| Show w. w Rights American Upholding 1 I quarreling and refused to confine If a a mans man's i neighbors s 's were but ut instead insisted on back yards hc hen heir l' l fighting to their own AND SIDE SIDE- PUBLIC STREET rowing browing rocks at each other on the mental attitude of the average red ALKS what would be the tIl and arid the sidewalk to reach street boded man w who o had to use that is place laco o of f business 1 GET PROTECTION NO OTHER V WAY AY AND IF IP rr HE COULD NEIGHBORS TO TOJO TO TOo QUARRELING NOT NOl PERSUADE THE TI-IE JO o 0 THEIR THEIR ROCK THROWING ON THEIR OWN PREMISES AND IT NECESSARY TO 10 PASS THEM IN THE LEGAL PURSUIT PUR PUR- h he be liable to arm ann himself wouldn't LIVING UIT SUIT OF RIB IDS DAILY r the first fellow who carelessly tossed a stone nd rid begin sho shooting at ff ft His head lead 1 of f stuff in him wouldn wouldn't t he rather reent reent re- re If he lie had the right kind indo the d doors locked ent eat the suggestion th that t he remain in his house with nd rid let his b business go to rul i and his family starve BECAUSE THE THAT HE HAD A RIGHT TO TRAVEL TREET AND SIDE V SIDEWALK ALK DANGEROUS DANGEROUS-BY BY MEN WHO MEN WHO DEFIED MADE N SAFETY WERE LL RULES OF RIGHT AND RECOGNIZED LAW The Am American who wishes to travel the open highways on the t of of business now finds himself in the position ea 1 m in i the honest pursuit neighbors f the nan man man with the quarreling the The waters belong to the world 1 one No-one nation owns owna oceans i Neutral countries have a perfect moral and legal right to us use the them for for rade rode purposes arid and the citizens of those countries es are well within heir moral and leg legal l rights when they travel in any merchant 01 or a seng r ship for business purposes IF IT IS WRONG FOR THE QUARRELING NEIGHBORS TO IURI ROCKS BOOKS PROMISCUOUSLY AND STRIKE STRIDE DOWN DO INOFFENSIVE EN IVE AND V LA ABIDING CITIZENS GOING TO WORK VORK ALONG THE PUBLIC STREET OR SIDEWALK IT IS TEN TIMES WORSE VORSE FOR NATIONS AT WAR TO KILL NONCOMBATANTS S TRAVELING THE OPEN SEAS ON PEACEFUL MISSIONS OF TRADE If the man who has to go downtown to earn a living for his his family has a moral amoral oral right to protect his life when threatened by rock throwing neighbors so have neutral countries a moral duty to protect the l lives ves of their citizens when traveling the open seas among the fighters of maniacal nations President Wilson has taken the firm stand that to forbid our people e. e t to e exercise th their i rights for fear we might be called upon to M vindicate them would be a deep humiliation tion fu In striking tr- tr tri i contrast to th the opposition he has found among some b of the pett pettifogging Demo Democrats rats in cong congress e s some Q of the very little men h he has the backing of several leading Republicans Senator Lodge for instance has hasla laid d a. a aside ide poli political al is issues s and stepped Jorth orth upholding the broad principles les of Amen III in his support of the president A A nation that will not protect its citizens cannot protect itself says Senator Lodge And if democracy fails to protect itself how can we hope to live And quoting President Wilson Senator Lodge says further The rhe president says says- What we are contending for far in in this matter is is of the very essence of the things that have made America a sovereign sow sov nation She yield cannot cannot yield them without conceding her impotency im- im impotency impotency im- im potency as a nation and making virtual surrender of her independent position among the thc nations of f the world With this I am in full accord It Jt is is the doctrine I have preached all my l life e and I am with the president who sets it forth and stands by it In his letter to Senator Stone the president outlined the right course cour e for this nation to follow when he said But in any event our duty is clear No nation or group of nations has the right while the war is in progress to alter or disregard the principles which all nations have agreed upon in mitigation of the horrors and sufferings of war and if the clear rights of American citizens should ever unhappily be abridged or denied by any such action we have in honor no no- choice as to what our own course course should be For my own part I cannot consent to any abridgment of the rights of American citizens in any respect The honor and self respect of the nation is involved d. d a To surrender now would make everything this government has attempted and everything that it has achieved during this terrible struggle of nations meaningless meaningless' and futile It It is important to reflect that if in this instance we allowed expediency ex ex- expediency ex ncy to take the place of principle the door would inevitably be opened to still further concessions Once accept a single abatement of right and many other r humiliations would certainly follow and the whole fine fabric fabric of international law might crumble under our hands piece by piece The president made it plain today that the United States will not riot make any exceptions in the demand for the rights of its citizens citi citi- zens T There wiLLbe be no favoritism shown show 1 between the Central powers and the Allies AMERICA Al HAS SPOKEN AND SHE HAS NO DOUBLE TONGUE WHAT SHE S SAYS YS Sl YS TO ONE OF THE TilE WAR NATIONS SHE SAYS T TO ALL It t matters not whether it be England or Germany that offends the principles upon which this great republic was established will b be be- upheld In Li such a crisis it makes one cine feel proud that the Americanism in n of f the senators and congress congressmen en has lIas risen above their party a affiliations l bous This great problem is IS not being threshed out ut along political lines f for r many of the leading Republicans are staunchly supporting the president i |
