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Show piper to ma u. s. Salt Lake Beobachter Will j Print "How the War Came to America." ! ! T he committee on public, information in Washington has placed in the hamis ot ! German -la rig uag-e newspapers throughout ; trie United States, for distribution among ' their subscribers, thousands of conies of 1 its publication on "How tne War Came to ! America ." translator! into Gorman, i "We furnished our mailing- list to the stale council of defense at the eupitol," , snui Arnold II. Schultess, publisher of , the weekly Roubachter, last night. "They ; were going to m;til them, but as they had Nut fiOn pa mphlets. whereas our mailing iist contains isOO names, we both agreed , that tiie better way would be lo publish, ' the material. This we are going to do in two parts, the first appearing the com-j com-j ing Tuesday. There are twenty-eight ; pages uf the pamphlet and to publish it 1 nil at once would be too much material for a weekly." Reviewing the events that led to the declaration of war on Germany, the booklet book-let says: Our principal controversy with the German government, and the one which rendered the situation at once acute, rose out nf their announcement announce-ment of a sea zone, where their submarines sub-marines would operate in violation of ail accepted principles of international law. Our indignation at such a threat was soon rendered passionate by the sinking of the Lusitania. This attack upon our rights was not only grossly illegal; it defied the fundamental concepts con-cepts of humanity. Aggravating restraints on our tmde were grievances which could be settled set-tled by litigation after the war, but the wanton murder or' peaceable men and of innocent women and children, citizens of a nation with which Germany Ger-many was at peace, was a crime against the civilized world which could never be settled In any court. The book includes congress's war resolution reso-lution of April 6. President Wilson's speeches to congress January 22 and April 2 and his Flag day address in Washington, Washing-ton, June 14, are printed as appendices. A red, white and blue band is printed across the covers of tiie books. |