Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-04
P'ftssident Wilson Again Appears
!. N Before Nations Representatives.

Aington, April 2.-President
;Wi1eS9 to-night asked Congress to de-
sclafsaSstate Of war existing between
;thesllNtted States and Germany.
ssss42Sviltle the news Of the summarizing
fof; Tues teamer Aztec-the first Amer
1canSqrned ship to sail in the war
zonGfMWas being told from mouth to
mouSNin the Capitol, the President,
appSaMng before House and Senate
IN slglqt session, asked Congress to
free9gntze and deal with Germany's
Wartare on America
4 s IIIhesP President said war with Ger
ma1RsWould involve practical Coop
eratanM$Wit the governments now at
WaT%ath Germany, including liberal
iinanSplk credits. He urged the rails
1ngSqmb 90 900 men by universal mil
itafM Serwice.
&g PRESIDENT made 1t clear that
nossSs}s0n was being taken against the
AustMan government and the other
natiolIsl allied with Germany.
Guarded by Cavalry.
ssEfhSESSf president reached the Capitol
abqN$S40 o'clock, AS his big motor
Mstaround before the east front
the ft$0 troops of cavalry on guard,
sahsyHg ALTERING under the arc lights,
slWenSSGhe plaza clear while the hun
red8eheered.
S. . dsSas taken Immediately to the
SpeakAr!s room and then into the
aWattthgS house chamber, as the Sena-
torsse9tered just before the Presi-
dent&The six members of the Su-
greMAsC Court, who had taken seats in
fr0nNRf the Speakers stand, stood
8nda@ced about. They remained
stanAlAg until the last Senator had
Ctssrs Greet Wilson'S Words.
Mekonly few seconds delay the
RrestdSht, plunged into his address.
At frat she hesitated. Then he spoke
All lttS|S faster than usual. His voice,
hoWaysr,. was clear, and grew
strq1gsr as he proceeded. Attention
to shts remarks was undivided. AS
thaS Rfsstdent proceeded, the cham
bsttS SbgSa4ne Quiet. Members seldom
m6Ye9tin their seats. Not until the
'PTsstdeIt I'd eclared eve will not
ck0VgE the path Of submission did
sssssS ts aSsil , .,s wasss ,a
abping. ''
had the sound died away
when the President declared that the
Congress should declare that a state
Of war existed. A second demonstra-
ton began. The greatest outbursts
came when the President declared for
an army Of 100000 men and univer-
sal service CHIEF Justice White
Joined heartily in the hand-clapping,
which lasted nearly minute.
The U-Boat Situation.
After going over the various phases
of the situation that have forced the
United States to the brink of war, the
President plunged into the submarine
question. This portion Of his address
we give in full. He spoke as follows:
The Submarine.
ut Is common prudence in such
cumstances-grim necessity in
deed-tO endeavor to destroy them
before they have shown their own in
tention. They must be dealt with
upon sight, If dealt with at all. The
German government denies the right
Of leutrals to use arms at all within
the area Of the sea which 1t has pro-
scribed, even in the defense of rights
which no modern publicist has ever
before questioned their right to de-
fend. The intimation 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 to be dealt with as pirates
would be. Armed neutrality is inef-
fectual enough at best; in such cir
cusmtances and In the face of such
pretenti0ns, it is worse than ineffec-
tual; It is likely only to produce
what 1t was meant to prevent; It Is
practically certain to draw us into
the war without either the rights or
the effectiveness of belligerents
There Is one choice we cannot make,
we are incapable of making: We will
not choose the path Of submission 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 no
common wrongs; they cut to the
very roots Of human life.
"With a profound sense Of the SOL
emn and even tragical character OF
the step am taking, and of the
grave responsibilities which it in
volves but in unhesitating obedi-
ence to what | deem my constitu-
tional duty, advise that the Con-
gress declare the recent course Of the
imperial German govern ment to be
in fact nothing less than war against
the government and people Of the
United States; that 1t formally ac-
cept the status Of belligerent which
has thus been thrust upon 1t, and that