The chronicle=news., 1914-09-05
,m the chicago Tribune:

side .pf thkir consideration because
thef1 loyalty Will not permit them
to s9S. clearly, but the neutral intelli-
genet does not find its way out of
cont sion.i,
IT. force OF neutral opinion is in
etfeSllve now, but the time will come
whai will have power, and 1t is
impd}tant now to keep the open
mind
Shall Austria-Hungary be held re-
sponsible because 1t was forced to
recognize the daring Of the Slavic at
tacks upon its dynasty and Its ter
ritorial integrity? The belief that
the Austrian government IL an illib-
eral government and that its auto
cracy is hurtful would hardly go to
the length of denying 1t the right to
protect itself against attack. Would
Great Britain have accepted calmly
the assassination of the crown prince
by n German student. when back of
the student was found an organiza-
tion of German military men, sup
ported by German opinion and Ger
man ambitions? nt.i t.I'|
| II 0CEVlA OF AUBIll4S - III.
/ 81 Aall Servia be heAiiresponsible?
Ought the south Slavs to watch with
out concern the continued ABSORB
tion of their kinsmen by Teutonic-
Magyar organization? Could they
be expected to remain Indifferent as
Austria. annexing two provinces up
on which, while they still were un-
der the retreating Turk. the Servians
had their eyes az upon territories
NATURALLY and willingly to come un-
der a Slavic government? Was Ser
via to submit to a restriction of its
possibilities. or was 1t also to ask for
its place in the SUM-"
Was Austria. maintaining a gov
ernment over irrelated peoples. to
see without concern the growth of
nation with which her own ill-af-
fscted people would sympathize,
which would stretch threateningly
along her border, and as certainly as
like goes to like stir Austrian sub
jects Of other races to rebellion?
Was Austria or Servia to concede,
the one that its growth was done. the
other that 1t should not begin?
Was Russia to be Indifferent to
the further encroachment of Aus
trian power in Slavic territory. to
the possibility that in spite OF assur-
ances Servia would be so broken 1t
would be unable to resist eventual
Germanization?
Was Russia to pay no attention to
the further expansion of the dual
monarchy along the Adriatic ana
down toward the Aegean sea, clos
ing in and building German wal,
about the entrance to the Black sea.
which is now stopped by Turkey with
the consent of Europe?
Was Germany to see Slavic COM
bination formed to threaten the dis
memberment Of her own reliable ally
in Europe. to leave her isolated ut
terly If 1t succeeded, with nothing
but enemies on the east, west and
south? Could Germany permit Aus
tria to be backed against the wall by
Russian armies and suffer the Slavic
power to find an entrance westward?
Could France Do Otherwise
Could France, to whom German
militarism has been 40 years
threat. observe with Indifference the
attack of allied German and Austrian
armies on her only effective ally on
Che continent and risk the chance
that the outcome would leave her iso-
lated and exposed to the next Ger
man attack upon her colonial possess
sions? Remember that it has been
only few years since Germany sud
denly questioned the right fo the
French in Morocco, and as the price
Of recognizing the French protector
ate took 25O,0O0 square kilometers, of
land In northern French Congo.
War was avoided on those terms.
What new demand would be made if
France were isolated? Is the great
and growing German empire to have
no colonies, while her neighbors pos
sess the fat places of the earth?
Was Belgium to submit to VIOLA
tion OF territory, accepting the
chance that her fields would be bat
tlefields, the property of her citizens
destroyed and her lives endangered?
What if German promised repara-
tion? Suppose Germany were not
the victor? Would terms the con-
querors made with her include set
tlement for the nation which had
yielded to her request that way be
cleared for a.quick attack on France?
iBrlgiuYs peace N,s'guaranteed by
treaty. ..she 1auethe,. word of her
nqghhors i4luding that of Ger
many, .ths9SnS shoald be allowed to
live ID peace, devote herself undis-
turbed toFarts and crafts. To yield to
a demand such as Germany made was
to east ltepsloksssith Germany. The
best she COMM Nbtain was restora-
tion of her elSSAs az a ntutral. Her
other chance was tfiatNshe would be
swept u2 with the spoils Of war,
cease to exist as nation. If France
and Russia had been successful would
L L.. u. ial.