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VOLUME XIV.
WILSON SOUNDS WARNING TO PEOPLE OF U. S.
REDUCTION OF TRAINS
Si TRAVEL LUXURY
ESSENTIALCOAPMAN
Either That or Government
Ownership, Vice President
of Southern, Tells Commis
sion in Answer to Protests
The dtocont (nuance of every passen
ger train not essential to the needs of
the country and the elimination of
such luxuries of travel ae sleeping cars
and dining and observation cars, was
predicted Thursday morning by E H.
Coapman. vice preaident of the South
ana railway, in a statement before the
railroad commission at a hearing be
gun on the petition of the road to dis
continue fourteen of Its trains and
change the achedule of two others.
Vice President Coapman said that
this curtailment is but a preliminary
to far more sweepinc changes that
must be adopted ad* a war measure. A
second step, he said, will probably be
taken which will affect every phase of
transportation, and it may be followed
by a third step which will give over
almost ail the resources of the roads
to military uses.
On ‘the heels of this statement, he
added that, unless the railroads are per
mitted to make such curtailments as
are necessary to meet the Impending
demands of the war department, that
the aril ways of the country will be
taken over by the government and run
primarily for militarv purposes with
scant consideration given to civilian
needs.
Mr. Coapman continued by saying
that a meeting was held in Atlanta -
Monday a week ago by officials repre
senting all the railroads of the south
east. and that this meeting appointed
a committee which is devising plans
by which passenger service can be cur
tailed everywhere south of the Ohio
;»er and east of the Mississippi and
tne Potomac rivers. This committee,
he c ai’d. will go before every railroad
•om mission in the states included In
-. at section and ask for authority to
iscontinue trains not absolutely nec
•sarv to public welfare.
DON’T SEE SERIOUSNESS.
"You don’t realize the seriousness of
the situation." he exclaimed. "You don’t
know what is ahead of us. The utmost
demands are going to be rnaae on the
railroads, and unless they can mee’ the
requirements th* war department, the
roads are going to be taken over by the
government and run primarily fbr war
purposes and secondarily to meet the
r.eeds of the public.”
rollowing Mr. Coapman’s statement.
H. D. Shackelford. representing the
Georgia-Florida division of the United
Commercial Travelers’ association, with
drew his objection to the discontinuance
of trains proposed by the Southern rail-
G. L Carson, of Commerce, followed
him with the same announcement. . I
latter, during argument of the road’s
petition to discontinue the Heflin ac
commodation. Mayor R. S. Mather, of
Austell, said that the people of his town
would agree to any measure prompted
by the necessities of war.
The abandonment of the Heflin ao- I
commoda’ion was opposed by Attorneys!
j. S. James and J. R- Bedgood, repre
senting several towns along the route
The petition to discontinue trains 16
an<l between Atlanta and Columbus,
was opcsed by representatives of the Co* j
lumbus chamber of commerce. After 3.;
A. Spivey, of Columbus, had concluded
argument, the hearing of petition was,
adjourned until 2:30 o clock Thursday
afternoon.
The petition of the Southern asks for,
the discontinuance of the following
trains:
TRAINS IN PETITION.
Trains 217 and 310-230. between Lula
and Athens; trains 25 and 26. between
Atlanta and Hefflin. Ala., this service to
he thereafter performed by train 39, to
leave A’lanta at 5:10 p. m. and train 12.
to arrive in Atlanta at » a. m.; trains
1* and 47. between Atlanta and Colum
bus; trains 44 and 45. between Atlanta
and Fort Valley: trains 9 and 1«. bo
tween Atlanta. Chattanooga and Cincin-I
nati (interstate); trains 34 and 35. be
tween Hazelhurst and Jesup. Ga.: trains
7 and t. to make all stops now made bv
34 and 3C; trains <5 and 4<. between
Rome. Ga.. and Anniston. Ala
Chairman C. Murphey Candler, of
the railrcad commission, a«ked ques
t:nn« at Thursday morning’s session,
which indicated that he believes a cur
tailment of raflwav service as a war
mea«ure is necessary.
One Dead as Result
Os Storm That Strikes
City of Washington
TV ASHI NGCGN. June 14. —One man
wa killed some down tywn streets
w»re flooded and steel lamp posts were ,
off like match stems In a storm .
‘ which hit Washington this afternoon.
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h~ took refuge tn j tent. John C. Back
>gs was knocked unconscious by an |
re broken
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bln forced a re-ess of both
* ? ZJ The downpour. mixed
,„_Z. of congress as debate was 1s-
because of the noise.
U. S. Asks Germany
About Soldeirs’ Pay
WASHINGTON. June 14. —Unde Sam
wants to know what the German gov
ernment is going to pay American pris
oners they take. ’ r he United States offers
to grant all German prisoners of war the
same rate of pay as officers of corres
(Onding rank in the United States army,
and through the Spanish government
has asked Berlin if Germany will re
ciprocate.
Full Associated Press Service
BRITISH BLOWS ARE
CRUMBLING GERMAN
FRONTJOELGIUM
Retreat on Line Two Miles
Long Is Announced by Lon
don in Area Southwest of
Warneton
NETV YORK. June 14.—(8y Foreign
Cables from European Capitals.)—The
German line in Belgium is crumbling
under the British offensive there. Evi
dence of this appears today in the an
nouncement by London of a German re
tieat on a front of approximately two
miles in the area southwest of Warne
ton.
After wiping out the Messines-Wyts
chaete salient in the crushing attack
last week. General Plumer continued at
tacking the Germans from time to time
east of Messines and gained additional
ground there. Further south the Brit
ish also have exerted pressure upon
General von Arnin’s lines.
Having lost the last of the com
manding artillery and observation po
sitions In this region, when the Mes
sines ridge fell into British hands, the
Germans are finding the pressure at
some points beyond their ability to
meet. One of the first results has been
the abandonment of important sections
of their first line between the River
Lys and St. Ives.
General Haig announces that the
British are following the Germans
closely and are moving forward east
of Ploegsteert wood and in the neigh
borhood of Gaspard village.
On the French front conditloivs re
main comparatively quiet. Last night
the Germans after bombardments at
tacked French posts in the Aisne re
gion and northwest of Verdun. The
French easily repulsed these assaults.
In Greece the entente Is making good
its grip on the situation shown in the
abdication of King Constantine and the
accession of Alexander, by landing
troops to occupy various strategic po
sitions. French cavalry, doubtless for
the purpose of protecting the ripening
crops of Thessaly, already has pene
trated far inland and occupied Larissa.
Today the landing of other entente
forces on the coast near Athens is
reported. Preservation of order in the
capital and control of the situation
near the seat of government seem the
objects in view of this move.
Troops of the Entente
Are Landed in Greece
ATHENS. June 14. —(Via London.) —
Entente forces are now landing at the
Piraeus and Castella, Some of the
troops are occupying the heights near
Phalerum bay while others are march
ing to Athens.
Germans Fall Back
On Front in Belgium
LONDON. June 14. —Abandonment of
important sections of first lines be
tween the River Lys and St. Yves by
the Germans, because of the tremend
ous pressure of the British advance
east of Messines was announced by
Field Marshal Haig today.
"Our further advance to the east of
Messines. combined with our pressure
to the south compelled the enemy to
abandon important sections of their
first line between the Lys and St.
Yves." the British commander-in-chief
asserted.
The victory thus gained by the Brit
ish forces again emphasizes the domi
nating strength of the Wytschaete-
Messines rtdge, taken in last week’s
great assault. The territory surren
dered to the British forces, the German
retirement still further back in the tri
angle formed by the River Lys and
the Ypres-Lille canal, the point of which
is at Comins, where the two waterways
join. The enemy position in this salient
is exceedingly precarious, due to the
river and the canal hampering rapid op
erations qr ’heir part and military ob
servers here today expressed the belief
that evacuation of the entire triangle
might be foreshadowed by th first line
withdrawal reported by Field Marshal
Haig.
French Report Failure
Os Small Teuton Attacks
PARIS. June 14.—" Utter failure” of
small German attacks around Braye,
north of Craonne, north of Rheims and
on the left bank of the Meuse, was re
ported in today’s official statement. The
assaults followed a general bombard
ment of those positions.
French forces carried out a successful
raid, cleaning up a German trench
east of Navaring farm and taking ten
prisoners.
The statement follows:
“The enemy carried on a violent bom
barment last night in the regions of
Braye, north of Caronne, northwest of
Rheims anti on the left bank of the
Meuse near Cumieres. Attacks follow
ing these bombardments . directed
against small posts in different sectors
were repulsed completely.
"We raided a German trench east of
the Navarin farm and took ten pris
oners.”
“Good Effects" in “Hits"
Are Reported by Berlin
BERLIN (Via London), June 14.
“Good effects” in "hits” were observed
over the Fort of London” in the German
aeroplane raid yesterday, an official
statement today declared.
"A fleet of large aeroplanes yester
day afternoon dropped bombs over the
fort of London,” the reort asserted.
"The effects were good. Hits were ob
served. Despite a strong defensive
fire and numerous aerial engagements
In which an English airman fell Into
the Thames, our planes were unharm
ed.”
Italy Tells War Aims
In Note to Russia
ROME. June 14.-—ltaly has forwarded
a note to Russia interpretating her war
aims in almost precisely the same terms
as that dispatched recently by England,
the Trlbuna declared today.
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RUSSIANS HOPE MISSION
WILL MIKL NOTE CLEAR
President Wilson’s Message
Favorably Received, With
One Point in Dispute
PETROGRAD, June 14.—(Via Lon
don. • —The cabinet has decided to sug
gest a conference with the allies to ex
amine the various treaties among the
several allied powers.
PETROGRAD. June 14.—Russia Is
relying on the American mission, now
here, io clear up diverse views regard
ing President Wilson’s note. Most
newspapers today hailed the message
in terms of glowing eulogy, but the
workmen’s and soldiers’ Gazette was
frank in declaring its disbelief of one
portion.
“President Wilson.” the editorial as
serted, “says the Germans are intrig
uing to divide the allies. We do not
believe this old story; we believe only
in that there is a class struggle be
tween ’the world's working men and
imperialism. We must say that in the
notes from France and England we do
not see any expression as to the Rus
sian principle of ’no annexations.’ ”
In strong contrast to this expression
was the following from the Retch:
“President Wilson’s message is tn
plain language without any of the
tricks of diplomacy. The true repre
sentative of democracy speaks as de
mocracy must speak throughout the
world. Radical and Socialist messages
from America, England and France do
not put us In good light. Both our
friends and our enemies regard Russia
as powerless. Russia has nelivered an
ultimatum to the allies, but the only
force behind this is our power and our
threat of a separate peace.”
Elihu Root and the other members
of the American diplomatic mission
arrived here almost simultaneously
with the American railroad technical
commission. Both bodies were anxious
to begin their work of cooperation with
Russia at the earliest possible date
American and allied officials here
were interested today in figures show
ing that the pro-war parties were
leading in the Petrograd municipal
elections. These arc the Social Demo
crats and Social Revolutionists, whose
ealdidates appeared to be leading.
The first national convention of
workmen and soldiers was in conven
tion here today with thousands of del
egates in attendance. One of the first
things a group of these delegates did
was to visit the Academy of Science
and request permission to vote in Its
deliberations. They announced that if
this request was not granted they
would attend the next meeting until
invited.
Minister of War Kerensky today be
gan mobilizing nil women physicians
in Russia for special war service. .
A large delegation of Russians
and Amertoans, including several mln-
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ATLANTA, GA., FRRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1917.
KILLED HIS BRIDE
BECAUSE OF LOVE,
SAYS JOE E. KIRK
“I Can’t Live With You If
You Don't Do Better," She
Said and Husband Fired
Fatal Shot
“I killed her because I loved her.”
That was the statement blurted out
Ly Private Joseph E. Kirk as he lay on
a cot in tne hospital at Fort McPher
son Thursday morning when seen bj- a
Journal reporter, and asked why he
shot and killed his bride of two months
in the kitchen of her home early
Wednesday night.
The soldier was suffering from a
wound in his left arm. It was stated
that he held his wife in his arms at
the time he shot her and the bullet,
after passing through her body, entered
t.is arm.
“I couldn'i stand it any longer,” said
Kirk brokenly. "for more than a
month I had known something was
wrong and tnat she has been paid at
;entton bj another soldier. I didn’t
know what I was doing last night and
i don’t know whether I’m sorry I shot
her or not” .
The shooting occurred between 6 and
7 o'clock Wednesday night. The wound
in Kirk’s r.rm caused him to wince with
pain Thursday.
“How is Mattie?” he asked early in
the morning.
“She’s dead," somebody told him, and
the man fell back on his pillow, and
his eyes welled with tears.
Kirk's mind seemed to be wandering
Thursday morning and he didn't seem
io renteinl er just what happened the
night before.
The woman lived a short distance from
.he post with her parents. Relatives
of the bride stated that just at dusk
Wednesday night Kirk drove up to the
house in an automobile and brought
»e eral packages in the house, which
contained dishes.
He entered the house, it was stated,
and began talking to his wife. Rela
tive.* of the girl heard her say, “Joe,
if yc.j don’t do better I can’t live with
you." and a moment later the report
of the revolver was heard. With a
moan the soldier's bride sank to the
floor. The bullet had penetrated her
side under her arm. She died in a few
moments Kirk was taken back to the
,'ort by his companions and placed in
the main hospital. As soon as his con
dition is improved he will be turned
over to the Fulton county authorities.
Kirk is thirty-three years old and
enlisted in the army about two months
ago, being sent to Fort McPherson for
1 reining and assigned to Company F.
He married Mrs. Mattie Norris shortly
af.er lie arrived at the post. He said
Thursday that they had decided to get
married in spite of the fact that she
had never obtained a divorce from her
first husband. Kirk came to Atlanta
LIBEHH BOND SALES
TDTAL SI, 8«, GOD, DOO
Secretary McAdoo Issues Pa
triotic Appeal to Ameri
cans to Fill Up Gap
WASHINGTON. June 14.—“ Every
Liberty bond bought by a patriotic citi
zen wjll hasten the return of peace and
the re-establishment of justice and liber
ty throughout the world,” declared Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo today
in a final statement on the eve of the
closing of the Liberty loan.
Simultaneously he announced that
subscriptions reported to the treasury de
partment totaled >1,843.00,000 at 1 p. m.
today. No more figures will be disclosed
until the final totals are received.
McAdoo's statement said:
“June 15, Liberty bond subscription
day. is by a happy coincidence the an
niversary of Magna Charta. This great
document, the very corner stone of hu
man liberty, was signed June 15, 1212.
just 705 years ago Again, the worln
faces a new and supreme struggle for
upniversal liberty and democracy The
Liberty Loan, which closes Friday, will
find its successful consummation on the
anniversary of the day which gave birth
to the great charter of human freedom.
“General Pershing, the Valiant leader
of America’s forces, has just arrived in
France to return the visit Lafayette
made to the struggling American repub
lic 140 years ago. As gallant France
then helped us vin our liberty, we now
join France upon her bloody fields to
fight for imperial liberty and to restore
peace to a stricken world.
“To gain the victory quickly means
the saving of countless invaluable lives
and inestimable treasure. Every hu
manitarian and every lover of liberty
and democracy prays for this result.
Every Liberty bond, however small the
denomination, bought by a patriotic
American citizen, will hasten the return
of pbace and the re-establishment of
Justice and liberty.
”1 hope that no American having the
means to do so will fail to make a sub
scription to the United States Liberty
Loan before 12 o’clock, noon, Friday.
June 15.”
Diplomatic Mission
Coming from Japan
WASHINGTON, June 14.—Japan is
sending a diplomatic mission to the
United States, which will leave about
July 1, it was officially stated today.
from Tennessee. He has also been
married before.
Mrs. Kirk has two small children by
her ‘’rst husband.
The funeral of Mrs. Kirk will be held
at the chapel of Harry G. Toole at
8 o'clock Thursday night and inter
ment will be In North View. She is
survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Duncan.
SBBfIB BF WHISTLES
SUMMONS COUNTY
TO CIO HMS
Ear-Splitting Signal Reminded
Everybody That Only Twen
ty-Four Hours Were Left in
Which to Subscribe
All over Atlanta at noon Thursday,
thousands of men and women, bent over
resks and typwriters, walking along the
streets, seated at luncheon tables, shop
ping in department stores, jumped as if
they had been stung by a bullet when
the air aws shattered by a ’ sounding
shriek like a bias, from the pit.
It was the whistles of Atlanta putting
the world on notice that but twenty-four
hours remained for the purchase of Lib
erty bonds, twenty-four hours the time
limit for every individual to do his duty
by his country.
Safe it is to say that after that union
of unearthly noise there was nobody
within the limits of Fulton county who
wasn’t congratulating himself that he
had bought his bond, or, if he hadn’t,
I wrestling with the conviction that un
i less he hurried, he was a worse slacker
than the veriest loafer who failed to
register.
Even before the whistles began to
blow the eleventh-hour rush for bonds
was on in full force. The Liberty Loan
central comittee and its assistants at
the federal reserve bank, after toiling
far into the night Wednesday, were at
it again early Thursday morning, open
ing registered taking out and as
sorting checks and listing subscriptions
that piled in by the hundreds.
There was no time to count subscrip
tions received, but Warren H. Toole,
secretary of the bank, estimated that
over R.OOO individual subscriptions were
received Wednesday for an aggregate
of nearly $4,000,000 and that the sub
scriptions for Thursday and for Fri
day. the last day, are expected to run
over $5,000,000 each day. This amount
will be necessary to make up the pre
scribed quota for the Atlanta district.
From all over the district subscrip
tions are boiling in. Savannah con
tinues to lead all district cities so far.
New subscriptions from Chatham coun
ty continue to be received daily, in
cluding one for SIIB,OOO Thurday from
the Citizens and Southern bank, which
ran Savannah’s total up to more than
$0,500,000.
The Fourth and First National Bank
of Nashville, Tenn., entered its sub
scription for $1,000,000 by mail and
later wired an order to increase this
to $1,4507000. This is said to be the
largest single subscription made by
any one bank in the district to date.
The Third National Bank continues
to hold the lead in Atlanta and sur
rounding territory with a subscription
for $1,000,000. One corporation in Bir
mingham has subscribed for $1,110,000,
while the little town of Broussard, La...
which contains only 500 people, white
and black, took bonds to the amount
of $27,500, or at $55 per capita. At
lanta's subscription at this same rate
would be over $12,000,000.
Subscriptions received from the city
of Atlanta show that the clerk, the
laborer, the newsboys and the wage
earners, have rallied with a will to
the cause. This is proved by the
number of small subscriptions received
and by the fAct that Atlanta's supply
of buttons is exhausted.
MTION TO KNOW SOON
■ GOES in NEW ■
Selective Service Rules Ready
for Submission to the
President
WASHINGTON. June 14. —America's
selective service rules are ready.
They need only the vise and approval
of President Wilson and Secretary of
War Baker, and probably will be sub
mitted to Mr. Wilson today..
Then within a few days, ft Is esti
mated. the nation will know the an
swer to its inquiry—“Will our son or
brother be in the first army? How will
they be picked and when?"
This answer will be give nin the form
of a proclamation from President Wil
son which will set in operation the great
human lottery system and the boards
who will cut out the exempt.'
Promulgation of the rules has been a
work of weeks. A nationally known law
yer. whose name and works have been
withheld, has toiled to make the rules
equitable and effective, profiting each I
day by the hundreds of leters. telegrams,
and phone calls addressed to Provost!
Marshal General Crowder about selective
service. .!
This attorney, struggling with the!
mighty machinery for the first half
million army, has consulted frequently
with the president’s military advisory
board and even with the president him
self.
This much of the result of his labors
is known:
The regulations provide for some
3,000 local exemption boards, one to
each county or large city, and for I
eighty-four appellate boards, to which,
the man believing himself wrongfully
included in the draft can appea’.
Further the rules provide for a lot
tery drawing which shall he proof
against politics and other favoritism,
and they contemplate a physical t^est-1
ing system whicn shall pass the fit and
cast aside the unsound end worthless.
In so far as possible, the work
gathering the first new army Is decen
tralized and local authorities are given
power of exemption and draft.
With the actual draft imminently;
near, the department of justice is con-!
(inning its drag for quitters. Some es
timates today ran as high as 9,000 net-j.
ted already, with many more of the i
slackers still In sight.
NUMBER 73.
VICTORY BY MISER
WOULD MAKE WORLD
UNSAFE. SAYS WILSON
Thousands Hear America’s
President Speak at Flag Day
Exercises—Great Flag Hoist
ed at Washington Monument
•WASHINGTON. June 14.—President
Wilson warned the American people in a
i flag day address on the Washington
monument ground today that Ger
many has carried into effect the greater
part of her immediate plan of conquest
and now is negotiating a new “intrigue
of peace” designed to end the war while
her aggressions are secure.
All the central empires, the president
declared, have been cemented into one
gieat autocracy-ridden empire, “throw
; ing a broad belt of German military
power and political control across the
■ very center of Europe and beyond the
Mediterranean into the heart of Asia.”
; This accomplished, he said, it is easy
i to understand why Germany is fostering
' a propaganda for an early peace.
! “Peace, peade, peace, has been the talk
; of her foreign office for now a year and
more,’’ said the president. “A little of
l the talk has been public, but most of it
has been private. Through all sorts of
■ channels it has come to me and in all
sorts of guises. The military masters
under whom Germany is bleeding see
very clearly to what point fate has
brought them. If they can secure peace
now, with the immense advantages still
in their hands, which tney have up to
this point apparently gained, they will
have justified themselves before the
Ge; man people; they will have gained
by force what they promised io gain by
it.”
The president recited again the Ger
man aggressions which drove the United
States to war. He declared the purposes
for which American soldiery now carry
the Stars and Stripes to Europe for the
first time in history, are not new to
American traditions because realization
of Germany’s war aims-must eventually
mean the undoing of the whole world.
Secretary Lansingk presided.
Many in the audience recalled that
standing in the same spot one year ago
today, before war seemed so imminent,
the president uttered defiance of foreign
citizens’ political activity in the United
States, in these words:
“There id disloyalty active In the
United States and it must be absolutely
crushed. ♦ • • There are those at this
moment who are trying to levy a species
of political blackmail, saying ‘do what
we wish in the interest of foreign sen
timent or we will wreak our vengeance
at the polls.’ That is the sort of thing
, against which the American nation will
i turn with a might and triumph of sen
i timent which will teach these gentlemen
I once and for all that loyalty to this flag
is the first test of tolerance In the
United States.”
The United States marine band played
patriotic airs and a chorus of 600 voices,'
organized among government clerks,
sang. Most persons carried small Ameri
can flags, and as the band played the
Star Spangled Banner, a big flag was
hoisted to the top of the monument.
The president’s speech in full follows:
My fellow citizens: We meet to
celebrate Flag day because this flag
which we honor and under which
we serve is the emblem of our unity,
our power, our thought and pur
pose as a nation. It has no .other
character than that which we give
it from generation to generation.
We celebrate the day of its birth,
and from Its birth until now It has
witnessed a great history; has float
ed on high the symbol of great
events, of a great plan of life work
ed out by a great people. We are
about to carry it into battle, to lift
it where It will draw the fire of our .”
enemies.
We are about to bid thousands,
hundreds of thousands, it may be
millions, of our men, the young,
the strong, the capable men of the
nation, tc go forth and die beneath
It on fields of blood far away—
for what? For some unaccustomed
thing? For something for which
it has never sought the fire before?
American armies were never before
sent across the seas. Why are they
sent now? For some new
for which this great flag has never
been carried before, or for some old, *
familiar, heroic purpose for which
it has seen men, its own men, die
on every battlefield upon which
Americans have borne arms since
the Revolution?
These are question which must
be answered • • •
U. S. LEFT NO CHOICE
BUT TO TAKE UP AKMS.
It is plain enough how we were
forced into the war. The extra
ordinary insults and aggression of
the imperial German government
left us no self-respecting choice but
to take up arms in defense of our
rights as a free people and of our
honor as a sovereign government
The military masters of Germany j
denied us the right to be neutral.
They filled our unsuspecting com
munities with vicious spies and con
spirators and sought to corrupt the
opinion of our people in their own
behalf. When they found that they
could not do that, their agents
diligently spread sedition amongst
us and sought to draw our own citi
zens from their allegiance—and
some of these agents were men con- I
nected with the official embassy of
the German government itself— j i
here in our capital.
They sought by violence to de- ,
stroy our industries and arrest our
commerce. They tried to incite
Mexico to take up arms against us i
and to draw Japan into a hostile al-
. liance with her—and that, not by in
direction, but by direct suggestion
from the foreign office in Berlin.
They impudently denied us the use
of the high seas and repeatedly ex
ecuted their threat that they would
send to their death any of our peo
ple who ventured to approach the
coast of Europe. « » » What
great nation in such circumstances
would not have taken up arms?
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