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Show Hostile Acts of U S SPlace SPlace Place Us at War WarSays WarSays Says Church HeadIn Headill Head In ill Ills his address adctre'l adctrel ' ' > Frida Fnida Friday } PresIdent PresidentJ J Reuben dark Clark at one time thne U Ti S SAlIba SAnibassad SAmbassaci I AlI\ba AlI ba Anibassad \ . , adr ) ir r to M xl Xi xllo < ( o 0 an 1111 1 a I latl a att atu tt tu nal a autliorlty uthorlty authority on 011 In internati iliternllti terna tI nal Ilal nallaw Ilallaw nallaw law showed oho\\pd oho pd shossed ; \ \ cont-ein cont ein conceln concein - for tlie tlw the ubi ubithrc U S Sthr bthrc | thrc thr jgl 19l gi 1 I . ostlle o.otlll ootlll ostile ; ' acts c ( Jmmllted jnnlitted jnnlittedI5 jniniltledwhich I5 \ hlch lIlt 11 pIal pia placed t'd td ed ' the n Il ill iti IlIn Ill > ) n In Iii a state stateofwar stateof tate tateof of ofwar ofwarhi warIn war warIn | In hi tIh tlie tI\ tI tue \ ( ' h 11 pe i tliat that hat It Il ma may Infl3 } ti til tll I 1 I to tomitigate toniltigate tomitigate mitigate niltigate ; some oorne 5.01110 501110 . of tlie the tile liate hatt ililte ' n 11 > ) iwrising w wrising Wrising rising that tlireatens thrt"atpno thrtatpno threatens " ; to eng cog lit Ilf tif uo us ussaid ussaid ; said , > ald Mr dark Clark 1\ 1 \ . 1pn a-s a s as - . , well \\pn pn sell \ as for olr olrpeace o ir irpeace irpeace peace of mind ai 81 am d o 0 ir 1r ability to togauge togauge togauge gauge future happenings happenlngo ; it N'mo Nmo s'CilS sCilS s'CilSaell seemswell N'moell ' ( ' ! ; \\ell ell aell \ that we ' ! sho silo ho ild lId be under unien ( no 110 nomlsappreheILslon 110misaplrehell.sion nomisapprehension mlsappreheILslon misaplrehell.sion misaplrehellsion ) . a . a as , . . , ' , to tlie U1e tile preoent preseilt preseiltstatus presentstatus ; tatus status ' ! of tl ti U e United UnltRd States Statp , ! In that thatI thatexl'Itln thatexisting tliatexisting exl'Itln exlItln existing . ' ! ' { European conflict connlct By all alltl1 allti1I alltlie I tl1 ti1I { " ' rules ruleo ; and amid prim prin ( Iples Ipleo ipies ; by which whichnatlono whichnations whichnations natlono nations ; have ilave governed their con conduct conduct conduct duct In the tile past paot ; the thl " UnitedItates United 9tate ' Stateshas -Itates Itates - Itateshas , > has already commlttel commltle comnlltte 1 I . , several t'veral tveral ' hos lbs hostilt lbstile hostile tilt tile " acts act . , > an at1 1 I 11 \ we \\1 1 sse ' art arl In fact lOW i m ow at atwar atwar atwar atwarIt war warIt It Is 10 ; tlie the tile settled fiettlf'd fiettlfd ' law of war con conI contlnuof'd continned continned tlnuof'd tlnuofd tinned ' tl II ti e I ' cinirch church clburch lea lealer ier icr that the theprhate theprh theprivate prhate prh ate citizens citizen c1tlzen ' ! f ! ne np lC Oral Itral atrIll otates states otatesmay statesmay ; stalesmay I may witliout without in iii anva any anv \ wa\ wa \\a\ a aas wajfopardizIng ajlopardlz \ jlopardlz jlopardlz1ng ii jfopardizIng opardiz opardizIng 1ng Ing tl tI e I " ne itrallt Itralll itralit > } of their 'Iovt"r Iovtr sover 'Iovt"relgn sovereign ' sovereign " elgn eign carry carrv on 00 coiiunerce commerce COllbtbberce with withI witheltht"r witheither witheither eltht"r elthtr either " or both ith ) ( ) belligerents belligert"nt belligertnt " oub sub oubjpct subJect ; subJect I jpct Ject U to ) ' certain Cof'rtaln Cofrtaln rights rlghto ; of seal seat ' ! eal h ii iisell liselz sell , > ell ( p po e ai al am d CI c < n.1 n1 niscaA-loii niscaA loii IlisCllltiofl * . 'cililion cililion < ' - tn 11 ix's ixs ' , ' tl1Jt'I tl1JtI thi tl1Jt'II tl1Jt'IbelllgerenLo thibeiligeremlt.s thiebelligerents ' * I belllgerenLo beiligeremlt.s beiligeremlts . ; In ill I ( It a- a I\ I \ . as - - . t < ( s . , of trading In Incor incm Incoi cor cm traband If ( f ' w 'a a \ ir lr or in case caoe ; of ofvloilltir ofviolatim ofviolatli vloilltir violatim g a It Ii lgil ( g II ml ' efft-ctive efft ctive C'ffLctlH CffLctlH efftctise - ' Ilock block Ilocklicte blockiide ) blockade licte iide b it It Is 1.0 10 i.s . . ; just juot ; a as , > well oettled settled ; settledtl oettledtI settledti tI al at i neutral stat stau . < < ( in ill itsel It-self It self ILoelf - ; f sup ' ! supI up upi i 1I Iv 1\ 1 15 \ I ie P I ' belligerent Iwlllgl"rf'nt Iwlllglrfnt " ' with the thl " mall mate materisk materials ' rlalo risk ; oflir of s \ war \\lir lir ' ar 'a a ' " ' witiu II ltit hI ( t thereby tht"rebv thtrebv " 1)0 10 1 I IS IStrig ) ising ; Ing trig It lts iLs . , cliaract charact cilaract r I\ I \ . 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Ir II theIr theirI theirlit 1 I i \ t I 1 I rtc i t 11 \ \ } \ and I ieat i ( ' eai 'al al m 1II cnvi cnviI 'II II ' ii I III 1ii I II i I t I t i it II PI em t f llu tht the law on thes thew the thewitem thesttpi t ' > tI < ttpi 111'1 1111 item ' Iplarpl telare IplarplI IP ( < ( larp 1 1i 1II I I pply In hi ai al v y mani manl 1355111 er pr ctl di ctlr dir dir I r t1In th t1\ t1 tiv \ hv In by a neutial neutlal neuhal power po\\er po er \ to a be belllgplt'ut beIligerenl belligeicnt lllgplt'ut lllgpltut Iligerenl ' power < ( f r rarsl \\arsl arsl warst \ wars ! Ip Ips am amm amn amin m n ) I i Itl It ! ) Hl ) n orar or war \\ar ar \ material matt'rlal mattrlal ' of an ankii ankim ankir kii kim d whatever Is h rorbldden forbidden rorblddenHague forbiddenHague forbiddenHague Hague Convention XIII 1907) 1907 19071 1907)I 1907)Tlwre 19071There 1907)Th 1907Th ) I Tlwre There < r . ' ! seems een\.S een.S een .S S \ . 10 r i o question queUon . , bit bittl b it itti ittl tl ti at we liave have &upplle upplle bupplkd supplied & < .l l . to one or of ofthe orthe ofthe the belligerents our ollr own secret cret In Inv'ntlons inventions Inventlons v'ntlons vntlons ventions ( ' for waging waglng war our own ownI ownair ownlair ownair I lair air armament and lOW row i ow our own ownarmed ownarmed ownarmed armed vessels of or war tully fully provlsioned provls provlsIioned provisloned | ioned and In every evrry \ way ay equlppec ' * ' Iioned | f r Immediate belligerent service serviceOpinions serviceOpinions serviceOpinions Opinions differ as to wl wi wt ether or orj ornot orInot ornot not Congress authorized authortzt'd authortztd ' the last lasttransaction lasttransaction lasttransaction j Inot transaction but Congressional ap approval approval approval proval would not chan change e the Inter Internatlonal international national natlonal character of or tl tI e a act but butonly butonly butonly only give relief fr fn rn m Hie Lhe the vlulatlonof violationof violation vlulatlon , of our own lawWe lawWe law I lawI | We have been bt"en bten " tI tt tip p a vl vi tlm.s tlms tlm'I tlmI tins . . ' of or a aI aslmllar asimilar a'similar asimilar ' slmllar similar act upon tl tI e P I ' I ( art of or Great GreatBritain GreatBritain OreatBritain I Britain In 1863 1M3 tl ti tie e a Confederateswere ConfederatRt Confederates Confederateswere ; were fitting o a t t at Birkenhead Blrkenhead opposite op opposlte I poslte posite Liverpool two Iron dads clads ror for roruse foruse foruse use against Union Unlun C ( c ( < niinerce mmerce nunerce Our Ourminister Ourminister Ourminister minister in Loi Lor don dun repeaLedly repeatedly repeaLedlycalled repeatedlycalled repeatedlycalled repeaLedlyI I called the thp sit lalion latlon oration to the attention atten attentlon attentlon tlon tion of Ear Earl ! Russel Rus.sel . \ who ho repllPd replied repliedthat repllPdthat repliedthat that the BrltL BrIlLsli Brltlsh < ; h government RO\prnment RO prnment \ couldnot could couldnot couldnot not Interfere Intederp ii h ai al at y way with these thesevPSSeIs thesevessels thesevessels vPSSeIs vessels Mr A lams lam.s tarns . answering I I expressed profound regret at this thisconclusion thisconclusion thisconclusion conclusion of the British govern government government government ment and added It would be su superfluow superfluous superfluous perfluow perfluous > m In me to point out to toyour toyour toyour your Lordship that this Is war warThe warThe The British government then act acted acted acted actedAs ed edAs As the result of other and manyacts many manyacts manyacts acts of the sort threatened thrt'atened thrtatened ' herewe here herewe herewe we demanded arbitration as to towhether towhether towhether whether or not Britain had vlolat vlolated vlolated violared ed her neutrality Britain Brltaln be lt it itsaid ltsaid Itsaid said to her eternal eLernal credit crt'dlt crtdlt ' I < ( for our ourcharges ourcharges ourcharges charges touched really her honor honorconsented ) consented The result of tlie the ar arbltratlon arbltration arbitratlon bltratlon bltration was tlie the largest singleaward single singleaward singleaward award of damages damage . ' ; In our favor ever everrt'ndert"d everrendered everrendered rt'ndert"d rtndertd rendered ' " by any arbitral tribunalAgain tribunalAgain tribunal tribunalAgain Again there . ' ! seems et'm etm ' . no doubt but butthat butthat that we now have made marle < ; some omt > kind kindof kindof kindof of 8\1 8 1 ap an \ all1an alliang alliance wi with th or e I " f ( f tl tI tt e c belligerehts bel bellIgerents belllgerenta lIgerents ligerehts Cllnada Granada Canada that If tipr her tier ene emw enemy emwlily enemy my lily shall 'Ihall Ihall ' attack her \ we e liill hell h tll join joinin joinIn in Canada s defense ' Tli 111 Tin is agrpp agree agrppIng agreetrig agreeing Ing trig to give aid and s < ; ( ' ctor ccor or to Lo o 0 t e " eof eof or of tlie the belllgerentagal belligerents belllgerent\ belllgerent ' \ agalt agal i-st i st \t t nst \ . - . , theother the theother tlieother other If tr It Is attack attacked I'd Id ' by b > } the tlJp oth othpr other other pr er and such attack lf Ls l\ l Is ' \ f ro co Ir"e Ire irse Ir"etI irseU irse11 " tI U e I a " normal cour course , > e of or v w \ , ir it Is h nr nr n nr r r part a hostile belllg bplllg bellig ipnt IC"nt ICnt meat " actagainst act actaR"alnst actagainst aR"alnst aRalnst against " Canada s s 'I I ' men t'nell tnell even ' y } bo 0 So & boeaie we weate \\eaie eaie \ \ \ e eale ale ate atar at \ war \\ar ar al also < ; o on 011 that score scoreFinally , > < s < oreFlnally ore oreFinally Finally Flnally uhlle while \ hUe the d t tills 111 iii . , ' , are n t tknown tknown tknown known we are saI sari I to ha lia\e lia e have \ e lellSl'd lellSld leased leasedsome lellSl'd80me leasedsome ' 80me some naval or air ba\ ba barrom bases . ' \ { > . , from rrom oneof one oneof oneo of tlie the belligerents belllgerpnts witt wltt o 0 it it I is isassumed isassumed 8 . ' > Sumed assumed consulting the till ' oti at oil ! er belligerent bel belIIgerent belligerent IIgerent ligerent These leases are proba probably probably probabiy bly In luch such uch { form onn and made for forsuoh forsuch forsuch suoh such pur purposes es aa 'J J as . ' also con constitute constitutehostile constitutehostile < ; tltute tltuteh08tUe h08tUe hostile acts for It is inconoelvable inconoeivable inconoelvablethat inconoeivablethat Inconceivablethat that Britain rltaln folluwuig folluwllIg following her tier cenLU centu cenLUrles centurtes ccniurtes rles rtes old policies wot would d lease to any anypower anypower anypower power any of her territory for muMary mIl mu mIlltary milItary ltary Mary use and occupancy except she shewas shewas shewas was to receive military mlHtary aid as the there theresult theresult theresultSo re result U1t ! resultSo U1tSo So we are at war We mould should mouldnot shouldnot shouldnot not be misled as to the nature of ofour ofour ofour our acts If and when Britain s sent"my senemy senemy ent"my entmy enemy " commits against us an act actof actof actof of aggressive aggres'llve aggresllve ' Inexcusable warfare warfarewe warfarewe warfarewe we should know that this will wUl not notbe notbe notbe be fact for under . the t.he rules and andprlnciplt's andprinciples andprinciples prlnciplt's prlnciplts principles ' of war we have already alreadyIn In effect declared war against that thatenemy thaienemy thaienemyAs enemy enemyAs As already stated I have said saidtht"Se saidthree saidthese Ienemy tht"Se thtSe three " things in tlie the hope that It Itmay itmay Itmay may assuage a little tlie the hate that thatwUl thatwill thatwill wUl will be piling pUlng up If and when that thatact thatact act comes A Latter day Saint Saintcannot Saintcannot Saintcannot \ cannot hate anybody Tlie The hates ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the last war are tlie the moving cause causeof causeof causeof of this one 80 So It will wlll be to theend the theend theend end unless we sha 1conquer Iconquer I 1 conquer hateThis hate hateThis hateThis This the Gospel helps us to do |