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CAUSE FOR DELAY
Congress is hesitating over giving the president any;
more authority than to take steps to safeguard Americans:
on the high seas. The use of “other instrumentalities” is
frowned upon.
To congress alone belongs the right to declare war
and war under any other name is the same old h—1- which
Sherman branded it. Congress would probably declare
war on Germany today if the president said that in his
judgment, sufficient cause existed, but it does not like to
sidle into combat, crab fashion.
NO DELAY OCCURRED
Statement by the president that the "Zimmerman to
Bernstorff” cable, containing instructions to try and form;
an alliance with Mexico and Japan to light the United
States in event that we resented unrestricted submarine
war, came into the hands of the U nited States within the
last week, brings a feeling of relief.
First reports, that the president had knowledge;
of this at the time of the break with Germany, were dis
quieting.
Democracy despises secrecy.
The Wilson administration has been accused of pledg
ing the government to system of “under-the-rose" gov
ernment. substituting secret agents and “personal repre
sentatives" of the president for regularly accredited diplo
mats. The activities of Colonel House and others were
pointed to as an example of methods for which there is no
place in a properly governed republic.
The United States has nothing to hide nor anything to
fear. With the exception of such military secrets and
plans for emergencies which may arise, there is no reason
why every demand made upon America by other powers
and every reply should not be published within a day or
so after the exchange of correspondence.
The state department made sufficient investigation to
satisfy itself of the facts in the case and that the cable
was really sent from the German foreign minister to his
ambassador at Washington. It is therefore evident that
the \vhole matter has been handled with foresight and
judgment and that the people of the United States were
given the information as soon as possible.
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—Kirby in New York World.
American Papers on Crisis
The United States is now on the
verge of war with Germany, but the
American people can face the crisis
without fear and without reproach.
If war now comes it is not of our
making * * * It is time for the
searching of hearts. It is not time
for jingoism.—(New York World.)
President Wilson gave the only an
swer that could be given honorably to
the German government’s last ar
rogant and brutal note. * * *
We look for German overt acts which
will precipitate a declaration of war
by the United States.. — (New York
Tribune.)
The blood of the citizen, who first is
of all things an American, pulses
more firm’y and proudly this morn
ing. His government has at last
spoken the voice of the nation.—(New
York Sun.)
The confidence of the American peo
ple in their president has not been
misplaced. Mr. Wilson has made
his decision and it is entirely right.—
(New York Herald.)
■ has assailed our rights and affronted
our dignity; it is a summons to the
' nation to awake to the supreme peri!
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which confronts it. We have shown
to the world a noble degree of self
control under extraordinary provoca
i tion. It is vital that we act together
i—without looking backward.—(Port
land Oregonian.
—
The duty forced on us in the pro
tection of our interests and rights is
regrettable to an inexpressible de
! gree. Hut it can no longer be avoid
ed, and nobody who knows the Ameri
can people will doubt their undying
loyalty to flag and country, or their
j determination to back up the presi
dent at any cost.—(Pittsburgh
I Press.)
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President Wilson has taken the
| right course with Germany. This
! action may not bring war but it will j
1 if Germany does not at once recede i
from the indefensible position taken
by the kaiser’s government. The first
gun pointed at an American ship on j
the high seas should be followed by a
, declaration of war by the United
States and our every action should
conform to the new situation.—
Pittsburgh Gazette Times.))
The president and nation devoutly
desired peace. Hut they will as re
solutely enter upon war. They have
now before them one clear duty—to
prepare for that alternative. Time
for reluctance and delay is pat, time
for swift and thorough action is at
hand. Our conscience^ is clear.—Chi
cago Tribune.)’
The United States has broken with
Germany. Well and good. No pa
triotic American desires hostile con
flict, but every American worthy of
the name will stand behind the presi
dent in the step he has seen fit to
take—and in any further steps that
may be forced upon him. He can do
nothing less and be a real American.
—(Chicago Herald.
The break with Germany is not a
mere diplomatic refusal to remain in
friendly relations with a power which
i If Germany contemplates surrend
1 er, the hour has struck for her de
! claration to that effect. She has put
down her last stake, already it is lost.
'
* The response to the president’s ad- j
dress has been immediate. It has
\ been made with one voice. He has
the support of a united people.—
(New York Times.))
The voice of the people is that the
United States stands as firm as a
rock for righteousness and those
higher ideals of civilization which
man has worked out through the
centuries. We are behind Presi
dent Wilson.—(St. Louis Star.)
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