The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-06-07
Retarded AS Junior Senator's Personal Organ

plotting to get Mexico to make war
IN this country. Sen. Vardaman
wrote the letter quoted from when he
that Germany had deliberately !
a solemn pledge made about
In. use of the SUBMARINES AND
HE SHOULD HAVE
KNOWN THAT THE KAISER HAD
SHAKEN HIS FINGER IN THE
FACE OF THE AMBASSADOR
REPRESENTING THE UNITED
STATES IN GERMANY AND TOLD
HIM GERMANY WILL TAKE
NO FOOLISHNESS FROM AMER1-
CA" If the Senator vas not in &C
tual possession If all this informa-
ton. and a thousand times as much
more, he was unfortunate in his
WASHINGTON associates otherwise
much of it would NJ doubt been en-
to him.
Ever unwilling to trust the head of
the Government who had much inside
information, the Issue Of March ~,
1917, under the caption, "Our For
eisn Quarrel" proceeds to review
certain diplomatic correspondence
and says among other things, "AAd
if we say our honor demands that
we fight Germany, then it is just as
clear that our honor demands that
we fight England also. ""**Our ships
arc engaged in carrying to England
the food we are unable to buy for
u children, and which the speculat-
ors have bought from the producers
fer a comparatively small sum-. Our
ships are ****carrying to England
and France war supplies that the
munitions manufacturers may contln-
ue to buy bonds and make millions.
**#%If we must light for the free
dom of the seas let us fight for the
whole thing" This appeared just a
few days before war was declared
and when every thinking person who
knew what was in the Presidents
mind and that the country's wv self
~resnect would not permit / to fail to
answer Gcrmany's murderous acts
with the proper war declaration.
The Issue, the self-same publication
| which is straining its every energy
now to reflect a Senator that has
been and is at crosS-purposes with
the President, the COMMANDMENTS
| Chief of the Army and the Navy, a
man born in the South and elected by
the Democratic party, was an ed
itorial headed eve Are at war
which contained the following Sig
nifcant and reasonable language
"When our readers get these lines we
will have declared that a state of wal
exists with Germany. Wall street
has at last succeeded in having its
way ****The bond grabbers and mu'
nitions makers are now happy. There
is no reason why they should not be
Under the gIise of emergency meas
ures the people apparently are abou'
to be robbed of some of their cherish
ed liberties. ****Of course the con
stitution says it shall not be but what
does that amount to? **The cause Of
the war is not clear. ***The reason Oh
cause of this war has not been stated
but only EXCUSES. Neither have W.
any stated purpose in view" Thu
date of the Issue from which these
words are quoted is April 5, 1917.
In the Issue of the same date, Apri
S, 1917, President Wilson's message
Just then delivered to Congress il
spoken of as "a Disappointing docu
ment to those who desire to see thii
country do right" meaning of cours'
that the President did not desire tt
do right.
In the Issue of Sept. Is, 1917,
speech Sen. Vardaman made in tn
Senate August %, 1917, is published
under glaring headlines. In tina
speech the following language ap
pears: "The strong iron autecrati
hand of CONSUMPTION has been laid up
on them and the sovereignty of prl
vate citizenship has been transferre'
to the Chief Executive of the Repub
lie NIX the Congress yielded and thi
unfortunate piece of legislation wa
put upon the statute books****Ml
president it is generally understood
that this war was brought about an
entered upon without my approval o
consent" ****a war which l have O.
other occasions characterized" as Civ
ing "the lie to our pretended faith l
the Prince of Peace"
In the Issue of October 18, Greet
|ings from James K. Vardaman" az
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