| Show Americas America's merica s Duty Civilized nations formed a P pact ct at The rhe IIa Hague ue Octo October e 18 1907 regarding th the conversion of merchant ships into warships The German kaiser framed an important 1 part ar of the agreement all the German representatives at that convention voted for the measure that was adopted It was made very Pram plain that a converted merchantman merchantman mer mer- must in hI fact be a real warship before IT WOULD BE BL TREATED AS S SUCH ITS SOLE PURPOSE l BE FOR WAR VAU ITS SOLE BUSINESS BUSTNESS BUST BUST- NESS MUST BE TUB THE BUSINESS OF WAR V AR AND ANI ITS CREW MUS BE A WAR ORB CREW AND DIRECTLY UNDER ORDERS OF TIlE THE ADMIRALTY BE BEFORE ORI ThAT T VESSEL BECAME TO HARSH TREATMENT ACCORDED ACCORD D REGULAR MEN OF WAll V 1 All Now ow the German kaiser Jailer r reversing his Ius own OWl rule says ays that n merchantmen mer nier- er- er admittedly engaged solely for or the purposes ses o of carl carrying freight and passengers are arc to be sunk without warning as a regular warship would be sunk international For hundreds of years yeal's the gt general principles of or law regarding the treatment of merchantmen have been recognized 1 THAT NOT NOrI by hv nil all civilized civilised nations AS PROOF OF Ol TrUE TilE FACT EVEN EVEN GERMANY GERMANY HAS DENIED THE RECOGNITION OF Ob TH THE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN REGARD TO SHIPPING THERE ARE THE FORMER INSTRUCTIONS TO T THE TIIE E GERMAN NAVY THAT T MERCHANTMEN fEN ARE NOT NOrI TO BE SUNK WITHOUT r WARNING AND THAT THEY TIlEY HAVE 1 A RIGHT TO GO ARMED That Jaw that merchant vessels should be allowed to go armed and should NOT be sunk without warning was made by ALL AIL the nations including Germany Now it is no more right to allow one nation to declare that law Jaw out of existence than it would be Cor Sor a state stat for instance to allow one member of ofa a a former legislature to violate a state statute with impunity because he had decided that he no longer found it convenient convenient convenient con con- con con- to obey the law he be had helped draft In a state we wait until ALL legislators meet again before REPEALING REPEALING REPEALING RE RE- PEALING a law We do not let ONE member of the legislature repeal repeal re- re peal Deal it to suit his conditions AND NEITHER WILL VILL A SELF SELI RESPECTING NATION NOW V REMAIN lAIN SILENT AND ALLOW ONE LAW V BREAKING COUNTRY COUNTRY COUN COUN- TRY rRY TO THROW THE LAW V OF ALL NATIONS TO THE WINDS AND KILL AT WILL LIKE A l I MANIAC NIAO l There is but one hope that the torch of civilization 4 can be kept burning while there is so much darkness in the world Unless the United States stands guardian over vcr law faw and order now there will soon Roon cease to be law and ordel Anarchy will reign The Thc old spirit that every man must carry a gun or a knife and kill as he chooses or be killed will wiH take h hold ld of men IF THE TIlE UNITED STATES SHOULD SUBMIT NOW T TO Fro GERMANYS GERMANYS GERMANY'S GERMANYS GERMANY'S GER GER GER- MANY'S THREAT AND REFUSE TO PROTECT AMERICANS AMERICANS' TRAVELING ON MERCHANT SHIPS SnIPS WHETHER ARMED OR UNARMED THERE WOULD BE NO END TO THE LAWLESSNESS LAWLESSNESS LAWLESS LAWLESS- NESS THAT WOULD FOLLOW V. The United States could no longer hope for the respect of pf the world if it cravenly bowed to such an infamous order Peace is often costly IT CAN EASILY B BECOME f COl TOO COSTLY When a natio nations nation's ill Tumor is is' the price it must not be bought i Many Amer Americans cans have shed their blood that we in iii this day might know the blessings of liberty and be free from the dictates of a king We Ve know that there are millions today ready to shed their blood lood too rather rathe than thal submit to the tyranny of ofa a kaiser President President Wilson has kept this country out of War val through the exercise of almost supernatural patience and good judgment nt lIe He has suffered jeers and sneers to save his countrymen from the horrors horrors horrors hor hor- of th the conflict He has pleaded with Europe to observe intern international inter inter- n national law He has done all mortal mortal could do to maintain peace with honor If peace can not be maintained without the loss of honor bonor then peace must be sacrificed That's the way th the president feels that's the way the nation feels 0 THERE WAS BUT ONE ISSUE INVOLVED INVOLVE YESTERDAY IN TN INTHE INTHE THE VOTE ON THE GORE RESOLUTION IN INTHE THE SENATE THAT V WAS AS AN ISSUE OF WHETHER THE rHE UNITED STATES WOULD MAKE TERMS WITH AN ASSASSIN WHETHER IT WOULD AGREE TO TIlE THE CANCELLATION OF OF A UNIVERSALLY UNIVERSALLY UNIVERSALLY SALLY RECOGNIZED D L LAW OF NATIONS JUST BECAUSE ITS CANCELLATION V WAS AS DEMANDED DEl BY RY ONE OF THE HE NATIONS WITH A BLUFF BLUFE ATTACHED TO THE TIlE DEMAND f The JC honor of or tl the e nation was at stake It had b been en pointed out plainly by the president t that the uncertainty in congress and the sham shameful work of William J. J Bryan had led Germany to sneer at warnings s fro from n Washington ll about violations of international l law EVERY SENATOR KNEW V THAT GERMAN STATESMEN AN ANVAR ANt AND WAR VAR LEADERS LEATERS WERE VERB WAITING BREATHLESSLY l FOR OR TIlE THE TIlEA A ANSWER TO THE QUE QUESTION TION Are the American people and their n national representatives back of the president Y It It is IS to the everlasting glory of the nation that 68 to 14 was the vote in iii favor of of upholding p American honor it was to the everlasting shame and humiliation of Utah that the only senator senat r who was afraid to g go on Ol record record on that great question was Avas vas Reed Smoot It was humiliating indeed to read that he lie gave ave as his excuse excuse the fact that r J he 0 e could not cast a a. a VOTE ON THE DIRECT ISSUE INVOLVED Better had he hid Iud out than offer such sueh a shameful reason as that |
