Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-11-14
Senator Snoot Reiterates
Stand, on League Pact

in public life were afraid of offending
certain voters in the United States,
and instead of proclaiming that war
was declared against the imperial
German government because she had
committed most heinous brutalities
and damnable murders against Am
erican citizens and trampled upon
American national rights, the excuse
was offered that we were making
war for democracy. The claim was
false in the first place, and it is false
today.
Americas Fight for
National Rights
America went TO war to fight for
national rights, national honor, and
self defense. God only knows how
many lives of the allies were sacrific-
ed by our refraining from entering
the war until it was almost too late.
Without Americas participation,
Germany would have won the war
and we would have been compelled to
fight her alone with all her added
power from a victory over the allies.
"The truth of the situation is that,
in our commitment to ideals, in this
wandering in maze Of dreams. we
have forgotten the practical things;
we have strayed far away from the
actual reasons. So much is shown by
the Record of the Senate and the
causes that led US into war, as under
stood by at least one United States
senator.
"The causes and meaning of the
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Importance by the stulents, SO, not
withstanding the regrettable illness
Of President Wilson, feel that my
answer should be supported by other
evidence than my statement, there
fore call attention to the few ex-
erpts from the speeches of President
Wilson, delivered both from the plat
frou and before Congress, prior and
subsequent to the declaration of war,
with the hope that due consideration
will be given to the same. II is an
unpleasant thing to refer to under the
circumstances, but the fact is easily
established that the President has
contradicted practically every state
ment, touching the question of the
European war, he made before our en-
trance into the war by some later ut
terance. His speeches and messages
during the world war are printed in
volumes, and it is bewildering to read
them and try to keep up with his
swift change of position as to the
causes, the meaning, and the out
come of the war. The following quo
tations are but samples:
December 8, 1914
"'More than this, proposed at
this time, permit me to say,
would mean merely that we had
lost our self possession, that we
had been thrown Off our balance
by war with which we have no
thing to do, whose causes cannot
touch us.
april 2, 1917
"'The world must be made safe
for democracy. It's peace must
be planted upon the tested foun-
dations of political liberty
January Is, 1915.
Following is President Will
sons cablegram sent to his inn
perial majesty, Emperor William
months after the beginning of
the war:
"'In behalf of the government
and people of the United States
| have the pleasure to extend to
your majesty cordial Fluctuations
on this anniversary of your birth,
as we'll as my own good wishes
for your welfare.
June 5, 1917.
"This intolerable thing of
which the masters of Germany
have showed us the ugly face
this menace of combined intrigue
AMI force which we now see clear
ly as the German power, must be
crushed
"May 10, 1915
"There is such thing as
man being too proud to fight.
There is such a thing as nation
being so right that it need not
convince others by force
"June 5, 1917
"'Now we are going to lay all
our wealth, if necessary, and spill
all our blood, If need be. to show
that we were not acdumulating it
selfishly, but were accommodating it
for the service of mankind
May -, 1915
Recalling the humane and en-
lightened attitude heretofore as
sumed by the imperial German
government in matters of inter-
national right having
learned to recognize the German
views and the German influence
in the field of international obi
( cation as always engaged on the
side of justice and humanity etc.
("Three days later see press re-
ports of the sinking Of the Lusitania)
also April >, 1917:
owe are now about to accept
/ gage of battle with this national
foe of liberty.
July %, 1915
"'The government of the Unit
ed States and the imperial Ger
man government are contending