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President Wilson’s Great
War Speech To Congress
‘Gentlemen of the Congress:
I have called tne Congress into
extraordinary session because there
are seriocus, very serious, choices of
policy to be made, and made imme
diately, which it was neither right
nor constitutionally = permissible
toat 1 should assume the responsi
bility of making.
On the third of February last I
officially laid before you the ex
traordinary announcement of the
Imperial German Government that
on and aftey the first day of Febru
ary it was its purpose to put aside
all restraints of law or of humanity
and use its submarines to sink ev
ery vessel that sougnt to approach
either the perts of Great Brittain
and Ireland or the western coasts of
Europe or any of the ports controll
ed by the enemies of Germany with
in the Mediterranean. That had
seemed to be the object ML the Ger
man submarine warfare earlier in
the war but since April of last year
the Imperial Government had some
what restrained the commanders of
its undersea craft in conformity
wity its promise then given to us
that passenger boats should not be
sunk and that due warning would
be given to al]l other vessels which
its submarines might seek to de
stroy, when no resistance was offer
ed or escape attempted, and care
taken tnat their crews were given
at least a fair chance to save their
lives in their open boats. The
precautions taken were meagre and
haphazard enough, .as was proved
in distresping instance af#dr in
stance in the progress of tone cruel
and unmanly business, but a certain
degree of restrait was observed.
The new policy has swept every re
triction aside. Vessels of every
kind, whether their flag, their char
acter, toeir cargo, their destina
tion, their errand, have been ruth
lessly sent to the bottom without
warning and without thought of
help or mercy for those on board,
the vessels of friendly neutrals a
long with those of belligerents. Ev
en nospital ships and ships carry-;
ing relief to the sorely bereaved
and stricken people of Belgium,
though the latter were provided
with safe econduct through the
proscribed areas by the German
Government itself and were distin
guished by unmistakable marks of
identity, have been sunk with tae
same reckless lack of compassion or
of principle.
I was for a little while unable to
believe tnat such things would in
fact be done by any government
that had hitherto subscribed to the
humane practices of civilized na
tions. International law had its or
igin in the attempt to set up some
law which would be respected and
observed upon tlre seas, where no
naticn had right of dominion and
where lay the free highways of the
world. By painful stage aftep stage
has that law been built up. with
meagre enqugh results, indeed ;lfto_r
all was accomplished that could
be accomplished, but always with a
clear view, at [least, of what the‘
heart and couscience of mankind dl-!
manded, This minimum of right
the German Government has swepfl
aside under the plea of retalia(ioni
and necessity and because it hud‘
no weapons it counld use at sea ew
cept these which it is impossible
to employ as it is employing them
without throwing to the winds all
seruples of humanity or of respect
for the understandings that were
supposed to underlie the inser
cours2 of the world. 1 am not now
thinking of the, loss of property in
volved, immense and serious as that
is, but only of the wanton and
wholaesale destruction of the lives
of non-combatants, men, women,
and children, engaged im pursuits
whickh have always, evem in tae
darkest periods of modern history,
been deemed inaocent and legiti
mate, Property can be paid for:
the lives of peaceful and innocent
people cannot be. 'The present Ger
man -übmarine warfare against com
merce is a warfare against man
kind.
It is a war against all natiouns.
American ships have been sunk.
American lives taken, in ways
which it has stirred us very deeply
to learn of, but the ships and peo
ple of other neutral and friendly na
tions have been sunk and over
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waelmed in the waters in the same
way. There has been no discrimi
nation, The challenge is to all
mankind. Eacn nation must de
cide for itself how it will meet it.
The, choice we make for ourselves
must be made with a moderation of
counsel and a ' temperateness of
judgment befitting our character
and our motives as a nation. We
must put excited feeling away. Our
‘motive will not be revenge or the
victorious assertion of tne physical
might of the nation, but only the
vindication of right, of human right
of which we are only a single cnam
pion.
When 1 addressed the Con;res‘s
on the twenty-sixth of February last
I thought tonat it would suffice to
assert our neufral rights with arms,
our right to use the seas against un
lawful interference, our right to
keep our people safe against unlaw
ful violence. But armed neutrali
ty, it now appears, is impractica
ble Because submarines are in ef
fect outlaws when used as tne Ger
man submarines have been used a
gainst merchant shipping, it is im
possible to defend ships against
their attacks as the law of nations
h as assumed tnat merchantmen
would defend themselves against
privateers or cruisers, visible crafi
giving chase upon the sea. it A%
common prudence, in guch circum
stances, grim necessity to endeavor
to destroy them before they have
shown their own intention. They
must be dealt with upon sight, if
dealt with at all. The German
Government denies the right of
neutrals te use arms at all with
in the areas of the sea which it has
prescribed, even in the defense of
rights® which no modern publicist
has ever before questioned their
right to defend. The intimation is
conveyed that the armed guards
which we have placed on our mer
chant ships will be treated as be
yond the pale of law and subject to
be dealt with. as pirates would be.
Armed neutrality is ineffectual: it
is likely only to produce what it was
meant to prevent; it is practically
certain to draw us into the war
without either the rights or the
effectiveness of belligerents. There
is one cholte we cannot make, we
are incapable of making: we will
not choose the path of submission
and suffer the most sacred rights of
our nation and our people to be
ignored or violated. The wrongs
against whic}, we now array our
selves are no common wrongs; they
cut to the very roots of human life.
With a profound sense of t.o
solemn and even tragical character
of the step I am taking and of toe
grave responsibilities which it in
volves, but in unhesitating obedi
ence to what 1 deem my constitu
tional duty, 1 advise that the Con
gress declare the recent course of
tne Tmperial German Government
to be in fact nothing less than war
against the government and people
of the United States; that it for
mally accept the status of helliger
ent which pas thus been thrust up
on it; and that it take immediate
steps not only to put the country
in a more thorough state of defense
but also to exact all it power and
employ all its resources to bring the
Government of the German Empire
to terms and end tme war,
What this will involve is elear. It
will involve that utmest practicable
cooperation in counsel and action
with the govermments now at war
with Germany, and, as incident to
that, the extepsion to those govern
ments of the most liberal financial
credits, in order that our resources
may so far as possible be added to
theirs. It will involve the organiza
tion and mchilization of all the ma
terial resources of the country to
supply the materials of war and
serve the incidental needs of the
nation in the most abundant and
vet the most economical and effi
cient way passible. .It will involve
the immediate full equipment of the
navy in all respeets bhnt particularly
in supplying it with the best Mmeans
of dealing with the enemy’s subma
rines, It will involve the immedi
ate addition to the armed force of
the United States already provided
for by law in case of war at least
five hundeved thousend men, woe
should, in my opinion. be chos I
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL AND JOURIER
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
To all wiom it may concern:
Geo. H. Sessions having in proper
form, applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration de bonis
non on tne estate of Sarah J. Hunt,
late of said County, this is to cite
‘all and singular the creditors and
next of kin of Sarah J. Hunt to be
an appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why perma
nent administration de bonis mnon
should not be granted to Geo. H.
Sessions on Sarah J. Hunt’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 2nd day of April,
1917,
J. M, GANN, Ordinary.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
To All Waom it May Concern:
Moses Middlebrooks having i npro
per form applied to me for Perma
nent Letters of Administratio de
bonis non on the estate of xk’)ma
Evans, late of said County, this is
to cite all and singular the credi
tors and next of kin of Oma Evans
to be and appear at my office with
in the time allowed by law, and
spow cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration de bonis
non should not be granted to Moses
Middlebrooks on Oma Evans‘ estate.
Witnes my hand and official
signature, this 2nd day of April,
1917, \
_ J.. M. GANN, Ordinary.
TWELVE MONTHS SUPPORT
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
Tne return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months’ support
to the family of J. T. Cobb deceased,
having been filed in my office, all
persons concerned are cited to show
cause by the 7th day of May 1917,
why said application for twelve
months’ support should not be
granted. - s
This Apeil -2, 1917,
J. M. GANN, Ordinary.
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TWELVE MONTHS SUPPORT
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
The return of tne appraisers set
ting apart twelve months’ support
to tie family of V. L. Williamw
deceased, having been filed in my
office, all persons concerned are
cited to show cause by the 7Tth day
of May, 1917, why said application
for twelve montns’ support should
not be granted. This April 2nd,
1917,
J. M. GANN, Ordinary.
DISMISSION FROM ADMINISTRA
TION. - |
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GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Coruelia Pinkney,
Guardian and Ex-officio, Adminis
tratrix of Harold Ragan, represents
to the Court in his petition, duly
filed and entered on record, that
she has fully administered Harold
Ragan's estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and credi
tors, to snow cause if any they can,
why said guardian and ex-officio
Administratrix. should not be dis
charged from her administration,
and receive Letters of Dismission on
the first Momday in May 1917,
This 2nd day of April, 1917.
4. M. GANN, Ordinary.
GUARDIANS DISCHARGE
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
WHEREAS, F. L. Sims, Guardian
of Blanche Waiter has applied teo
me for a (!isvh:\“r.u’e from his Guar
dianship’ of Blanehe Waiter. 1 this
taerefore to notify all persons con
cerned, to file their objections, if
any they have, on or before the first
Monday in May next. else F. L. Bims
will be discharged from his Guar
diamship as applied for.
J. M. GANN, Ordinary. |
Cobb County, ‘
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TWELVE NONTHS SUPPORT
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GFORGIA, COBB COUNTY, |
The return of the aopraigers sot
ting apart twelve months’ supnort
to the family of Jno. N. Williams
deoeased, having bheen filed in m,x"
office, all persons econcernad :n-.‘l
cited to show cause by the Tt day
of May, 1917, why =aid application
for twelve months’ support sho':ldl
not be granted.. This April 2nd,
1917,
J. M. GANN, Ordinary. '
EXECUTORS SALE <
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.,
By virtue of the last will of Na
poleon Tumtin, deceased, 1 will sell
before tane court house door in Ma
rietta, on the first Tuesday in May,
1917, next, between the legal hours
of sale, the following described pro
perty, to-wit:
One certain city lot, with fifteen
room «iwelling thereon in the city
of Acworth, said state and county,
said lot bounded as follows: North
by the Western & Atlantic Railroad
right of way; East by property of
Mrs. Alice Collins; South by pro
perty of G. L. Lemon and West by
property of Sidney Rainey. Said
lot containing two acres, more or
less, and being the late home of
Napoleon Tumlin, deceased. Also‘i
at the same time and place, a cer
tain city lot in Acworth, said State
and County, designated as follows:
Commencing at the North-west cor
ner of lot No. 120 . and running
West along the South side of Gibson
Street 142 feet; thence South 130
feet; thence Mast 78 feet to a ra
vine; thence in a Northerly direc
tion along said ravine to beginning
point. Said lot having thereon a
small two room dwelling and being
one half aecre, more or less.
. All said property sold as the pro
iperty of Napoleon Tumlin, deceas
ed, and for the purpose of paying
the debts of said deceased. Terms'
Cash. |
This the 3rd day of April, 1917 |
SARAH J. TUMLIN,
Executrix, Estate of Napoleon{
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