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I ' THE COMMONWEALTH ( Afternoon Daily and Semi Weekly Tne Commonwealth, Inc. Scotland Neck Bank Bldg. j Scotland Neck, N.C. 1 ! Entered at the Postoffiee, at t i Scotland Neck, N. C. as second- ! class matterT under Act of Con gress, March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: fin Advance") f THROUGH MAIL J One Year $3.00 Six Months I-50 1 J Semi-Weekllj One Year 1.00 J i By Carrier 10 Cents per wesk Evidence of the bad faith, of .Count Bernstorff had reached ! All articles submitted f-v pub ' lication must bear the author's i name, not necesfcamv 1 cation, but as . good faith. a guarantee of the Imperial German govern ment soon piled up on every hand. Country official agents of the Central Powers protect ed from criminal prosecution by ! diplomatic immunity conspired against our internal . peace, plac ed spies and agents provocateurs throughout the length and breadth of our land, and even in high positions of trust in de partments of our government. "While expressing a cordial friendship for the people of the United States, the government i I i All drafts, checks,' money or- ders. &c. should be m.ide payable i I to The Commonwealth, Ine. I I Tuessday July 3 1917 Berlin j and Mr. Gerard was in S Washington. I every resource of patience, our government on the 12th of March finally issued orders to place armed guards on our mer chant ships. Judging the German govern ment now in the light of our own experience through the long and pajtient years of our honest attempt to keep the peace, we could -see the Great Autocracy laaaDODaDDnaonnonoDDQnnnnnnDnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnDnnnnDDannrjn, 0 a Q D This Spells What We Give You Every Day a a a a a and read her record through the of Germany had its .gents at war. , work both in Latin America and with a fanatical faith in the Japan. destiny of German kultur as the They were inciting to insur- system that must rule the world, Lwiiuu. ill yju.ua,, xxx xj-oih, ouu me imperial ijovernment ac- HOW THE WAR CAME TO AMERICA. in Santo Domingo; their hostile hand was stretched out to take the Danish Islands; and every where in South America they were abroad sowing the seeds of dissension, trying to stir up one nation against another and all against the United States. Recall of the Austro-Hungar-ian ambassador and of the Ger man military and naval at taches was demanded. Proof of their criminal violations of our hospitality was presented to their governments. But these governments in reply offered no apologies nor did they issue re primands. It became clear that such intrigue was their settled policy. In the meantime the attacks of The outbreak of war in 1914 the German submarines upon the caught this nation by surprise. liyes and property 0f American The peoples of Europe had had citizens had gone on . tne protests at least some warnings ot the of our g0vernment were now a a a S ystem in the operation of our. every department, E mployees in number and efficie ncy to assure prompt attention, R esults that are obtained by qua lity goods and a square deal, V ariety in each of the many item s in our stock, I mprovements most modern in ou r every equipment, C ourtesy genuine and always used, E verything found in a first class grocery store. coming storm, but to us such a snarp an(j ominous ; and this na- blind, savage onslaught on the tion was rapidly being drawn in- ideals of civilization had appear- to a state of war ed impossible. The break would have come The war was incomprehensible. sooner if our government had not Either side was championed here been restrained by the hope by millions living among us who that saner counsels might still were of European birth. Their prevail in Germany. For it was contradictory accusation threw wen known to us that the Ger our thoughts into disarray, and man pe0ple had to a .very large in the first chaotic days we could extent been kept in ignorance of see no clear issue, that affected many of the secret crimes of our national policy. their government against us. But in the very first days of The peace move 0f the Ger the war our government foresaw man government an identical Ithat complications on the seas notei on behalf of the German might put us in grave risk of be- Europe, Austria-Hungaria, Bul ging drawn into the conflict. No garia, and Turkey, sent neutral nation could foretell through neutral powers on Dec what violations of its vital in- ember 12, 1916, to the govern terests at sea might be attempted ments of the allies proposing ne- Dy tne belligerents. gotiations for peace; and from a For any dissensions that might thousand sources, official and un arise, no arbitration treaty ex- official, the word came to Wash isted between the United States ington that unless the neutrals and the German government, used their influence to bring the This was from no fault of ours, war to an end on terms dictat- "We had tried to establish with ed from Berlin, Germany and her Germany the same treaty rela- allies would consider themselves tions we had with Great Britain henceforth free from any ""obli and 19 other nations. But these gations to respect the rights of overtures had been rejected. And neutrals. The! Kaiser ordered this action on the part of the Im- the neutrals to exert pressure on rjerial German government was the entente to bring the war to only one example of its whole an abrupt end, or to beware of system of diplomacy. the consequences. In the first year of the war the On January 16, 1917, unknown government of Germany stirred to the people of Germany, Herr up among its people a feeling of Zimmerman, their Secretary of resentment against the United Foreign Affairs, had secret! v dis- States on account of our insist- patched a note to their minister ejiee upon our right as a neutral in Mexico, informing him of the nation to trade in munitions, with German intention to repudiate the belligerent powers. the Sussex pledge and instruct- Their appeals to us in the pres- ing him to offer to the Mexican ent war were not to observe in- government New Mexico and ternational law, but to revise it Arizona if Mexico would join in their interest. with Japan in attacking the To write into international United States, law that neutrals should not On the last day of January, trade in munitions would be to 1917, Count Bernstorff handed hand over the world to the rule to Mr. Lansing a note in which of the nation with the largest his government announced its armament factories. Such a purpose to intensify and render policy the United States of Am- m0re ruthless the operations of erica could not accept. their submarines at sea, in a But our principal controversy manner against which our gov .with the German government, ernment had protested from the ana the one which rendered the beginning. The German Chan situation at once acute, rose out cellor also stated before th T. of their announcement of a sea perial Diet that the reason this zone where their submarines ruthless policy had not been would operate m violation of all earlier employed was simply be accepted principles of interna- cause the Imperial government Jional law. Our indignation at had not then been readv to act. such a threat was soon rendered In brief, under the guise of passionate by the sinking of the friendshiD and the cloak of false Lusitania. This attack upon our promises, it had been preparing rignts was not only grossly li- this attack. 1 1 a 1 n -1 . i a - - I f iegai ; it aenea tne. iiinaamental . No " overt ' I act, however, was ts of " humanity. , , , or&ereil by our government until tions have through years of boasting, double dealing, and deceit tended toward aggression upon the rights of others. And if there still be any doubt as to which nation began this war, there Can no uncertainty as to which one was most prepared, most exultant at the chance, and ready instantly to march upon other nations even those who had given no offense. All this we know from our own experience with the Imperi al Government. As they have dealt with Europe, so they have dealt with us and with all man kind. And so out of these years the conviction has grown that until the German Nation is di vested of such rulers democracy cannot be safe. On the 2nd of April; 1917, the j president read to the new con gress his message, in which he asked the representatives of the nation to declare the existence of a state of war, and in the early hours of the 6th of April the house by an overwhelming vote accepted the joint resolution which had already passed the senate : "Whereas the Imperial Ger man government has committed repeated acts of war against the government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it "Resolved by the senate and house of Representatives of the a a a a a a a VAUGHAN Largest Exclusive Retail Grocery Business in Halifax County CLEE Q D SI Q D D D a a a a D D D a D D D a D D a D a D D D D a n Qp United States of America in as sembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Govern ment which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to em ploy the entire naval and. mili tary forces of the United States and the resources of the govern ment to carry on war against the Imperial German Government ; and to bring the conflict to a suc cessful termination all the re sources of the country are here by pledged by the congress of the United States." Neutrality was a thing of the past. The time had come when the President's proud prophecy was fulfilled : "There will come that day when the world will say, ' This America that we though was full of a multitude of contrary counsels now speaks with the Great volume of the heart's accord, and that great heart of America has bjehind it - the su preme moral force of righteous ness and hope and the liberty of mankind.' " nnrj FURNITURE TO FIT EVERY HOME NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE IT. ksk,kj uaiiu 1 ciiv x uiiiiiuxc vaj. a "The House of Quality" R: A. PHILLIPS MANAGER, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. D D 5 u a D :2gSHSH&HZHBHSHSHSHSHZHSH2HSHEfta2HEg33S i J. W. Atisbrook THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN GROCERIES Prices Right. Delivery Prompt Quality Best to be Had PHONE 81 PHONE 81 REFRIGERATORS 3 n 13 I SCRAP IRON WANTED a E3 C3 D ra I am in position now to handle all kinds of mixed country scrap und also boilers' For mixed country scrap I will pay from 40c to 50c per 1 00 lbs, F. O, B. 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