The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-03
EDITORIAL VIEWS OF
THE WAR IN EUROPE
What the New York Papers
Have to Say Of Situation
This Morning.
N\RIOI~ ASPECTS SEEN
fnglaud'> stand Regarded as
vital Factor in determining Out
comc-World Peace Plea.
VARIOUS ASPECTS SEEN

ffI 0DfTffF ufS EHnfG tntS
r.s rousu has como for the French
-.Ia ~ america to- respond to the cali
n, .7o home land and 60 to take IN arms
.. ..- drfeHrc.
t.eId. tde foot OF the foreigner has
t....-4'ai our soil For those Of our SOL
5srs whom our country has stationed near
ci- frontier Ar the post Of honor the hour
f,r them 70 spill their blood Is about In
sound rs there among us "A single
r-s1saman In America who does not feel
io,.l,.a--s 'o Join tNesc brave compatriots
\. u-quostlonahlv no. When France
,ss .s.I NJ her children for her defence.
v-sr no .r,. To arms" has reached
women ears. the voice 81 the whole ma
don v' r.spond. eager and proud, Here
so 1r'
FROM the Ncir York Tribune
-t, attitude NJ Great Britain up 10 a
pic hour '4st night had not been clearly
ts4rsd What Great Britain does will
~a'iy determine tho character OF the
European war n she participates At once
.tfl t.- CONTROLLING sea strength there
nav DO some nope Of limiting the appal-
l-c losses with which the world is now
t-rsstaued tIor fleets. combined with
,1ose Of France. can probably blockade
Germany ami ronhne the real struggle to
.he land Her participation from the
ou'eet voul secure the neutrality OF Italy.
which cannot afford 10 risk collision
With to 500 power ~ the Triple Entente.
He troops could maintain tho neutrality
O belgium and Holland and aid France
to r,p.I German invasion.
Q. She needs tho counsels Of tho Lloyd
George rroup of advo ates OF peace at any
rres sr, will lose tho greatest oppor-
tH.'y sro has had In many years to re-
du-e Germany TO a minor sea power She
mgh: even No forced. when II is too late.
70 east her lot with France in order TO
% fn~rltprlal integrity OF
en- Europe.
From the Ncin York Times.
A H,lthcn statesman strikes the sole
no's ,nr0uraVing to Christians under
,oHdtors which are such raproach
20 tr.r religion ana their reason alike.
n-sru.,r Olluma at Toxic said on Satur-
tsy tnat 20 bring about a great peace
great war Is sometimes unavoidable.
-1s general disturbance in Europe, he
Sought might resolve itself into the final
-5- ~ tho world leading to permanent
seI universal peace. The divine beati-
~, ol pace on earth, good will to
ron can be realized only through estab
. etrr tire rcign of human law. 1t may
b. -Ht, tho punishment of the warning ma
lus may now be So severe that with
- accord they may unite against the
.,or1'a. declaration that no great Power
dispute with a small one would
sl,u 10 be brought before European
c,e0pi'us.
As-tri, has been the worlds greatest
oNr.t 70 IN recent years. and Is ripe for
fenr5H by all nations loving peace.
r.ta. -lould be dictated not by the
commanders OF war but by the leaders
o. thought and conscience.
From the Noto York World.
v hou, a formal alliance binding her
n France and Russia. Great Britain
tor tha a "a N
Important lection OF her people and public
mon has, contended But II German
roons have invaded Luxembourg on their
WAY - or through the Low Countries.
Britain Will be as ready as a hundred
years ago 20 fight for the territorial in
tegr'y OF thcs" buffer states. Nor has
The Government failed TO warn Germany
tha' England cannot remain neutral IL
Franc" IS attacked. Dissatisfied Balkan
nations may seize the opportunity of
general war 10 seek further rectification
Of thrr boundaries and that extends the
disabilities OF famine. slaughter and
sssoIut on from the North Sea TO the
Bosporus
lnromparably vast, incomparably de-
Tructivc, !ncomparably cruel, incompa-
raby wicked IS the gigantic conflict that
thus Is threatened. Never before has war
upon such scale been possible. Never
oeiore has a great war had less real
may he too late for the common sense and
compassion OF Christendom to maintain
or soon to restore peace 1t will never be
70" itto to continue the attempt.
From the New York Herald
The honor OF England and the future
sofety Of the empire depend upon the
decision arrived at BY Parliament on
Monday"
In these words Lord Charles Beresford
makes appeal that must voice the domi-
nsnt thought Of Great Britain. France.
70 whom England Is bound by ties that
scarcely fall short OF those of alliance,
mas been invaded by Germany. Had
france been the aggressor the forces In
england that oppose war might have
round "A hearing. But the Kaiser. evil
gently convinced that Germany's hour of
rea'est trial has come. has forced the
issue.
German seizure of British vessels at sea
ho'catrs that even IL London entertains
poubts oi what the decision OF the British
armament Will be Berlin does not.
hat does London doubt? Tho action
OF hIaS George IN signing proclamation
VI moratorium would seem to foreshadow
W...r4tpn for the worst.
I, IAe iWWc safety OF tho empire"
n.'' Lord Charles Beresford makes
h-' appeal to a nation that has for
set's 'd ainned into It's ears the Ger
D" tic"' Truly. for good or for
90 d' sion reached by the British
'' to-day will be epochal
irnu the Ncw York Press.
"" Dos bred war very fast How
.Irupe is already involved. how
.' have been struck. how many !
rh''d. how much property |
.. rIprOt be sure
Cables are not bringing news |
''""rumonss ia control of such |
' roy wish to be known in full |
true light. They are colorlng |
rs facts that are allowed TO |
'.I .',4-l
go know that arms are clash.
l.,y along the frontiers OF three |
""'r than Austria and Scrvia-
Russia and France.
q. '' know that treaty rights and
,. onytntions are being trampled
o'. IN tho way known only TO
Warfare.
'' i"now that in the greatest and
... nations specie payment Is sus-
business in despair. food scarce
..- these signs we know that II
~. h'tdln and all those others are not
a,I IN this dreadful conflict OF races
NSu. '' 'Ap'c' 10 Dc oefore many
On 'or such day as this on the
oi enlightened history,