The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23

lutely known to have murdered him as
well as Mrs Madero and considerable
number of their friends and then had set
up and maintained a government?
Suppose that then they continuously agi-
tated in our state of New Mexico (for-
merly part of their country Of Mexico.
taken from it by force and still largely
peopled by the same race) against the
sovereignty OF the United States. Then
when one of our most prominent men
with his wife went on official duty to the
capital OF New Mexico. they caused their
deliberate murder. Remembering our
premises that Gas In Servia admittedly
Is the case) these murderers never have
been punished for their original assassi-
nations. but actually are in control OF the
Government and are all the time actively
engaged in trying to disrupt the United
States, Is II your opinion that the United
states should have allowed them to put
themselves on trial, judge their own
cases and award their own punishments
CD, or do you think that II would have
been not only right but necessary for the
United States II 1t were to exist as a
responsible Government to be sure that
the murderers and agitators were pun
ished and that the intriguing should stop 4?
Now was not the Austrian-Servian sit
uation very similar to that imaginary
Mexican situation, only much more ag-
gravated7
What we actually did do without any
such necessity or provocation indicates
what we would have done under those
circumstances. What then would we
have thought OF some half civilized CO.
| lossus with an army six times as large
| as ours which had calmly prepared to
support our murdWous, intriguing adj
versary and with his allies had endeav-
ored to give the world the Impression
that we were the disturDers OF peace?
In this terrible war the sympathy and.
so far as II lawfully may be, the aid of
| every American seems to me due to the
| opponents OF the English, Japanese. Ser
Wan. French Russian and Belgian masses.
| In the first place every American IA
\ .niliar with his country's history must
still feel anything but friendly toward
| that England which fought against us
not as IA civilized country but with the
| aid of cruel savages and against women
and children that England which unless
| on one occasion when her interest was
/ the other way. has neglected no oppor-
tunity 10 strike at this country and which
as a glance at the map and the history
shows without possibility of contradiction
has seized and plundered all over the
globe that England which has replaced
her former alliances with the American
savages by an alliance with Asiatics
| against the WHITES, an VIII
| Japan, power which England herself
and every country except the United
| states regards as nearly certain TO make
was upon the United states
Secondly, with Austria and German,
II Is a war OF defence and OF self-preser'
walton, while Russia fights only for ag
grandizement and to distract attention
from her Internal troubles. France has only
the excuse that she was with Russia, RICH
or wrong, and Englnnd's apology that she
could not permit Germans TO marcf
through Belgium certainly seems aosurdlI
inadequate. I have not heard Japan''
excuse. but without much difficulty she
should find one as plausible as those Of
her allies.
Japan brings me to my "in the third
| place" She will emerge from a defea
OF Germany greatly strengthened for tina
conflict with us to which she Is LOOKING
forward and for which she Is preparing
| What reason is there to believe that Eng
land, after fighting with savages agains
us. and with Japanese and Russian'
! against civilized and to her by blood re
lated Germany, would sympathize viii
us rather than with the ally 10 whon
she would be indebted when the japanese
/ American war arrives?
Not only past experience, not onl'
the merits OF the present situation. pu
even self-interest and the wish for tn
preservation and peace of his people ant
| his country all seem to me TO call upoi
the patriotic American TO oppose th'
Asiatic- European alliance. II. Il. l..