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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1917)
THE ONTARIO AROL'8, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1917. EASTMAN KODAKS PRFX HSIMION HPtXTAteVfw The Ontario Pharmacy 9V.K THR MO SPKiTAI. LINES OF SOAPS AND ALL KIMtstt Ot TOILET AKTIt l.K. NOW ON UIH PliAV THK HIOGENT AM) HEHT MINE IN THE COUNTY AT PHICES WHICH AltK MM OM.V RIGHT Bl'T REASONABLE. WE CAM SUPPLY YOUR EVERY WANT IN THIS LINE. The Rexall Store I IMS NI M I'PLlBs) LET A REXALL REMEDY CORE THAT OLD NOW BUSINESS and the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ...ii M -r .;.,, Ma mma sclauu. D.tlUt . Dottsn .VwUni, 'AiisMrvu kh h".! . AtUnU . AFkWI R Mm IU in cch of I I C.tiSI Th-! Fodtr.il Keaerve B-i: i. .ig System wm creat-fcl largely to ptotect and benefit those en gaged in industry, commerce and agncultura both employe and amploye. Ita mjin purpoaw . ia to hlp those who borrow and provide a cur rency mora responsive to buaineaa niadi. 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THURSTON, Superintendent WHY DON'T YOU SAVE MONEY when in warn sbleware, Chinaware, (Hass- Knaitirlt'd ami ires, 5?, 10-?, and 15? everyday useful ariielesand hund- olbtr items by bu; OBI THE VARIETY STORE Ontario, Ore 11-! axeaKtaxasxai How the War Came to America A Bit of Diplomatic History Hv th- Committee ot PuWIie Information Even at thl late day there are some American who BATS Mai night o the Important fart wljlrh load up to the declaration ot a state of war between tin- lulled State und the Imperial tleriuah Government. To U the memory of American and to refute the slander of Utoaa whose heart i with the Uernian rouse thin aerie of article by the coin mm.' on Public Information In being presented The next lue will carry the history of German transgression of the lawn of nation further. Use THE ARGUS Want Ads. They Get Results. In the yearn when thin Kepub I wan sat 111 struggling for existnnOQ, tu the raoe of threatened eucrocbmenls by hostility monarehlea over the aea. in order to make the New World afe for democracy our fore father etahllhed here the policy that aoon came to be known an the Monroe doctrine Warning the Old World not to Interfere In the politi cal life of the New, our Government pleged I .1 If In return to at, U i i from Interference In the political lonflirte of Kurope. and history has vindicated the wisdom of thin SI We were then loo weak to Influence (he dentine of Europe, and It waa vital to i.iHuklud that the first k a' experiment In government of and by the people should not be disturbed i foreign attack. The Monroe Out-trine Rasafurced by the experience ot our expanding national life, thla doc trine has been ever sine the doming- Ins element In the growth of our foreign policy Whether or not we could have maintained It In case ot concerted attack from abroad. It has seemed of such Importance to u that we were at all times ready to go to war In Its defense. And though since It ww drat enuoicated our strength has grown by leap sad boundi. although lit that time the vast Increase of our foreign trade and of travel sbrosd. modern trsns port, modern malls, the cables and the wireless, neve brought u- i low to Europe and have made our (sol at ion more and more Imaginary, there has bees, until the outbreak of (h i.reeem conflict nmsll desire on our part to sbrogate or even amend the old fallmlar tradition which ha" for so long given us peaos. In both conferences st The llngue la lift snd 1107, we reaffirmed this pajtaj Ax our dellgale signed the first contention In regard to arblra tlou, they read Into the minutes thi statement: "Nothing contained in this eonvea tlon shsll be so constructed as to (stairs the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not Intruding upon, interfering Willi, or entaugltug Itself lu the pollt lcal question or policy or Internal administration of any foreign State nor ahull auythlng contain In the aald convention to Imply a relinquish) gat by die. United Slates of Amen... M Ita traditional attltuds towsrd pureo American questions." At the Hague we pleaded ouranher in ease we ever went to wsr. to ob serve broad general rule of decency and fair flghtlug. Hut at the same tlma we cleared uuraelva from any rehponael.i'ly for forcing other as thma to observe hiinilsr pledges Ajid kj nun, rtiicn our deltgal part iu the Alecirva Coafs wl.ich was lu regulate the affalnt of the distracted Klugdoiu of Sto follow eil the aaiue formula WllUa acquiescing li. regime which guaranteed the , li i.n.l integrity of stor- we explicitly uuuouacod du4 we assumed mi police responsibility aaaaj nf the treat) And It sny honest doubt wsa left si to our attitude lu regard to U nt of old World agraemaata. tt wsa Ulp-lly live years lator. wbeu our .i. i refused to i iigaiun I lirow of the I Aigei-i. We i t line to be drawn li ' i i,,ad winch might eudanv ,ur trudilloual , lailliiu 4Mle Our ec. ud great tradition turnsliotial ratations ha been pet cure a atahm ami aqailaaie agreement, ot the upon Niich a uiiirliluie rode an would swnure the world a Jut freedom of the seae. Th" 'norl wan horn of our vital need Kor nlthough It ws possible for tlie Itepuhllr to keep aloof from the nineteenth century dispute that rent the Continent of Kurope, we inihl :i it he Indifferent to tag In which war wa conducted at sen. In those early year of our national life, when we were still but s few ci ii nnltle ranged along the atlan'l' Ofsst ws were s aea-farlng ihhiiI" At the time when our frontlemmcu bad not reached the Mississippi, the fame of our darln clipper ah!pa had spresd to sll the Seven Seas. So while we could watch the irlmpli ant march of Napoleon' grand ami) with detached Indifference, his Hlock sds snd the ltritli.h Order In t'oumtl st once affected the lives of our ell Isen Intlmstely snd dlssiroulv War I-ought for I-kmmIoiii 8o It wss In the case of the liar bsry pirates We had no Interest In the land quarrel nml rhll wars of th- Harhary State, hut we fought egg obstructing the freedom of the sees. oiul in the decades svsr since, sl though the imsglnat M of our people ha been engroed lu the lii.uieiinc lalwr of winning the Wet, our le pun ! rl Mate ha never lost sight of the compelling Interest thst wo hsve hsd upon the sens, snd has con stantly atrlven to gain tha assent of all nation to a marlllne code which ahould be framed snd enforced by s Joint reaponalblllty. Vsrlons watch worda have arisen In thla long SOa troverav We hsve urged the In violability of private property ot sea. we have asked for t liberal free list aad s narrow deSnatiou or contra duud Hut our main Insistence haa not been on any such detail" one salient Idea hs guided our dlplo mucy The law of the sea must be round not on might but ou right and a common accord, upon a code hind- lug all alike, which can not be r.hang ml or set sslde by the will of say nation tur Ideal has beeu not a weakening hut a strengthening of legal restrulnt by the free will ami agteemeut of all We nave assea nothing of oarselve thst we do not ask for the whole world. Ths seas will aev be free. In our American meaning, uutlll all who hall U have had a voice In faming ea laws. lite Juat goverance of the seaa.muat rest on the consent of the governed. MMMn.il hi .iat llrilaa No other question of international polity ha fouinl the great Bowers morn divided Hut In our luMancc. on tble fundsuienllal principal, we have been strengthened by the sup post of many other countries. yi times we have had the support a Itriislu No one of our Secretaries of State ha sj denned our Ideal than has VI Grey, receutly British Secrstary of Stale of Foreign Affair None of our statesmen hss ever gone so for as he iu advocaiiug limitation of the rights of belligerent on the sea. U was on hi initiative that national naval confer nee wax sum moned tolAjmloti in 1909, ami it wa under hi guidance that the eminent International la I diplomats and admiral win, gathsr there drew Miration of itondon. While tie in that I stops thai do! not qute owa ,ur approval and ihsl ild have . .1. the di from our , tew a tree slap la advaaos. For although, like any eftort ia ouncisly i I ,- Two. 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