Arizona republican., 1917-12-05

" declare the united states m state
 of war with Austria Hungary. Does
 it seem strange to you that this should
 be the conclusion of the argument that
 I have just addressed to you? It is not. It is in fact the inevitable logic of what I have said. Austria Hungary is
 for the time being not her own mistress, but simply the vassal of the German
 government. We must face the facts
 as they are and act upon them without sentiment in this stern disease. The
 government of Austria Hungary Is not acting upin it's own initiative or in re- | | sponse to the wishes and feelings of its l
 own peoples, but as the instruments of |
 another nation. We must meet it's |
 force with our own and regard the l
 central powers as but one. The war |
 can be successfully conducted in no |
 other way. The same logic would |
 lead to a declaration of war against 1
 Turkey and Bulgaria. They also are l the tools of Germany. But they are
 mere tools and do not yet stand in the |
 direct path of our necessary action. l
 We shall go wherever the necessities of
 this war carries us, but it seems to me
 that we should go only where inn
 mediate and practical considerations
 lead us and not heed any others. I As to Alien Enemies The financial and military measures which must be adopted will suggest
 themselves as the war and its under
 takings develop, but I will take the
 liberty of proposing to you certain
 other acts of legislation which seems
 to me to be needed for the support of
 the war and for the release of our
 whole force and energy. It will be necessary to extend in cer-
 tain particulars the legislation of the
 last session with regard to alien enc mics; and also necessary, I shall be-
 lieve to create a very definite and par
 ticular control over the entrance and
 departure of all persons into and from
 the United States
 Legislation should be enacted defin
 ing $ a criminal offense every wilful
 violation of the presidential proclama-
 tion relating to alien enemies promul- , gated under section 4067 of the revised
 statutes, and providing appropriate punishments; and women as well as men should be included under the terms of the acts placing restraints upon , alien enemies. It is likely that as time goes on many alien enemies will be willing to be fed and housed at the expense of the government in the de- 7 tention camps and it would be the 7 purpose of the legislation I have sus- ; gested to confine offenders among them
 in penitentiares and other similar in 1 stitutions, where they could be made to work as other co-criminals do. . Further Regulation of Prices Recent experience has convinced me
 that the congress must go further ln
 authorizing the government to set linn
 it's to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been : replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in several branches of in dustry it still runs impudently rampant in others. The farmers. for example, : : complain with a great deal of justice < that while the regulation of food pric- es restricts their income, no restraints , are placed upon the prices of most of 2 the things they must themselves puf- : chase; and similar inequities obtain on :. all sides.
 :. It is imperatively necessary that the | consideration of the full use of the '. water power of the country and also r consideration of the systematic ana | vet economical development of suca of : the natural resources of the country :, as are still under the control of tts s federal government should be imme- /, distelv resumed affirmatively and con- | structively dealt with at the earliest :" possible moment The pressing need of s such legislation is daily becoming a more obvious.
 f The legislation proposed at the last f session with regard to regulations of d combina tions among our exporters, in ii order 10 provide for our fore gn trade s a more effective organization and [. rle.hotl of cooperation, ought by all Q means to be completed at this session. $ Additional Le9is:7tion
 . And beg that the members :f the . house of representatives will permit n me to express the opinion that 1t VIII V be impossible to deal in any way but : a very wasteful and eXtravagant fash 6 ion with the enormous appropriation f of the public moneys which must con- e tinue to be made. if the war is to be o properly sustained, unless the house : will consent to return to it's former f practice of initiating and preparing all . appropriation bills through single y committee, in order that responsibility - may be centered. expenditures standar- = dized and made uniform and waste and d duplication as mtcH as posslpie 8 avoided.
 o Additional legislation may also be- : come necessary before the present con l. gress adjourns in order to affect the e most efficiency coordination and op- ie eration of the railway and other trans ?. portation systems of rne country; but n to that shall. if circumstances should s demand, call the attention of congress = upon another occasion.
 e If I have overlooked anything that Il ought to be done for tne more effective U conduct of the war, your own counsels s will supply the omission. What l am : perfectly clear about is that in the
 present session of the congress our
 whole attention and energy should be T concentrated Ca t.s--o vigorous and rapid E and successful prosecution of the great U task of winning the war.
 10 We can do this with all the greater ' zeal and enthusiasm because we know :. that for us this is a war of high prin- e ciple. debased by no selfish ambition
 of conquest or spoilation: because we :, know, and all the world knows that we have been forced into it to save the 7 7 very institutions we live under from v corruption and destruction. The pur- v poses of the central powers strike !. straight at the very heart of everything :. ws heli0vo h their methods of warfare | SUnAge oVaRy principle of humanity d and of knightly honor; their intrigue "a has corrupted the very thought and k spirit of many of our peoples; theil N, sinister and secret diplomacy has !. sought to take our very territory away ' from us and disrupt the union of the
 states. Our safety would be at an end if our honor forever sullied and brought E Into contempt were we to permit theil d triumph They are striking at the very if existence of democracy and liberty. 10 The War and the Settlement a It iJ because it is for us war oi "a high diSinterested purpose in which