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IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY, President Wilson, in his Aildress to Congress on April 2nd asking for no immediate declaration that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany, that the United States should. formally accepit, the status of a belli- gerent, wid:--
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I pulled Congress in extraordinary. session because there are serions, very sericus, choices of policy to be made, End made inmediately, which it was neither right constitutionally not permissible 1. responsibility of should assume making. On February 3rd Inst I official- ly laid before you the extraordinary an- nouncement of the Imperial German Government that on and after February les 40 was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or hirsity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain, and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe, or any of the ports con- trolled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. Ak
Thus har stented to be the object of the German sabinarine warfare earlier in the war, but since April of last year the In- perial Government had somewhat re strained the commanders of its understa craft in conformity with its promise then given us that passenger boats should not he sunk and due warning would be given all other vessels which its submarines might seek to destroy, when no resistance was offered or escape attempted, and care would be taken that their crews were given at least a fair chance to save their lives in their open boats.
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The precautions then were meagre and haphazard enough, as was proved in dis-1 tressing instance after instance in the progress of the cruel and unmanly busi- ness, but a certain degree of restraint of every
DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 15TH, 1917,
ne pirates. Armed neutrality is ineffer wars were provoked and waged in the tual enough at the best in such circaminterest of dynasties or little groups of atances. In the face of such pretensions ambitious men, who wore accustomed to it is worse than ineffectual. It is likely use their fellow-men as pawns and toole. to produce what it was meant to prevent. It is practically certain to draw us into war without either the rights or effective- ness of belligerents.
THE SOLEMS CHOICE.
There is one choice we cannot make and are incapable of making We will not phoose the path of submission and suffer the most stered nights of our people to imagined and violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are not common wrongs; thay cut to the very root of human life. of the solemn, sense
With actor of the stop
Even the
A more thorough state of defence, but also to exert all its power nod ito employ its résouries to bring the Gov crament of the German Empire to Levis and end the ne,"
AUTOCRJOY THE FOE TO PEACE, Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbour States with spies or set in course an intrigue to bring about some eritical posture of affairs which would give them an opportunity to strike and make a conquest, Such designs can be successfully worked only under cover where no one has a right to ask ques tions sedang
WAR'S INFLUENCE ON BABIES.
GREAT INCREASE IN THE EXCESS OF BOYB
This ex
Does war influence sex? tremely interesting problem is gravely discussed by the Registrar General in his annual report, and the evidence pro duced indicatos striking increase in
came in the ascendant the proportion of boys born since Mars
The Registrar kes the period from January, 1915, c6 December, 1916, and analyses it with the remark that it is of interest to note whether any marked alteretion has occurred in the proportion
PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF BAGHDAD.
FREED FROM TYRANNY. Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude issed a proclamation at Baghdad, of which the following is the English text :
PO THE PEOPLE OF BAGHDAD VELATEI. 1. In the name of my King, and in for name of the peoples over whom he rules. I address you as follows :
2. Our military operations have as Cunningly contrived plans of decep tion or impression, enrried, it may be, from generation to generation, can be
their object the defeat of the enemy, and
worked out and kept from light only within the pracncy of Courts, or behind
the driving of him from these territorio, of the sexes born in view of the state-In order to complete this task I am the carefully guarded confidences of o
operate; but our armies do not come narrow privileged class. They are hap ments which have been made that the charged with absolute and supreme con- into your cities and lands as conquerors pily impossibly where public opinion ratio of male w female births increases trol of all regions in which British troops commands and insists upon full in time of war."
or enemies, but as liberators, formation concerning all the nation's pffairs
I am taking and of the grave respon sibilities which it involves, but in un- hesitating obedience to what I deem y constitutional duty, I advise that Cou- declore the recent course of the Imporial German Givernment to be in
A stedinst concert for peace earl never fnet nothing less than war against
maintained except by the partner No auto Government and people of the United
ship of democratic nations. accept the States; that if formally status of a belligerent which is touderatie Government could be trusted to thrust upon it; and that it take immekepp faith within it or observe its diate steps, not only to put the country ovenanted Tho must be a league of honour and partnership of opinion, Intrigue would cut its vitals away Proutings by inner circles, who would what they would and render au acepunt to no one, would be corruption Only free seated at its very heart, pooples can hold their purpose and and prefer the intereste of mankind to What this involves is clear it will their honour steady to the common end
any mirrow interest of their own involve the utmost practical co-opara- tion in council with the Governments.
Does not every American feel that as now at war with Germany, and as inci- dent thereto an extension to those Gov Surence has been added to our hope for ortonents of the most liborat financial the future peace of the world by the web credits in order that our resources way,derful, heartening things that have been It will involve the organizatau and Russia Russia was known by those who as far as possible, be added to theirs.happening within the last few weeks in inobilization of all the material re knew her best to have been always in fact democratic at heart in all vital habits, in to supply sources of the country
her thought, and in all intimate relations of her people that spoke of their natural towards life, instinct and their habitual attitude
FORM OF CO-OPERATION,
materials of war to serve the incidental needs of the nation in the most abun dant yet most economical, sud most effer tive way possible,
It will involve the immediate full equipment of the Navy in all respects but particularly in supplying it with the best means of dealing with the
The autocracy that crowned the sum mit of hor political structure, lens as it had stood and terrible as it was in the sian in origin, character, or purpose, and reality of its power, was not in fact Rus generous Hussan people have been added in all their naive majesty and might to
I was observed. The old swept enemy's submarines. V now it has been shaken, and the great,
every restriction nside. kind, whatever their fing, character, have been
It will involve the immediate addition to the armed forces of the United States already provided for by law in eau of war of at least 80,000 men, who should, in my opinion, be chosen upon the principle of universal liability to victs and also the Bathorization of subsequons additional increments of equal force so soon as they may be need ed and can be handled in training.
destination, or errandom without ruthlessly sent to the warning without thought of help or mercy for those on board-vessels of friendly neutral along with those. belligerents. Even hospital ships carry- ing reljef to the sorely bereaved and stricktal people of Belgium, lought latter were provided with a safe conduct through the prescribed areas by the Ger man Government itself, and were dis- tinguished by unmistakable marks of identity, were sunk with the same reckless lack of compassionation,
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will involve algo, of course, the granting of adequate credits to the Gov crament, sustained, I hope, so far as can equitably be sustained, by the pre-
He shows that during the past fifty years the sex proportion of babies born each year has ranged between 1,032 boys to every 1,000 girls and 1,049 boys to every 1,000 girls. Then he shows what has been happening in the past two years
3. Since the days of Halakn your city and your lands have been subject to the in desolation, and your forefathers and tyranny of strangers, your palaces have fallen into ruins, your gardens have sunk
During the March quarter of 1915. yourselves have groaned in bondage. not of your serking, your wealth has been entirely unaffected by the war he writes,ur sons have been carried off to wars
the ratio was very low-vis, 1.022 during the June quarter, partially stripped from you by unjust men and affected; it rose to 1,043; while in Sop aquandered in distant places, tember and December quarters, fully affected, it rose further to 1,044.
1. Since the days of Midhat, the Turks, love talked of reforms, yet do not the
For and his peoples, but, it is also the wish remarkable still. The proportion in the vanity of those promises?
The figures for last year were more ruins and wastes of to-day testify the four quarters were:-1,050, $1,051, 1,945. It is the wish not only of my King an 1,050 boys to each 1,000 girls.
in the pust, when your lands werG the year from Juy 1st, 1915, to June of the great nations with whom he is in 30th, 1916, the ratio was 1,047, which alliance, that you should prosper, even fertile when your ancestors gave to the beats all records,
world literature, science, and art, and when Baghdad city was one of the won ders of the world,
It may almost be asked if nature is ready busy restoring the balance with which war has interfered. The ratio of
same as in 1914, 1047 means something between 3,000 and 4,000 more boys a year than would have been born had the ratio remained the
The war baby myth is exploded by the returns. The numbers of illegitimate births in the years 1912 to 1815 were:--
012
1913
1914
1915
37,528
G. Between your people and the domin bond of interest. For 200 years have the merchants of Baghdad, and Great Britain friendship. On the other hand, the hosts of my King there has been a close
Germans and Turks, who have despoiled you and yours, have for twenty years made Baghdad a centre of power from tradeil together in mutual proft and
which to assail the power of the British and the Allies of the British in Persia what takes place in your country now or in the future, for in duty to the and Arabia. Therefore the British Gov-
interests of the British people and their ernment cannot remain indifferent as to.
Allies, the British Government cannot Government has, indeed, which has been done by the Turks and Hungarian our right, and our honour. The Austro risk that being done in Baghdad ngain avowed its unqualified endorsement and Germans during the war
87,900 31,328- 38,245 The total number of illegitimate births the forces that are fighting for freedom is the lowest ever recorded except in in the world, for justice and for peacee years 1907 and 1901, when the totals Here is a fit partner for a league of hon-
GERMAN SYIES IN AMERICA. One of the things that has served to convince as that Prussian autocraes was not and could never be our friend
were 36,189, and 36,199.
is that, from the very outset of the preacceptance of reckless and lawless sub
eent generation by well-conceived taxa merit, with spies, and 304 criminal ja for this Government to receive by a matter of the closest concern to the
able by inxution because it seeing the it would be unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely upon money borrowed. It is our duty, 1 most respectfully urge, to protect our people, as far we may, against the very serious hardships and evils which are likely to arise out of the inflation which would he produced by vast lonhslas
The principle of international law had ay sustained as far as may be enpit its origin in in attempt to set up some law which would be respected and observ ed upon the seas, where no nation had the right of dominion, where lay the free highways of the world. By painful stage after stage has that law been built up with meagre enough results indeed after all hus been accomplished, always with it clear view at least of what the heart and conselence of mankind demanded.
This minimum the German Govern- ment swept aside under the plen of re taliation and necessity and because it had no weapons which it could eat sea ex cept these, which it is impossible to ent- ploy as it is employing them without thiswing to the winds all scruples of for the understand ingy supposed to
in carrying out the measures whereby these things will be accomplished we should keep constantly in mind the wisdom of interfering as little as possible in our own supply preparation and in the equipment of our own military forces with the duty, for it will be very practical duty, of ing antions already at was with Germany with materials which they can obtain only
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7. But you people of Baghdad, whose- warfare adopted now without sent war it filled our unsuspecting com- our offices of govern
disguise by the Imperial German Govern-commercial prosperity and whose safety and it has, therefore, not beca pos from oppression and invasion must ever munities, and even
learnowski, this
Ambassador recent British Government, are not to under- bystand that it is the wish of the British trigues everywhere afoot against our onal unity of council and our peace within and our commerc were here even before the war began has not actually engaged in farfare institutions. It is the hope of the British taped it is now evident that spies ascited but the Governmicht Government to impose upon your alion It is unhappily not a matter of conjec against the citizens of the United States Government that the aspirations of zure, but a fact, proved in our Courts on the seas and I take the liberty, for your philosophers and writers shall be of Justice, that intrigues which more the present at least, of postponing the realised, and that once again the people wealth and substance under institutions than once came perilously near disturb discussion of our relations with the of Baghund shall flourish, enjoying their ing the peace and dislocating the in-authorities in Vienna. dustries of the country have been car we cater this war only where clearly which are in consonance with their sacred
instigation, with the ried on at the support and even under the personal forced into it because there are no other laws and their racial ideas. In Hejää direction of official agents of the Im-means of defending our rights. It will the Arabs have expelled the Turks and belligerents in a high spirit of right and clained the Sherif Hussein as their perial Government accredited to the be easier for us to conduct ourselves as Germans who oppressed them and pro fairness because we ace without animus,
pendence and freedom, and is the ally of United States
desire to bring any injury or disadvant-the nations who are fighting against the Even in checking these things and not in enmity towards a people, or with King, and bis Lordship rules in inde trying to extirpate them we have sought to put the most generous interpretation age upon them, but only in armed of power of Turkey and Germany; so, in- possible upon them, because we know position to an irresponsible Gorcrament
humanity or underlie the intercourse froth us or by our assistance, They are that their source lay not in any hostile which has thrown aside all considerations deed are the noble Arubs, the Lords of of the
property involvement
the loss of and serious as that is, but
wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatant iten, women, and children, engaged in pursuits, which have always, even in the darkest periods of
and legitimate. Property can be paid fur, the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot
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people cowards us--who were, no doubt, Famok let me say againį sincere the cause of Arab freedom, at the bands.
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and is running Koweit, Neid, and Asir,
8. Many nuble Arabs have perished, in
as ignorant of them as ourselves-but every way to be effective there.
only in the selfish designs of a Govern friends of the German people, and shall of those alien rulers, the Turks, sho Like the liberty of
ge. However hard it may the great lowers allied to Great Britain. its people nothing establishment of intimate relations to out of the Government of Great Britain and
mutual advantage. solescentive Departments of the foyment that did what it pleased and told desire nothing so much as an early Fe oppressed them. It is the determination But they played their part in serving for them for the time being to believe that these noble Arabs shall not have
last that Govern Comuniter, micasures for the accomplish.
to convince us at cracht for the constrution of youn meat of the several objects I have met
To deal with them na having been
decrefni chout the frame
all
through modera history, beezi deered Innocent tioned. I hope it will be you framed ment enterians no real friendship for this, it is spoken from our hearts. We auffered in vain. It is the hope and and means to act against our peace have borne with their prosent Government desire of the British people and the of the Government upon which the and security at its convenience. That it responsibility of conducting war and safe means to air penemies against us at of that fall.
WAR AGAINST BANKING
EVER warfare, agnu:st
bitter months because
which
guarding the nation will most directly our very doors the intercepted Note to and dish to exercising patience nations in alliancé with them, that the.
the German Minister at Mexico City is have been impossible
AMERICA'S
WAL OBJECTS.
The commerce is satire against mankind. It is a war gauist all nations.
ships have bựên sunk and While we do these things these reply American shipa American lives taken in waye which it has momentous things--let us make it very strerit us very deeply to learn of, but the clear us all the world what our motives ships and people of other neutral and and our objects are. My own thought has friendly untions bave been sunk and over not been driven from the habitual normal
The two months. I do not believe the whelmed in the waters in the same way course by the unhappy events of the last
discrimination: There has been no dis challenge is to all sunkind: Back 93 tion must decide for
would Arab rac may rise once more to great- ness and renown among the peoples of an oppor, the earth, and that it shall find itself doquent evidence. We are accepting this We shall, happily,
O, people of Baghdad. remember daily attitude and actions towards mil-cord. challenge of hostile purpose, because we tunity to prove that friendship in our together to this end in unity and con
have a
sympathy who live amongst that for twenty-six generations con have ing such methods, we can never know that in such a Govrument, follow-lions of men and women of German birth friend, and that in the presence of its us and share our life, and we shall be shared under strenge tyrants who linvo organized power, always lying in wait to us, and accomplish we know not what purpose, proud to prove it towards all who in fact there can be no assured security for the are loyal to their neighbours and to the ever endeavoured 1 set one Arab house
of the nation has been altered be thought demorate Governments of the world overnight in the hour of test. They against another in order that they might
on February 3rd and
Februar
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
are most of them as true and loyal. Ame proft by yu dissensions. This policy- will Allies for there can be neither peace nor tians as if they had never known any is abhorrent to Great Britain and her prosperity where there is enmity wad other fealty or allegiance
self how it will by them. I have actually the same things meet its The choice we make for our in mind now as I had when I addressed battle with this natural foe to be prompt to stand with us in selves must be made with the moderation the Senate on January 22nd, the same
judg
that I had in mind when I add of counsel and temperateness of ment befitting on character and motives Cong as a nation. We must put exicited feel- 20th ing away. Our motive will not be s venge, or the victorions, assertion of the physical might of our nation, but only a vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
When I addressed Congress on Febru ary 26 lust I thought it would suffice to amejt our neutral righta with arme, our
bizkiarisgovernment, Therefore I am com are now about to accept the agent liberty, and shall if necessary, spend and restraining the few who may be of the whole force of the nation to check different mind and purpose. If there manded to invite you, through your and nullify its pretensions and its should be disloyalty it will be dealt with nobles and elders and representatives, power We are glad, now that we see with the firm hand of stern repression, to participate in the management of your facts with no veil of false pretence but if it lifts its head at all it will lift civil affairs in collaboration with the about them, to fight this for the ulti- it only here and there, and without coun- political representatives of Great Britain world for the liberatenance except from the lawless and who accompany the British Army, so that
malignant few. mate peaca
cate, the principles of peace and jastics Our clue how, as then, is to vadi. in the life of the world as against selfish autocratic power, and to set up amongst really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and action as will henceforth ensure the ob-
tion of its the German peoples
ed the rights of nations great EIGHT MORE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE included and small, and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life The world must be safe planted upon trusted foundations of for democracy Political liberty
It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of Congress, which I have per-
you may be united with your kinsroen in North, East, South, and West in realising the aspirations of your race,
ABAB KING'S JOY. ag
right to use the seas against unlawful in servance of these principles and bedience Its peace must be formed in thus addressing you. There The following message, from the King
terference, our right to keep our people safe against lawful violence, but armed neutrality now appears impracticable Pecause submarines are in rect out laws, when used as the German sub-
used marines have been shipping, it is impossible to defend thips their attacks is the law of ha
Bassumed that merchantzen
Neutrality is no longer feasible, or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of fa to that peace
peoples, and the penis lace of auth. and trendom in the crasic Government backed by organiz ed force which is controlled wholly by their will and not by the will of their people of
We have ao selfish ends to serva. We devirò io conquests and no dominion we seek no indemnities for ourselves and no material compensation for sacrifices we shall freely make. We tre but one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and shall be satisfied when these rights am as secure is lact and We have seen the last of neutrality in
the freedom of nations can make them.
A without rancour would defend themselves against, priva teers or cruisers, which are visible craft, such circumstances We are at the begin-
that the same standarde of conduct and Fust because when giving chase upon the open senning of an ago in which it will be insisted
is comran prudence indeed to responsibility for wrong dong shall be ind without selfs objecta, seeking It ek, of grim recessity indeed to served among nations and their Goper - nothing for ourselves but what we Canto destroy them before they ments that are observed among individual wish to share with all free peoples, w endeavour
intention
citizens of civilized States. shall, I feel confident, conduct our operá- have shown their own inter it dealt must be dealt with upon a Government We have not quarrelled with the Ger- tions as helligerents without passion, and people. We have no feeling towards ourselves observe with proud punctilio with at all. The German Government
profess to be fighting for denies the right of neutrals to use arms ran at one of sympathy and friendship, at all within the areas of the sea kugh thewas not upon their impulse that the
in defence it has proscribed, even in rights which no modern publicist ever Uovernment, acted in entering this war
intimation bawas not with their previous knowledge or It was a war determined upon belore questioned. An CONSUMPTION en conveyed that the grued guards approvals
which we have placed on our merchant as ware used to be determined upon in We will be treated as beyond the pale the old unhappy days, when peoples were of the law, and subject to be dealt with nowhere conaulled by their rulers
BRONCHITIS
WEAK LUNGS
CATARRH
They
the principles of right and fair play we
I have said nothing of Governments allied with the Imperial Government of Germany, because they have not made war upon us or challenged us to deferd Continued at nt of nest column)
It is a fearful
Majesty's High Commissioner in Egypt;. and sacrifice ahead of us. are, it may be, many months of fiery trial of Hedjaz has been received by his
terrible thing to lend this great and peaceful
disastrous of all wara people into war into the
and
most
balance but right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the Civilization itself seems to be in the things which we have always carried
democrBoy nearest our hearts for the right of those who submit to & voice in their own for the rights and liberties for the universal nations
of
for
Bught by such a concert of
dominion
your Excellency over the occupation of Baghdad by your valiant troops. If
with all my heart 1 congratulate
God Almighty for its liberation frac is only meet that this city should thank We shall bear if God wills, of similir the criminal hand of the Turanians. good news from the Western Front 1 pray the Almighty to gras victory an 1 and the liberty of success to all those who are defending
civilisation, justice, nations, which has been transgressed
free peoples a will bring peace and upen
all nations and
itself at lash free,
the Sir Reginald Wingate has retained u
To such a task we can dedicate our suitable reply warmly thanking the
everything we are, King of Hedjaz lives ourich the pride of
everything
thes who
day has come when z
Orders were found on prisoners takon,
America40 to spend her the retreat from Bapaume, instructing
blood and might for the principles that
gave her birth and the happiness and the men to explode houses, cellars and
creosote and dung peace which she has treasured Ged churches and to pollute every well with helping her, she can do no other.