The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-07
WAR ECHOES

New York eeraid' 1t II GoiktaM : own
sNing thai has placed her in her present
nlisht. SAYS Or. nernhnrR, whose views
are oaotea IN toaavs Herald, In at
tempting \ defense against the worlds
Indictment " Seemsny Tor the murder
raaiae and devastation wrought IN Hell
giasm Because eelsium VAS So foolish as
10 believe thai the solemn guaranty 81
her neutrality vas n, mere "sesap Of
paper and has The ,eaeHsY 10 defend
her Independence as hest she could, the
whole strength ~ the mighty German en-
pire has been hurried mon her fer her
destruction. Nth the rspaessy u the
Hun, tie same mighty German empire Ia
NOW engaged In wriagiag Tho last fgsno
tribute tfom Reisian cities, while IL is leit
to the rest OF the world to keep the Rel
CLAN people from starvation.
Sermanys advocates IN this country
have had little 10 say about eelgiam
When there has heen anything IN the ma
tune u defense this has dwelt upon the
crime" " eelgian civilians in Attempting
&c defend their hearths and their homes
= 'orimes that deserved the ruthless pun
ishment melted cut by the eenaaeper
What difference the point of view
does make, 10 Norwaer,s. the orsan Of
social democracy az eeclm the world il
Indebted for the revelation that German
law expressly requires German civilians
Go attack and haraSs an invader by every
form OF night and secret attack.
New Work. Werlds If Turkish iroops
have reached the Saes canal they may
I've paniened II they do not know lust
what 10 do with a neutraliaea Turkish
possession.
EsSnt Is Turkish province. The canal
reverts ~ Gsypt al the end % the ~.
YEAR lease In 1atS, The British govern-
ment is a minority Stockhoder IN the leas.
ieg COMPANY, havins ny a swift eoee, sag.
gested 10 Dlsraea by Frederick Green.
wood, bought tho l>hedive'a shares IN
1873, Seven wears earlier. while British
statesmen stin called the canal fail.
ure, the Soes convention VI Great Britain.
Germany, Turkey and other powers had
declared that the canal should always
be FREQ and open, in time OF war an IN
time ef peace. 10 every vessel Of oem-
H4elNe VI OF wan WITHOUT NlSttNNIeh o.
llag,e
Neither Turkish ownership nor neutral.
isetion ia obsolete, Both are IN run effect
During The rrineh MAR, the i<aissari taxi
ing Turkish troops 10 Yemen. remained
in tho canal more than the "a hours all
lowed to helligerent ships, ON the ground
Of Turkish SeNcreisntN During the
Rvsso.lapanese war the Russian fleet
used the canal under the naturalization
clause
Turkish or even German troops miaht
tine the canal from end 60 end, and by
International law the british "a per cent
and the French As per cent et the ~.
odo,cM tens az canal commerce. and even
the warShips OF these nations, might pass
before their indignant eyes anmoleatcd.
Germany has given assurance that neutral
use OF the canal will not he blocked. hut
so FAR as France and England are con.
eerned, control by their enemies would
doubtless turn the naturalization agree,
mont into scrap OF paper"
IA the canal IL vital spot To tho Brit
iah ennirc, whose sea power ia not We,
shaken, and as tho land approaches ar,
difficult, Turkish control In not eaail,
10 ho held,