New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-04
ENGLAND's TREATIES
Only Her Good Faith Has Made Her
Empire Possible, Il Is Asserted.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Il is fair TO assume that the
four dubious examples Of treaty
breaking on the part of England which
Mr.. Alfred Laurcns Brennan offers IN
this morning Tribune by way Of JUS
tifcation Of his violent assertion thst
England has broken and even laughed
at scores of treaties in the last three
hundred years are .the most hagrant
instances of bad faith that a diligent
reading Of Angiophobo literature has
enabled him 20 bring 20 light Iney
are too trihing TO justify debate upon
extenuating circumstance which led
England 20 act as she did on the oe-
casions cited, and 7 am willing TO les
them stand as an illustration OF me
ridiculous litrie mice o. fact ina.
emerge from The heaving mountains OF
bad language which our pro-GernAh
friends are topping upon England ih
these unhappy days -
Mr.. Brennan himself has drawn ne
teeth Of his charges by conceding WIN
a rather ill-grace that the treaties ne
accuses England OF violating we're
open 90 more than one construction
and she did not want0u.v outrage
treaty obligations that admitted OF 10
misappre such as, for exam
pie, plain obligation % MAINTAIN INV
neutrality Of Belgium.
The treaty of peace by which ing,
land recognized the independence o.
the American colonies was unI9f
nately honored In the breach by both
sides. owing 90 the weakness OF me
federal government of the newborn
republic, and ] happen 20 oe na,l,o
Of Nova Scotia in -cad OF Aassaeho-
sets because OF certain lclnql enc.ss
OF the United States in connection " ~
its treaty obi legations 90 protect lIo
rights, persons and property OK lAo',
who had remained loyal 20 che OfVN"
during the Revolution. These ae.'n
duencies are more notorious I'D N@"l
ada than they are in this country ana
they are no inc0n- siderable actor -
the somewhat fierce loyalty which IAN
ada always displays toward tne GU
pire at O time OF crisis. .., -.
As 20 the B0cr War, over W1lch ~
Brennan spills o good deal o. he"s.,
language, / have merely TO nO"l. -.
that the "GOd-tcarng Dutcn are
/ operating with the "brl-lsh bt.us'
outlanders" In putting down h~snc,l SIN.
the-pan rebellion fomen-ed hy me W.
mans and In attacking tfe German ",
sessions IN South Africa. ~ hayS',
may have been the merits o.. iae PIT pr.
ish case agairs, the boer'' t"y -,
break Of the War revealed the iacI NO
spirit OF "thc empire. fsNt
wrong" prevailed throughout me pr
ish don MONS, and Che --.ilN9e ii
Canada, Aus -ra.l2, Ne" Leal-Au
India 40 that time demon .rltel, so,.tt
what 10 the surprise OF tae L To-;
Englandcrs," that the British rmp
is a real organism. pervadei oy -
mon sentiment, and not q mere hVn-
script collection Of unrelated =,
/ tories. The characteristic myoPe.
I the German Foreign once preVsH..s.
il from seing this patent fact ana
ardor with which India and me ~
dominions made common cause Win
mother country IN the present wa -
astounded and bowildered German -
path.zers. And 10 is no llp-loyalty els.n,''
as the stately procession OF mnis
two huge transports bearing Oanae.,c
first army corps across tho s'i~i.,a
testides. Yelled by the censorship -
overshadowed by the tremendous strr.kk
gle going on at the front The signu,
canoe and magnitude OF that e.'iS.
have been almost lost sight OF; o1t -
comparison with that great column ~
Atlantic liners conveyed by Feet "a
cruisers. the Spanish Armada becomes
fotilla of cOckle-shelis. ...,.>,
SCOTT ROBINSON
Brooklyn, Oct. -, 1914 -