The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-06

by the present generation by we'll
conceivtd taxation.
Il say sustained so far as may be
equitable by taxation because it seems
to me that it would be most unWise to
base the credits which will now be
necessary entirely on money borrow
ed 1t is our duty, | most respectful
ly 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 imitation
which would be produced by vast
loans.
dust Supply allies.
"In carrying out the measures by
! which these things are to be accom-
plished We should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom of interfering as
little as possible in our own prepara-
ton and in the equipment Of our own
military forces with the duty-for IL
will be very practical duty-of sup
plying the nations already 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 effective there.
81 shall take the liberty Of suggest
ing through the several executive de-
partments of the government for the
consideration of your committees
measures for the accomplishment OF
the several objects l have mentioned.
= "a D1oo O
to deal with them as having been
framed after very careful thought by
the branch Of the government upon
which the responsibility of conduct
ing the war and safeguarding the
nation will most directly fall.
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 habitual 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.
Il have exactly the same things IN
mind now that l had in mind when l
addressed the senate on the 22nd Of
January last; the same that / had IN
mind when l addressed the congress
on the 3rd of February and on the
! 26th of February. Our object now,
| as then, is to vindicate the principles
Of peace and the juctice in the life OF
the world as against selfish and auto
cratic power and to set up amongsi
! the really free and self-governed peo-
pies of the world such concert OF
| purpose and of action as Will hence
forth insure the observance Of those
principles.
Neutrality is no longer feasible or
desirable where the peace OF the
world is invaded and the freedom OF
it's peoples and the menace to that
peace and freedom lies in the ex-
istence of autocratic governments
backed by organized force which ls
controlled wholly by their Will, not
by the will of their people. We have
seen the last OF neutrality in such cir
| cumstances.
Beginning New Age.
eve are at the beginning OF an
age in which it will be insisted that
the same standards Of conduct and
of responsibility for wrong done snail
be observed among nations and their
governments that are observed among
the individual citizens Of civilized
states.
'4Hle have no quarrel with the Ger
| man people. We have no feeling to-
ward them but one of sympathy and
, friendship. 1t was not upon thelr
| impulse that their government acted
| in entering this war. 1t was not
with their previous knowledge or ap-
proval. It was war determined upon
as wars used to be determined upon
in the old, unhappy days when peo-
pies were nowhere consulted by their
rulers and wars were provoked and
| waged in the interest Of dynast1es or
of little groups of ambitious men who
were accustomed to use their Fellow
men as pawns and tools.
"Self- governed nations do not I'LL
their ne;ghbor states with spies or set
the course of intrigue to bring about
some critical posture Of affairs Hhlcn
will give them an opportunity to
make conquest. Such designs can be
successfully worked only under cover
and where no one has the right to
ask questions.
"Cunningly oontrived PLAN Of de-
ception or aggression, carried, 1t may