DELEGATE TO THE CONGRESS FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE
UNITED STATES
The President of the United States has spoken in strong, sane words, in
the message to Germany published this morning, and the country will be
behind him and with him to a man. In the clear logic of a great mind the
distinction is made that no agency of warfare should be employed that,
by its own limitations, cannot respect the accepted rules of war. That
argument I believe will be accepted by the neutral nations and ultimately
by the world. In effect, it is a declaration that if there is to be war
it must be conducted according to the rules of the game, according to the
rules and limitations which Germany and the other nations of the world
have set up through the centuries.