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Show THE G RANTS VI LLE NEWS, GRANTSVILLE, RESIDENTS HAD MESSAGE GAM Full Text Withheld From People of Germany by Kaisers Government PASSAGES WERE SUPPRESSED Report of Wolff Telegraph Bureau, Unofficial Mouthpiece of Kaiser, Shows Wilsons Address Distorted. The German people never had an opportunity to read the full text of the address delivered by President Wilson before congress on April 2, 1917, In which the president called upon congress to declare the existence of the state of war then being faged upon the United States by Germany. In the copies of this address which were permitted to be published In Germany, many passages were suppressed, according to the committee on public Information of the United States government. The passages suppressed included those in which the president told why the United Slhtes had been forced to enter into the war against Germany in protection of Its rights and In order to make the world safe for democracy. The committee on public Information has issued a copy of the presidents address, showing the passages which were suppressed by the Wolff Telegraph bureau, which is under government censorship and has been consistently employed by the German government for the promulgation of its official opinions. The following Is an official copy of the presidents address with the passages suppressed by the Wolff Telegraph bureau shown in bold- faced type: Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the congress Into extraordinary session because there are serious. very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which It Is neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making. On the Id of last I officially laid before youFebruary anthe nouncement of the extraordinary Imperial German government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aBlde all restraints of law or of humanity and use Its submarines to sink to approach every vessel that either the ports ofsought Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of or any of the ports controlled Europe by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. That had seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare earlier in the war, but alqce April of last year the Imperial government had somewhat restrained the commanders of Its undersea craft. In conformity with Its promise, thee gives to no, that passenger boats shoald not be sank, and that dae waning woald be gives to all other vessels which Its aabmarines might seek to destroy, when ao resistance was offered or escape attempted, and care takes that their crews wen given at least a fair chance to save their Uvea In their open boats. The preenntlons taken were meager and haphasard enoagh, as was proved la distressing Instance after Instance la the progress of the ernel and anomaly bnalaess, bat a certain degree of restraint was observed. The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their ffag, their ehaneter their cargo, their destination, their have been ruthlessly sent to maid, the bottom without warning and with? out thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and ea people of Belgian, though the latter were provided with safe conduct through the proscribed areas by the ' German grovernment Itself and were dlstlagnlshed by aamlstakable marks of Identity, have been sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle. I wan for a little while aaable to believe that each things weald la fact be done by any government that had hitherto sahscrlbod to the hamaae practices of civilised nations. International law bad Its origin la the attempt to set ap some law which woald be respected and observed npoa the seas, where ao nation had right of dominion and where lay the free highways ef the world. By painful stage after stage has that law been built up with meager enough results, indeed, after all was accomplished that could be accomplished, bat always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart and eoasrleaee of amaklad demanded. This minimum of right the German government has swept aside under the plea of retaliation and necessity and because It had no weapons which it could use at sea except these, which It Is Impossible to employ as It Is emthe ploying them, without throwing to wind all scruples of humanity or of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the intercourse of the world. I am not now thinking of the loss of and serious property Involved, immense as that la but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of men, women, and children, engaged la parsalta which have periods of always, even la the darkest modem history, been deeamd Innocent an legitimate. Property can be paid fori tbe lives of peaeefal and Innocent German people cannot be. The presentcommerce submarine warfare against mankind. Is a warfare against It la a war against all nations Ami lean ships have been sank, American has lives taken, la ways towhich o t, bat stirred as very deeply of learn central other the ships and people and Irteadly nations hove been sar among tho really few and peeplea of tho world sack a concert of parpoae and of action aa will henceforth Inaare tho abnervaaea of those principles. Neutrality la no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world la Involved and tho freedom of Its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom Ilea In the existence of autocratic go vara meats, barked by organised force which la controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. Wo have seen the last of neula a neb rlrcaamtaaces. We are trality at the beginning of an age la which It will be Insisted that the same standards ef conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and their governments that arc observed among the Individual rltlsena of civilised states. We have no quarrel with the German od way. no challenge la to all amaklad. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet It. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of Judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion. When I addressed the congress on the 26th of February last I thought it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arm, ear right ta nae the seas against unlawful Interferes re, ear right to keep oar people safe against unlaw- ful violence. But armed neutrality, it now appears, la impracticable. Becaase submarines are la effect oatlaws, when as the German submarines have keen aard against mrrt-haa- t shipping. It Is impossible to defend ships against their attacks, as the law of nations has assn med that merchantmen would defend themselves against privateers or cruisers, visible craft giving chase upon the open sea. It Is common prudence In such circumstances, grim necessity indeed, to endeavor to destroy them before they have shown their own intention. They mast be dealt with spaa sight. If dealt with at all. The German government denies the right of neutrals to use arms at all within the areas of the sea which it has proscribed even In the defense of rights which no modern publicist has ever before questioned their right to defend. The intimation !y conveyed that the armed guards which we have placed on our merchant ships will be trea-- d as beyond the pale of law and aubjtct to be dealt with as pirates would be. Armed aeatrallty Is Ineffectual eaengh at bestf la sack eiream-ataae- ea and la the fare of sack pretensions It Is worse than Ineffectual: It Is likely only to prod nee what It was meant to prevent: ' is practically certain to draw as Into war without either the rights or the effectiveness of the belligerents. There Is one eholee we cannot make, we are Incapable of making i 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 wyo'ngai they eat to the very roots of bnmaa life. With a profound sense ef the solemn and even tragical character of the step 1 am taking and of the grave responsibilities which It Involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German government to be In fact nothing- - less than war against the government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon It; and that it take Immediate steps not only to put the country In a more thorough state of defense, but also to exert all its power and employ all Its resources to bring the government of the German empire to terms and end the war. What this will Involve Is clear. It will Involve the utmost practicable cooperation In counsel and action with the governments now at war with Germany, and as Incident to that, the extension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits. In order that our resources may so far as possible be added to theirs. It will Involve the organisation and mobilisation of all the material resources of the country to supply the materials of war and serve the Incidental needs of the nation in the most abundant and yet the most economical and efficient way possible. It will Involve the immediate full equipment of the navy in all respects, but particularly in supplying it with the best means of dealing with the enea mys submarines. It will involve the immediate addition to the armed forces of the United States, already provided for by law in case of war, of at least 600,000 men. who should, in my opinion, be chosen upon the principle of universal liability to service, and also the authorisation of subsequent additional increments of equal force so soon as they may be needed and can be handled in people. of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools. versed nations de net All their gel neighbor atatea with spies or act the coarse ef Intrigue to bring a boat some critical posture ef affairs which will give them an eppartnalty to strike and make eoaqaeot. flaeh designs raa be a access fally worked eat only under cover and where no one has the right to aak'baeatleaa. Cunningly contrives plana ef deception or aggression, carried, It may be from generation to generation, eaa be worked out and kept from the light ealy within the privacy of courts or behind the carefully guarded canfldmees of a narrow and privileged class. They are happily Impossible where public opinion eomiuaada and Insists npoa fall Information concerning all the 0011000 affairs. A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic government eon Id be trusted to keep faith within It or observe Its covenants. It moat be a league of honor, a partnership of opinion. Intrigue woald rat Its vitals away: the plottings of Inner circle who coaid plan what they woald, and render account to no one, woald be a corruption seated at Its very heart. Only free people can hold their parpoae and their honor steady to a common rad, and prefer the Interest of mankind to any narrow Interest of their own. Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by the wonderful and heartening things the that have been happening within was last few weeks in Husain? Hnssla known by thoae who knew her liet to have been always la fart democratic at heart la all vital habits of her thought, la all the Intimate relationships of her people that spoke their f--go natural Instinct, their habitual attitude toward life. The aatocrary that crowned the sammlt of her political structure, long ns It had stood and terrible aa was the reality ief 11 power, was aot la fact Basslan la origin, characbeen ter, or purpose, and now It has Bosahakea off and the great generona nian people have been added, la all their native majesty and might, to the forces that are flghtlag for freedom la the world, for Justice, nud 'for peace. Hers Is a fit partner for a league of honor. One of the things that have nerved to ronvlnee us that the Prussian autobe our cracy was aot and could never friend la that from the very outsetun-of the present war It has filled our and even our suspecting communities, with offices of government, spies and training. It will Involve also, of coarse, the granting of adequate credits to the government, sustained, I hope, so far mi they ran equitably be unstained by the p reseat generation, by well taxation. I say unstained ao far as may be equitable by taxation, because It seems to me that It woald be most unwise to base the credits, which will new be necessary, entirely on money borrowed. It Is onr duty, I most respectfully arare, to protect ear people, so far as we may, against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise oat of the Inflation which woald be prodneed by vast loans. la carrying oat the measures by which these things are to be accomplished we shoald keep constantly la mind the wisdom of Interfering aa little as possible la' oar own preparation and la the equipment of oar own military forces with tho duty for It will be a very practical daty-- ef napplying tbe nations already at war with with the materia la which they can obtain only from us or by ear assistance. They are la the fleld, and wq shoald help them la every way to be effective there. 1 shall take the liberty ef aaggest-la- g, through the several executive departments of the government, for the ef year committee, consideration measures for the accomplishment of the several objects I have mentioned. I hope that It will bo your pleasure ta dral with them aa having been framed after very careful thought by tbe branch of the government upon whom the responsibility of eondnetlag the war and safeguarding the nation will most directly fall. While we de these things, these deeplet us be very ly noantoa things, clear to all the elear, and make very and oar obmotives oar world, what own tboagbt has not jects are. My been driven from Its habitant and normal coarse by the unhappy events ef the last two months, and I do not believe that the thought of tho nation has been altered or eloaded by theau I have exactly the name thlaga la mind now that I had la mind when I addressed the senate oa the Sfld ef Janula mind ary Inst the, same that I had when I addressed congress on the fld ef February and oaaathe flflthIs ofto February. vindicate then. Oar object now, the principles of pence and J notice la the life of the world ns against selflsh and autocratic power, and to set' ap We have no feeling toward them but one of sympathy and friendship.. It was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering the war. It wasor not with their It approval. previous knowledge was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old unhappy days, when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups -c-onceived Ger-au- ny . net criminal Intrigaca everywhere afoot against our national anlty of counsel, our peace within and without, our InIndeed It dustries, and our commerce. were here la bow evident that Its spies even before the war began and It Is of conjecture, unhappily not a matter but a fact proves la oar eoarts of Jushave tice, that the latrigoca whichnear to more than once come perilously disturbing the peace and dislocating the Industries of the country, have been carried oa at the Instigation, with the support, and even under the personal directions of official agents of the Imperial govern meat accredited to the government of the Halted States. ISvea In checking these things and them we have trying to extirpate nought to put the most generous Interthem, because pretation possible upon we knew that their source lay not la any hostile feeling or purpose of the German people toward aa (who were, no doabt, a Ignorant of .them aa we ourselves were), hut only lu the selfish designs of a government that did what It pleased and told Its people nothing. Bat they have played their part la servlast that that ing to convince n at no real friendgovern meat entertains to act against ship for aa and means at lta convenioar peace and accnrlty ence. That It means to atlr ap enemies doors, the Inagainst as at our very the German minister tercepted note ta at Mexico City la eloquent evidence. We are accepting this challenge of hostile parpoae because we know that la aarh a govern meat, following aaeh methods, we eaa never have a friend, and that la the presence of lta organised power, always lying la wait to accomplish we know not what par-pos- e, there can be ao assured security for the democratic governments of thq. world. We are now about to accept the gage of battle with the natural foe to liberty, and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the nation to check and nullify its pretensions and its power. We are glad now that we aee the tacts with no veil of false pretense aboat them, to fight than for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of Its peoples, the German peoples Included! for the rights ef nations, great and small, and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way ef life and of obedience. The world meat bo made safe for democracy. Its peace mast fee planted npoa the tested foundations of political selfish ends to liberty. We have no serve. We desire no conquests, no dominion. We seek no Indemnities for onroclvea, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure aa the faith and the freedom of nations can make them. Just because we fight without rancor and without selflsh object, seeking UTAH, nothing for ourselves but what we shall wish to share with all free people, ws shall, I feel confident, conduct our operations as belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair Pky we profess to be fighting for. I have said nothing of the governments allied with the Imperial government of Germany because they have not made war upon us or challenged us to defend ear right and ear honor. The Anotro-- lf angarlan govern meat has. Indeed, avowed Its unqualified ladorae- acceptance of the reckless and lawless submarine warfare, adopted bow without disguise by tbe Imperial German government, and It has therefore not been poaalble for this ffbverament to receive Count Taraow-sk- l, the ambassador recently accredited to this govern meat by the Imperial and Royal government of Aaatrla-lluagar- yi but that government has aot actually engaged la warfare against rltlscns of the Halted States oa the seas, and I take tbe liberty, fer tbe present at least, of postponing a discussion of oar relations with the anlhorltleo at Vienna. We enter tfels war only where we are clearly forced Into It becaase there are ae other means of defending oar rights. It will be all tbe easier for as to eondart enrselvea as belligerents la a high spirit ef right and fairness because we act without animus, not with ramify toward a people or with the desire to bring any lajary or disadvantage upon them, bat only la erased opposition to an Irresponsible government which baa thrown aside all of humanity and of right and Is running amuck. We are, let me say again, the sincere friends df the German people, and shall desire nothing so much aa tho ef Intimate relaearly tions of mutual advantage between aa, however hard It may be for them for the time being te believe that thla la spoken from our hearts. We have borne with their present govern meat through all these bitter months because of that friendship, exercising a patience and forbearance which would otherwise have been Impossible. We shall happily still have aa opportunity ta prove that friendship la oar dally attltade and action toward the millions of ssea and women ef German birth and native sympathy who live among aa and share oar life, and wre shall be proad to prove It toward all who are la fart loyal to their neighbors and to the government la the hoar of test. They are most of them as true and loyal Americans aa If they had never known any other fealty or allegiance. They will be prompt to stand with as la rebuking and restraining the few who may be of a different mind d parpoae. If there shoald be disloyalty, It will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression; but If It lifts Its head at all. It will lift It only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It Is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the congress, which I have performed la thus addressing yon. There are, It may be, many months of firry trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It Is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaeefal people Into war, late the most terrible and disastrous ef all wars, civilization Itself seeming to be la the balance. Bat tbe right la more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest onr hearts for democracy, for tho right of tbose who submit to authority to have a voice la thrlr own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free people as shall bring peace aad safety to all nations aad make the world Itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate oar lives aad enr fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with tbe pride of those who know that the day has come when America la privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principle that gave her birth and happiness and the pence which she has treasured. Ged helping her, she can de ae ether. eoa-derati- on University Functions. What is the matter with our universities is that all the students are schoolboys, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be men, writes George Bernard Siinw. The function of a university is not to teach things that ran now be taught as well or better by university extension lecturers or by private tutors or modern correspondence classes with gramophones. We go to them to be socialised ; to acquire the hall mark of communal training; to become citizens of the world instead of inmates of the enlarged rabbit hutches we call homes; to learn manners and become unchallengeable ladles and gentlemen. The social pressure which effects these changes should be that of persons who have faced the full responsibilities of adults as working members of the general community, not that of barbarous rabble of half emancipated schoolboys and unemandpatable pedants. GERMAN8 FURIOUSLY ATTACK ROMAN RETREATING ARMY, TAKING MANY PRISONERS. Believed That Italians Will Be Able to Stem the Tide of the Invasion With the Aid of Promised Allied Troops. on the The first n has begun. The westwards which dashed center, from Undine, has reached San Daniels, which lies on the river thirteen miles northwest of Udine. There Teutons and Italians are at grips In the first of a series of battles tliat are expected to rival In Importance the combats that made up the battle of the Marne. Engagements between the German center and the Italian rear guards are being fought in the triangle formed by the Udine, San Daniels and Udine San Vito railroads and the Tagliamento, Udine 'being the upex. Virtually 1000 square miles of Italmore ian territory have been over-ruthan 120,000 Italians have been made prisoner and In excess of 10000 guns have been captured by the German and n armies In their eight days drive. Just where Cudrona purposes to give battle lins not become apparent. Neither is It known how well the northern and southern Hanks of his army are keeping pace with the retirement in the center. Meanwhile preparations to aid the Italians in their hour of extremity are being rushed by ull the allies. Jules Cumbnn, general secrotary of the French ministry of foreign nffulrs, in a statement lias expressed the conviction tliat the Italians will be able to stem the tide of the invasion with the aid of French and British troops seut to reinforce them. The American government Is to waive all exixirt restrictions in favor of Italy, M;niiitting tliat country to take whatever materials she requires, regardless of prospective shortage hero.- A large amount of shipping also is to be given Italy to work in conjunction with lier own merchant marine in taking supplies overseas. London. Tag-Ilument- o Austro-Ger-ina- Austro-llunguriu- - 8AY8 RUSSIA IS WORN OUT. Kerensky Says Allies Must Shoulder Burden of War. Ietrograd. Russin entered the war early and alie is now worn out. by the strain, Premier Kerensky is quoted as saying. lie said that Russia claims as tier right thut tbe other allies now shoulder tbe burden of the war. Premier Kerensky declared tliut Russian public opinion was agitated by the question : "Where is the British fleet now thut the German fleet is out of the Baltic? KING PREDICTS FURTHER LOANS. Utah Senator Says Third and Fourth Loan May Be Needed Next Spring. Salt Lake City. In an address here Senator King of Utah said tliat It was with deepest pride that he heard in reports of the manner In which Utuh had responded to the second Liberty loan. He added thnt there may lie a third loan next spring and a fourth loan; fur he said thut in order to bring the wur to a close with safety for the future it may have to stretch along for years. AMERICAN CAPTURES GERMAN. Discovered Near Trenches, Is Shot and Dies in Hospital. Paris. The first German prisoner of war taken by the American expeditionary forces died Monday in an American fleld hospital, having been shot when he encountered an American in front of patrol in No Mans the American trendies. He, with another German, was discovered Saturday night by tlie patrol and was culled uion to halt. The GerGrowing a Character. mans ran ; the patrol fired and one of Character Is what you are. Repu- the enemy was bit. The prisoner was tation Is what folks think yon are. removed to a field hospital, where the Sometimes they are so well balanced combined efforts of several surgeons that you can't tell one from the oth- failed to suve his life. er, says Grit. But more often the one Is a libel on the other. Folks exalt 8teel Plants Promised Coal. virtues that do not exist and condemn Steel plants working Washington. follies tliat are purely subjective and on wur orders were promised an ample personal. Much depends on who re- supply of coal at a conference of repports you. Friends are always chariresentatives of the steel industry Tuestable and Interpret our lives to best adday with fuel administration officials. vantage. Enemies can see no good in Some concerns, it was declared, were us and report as they see. So repu- - about to close down because of a lack tatlon may flatter or condemn. Not of coal. so with character. This Is something beyond external observation. It Is the Many Drowned in Flood. life Itself as lived amidst Its motives London. Four months of abnorma and obstacles. Few people ran know rain in Natal, South Africa, culminated its real value, for even you do not alSaturday and Sunday In a storm in ways know just what you are capable which more than eight Inches of rain of being until the emergency demands hours, as a result fell In twenty-fou- r display your worth. What you are In of which widespread destruction is rethe face of severe testing is character. ported, muny people being drowned. |