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Show UTAH SENATOR - I STANDS BEHIND ! I PROILSON I Desires Pence, But Would Protect ' H the People. Junior Member From Utah Speaks H Washington, March 7. DlBcusslng f ' M the nrmed Hhlp Issue In the senate H today Senator Sutherland of Utah, a ' H Republican member of tho foreign ' rotations committee, stood squarely H behind President Wilson In his policy H In dealing with Germany In tho sub- H marlno negotiations. '! "I do not want war at any time," H said Senator Sutherland, "nnd I prn H God that It mny not corao now, but ' jH I would rather havo war with all Its jH sacrifices and suffering thnn that this jH nation, with Ita long history of hero- " H Ism nnd glory, should play the pel- ; H troon when confronted by a supreme H nntlonai duty, becnuso It places great- H or valuo upon Its caso than upon its ; H "I nm ono of thoso who desire j jKl pence," tho senator continued, "but jH a nntlon, when nil other means fall. iHI that will not resent n flagrant and ! H Illegal attack upon thu lives, of ''its jH own citizens Is only less detestable H than n man who will not light for hli wlfo and children. And, bcliovlng as H I do about thnt, If tho life of an Am- jl crlcnn citizen Ih ngnln taken by tho 'Jl Illegal and deliberate sinking with- out warning of a mcrchantshlp, tin- SSH nrmed or armed only for dofense, i JiH that this government should hold tho ' H offending nation to a stern reckon- ,jft Ing, I Bhnli never glvo my consent to tho lssuanco of n formnl nnd olTlcl.U lH notice such ns has been proposed ijJH which if not hecdedrwould, without ll minimizing. our'Tiuty In tho lenst, H Iioao thQ, otrtct Of embarrassing and ' fl weakening our moral Blnndlng If wo $91 should onco moro bo under tho Bad 9( necessity of seeking reparation for 'Hl tho destruction of tho lives of our , fl Status of Armed Ships jH Senator Sutherland In discussing H the legal status of nrmed merchant H ships under International law and the. jH relation thereto of the submarine, ul contended that tho submarine must -,H j lolil to tho lnw and not tho lnw to H th'o submarine. If tho law jlolds to' I lH tho submarlno, ho said, nnd allows rlll tho underwater boat to sink vessels -,l armed defensively only without wurp- -;HH lng and without giving passenger i and crew a chanro to get to a. place-. , jjH of safety, It will bo Inviting tho sink- jH ing of unarmed shlpa as welt since ll he snld, "It Is well nigh impossible ilH for tho oulcers of a submarlrio,,to do- 'iffH termlno In ndvanco whethorn, given 'lilPI vessel Is armed or not, The result I, KN will bo that unarmed vesselat whllo j fl possessing Immunity in theory will 'i havo nono In fact. I .'jH Right of Citizens to Travel 1 "Tho (luestlon next arises and, in- HH deed, It Is really tho crucial question T shall our citizens bo oluclnlly ad- j vleed to forbear from traveling on 'fH belligerent merchant vessels nrmod $ for dofenso only? Or, indeed, shall ij H wo go further and for old tholr do- I )JH lng so under penalty for dlsobedl- ''H once? If 1 nm correct In what I have already said, nnmely, that theso mnr- (H chant ships havo tho right to carry ,H tlefouslvo nrmument, It follows that lH such a ship has tho same status as j JH though unarmed nnd that tho right I'll WM of a neutral citizen to transport hh ' IW good, or travel upon either la tho -t-M same and not a different right and ( W that, In fact, la tho decision of our S own' supremo court In a great case ' flp decided many jcars ago and novor i j ;H blnco overruled or mndlfied. " 'JB "If, therefore a citizen tako pas- j W,, sago upon a ship so armed and lose ; w his Ufo by the sinking of tho ship j. 'M without wnrnliig, what must bo tho j, W, contention nnd claim of this govern- fMp ment? To my mind elenrly thla; frftt That tho citizen In tho oxerclso of a B clear right has been deprived of bla HB llfo by the deliberately lllegnl act of ijilB' tho bolllgorent government which' Wmit sent tho submarlno on Its mission of rV death." iHp Senator Suthernnd also opposed IHf any chango In the rulo with respect IBfr! to tho snlo of munitions of war or Wwfltifr arming merchant ships for defonso, HSk! , assortlug that any such changes now ' IB would be an unneutral net. Jmiv' I- mm: |