Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05

have been more solidly behind their
government than the people OF the
| United States will be behind the pres
| ident in waging war on Germany.
1.-THE espionage bill and the military
bill that have been drawn by the war
machine in this Countrywide said, "are
complete proof that those responsible
know that it has not popular support
The armies necessary TO be raised to
aid the entente allies can not be raised
by voluntary enlistment"
| Praising the character and services
of German Americans in this country,
Senator LaFollette said they now are
, being "dogged" by secret service men.
He denied that any one government Is
| responsible for the war. saying it was
caused by European secret diplomacy.
and citing the Anglo French Moroccan
secret treaty as "the most responsible
despotic and perjured of records
England Began Ruthlessness.
| England first began the ruthless
! naval warfare he declared, "by repu-
dating the Declaration of Lond
Senator Knox. of PENNSYLVANIA, in
terrupted to suggest that England did
not ratify the declaration. LaFollette
replied that British representatives
signed it and Senator Stone said Eng
land had not actually rejected it.
1T has pleased those who have been
conducting this campaign thru the
press (for war; to make tumble of
issues" continued Senator LaF'ollette,
until now it is impossible 10 get an in
| telligent answer regarding the real is
hoi q
killed by German submarines. We have
not leg to stand on in support of this
war declaration"
WaIlowed in Mire.
That the United States did not pro-
test more vigorously against the Brit
ish mine field blockade was the admin
istration's great mistake" the senator
said and the real and primary cause
of an American war declaration.
I'VE have wallowed in the mire at
the feet of Great Britain and submitted
in silence to her dictaton," he contin-
ued because we acquired, We have a
legal and moral responsibility to Ger
many. Thus we have been actively
aiding her enemy in starving German
women. children and old men. Ger
many waited three months for this
government to protest In principle,
therefore. Germany had the right blind
ly to destroy ships by submarines and
mines in her own blockade zone. Ger
many is doing only what England IS
doing.
Germany has been patient with us,
standing strictly on her rights to be ac-
corded the same treatment as England
by us
Williams Cr-itieizes Him.
When Senator LIaFollette concluded.
he had been speaking more than three
hours Senator Williams. Of tMississip-
pi. arose Immediately to reply.
The speech Of the Wisconsin sena-
tor would better have become Herr Won
Bethmann-H ollweg. than an America
senator" said Senator Williams .In
fact he has gone further than Herr Won
Bethmann-Hollweg would ever have
gone. Bethmann-Hol said the use
Of the submarine could be justified only
on the ground of necessity, the senator
from Wisconsin puts 1t on the same
footing as Great Britain's interference
with our commerce.
II fully expected the senator from
Wisconsin before he took his scat to
defend the invasion Of Belgium, the
most barbarous act ever committed.
heard from him a speech that WAS pro-
German. pro-goth. pro-vandal. and
| which was anti-president, ant-con
gress and anti-American.
While pronouncing a eulogy on the
German people II might have euhgizeo
very much greater. better and more
intelligent, people--the Anetacap- His
I speech was exactly what might have
| been delivered In the German feichstas
| by Bethmann- Hollweg. II Bethmanr
| Hollweg had the audacity. But Beth
mann -Hollweg had too much knowi-
edge 20 make that speech"
! LaFoIiette Leaves Room.
At this point Senator LaFollette left
| the chamber but remained in the cloak
room awhile within hearing distance
Continuing. Senator Williams said
he heard in imagination the groans CT
men, women and children. cent to wa
terry graves by German submarines.
| But the senator from Wisconsin
| hears none of them" said the Mis-
| sissippi senator. Il have loved the
Wisconsin senator in a way until re-
Gently. but | have no patience witt
any man who stands in the senate a
this time applauding the common en-
envy, who also is the enemy OF the
! human race and has not one word IN
praise Of the American president OF
| the American people.
| IF the American people can't be
aroused now in patriotic fervor they
| are degenerate sons OF noble s!res. we
are involved in this war row, but not
| by congress; involved by the German
kaiser. I join the president in ex-
pressing no hostility against the Ger
man people themselves. I lived among
them two years.
| Fails to See Difference.
The senator from Wisconsin Ia
bored to establish an identity of pur-
pose and action in the violations OF
our neutral rights by Great Britain
and Germany. He proved ne did not
know the difference between a prize
court and a torpedo. Great Britain
has drowned none Of our citizens.
II am a little tired Of utterances like
that Of the senator from Wisconsin de.
nouncing the entente allies. He en-.
deavored to twist the British lions
tail. Demagogs have been doing tina:
ever since the revolution, but it Is 8
matter of history that most Of the
people of England were against the
war on the colonies.
(which would you rather do, fight
Germany now with France and Grea
Britain and Russia or fight her alone
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