New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-07

AND MR. r l. 0
tcoPyrisA' London, August SS'
-, Princeton President will
s .SIok i q subtle violation OF n ,S.
not tniI % offer my tribute to the
tally ~ the Prime Minister'S war
'plS ,nTv. sm the more desirous 70 %. 40
or''U s',.n.e in times past have er't'-
sh'' A. Asouith's domestic policy l
a'eu nons Of those criticisms
Teus' ,hem all to make the euiogy OF
v'n' ~" .o,,nlete. It shall be brief as
too, -. al Of US have reason to know
V'lS e., events move, and that the
hoy min. Of interest to-day reeedes
esnA. ,rov into the gray past But
are sentences Of Mr. Asqu'th
'. ~, all, live as long as oratOry lives
~u'." ...s his concentration Of all the
sI.,or in the German diplomaeies
:. y,slsnd into the perfect phrase
s.s.mous proposal" Such is the SEN
1 :, yesterday, which l ask you to
90 ~, again, in moving the House to
-, its sense Of Belgium's heroic
-. 70 civilization. Once again he
=, ~. world to understand why Eng
land intevened'
81 was only when we were confront
iv,tb the choice between keeping and
ZINC solemn obligations, between
discharge Of a binding trust and
.s.meless subservienee to naked
-. that we threw away the scab-
,,r5. We do not repent our decision"
T. sounds like an echo Of the can
-, wire on the plains Of Northern
80 The rhythm Of war is'in IT,
- war At a moment when disaster
%...tsns He likcns Belgium most
,,,fS 70 Athens and Sparta, to the
~. csntOns and to the Netherlands
49,. centuries ago. This war has not
:, ;rsnired the poets. But in Mr..
Zenith, prose there is an imaginative
so-ss which overpasses the most heroic
verse.
Presidential Neutrality
vov since I have mentioned the
Resident / will take leave to add that
"A not accept his doctrine Of neu-
,,,Ntv in speech. The American Press
-, NOT accepted it. None Of us IN
s.r.tsnd what relation there is be-
tween Neutrality and Freedom OF
s,.s,b Does he think to muzzle q
y,sonq Does he think US all Prince
-, undergraduates and himself still a
p,ofsssor in his desk? Is there any
.li,s in the Constitution about his
S.;ng a Censor? Has any free people
ever submitted to dictstion of that
p,67 The sole authority l recognize
n writing is the editor of The Tribune.
To him ! submit Against the Presi-
dent as arbiter Of thought or speech, l
rebel.
rejoice to see that journalists
generally rebel. Their duty, our duty IS
not TO the President, but to the Public
To the Nation We all owe allegiance
To the President we owe none. He Is
but one branch of q government to
which, as a whole, our obedience Is
due. He is not Law Maker nor Law
Giver. He usurps functions which are
rot his. His conception Of the obliga-
tons Of Neutrality is grotesque, 1t
conforms to no known standard Of
conduct.
Nor does his conduct conform. He
proposes, this preacher of neutrality
proposes, to intervene in behalf OF
Germany by the purchase Of German
ships. He proposes-tor that Is what
il comes to-to make a free gift to
Germany Of twenty-five millions OF
American money. A free gift because
to her while the war lasts her ships in
New York harbor are useless, value
less for the sea, valueless for sale. Il
Is at least doubtful whether under in
Irrational law she has right to sell
Or any neutral TO buy these interned
vessels. To send them to sea under
ne American flag would raise the
glyest questions.
President Wilson presents himself to
the world with a sermon on neutrality
IN one hand and in the other the title
deeds 10 a German feet which he re-
leases f.. the benefit and behoof Of a
bel6gerent. hope we have not to face
q spectacle of that kind, nor to listen
70 the protests of President against
he natural and inevitable sympathies
Of free people with the Allies, who
are hghting for freedom and for free
com only. Away with his protests.
resident though he be, he has never
gfown out of his Professional gown or
hls Professional mind; and he never
Italian Neutrality.
One word about Italy. ! hear pri-
Naiely that the man who has thus far
prevented her taking part with France
snd England is her King. The Cabinet
as for war. and is. The people are
lor war. Her statesmen Of all parties
We Tor war. Had she declared war at
ae outset and sent her forces into Inc
,lyfol, that diversion would have para