Tägliche Omaha Tribüne. (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, March 22, 1917, Page 4, Image 4

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    Bette '4-TäglichO Omaha Tribüna-DonnerZtag, öcn 22. März 1917.
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I L:Lr::iG CO.j VAL. J. rETER, President.
TiUron: TYLER 310. Omaha, Nebrtska.
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lui :'.,ntt Ia-, Uraach Office: 407--fith Ave.
i 'co'id cUhu matter ilarch 14, 1312r at the poetoflke of
f., u.-Ji r tha act es Congress, March 3, 137?.
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SMr., TonuerStag, den 22. März 1917.
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geglaubt Hat. daß die Skr. Staaten sich doch noch aus
e:i .rmiolialteit würden, wurde gewaltig eiütäuZcht, als
Äilsons an den Kongreß zu einer Sondersitzung am 2,
t.-i'.t, weil er sich sagen mußte, dch alles darauf Hin
:--nT nicrcliMi zu zwingen, den Kneg zu erklären, oder
Is,UlstM,d" zu schaffen. Wohin man auch blickt, nirgends
Zch.mmer. Die Presse des Ostens, die Wilson früher bis
iitt'ft, und jtt kriegstoller als je geworden, scheint plötzlich
gesunden zu haben. Die Presse im Westen, die bisher
J di und wann mal einen unabhängigen Gedanken äuszerte,
! - !' r an. Tie Friedensfreunde verwandeln sich in Kriegs.
v.'i .:vt wie Senator Norris und CumminS, die den Mut ihrer
uJ"-z fjakit, um noch immer der KriegZströmung entgegenzu.
, werden medergebrüüt als Verräter hingestellt. Wir stehen
.in, i :ind zwar trotzdem Neunzehntel des Volks keinen Krieg
d : :t die letfe Hoffnung der Vertrauensseligen. .He kept us out
"CVjjrt, wird sich als trügerisch erweisen. , .
Scht russisch. -
"ilit t:e russisch? Buremlkratie dirrch die Wsctzung des Zaren
i ersten schweren Stofz erhalten und eine Interimsregierung
i i i'errogvnd, so erscheinen auch unverzüglich Konkurrenten aus
; ' welche die Erbschaft eintreten wollen. Tie Geier, die sich an
-' 'H va.xtn woüezt. wei Komitees oder Gruppen russischer
z,l.d d'erzulande in Erscheinung getreten, die sich um das bischen
:n? zanken. Botkhafts und Konfular.Aemter. die hier jetzt sozu
. u-i in der iiut hängen. Jede der beiden Gruppen schimpft
7 ."'tiin. (53 -ist das ein schwacher Wklatsch der Verhältnisse.
.i J.aiib selbst mmmebr eingetreten sind. Die alte Erfahrung,
orte ven rasier wird hinausgeworfen, ' die anderen Erafters
r.:.i t'i 'eute.
Nur einer steht noch Bethmann.
?'j Ce'rj. d'z Amerikas Kriegßschürer aus dem, was Europa in ein
' '.d t-.rwzndelt. ziehen könnte? Wo sind sie, die mit Phrasen, die
n :e Patriotismus, wie Kultur, und Humanitäts.Phraseü. die mit
r ilüüän aus den Lippen tue Fackel in das Pulverfan 'warfen? Wo
4 ' jjijrtlang den Weltkrieg geplant hatten? Gestorben, verdorben!
, t r.v eiicrcn in Schande verborgen.
i't Clt Edward Grey zu allererst. Er, der alles so klug einge,
z i h-dti: ist ein gebrochener Mann. Asquith, Winston Churchill, ein
U der 'r:fie,ch-.chte, Wo sind Wwmnr, Telcasse? Die Revanche,
iten Frankreichs. Und wo ist Frankreichs Man of the Honr",
, -rAKil-mrt ! ntOt iV- rtTrt I TT 3HTtVtin ftWtfs Kf frtf-rtHV Wirt (.M'wifiiH
, .Wiiwuyv wvQWij -vs.4W4Wf WW WUUIMV tu V df v iVU ityi f
.' f,:r, der au?Z!Zg, in Berlin Weihnachten 1914 zu feiern,. und nun
l'.cUv.vZ Romanow auf seinen Giiterrt in Lidadia Gelegenheit hat, ein
) -r e:n besserer , Mensch zu werden? Wo Salandra, der Apostel
':e"Iruch, wo Bratianu? Wo sie alle? ,, , .
Zw.li.-rii z?izt auch da wieder die perfekte Einigkeit erweist sich
,e e'ns r.ai.cn. die zielbewußt das , eine große Siel, Peace with
. .h i:. ..u ... .vwut. v .rx ..s , . :
v. , i ) 5.4 (L'ii luuji. iatiiu;e uiijitc, tKx oen stneg nirai
, irr cü;3 tat, ihn zn verhindern, der oft seither die Hand zum
" "t öi:aertrcit hat, Vethinmm.Hollwea, ist der eine, der fest steht.
i ui kern Bl5marck in den Eigenschaften der Staatsmannskunst. besitzt
wöZ ihn vor den anderen, die gestorben, verdorben sind, sich
"V ! alten, zum Vorteil unterscheidet ist ein ehrlicher Mensch.
- 1 ci Seifen bet Stärke der Teutschen, daß zhr? Führer fest
, ? " t 7? fc'p ffffftner JlrS hpiitfehm ntfe.hierp8i hnH 111 ks!,,rn
T?rn n- ttnhvmheVheitpr Stwrnp ftcfif
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:infö;tt Brutalität und cacherlichkeit.
' es angloamerikanische Presse schwankt andauernd zwischen Bruta
kiiertidkeit .'. Brutal ist sie in ihrer Kriegstreiberei. .Lächer.
i f . da? i!ud entrollt, das sie sich vom Frieden denkt Und dieses
: '. malt f-c jeht auch zienüich eifrig, angeregt natürlich durch
Erwartungen, die, sie auf den , Umsturz in Rußland setzt; aber
. besondere Kundgebungen aus dem Ententelager.'
x federt und Vsris hat man nämlich den Riesenfehler eingesehen,
7er toZmäsizen Ablehnung' deS deutschen Friedensanerbietens und
5l::e!Z dkr eigenen Medensbedingungen gelegen hat, in denen
e .'eZun? der Zentralmächts ,in den: Torenglauben kundgetan
t-S FederZanerbietm sei das Zeichen, daß diese Mächte am
- r 5.:.:i!s seien.. ., .
-em i'rd besonders seit dem verschärften Tauchbootkrieg ist ein
7:'".':?at:on siür nahestchendes Blatt in New Fork damit beschäf.
' vijjtjra von politischen Großen Englands und Frankreichs zu
. r4 denen man n keine Härte denkt. Man wolle nur
der von dem preußischen Militarismus befreien, nnd von den
:.crn und dn Haböburgs. '
5 0-U tun unseren in glänzender Unwissenheit geschriebenen Zei.
- " it, m usanicnbang n.t den jüngsten Vomänaen in'
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n Entwicklung, bn man überall finden werde,
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h r eren .Monarch cn uns die Autokrane dieMigm
c m icn unei drängten. Tie Nepuouk ffran5
tiZ vn ccfül nts England mit seiner Varia.
d l e .Lr trat-e ?IrZ,lcmdZ Tazn kam freiwillig das
nie ?i l m, hai repulükanische Portugal und das
' r:e . :::'el en Lautcr Lander, m denen eine kapi
e 1 1 l t i'Vt.'ict Meinung und der Politiker zi ihren
-,x fc,-rj x nc s 3 Lande?, die die Ertreme der
I ' e, s, ren c i erkundete denselben Krieg.
? yc t- vit an 'der Negierungsform liegen
- . i- , l i' .1: C'-'i"e trotz der verschiedenen Regie.
tr . di.i ' i st n r ,"en.
s r" 5 1 . !, f e a cki 1:1 unserer Republik Z'.un Eintritt
, " 1 .J-r- 'i 13 it der Kapitalstrust, der sich den
1 b i,'t k'.l d z öffentliche Meinung irre.
Ic "v 1 :.tLk und parmmentarische Herr
't di ni .den. laS zeigt wieder Rußland,
.1 c ci, ic-il.ne stürzte und den Krieg
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D0E8 ENGLAND C0VET
GERMANY'S C0L0NIES?
The pro-allies press i this country, and its eponsors and eatellites
aeny with rauch vehernence the allegation that not the Ieaut of England's
reasons tot and determination In conducting tha war to the possibla limit
or ncr esources, ia th permanent annexation of GermanyB coloniea, an
aim wluch may mean a iKsrioui obstacle to tha conclusion of an arly reace,
How well or ill founded such allcgatlona are may ba illurninatcd by a Bhort
rviw cf Enjyland'8 politieal history of tha poat 850 ycarg. rresent day
Happenings and protestationi of altruistic rnotivei For huraanity's eake",
'protection of mall nationg", "deraoeraey" etc, gain rnuch in aignificance
when considered in tha light of paßt events.
Cornrnencin with the J6th Century when eatholic Spain andPortugal held
ihe 8 tag as world empires,intrepld explorers of thega nations had discovered
new worlds or new routes to old ones, and opened the treasure chamben
of theaa Eldorados. The fabuloua wealth frora those oversea poBiesaiona in
which England had no sharc, caused her great anguish and insomnia. Thev
one Franc Drake and othera organized a System of piraey, nd Jaid in
wait for the Fpanish ships, gold laden frorn the new world. Not for'gain
banish the thoughtyno, but to wiest power frorn Korne and for Civili
sation and progress and as charnpiona of tha protegtant faith. It ahould be
noteö, however, that woe betided the "naval commander" who returned from
one of his buccaneering exploits without rieh booty of gold and silver. The
Epanish Armada was. built to put an end to England' depredations, euch
as robbing and burning Epanish ships in their home porta of Vigo and
Cadiz. Drake destroyeä 150 shipa in the latter place in 1587 as rclated by
Kerentlow in his "Vampire of the conünent". Queen Elizabeth celebrated
tne failure of the Spanish expeditiona by striking a coin with an inacrip
tion erediting the destruction of the Aramada to "divine grace", and Drake
Die pirate was made a peer and a national hero. To harass Spain, England
had befriended Holland, always, of Course, under the pretext of dosen ding
protestantisin, but as aoon as ha had helped the vutch to jndependence
from Lpain h was irnrnediately concerned about Holland, itself be
corning a strong sea power and a possibla rivaL However in spite of all
England could do to prevent it, Holland prospered and jts coloniee
ßourished, rauch to England's chagria. In East India, in tha Indian Ocean
in North America and South Africa, the Netherlands offered a refuge for
some of the best elements of emigration frora the old countries during the
thirty years war, which for the time being mada her tha greatest sea power
in tha 17th Century, and that, of courae, would never do for the glory of
Ood and the peace of England. It was Cromwell's view that England could
not tolerate such a competitor on, the other alde of the channel, so he
caused the celebrated "Navigation Act", to be passed, by which it was for-
bidden to carry foreign freights to English ports in other than. English
eliips. Cromwell also ingisted on the right of Bearching neutral ships for
goods belonging to her enenues. Under the "right of search" roorally
pure and pious England pirates could satisfy their rapacity to their hearts
content, and innumerable neutral vessels were captured and brought before
English prize courts. WTien the Dutch indignantly protesed, the English
Admiral Black attacked the Dutch fleet ön the pretext that their Admiral
'an Trorop had refused to salute the English flag. An exaniple of Eng
land' intrigues was the rnaking of a temporary peace with Holland to
secure jts help, and the help of Sweden, against Louis XIV of France
Four years later the English Admiral Holmes attacked a Dutch trading
fleet from the Levant, just as it was entering the channel France and
England were united shortly thereafter, and in 1674 Holland acknowledged
English supremaey of the seas. A large part of the Spanish and Dutch
colonies feil into England's hands and the English trading fleet was in-
creased extensively by seizing Dutch ehips.
After the thirty years war, Iranca became the strengest European
power, and also ranked nigh in maritime and colonial strength. In Canada
and the present United States, French explorer opened np for their country
immense territories, which made it the foremost nation in America. As
Boon as England became aware of this dangerous" new rival (as told by
an English historian), England's greatest men proclaimed Louis the XIV.
as the enerny of European peace, and, therefore, of England, although he
had but shortly helped England against the Dutch on land and sea.
Then carne a series of war between kontinental powers, jnclusive of
Turkey and Austna, wherein England always rnanaged to secretly play into
the hands of either one or the other t$ as to keep thera at loggerheads,
corning out in the end as the only one to reap any real advantages. Dis-
raeü once said: "Englands jnfluence has never been strenger than when
her rnotjves have not been Buspected." Of England's part played in the
war of the Spanish Succession, tha late Admiral Mahan, a noted angle
phile, writes: - ,
"England meanwhfle was building a navy, strengthening extending and
protecting her commerce, seizing maritime positions, in a werd, founding
and rearing her sea power vpon tha ruins of that of her rival, friends and
foes alike."
It was at that time that ßhe etole Gibraltar. 1 v
The middle of the 18th Century bring us to the part played by England
during the seven years war, and England's opportun! ty to Bteal France's
colonial possessions, with the immorable incident of capturing 300 French
ships in the Bay of Biscay six months before a declaration of war. Cir
cumstances forced Frederick the Great of Prussia at that time into an al
liance with England, and without his grenadiers England could not have
driven France out of Canada and would not b a world power today.
Frederick was fighting for the existence of Prussia, England for her purse.
A a result of the war England reeeived Canada, Florid and all the ter
ritory east of the Mississippi. How shamefully England treated ' Prussia
as soon as peace was made with France is a matter of history. Pitt spoke
truly when he taid: "We have won Canada in Gcrmany."
During these maritime war all neutral, had to uffer materially from
England's arroganee on the seas, so that sinally France and Spain allled
thcmselves wirk Kussia, Sweden and Denmark and formei the "arraed
neutrality" of the Baltic under Russian leaderghip, for the purpose of
ofsering joint jresistance to the monstrou, claima and unsatiable greed of
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wiederkaut. Es ist nicht wahr, daß Deutschland amerikanische Menschen,
leben freventlich und mit Vorbedacht gefährdet. Teutsckland hat sich bereit
erklärt, amerikanische Reisende, die auf amerikanischen Schiffen die Kriegs,
zone befahren, sicher in den von ihm bestimmten Hafen geleiten zu lassen.
Gleichzeitig hat es vor der Benutzung feindlicher Schiffe nachdrücklich ge
warnt, und damit hat es alle Bedingungen erfüllt, zu deren Erfüllung
es aus Gründen der Humanität und aus völkerrechtlichen Gründen ver
pflichtet war. Wer trotzdeni feindliche Schiffe benutzt, tut es auf eigene
Gefahr. Ihn- trifft der Vorrourf freventlicher und vorbedachter Gefahr,
dung entuTi komischer Menschenleben und jene trifft er, die die Benutzung
dieser Schiffe gestatten, Teutschland trifft er nicht.
Tie Schule soll neutraler Boden fein, denn auf dkcfem Boden allein
können ihre Aufgaben gelöst werden. Polemiken gehören nicht in die
Schule, und für Lügen und Fälschungen sollten ihre Pforten geschlossen
sein. Eine, der vernehinnen Aufgaben der Schule ist, es, die Kinder zur
Wahrheitsliebe, zu erziehen und ihnen jenes lerechtigkeitsgcfühl' einzupra
gen, das für ein gedeihliches Zusammenleben 'in der bürgerlichen und
nationalen ttenreinschast die unerlafzliche Voraussetzung bildet. Die Ge
schichtssälschung ist verächtlich überall, aber sie wird zu einem Verbrechen.
wenn sie in der, Schule betrieben wird. So manche unfreundliche Er
scheinung in unserem Volksleben geht auf die in unseren Schulen fyftema.
1 1 ') I tr i-e ic l j h chtssälsckung zurück. Unsere Jugend lernt kaum die
( ol die dtö in? cii Landes objektiv erfassen, gil'chmeige denn die Ge.
lt t Curca' .Ilel wird ihr durch die angelsächsische Brille gezeigt.
n trtr t'ti i1 i vn der England wgllchit glanzend wegkommt.
. Tie klerelander SchulbehLrde strebt einem anderen Ziel,
n ll de i iil di Mi chung obligatorisch machen. ' Sie will nicht aufklaren.
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mi, 3i';t xerneuen oeimpsen, ignoern nree orynien
r n Sir wiederholen? Polemiken gehören nicht in die
wurden es ebenso verurteilen, wenn irgend eine Schul-
zen die Alliierten veraintaltete, wie wir das Kor
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v i'.)':ttie fccrurte-.len. Auch die 'politck gehört tnrft
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weil sie außerhalb des Anickauungs
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England. Dcrnanda wera rnada for irnrnunity of the enerny'a cargos under
neutral flags, except anris or arnrnunitions; for the right to enter unbIockd
port of belligeranta, etc; Nearly all tha contincntal power joined the
ieutrality league, but when Holland did so, England declared war on her,
and as a resull tola most of her colonies. A few years later the league
was dissolved, with England having benevolently asslmilated tha Dutch
oversea possesslona and her commerce. She trampled on international
right then just tha cama as she is doing today, but always for humanity
nd civiüEatjon.
The French revolution brought England' opportunity to pose as the
would be avenger of the death of Louis XVI and, filled with noble Indigna
tion, to meto out punishraent for the atrocities of the guillotine. In reality,
however, it was the occupation of Belgium by France and tha opening of
the Scheldt which England could not tolerate and which drov her into war,
To keep the Dutch and the Belgian coasts from falling into tha hands of
Eepublican Franc had to be prevented at any cost, During the Napoleonic
cra England agaia pose aa the ü berat of Europa from Coraican oppre
iion. England fumished but few oldier for the continent. Deslgnedly he
kept her peopla at home to manufacture and supply the world with the pro
ducts of her jndustries, industries which on the continent had been closed
by the war. Thu England recouped herseif ten fold and emerged from
tha war vastly richer, while Continental countrie had grown ever poorer.
As Pitt expreases it: "In, tha midst of the universal distress, previdence has
permitted Great Britain to cover herseif with glory and honor. Peace
reigns in her palace and her barns ara füll.". Already in 1793 England
declared that France must be starved by preventing the importation of
corn. Now began a colossal commercial war against France in which Eng
land induced the other European etatea to join and to help pull England'
chestnuts out of the Are, with the result that the end of that war aw con
tinental Industrie practically destroyed and England doing all tha Busi
ness, uut the neutral northern statea uffered equauy by jt,ngianr volley,
and therefore concluded a new alliance on the remeuns of the old neutrality
league of 1780, again under Eussian leadership, and with imilar Objects
and demands, protesting against England's overkearing attitude on tha seas.
Brutal attacks on Swedish merchant vessels and warships were the straw
that breke the camel's back. The league' just demand as to neutral
hipping in the North and Baltic Seas roused the English to intense fury
and ordered Denmark to abandon the neutrality league. The result of her
refusai to do so was the bombardment of Copenhagen by English war
ships and an attack on her fleet. Denmark had to submit, and the Czar of
Eussia having been opportunely assassinated just previously, Russia made
an agreement with England, and the neutrality league was again dissolved.
Once more the continent had been outwitted by British diplomacy. Napo
leon had divined England's designs and planned to checkmate them with all
the means at the disposal of his genius, but failed. He failed in Egypt for
lack of ships, and his intended invasion of England was frustrated by an
accident or a miscalculation of his naval commanders'at Trafalgar. Napo
leon's blockade of Europe against English commerce, in which Denmark
joined, brought on the second bombardment of Copenhagen and the capture
of Denmark' fleet, thirty-three Danißh war ships being taken to England,
which put the Baltic sea at her merey, thu breaking the blockade at that
point While the blockade was also broken in the south through Spain, and
while England assisted in keeping the continent in contlnuous strife with
France, Napoleon succeeded in rehabilitating many of the-industries in
France by shutting out English commerce, but with hl downfall. England
again became the purveyor of the continent, besides being the undisputed
master of the seas. English influence at the congress of Vienna compelled
Prussia to surrender her province of Frisia to Hannover (then an English
vassal state within Germany) shutting her 0? entirely from the North Sea,
although without Prussia' ald Napoleon could not have been defeated. The
many minor German etates were given the widest autonomy at England's
bebest and separated from each other by prohibitive custom tariffa so as
to prevent the formation of a united German täte.
The part played by England in the Crimean war, in Egypt, in India,
in Ireland and in the Boer Wars are too recent event to require mentiou,
bnt in all of them she lived up to her reputation as elf appointsd "protec-
lor" of smaller nations, if only she could keep them mall and ubmlssive
in every way, and compel them to' pay tribute, financial and otherwise, to
the greatnes of the British Empire.
England's part played in our civil war, her ympathy with, and ald to
the southern states, with the result of weeping the merchant marine of
the U. S. off of the seas, a blow from which we have not yet recovered,
gives another instance of how she has alway profitecj by the misfortunes
of rival nations. Thu England' star of empire waa in tha ascendency,
until the resurrection of the German Empire at Versailles. The advent of
Bismarck meant the decline of England' influence on the, continent and
his retirement, therefore, was hailed by British statesmen. In the mean
time Germany s industries had been developed to an aatounding degree,
becoming a serious menace to England's commercial supremaey, During
the period of 1873 1898 the tonnaga cf German vessela hat increased ten-
fold. Her oversea shipping trade had increased 100 per cent, while Eng
land' increase was only 35 per cent. Therefore Germany must be crushed
and England' dipldmacy was ehaped aecordingly. That the ententa cor
diale was formed solely for that purpose is proven by euch a perfect chain
of evldence that it is generally adraitted even by English authoritie. How
King Edward's plans, with the help of Delcasse were epun, and how they
matured is contemporaneous history and the present war is tha culmination
of those plans, of the plan to eliminate from the face of tha earth a com
mercial rival who threatened to engulf English supremaey and world
prestige, and to crush him ruthlessly at any cost. Englishmen themselves
ridicule the idea that England ia fighting for Belgian neutrality or for
humanity' eake. ,
bearing in rnind these indisputable historical facta it would be as naive
to credit denials of England' Intention to absorb Germany colonies, as
to believe tha- tha Standard Oil Company fought to crush competitlon as
a matter of benevolence to it competitor.
Senator Oimmliss
mutige Nebe!
THE MAIN POINT IH THE INAUGURATION SPEECH.
The dangerous point in the Presi
dent's Inauguration epeech is to our
rnind tue insistence on armed neutral
ity, eveo if it should be made se of
against both belligerent parties.
oerraany has had to suffer the
British blockade, which, it regard
the ctTect upon Germany, has been
anrestricted. She has stood these
ffect, and !, now at the point of
ti-iiie victorious by employing on-
restneted blockade again fingland.
Oreat ntain can at the prtsent
niometit afford tos agree to let con
voyed hips nass to neutral countries.
or even to Germany. There will not
be many of them anyhow. American
pro-BritisIi interett will see to that
Cemiany would only live a little
more comfortable. But it would not
ffi-ct her chance of war.
But Germany cannot submit to the
emand to permit passage through
ihe one barred by her. Because to
positive! keep upplies from reach
mg Enoländ and France, is her
ciiance for victory-
The (krnand to aliow passage
might be made in the same words.
To accede to it would mean a
world of difference.
It would free Engtand from the
inetr of beinir tut off, and therehy
e van-;uiihcd. To accede 10 our de-
aur.d therefore would be i realer
enefit to her then to maintain
gaintt t he eentral nowers her!
ockade, which '!! not win the war:
for her; Germany, the confrary, I
ii! not ,,: much by having; the i
British blockaile igainst f.er raisedi
oire ex.T.t now, bnt would löse !
immencJ. if sh would drp her
r! v.f.p'.n al the picent inometu
hen ft ..' expects ,-oecy victory
om iis uje.
. For t'.it leasca she 'will not as-
cede. England may do 10. And
then again we will hear the choruj
sing H-igland' prais and prönounce
Germany' darnnation.
If the United States iniist on con
voying through Germany barred
one now, üfter having not convoyed
through the British barred zone, it
can only meaa the insistence to help
England.
The President by tryüig to mediate
peace, would have been in a Position
to help England with the peace
terroi. His program with the words
"no vietors" has showa that n.
By brtaking off the relation with
Germany bis chance to help as tb
Mediator has been lost.
The only mean to reinject Amer
ican influence in the peace meetings
now, seems to be participation in
the hostilitiei, and to take a seat at
the conference table as one of the
belligcrents.
it is very diiücuU to find another
explanaliou for the difftrtnee in
which British and German Uockading
of the enemy is regard ed by the
dministration. And by the way, if
you read Professor Üiher's books
"Pan Germanism" and "Pan Amer
ica 11 isra" you will nnd these thtngt
ontlined in the chapters treatingwith
the ecret understanding betwetn the
iiti-Ge rman coalition of Powert, and
the President of ihe Uuited States.
To prevent war which would
bc waged for the main purpose yf
being adle to corne to Eng
landi help at the peace Conferences,
may cwtainly be regarded at the
highest duty of the bour by Amer-,
kn senatorü, Those v ho acted on
this convicticin ur.ly deierve pfaise
and rtspect, iristeaa oi the abute
they srt receivjng now frsra the am
msinition trti &,i ever th- land-
Eine liemerkenswerte Siebe hat
Senator Cummins von Iowa vor
einigen Tagen im Mao tyoxlet R
publilanischen Klub gehalten. Wir
geben einige der markantesten Cäe
wieder: Eine Armee von Lügnern
ist in dieser gesährlicken Krise mehr
zu fürchten als eine Flotte von deut
schen Tauchbooten. . . . Eine der er
sten Pflickftm des Bürgers ist eö,
seiner Negierung zu sagen, wte fie
sich in allen Situationen zu verhak
ten hat. . . . Die Phrase, man müsse
zum Präsidenten halten, ist ein AuZ
ruf des Despotismus und der Ty
rannei; richtiger sollte eö lzeifzenz
Ich halte zu meiner Regierung....
So lange ich das heilige Vermacht
niS meiner Bäter hochhalte, werde ich
zu keinem Präsidenten halten, der
für stch Rechte beansprucht, d,e nur
der Kongresz besitzt, die im Interesse
der Sickierheit kommender Nationen
nur der Kongreß ausüben soll. . . .
ES ilt leicht, sich wegen der Freiheit
der Meere u ereifern, sich in vatrig
nsche Entrüstung hineinzureden uber,
die Proklamation der kaiserlichen Öle'
gierung, welche vor dem Befahren
der Eesahrzone warnt. Aber wir
müssen bedenken, daß es im Kriegs
keine Freiheit der See gibt. Warum
schicken wir unsere Handelsschiffe
nicht nach Hantburg oder Bremen
oder Kopenhagen oder Antwerpen
oder Christiania? Wer verweigert
unS dos Recht, unbehelligt nach die
sen Hasen zu fahren? Wer unter
sagte uns, die minenversmchten Ge
wässer zu befahren? Großbritan
nien tat es, und eö tat eS, nicht weil
es den amerikanischen Handel ein
schranken wollte, nicht weil es beab,
sichtigte. der amerikanischen Nation
einen Affront anzutun, sondern weil
es ihm im Kamps gegen Deutsch,
land notwendig erschien,, diese unge.
schlichen Dinge zu tun. Deutschland
jagt seine Torpedos nicht in ameri
kamsche, schisse, oder in Schisse mit
Amerikanern on Bord, weil es Anic
rika zu schädigen oder hcrauszufor
dern wünscht, sondern, eö tut dies
aus demselben Grundes aus deut
England handelt...... 23ernj; wir
Teutschland mit Krieg überziehen
wolle, müssen wir einen wahren
Grund zu unserem Vorgehen haben.
Wir können nicht den Krieg erklä
rcn, lediglich weil unserm Bürgern
gewisse Rechte auf der hohen See
ungcsetzlicherwcise versagt oder, ringe,
schränkt werden, denn dann müßten
wir gegen alle kriegführenden Mäch,
te die Feindseligkeiten eröffnen....
Ehe wir einen Entschluß treffen,
dürfen wir nicht vergessen, daß mich
wir Tauchboote bauen. Und - wir
sollten uns fragen: Wie wurden
wir diese Tauchboote verwenden, '
wenn wir irr derselben Lage waren,
in der sich Deutschland chefiichct.-
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