The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-04-12

sponsibilities which it involves, but in
unhesitating obedience to what deem
my constitutional duty, I advise that
the Congress declare the recent course
of the Imperial German government
to be in fact nothing less than war
against the government and the people
of the United States;
THAT it formally accept the status
of belligerent which has thus been
thrust upon it;
And that it take immediate steps
not only to put the country in a more
thorough state Of defense, but also to
exert all it's power and employ all it's
resources to bring the government
Of the German empire to terms and
end the war.
What Defense Involves.
What this will involve is cleal. 1t
will involve the utmost practicable
cooperation in counsel and action
with the governments now. at war
with Germany, and, as incident to
that the extension to those govern
l1cuIS VI I1C uuOSC llUSld1 uuduCldl
credits, i'm order that our resources
may so far as possible be added to
theirs.
1T will involve the organization
and mobilization of all the material
resources Of the country to supply
the materials of war and serve the
incidental needs Of the nation in the
most abundant and yet the most eco
nomical and efficient way possible.
1T will involve the immediate full
equipment of the navy in all respects,
but particularly in supplying it with
the best means Of dealing with the
enemy's submarines.
Asks 100000 Men.
1T will involve the immediate addi-
ton to the armed forces Of the United
States already provided by law in case
of war at least 100000 men, who
should, in my opinion, be chosen upon
the principle of universal liability to
service and also the authorization of
subsequent additional increments of
equal force as soon as they may be
needed and can be handled in train
ing.
Finances For War.
ut will involve, also, of course, the
granting of adequate credits to the
government, sustained, l hope so far
as they can equitably be sustained, by
the present generation, by we'll con-
ceived taxation.
Must Supply Allies.
I'm carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be accom-
plished, we should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom Of interfering as lit
tie as possible in our own preparation
and in the equipment of our own mill
tary forces with the duty-for it will
be very practical duty-of supply
ing the nations already at war with
they can obtain only from us or by our
assistance.
No Quarrel With German People.
1--WE have no quarrel with the Ger
man people. We have no feeling to-
wards them but one of sympathy and
friendship. 1t was not upon their i'm
pulse that their government acted in
entering ILLS Wal. IL was uOI Will
their previous advantage or approval.
It was war determined upon as
wars used to be determined upon in
the old, unhappy days when peoples
were nowhere consulted by their rul-
ers, and wars we're provoked and
waged in the interest of dynastes or
little groups of ambitious men who
were accustomed to use their fellow
men as pawns and tools.
Send No Swarms of Spies.
"Self-governed nations do not fill
their neighbor states with spies or
set the course of intrigue to bring
about some critical posture of affairs
which will give them an opportunity
to strike and make conquest
such designs can be successfully
worked out only under cover and
where no one has the right to ask
questions. Cunningly contrived plans
of deception or aggression, carried, it