Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-18 | Page 7 | "Watchful Waiting"

fit t II tr r J Watchful W Wh t h. h f u I Waiting W alt ng I t- t 1 The TIle chains chams of indecision no long longer r hamper u uS uS' Our days deYs of iW waiting have passed and our reputation for w writing messages messages mes- mes mes- mes J sages ages of protest has been shattered We no longer wait walt nor do dol l Dve we protest We now hit with th b both th fists at t the e same time and let the other fellow do the waiting and arid the protesting The official proposal for a peace conference had not formally been delivered to Great Britain before Foreign Secretary Balfour Balour b branded it as unacceptable ble It was wa in Secretary of Lans Lansing's s 's I a ds less than an hour when the secret secretary ry ga gave v out a a formal and anda j ja a a ini mighty br brief f answer backed by the president rejecting everything every- every 1 thing i Austria Had to propose v In house and 2nd nd senate it was Vas scorned before the legislators r jr their attention to any ny other ther business There w was was' wano no politics s 1 j l the n b sr the issue in co congress it congress it was all purer pure pu e un unadulterated patriotism 7 1 and d if A Austria to Americas America's war its its' crude bit y-nd y hoped loped lessen meri c war spirit by l Hof f it must be sadly disappointed h Pi We can can quote Senator Lodge Republican floor leader as s exA ex- ex A essing exactly the sentiments of the Democratic administration t J s ga iri l. l all true Americans Said the senator u t tf f i f V We Wc shall press on until th the only end worthy of of attainment ent fully reached reache Germany has brought unnumbered woes upon Y aji l innocent t world She must be put in a position where h re she cannot y s tike again agam She he has appealed to th the lust of conquest est th the dread j ra of arms By that she must abide bide She shall not now nowes es rt to tam talk tamand and bargain fo for a decision i We W e a mean e n to put her in p physical h ys cal r bonds W w. w We e mean to make J world safe f for r all free law y la abidin abiding decent people eo le so that the thema they maY ma may ive the their r lives in peace and un unalarmed alarmed For f i the we- we fight We sh shall ll not ask more more We shall never never accept t les r Jc r J t c