...Arizona, and New Mexico. On 2 April, President Wilson went to Congress and demanded war with Germany. Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress...responsibility of making. On the third of February last 1 officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that...

...right exalted. White House Pamphlet. 57. NECESSITY OF WAR AGAINST GERMANY (April 2, 1917) ATDSESS TO CONGRESS I have called the Congress into extraordinary...policy to be made, and made immediately, which it wag neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making....

...speech, Wilson commented to an aide, "My message of today was a message of death for our young men." GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: I have called the Congress...into extraordinary session because there are serious . . . choices of policy to be made. . . . Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character,...

..."Gentlemen of the Congress," Wilson began in a voice that one listener found "husky" with emotion."I have called the Congress into extraordinary session...that I should assume the responsibility of making." Swiftly he narrated the developments of the last two months, in which the "Imperial German Government"...

...well beyond our borders. REQUEST FOR DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY Washington, DC • April 2, 1917 (gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress...there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to he made, and made immediately which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should...

...Wilson would serve as president for another four years. CHAPTER NINE JOINING THE ALLIES "/ have called Congress into extraordinary session because there...serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made. " — Woodrow Wilson By the beginning of 1917, it was obvious that the war in Europe was edging closer...

...declaring war on Germany after President Wilson called upon it to do so in his address of April 2, 1917. GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: I have called the Congress...into extraordinary session because there are serious . . . choices of policy to be made . . . immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally...

...solemn and burdened."9 "I have called the Congress into extraordinary session," the President began, "because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made." He referred first, of course, to the declaration of war itself, though on this point he merely urged...

...confidently hope. Woodrow Wilson. I ( I PartV Foreign Policy "War Message to Congress"* April 2, 79/7 Gentlemen of the Congress.— I have called the Congress...should assume the responsibility of making. On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German...

...his followers, President Botha arranged an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the progress of war. I have called the congress into extraordinary session because there are serious choices of policy to be made, and made immediately of which it was neither right nor constitutionally...