
war only where We are clearly
forced into it because there are no
other means Of defending our rights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

upon the principle Of universal na-
bility to service; and also the au'
thorization of subsequent additional
increments of equal force 50 soon
as they may be needed and can be
handled in training.
1t will involve also. Of course. the
granting Of adequate credits to the
government, sustained. nope, so
far as they can equitably be sus-
tanned by the present generation, by
well conceived taxation. ! say sus-
tanned so far as may be by equitable
taxation because it seems to me that
il would be most unwiSe TO base the
credits which will now be necessary
entirely on money borrowed. 1t is
our duty. most respectfully urge,
to protect our people 80 far as we
may against the very serious hard
ships and evils which would be like
~ TO arise out of the initiation which
would be produced by vast loans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Because We
Act Without Anlmus

1t will be all the easier for us to
conduct ourselves as belligerents in
a high spirit of right and fairness
because we act without animus, not
in enmity toward a people or with
the desire to bring any injury or
disadvantage upon them, but only
in armed opposition to an irrespon-
sible government which has thrown
aside all considerations of humanity
and of right and is running amuck'
We are, let me say again, the SIN
cere friends Of the German people,
and shall desire nothing so much as
the early reestablishment of intimate
relations Of mutual advantage be-
tween us-however hard it may be
for them. for the time being, to be-
lieve that this is spoken from our
hearts. We have borne with their
present government through all these
bitter months because of that friend
ship-exercising a patience and for
bearance which would otherwise have
been impossible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
Must Not Interfere
With Allied Munitions

In carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be accom-
p,ished we should keep constantly
in mind the wisdom of interfering
as little as possible in our own prep
aration and in the equipment of our
own military forces with the duty
for it will be very practical
duty-of supplying the nations al
ready at war with Germany with
the materials which they can obtain
Only from US or by our assistance.
They are in the field, and we should
help them in every way to be cffec-
tive there.
shall take :he liberty of sug-
gesting, through the several eXecu-
tive departments of the government,
for the consideration of your com
mittee5 measures for the accomplish
ment of the several objects ! lave
mentioned. | hope that it will be
YOUR pleasure to deal with them as
having been framed after very care
fu' thought by the branch of the
government upon which the respon-
sibility OF conducting the war and
safeguarding the nation will most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

THE GREENBRIER - White sulphur
Springs Nest Va, Ideal time for me
cure Only one night from New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03


man right. Of which we are only a
single champion.
1t Now Appears Armed
Neutrality Is lmpracticable
When | addressed the Congress on
the twenty-siXth Of February last
| thought that it would suffice to as
Scrt our neutral rights with arms.
oEr right to use the seas against
unlawful interference, our right to
keep our people safe against un-
lawful violence. But armed neu-
trality. it now appears, is impracti
cable.
Because submarines are in effect
outlaws when used as the German
submarines have reen used, against
merchant shipping. it is impossible
tn defend ships against their at
tackS. as the law of nations has as
sumed that merchantmen would de-
fond themselves against privateers
or cruisers, visible craft giving
chase upon the open sea. 1t is COM
mon prudence in such circumstances,
grim necessity, indecd-to endoav-
or to destroy them before they have
shown their own intention. They
must be dealt with upon sight, if
dealt with at all.
The German government denies
the right Of neutrals to use arms at
all within the areas of the sea which
it has prescribed, even in the de-
fence of rights which no modern
publicist has ever before questioned
their right to defend. The intima-
tion is conveyed that the armed
guards which we have placed on our
merchant ships will be treated as
beyond the pale of law and subject
70 be dealt with as pirates would be.
Armed neutrality is Intellectual
enough at best; in such circum-
stances and in the face of such pre-
tensions it is worse than Intellectual;
it is likely to produce what it was
meant to prevent; it is practically
certain to draw US into the war
without either the rights or the cf-
fectiveness Of belligerents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

itself how it will meet IT. The choice
we make for ourselves must he made
with moderation of counsel and
temperatures of judgment betting
our character and our motives as "A
nation. We must put excited feeling
away. Our motive will not be re-
ycngc or the victorious assertion Of
The physical might of the nation, but
only the vindication of right, of hu-
man right, of which we are only a
single champion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
The Millions of German Birth
Who Live Among Us

We shall, happily, still have an op-
portunity to prove that friendship
in our daily attitude and actions
toward the millions of men and
women of German birth and native
sympathy who live amongst US and
share our life, and we shall be proud
10 prove it toward all who are IN
fact loyal to their neighbors and to
the government in the hour Of test.
They are, most of them, as true and
loyal Americans as if they had never
known any other fealty or allegiance.
They will be prompt to stand with
us in rebuking and restraining the
few who may be of a different mind
and purpose.
If There Should
Be Disloyalty
If there should be disloyalty 1t
will be dealt with with a firm hand
TOR YOUR sTOMACHs SAKE DkiNh
Il --Alkf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
1t Must Be
a League Of Honor

A steadfast concert for peace can
never be maintained except by a
partnership Of democratic nations.
No autOcratic government could be
trusted to keep faith within it or
observe its covenants.
It must be a league of honor. a
partnership of opinion. Intrigue
would cat its vitals away; the plot
tings Of inner circles who could plan
what they would and render account
to no one would be corruption seat
ed at its very heart.
Only free peoples can hold their
purpose and their honor steady to a
common end and prefer the interests
of mankind to any narrow interest Of
their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

which will give them an opportun-
ity to strike and make conquest.
Such designs can be successfully
worked only under cover aad where
10 one has the right to ask ques-
tions.
Cunningly contrlyed plans Of de-
ccption or aggression, carried, it
may be, from generation to genera
ton, can he worked out and kept
from the light only within the pri-
vacy of courts or behind the care
fully guarded condolences of mar
row and privileged class. They are
happily impossible where public opin-
ion commands and insists upon full
information concerning all the ma
tion'S affairs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
CARDINAL GIBBONS >rw BOON

= Retrospect 81 Finy Years"
JOHN MURPHY. Publishers
se~ falcs ss.ee A. all Book stoges. .-AdTL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
WEATHER

Fair ard warmer to-day. To-mor-
row. overcast and warmer. with
Arobablc rain. StrouE
northwest winds.
,ull Report m raEt a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
If There Should
Be Disloyalty

II there should be disloyaIty It
will be dealt with with firm hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

FOR yoUR sToMACHs SAKE DRINh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03

at last free
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n league of hon
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Mnterbanolunsen
Werben bic rtifif4eu So5ialbemOtra'
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