The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11


Iiege and Namur and see no reaaon
to impeach the testimony given above
then Belgium neutrality was MOI via
lated by Germany at all: 1t was VIOLATED
by France and Belgium itself The
/ treaty OF neutrality means that troop,
| OF all nations should be kept out OF a
neutral country. IL Is not only a pledge
/ that the guarantors will protect ncu.
| trality. II Is also a pledge that tho
| guaranteed nation vii. keep neutrality
come now to the sacrednes,
| Of treaties. Treaties must be sacred
/ and Germany has never been charged
| with violating treaties. 1t has never
| proclaimed, except In the Belgium Ease.
| that necessity justified the breaking
Of treaties. II has deeply regretted and
deplored IT, But what Is the English
| record since the war broke out? IL is
| astounding. There IL a British procla.
| nation issued when two Turkish war
! ships that happened to be on the TYNE
when the war broke out were taken,
that England had this right in ac.
cordance with the recognized principle
! Of the right and supreme duty to insure
national safety in time of war" This
is the principle where right In might.
Further:
Egypt IL an independent State under
the suzcrainty of the Sultan. There are
special diplomatic agents OF all coun-
| tries at the court OF the Khedve: the
rights OF foreigners are guaranteed by
| the London Declaration Of 1885 to
which England Is a party. Yet the Ger
man diplomatic representatives. by the
command of Great Britain, have been
driven out OF Cairo. in breach of neu-
trality and international treaties. Mo-
rocco is under French protection and
the rights of foreigners guaranteed by
! the Algeclras protocol and by the Cor
man French arrangement Of 1911. Yet
| the Sultan was forced to send the Ger
man diplomatic representative--mind
not the consul-his passports. and ne
was compelled to leave within three
hours amid the derisive laughter Of
French officers.
China is a neutral and independent
country. Yet the Japanese. operating
| in conjunction with the French and
English troops, seized the railway. Ger
man private property, 100 miles long
under the pretext that II might be used
to give the Germans succor from the
| interior OF China. Chinese territory has
been violated right and left: the Chinese
have protested. Japan has declared
their protest was an unfriendly act,
which meant war. and the protest has
been withdrawn from sheer helpless
ness.
Italy is an independent nation, bound
by sacred treaty OF alliance TO Ger
many and Austria. She would have
been compelled to go to war for Ger
many TO help her IL she had recognized
that the war was an aggressive war, as
it has been, on the part of France. Eng
land and Russia. What does Mr..
Churchill say in excuse for his egging
Italy on To break solemn obligations,
which certainly imply neutrality in case
OF war holding out the great advan-
tages that British absolute supremacy
, in the Mediterranean means for italy .
on, the English case presenting Itself
now in the light Of newer developments
is not good and even for Lord Bryce il
is difficult II not impossible to give It a
decent appearance.
The articles such as Lord Bryces
are written for the benefit OF the Amer.
. can public. They cater to America in
> all possible ways. But IL Americans
? wish to know what they really think
, about them they should read the Eng
lish papers. ! quote from the London
. Times of the 23d Of last month: TT
I always must be remembered that the
majority of Americans have but the
haziest idea of the menaces OF European
politics"
But there is a redeeming feature in
Mr.. Bryce's argument when he speaks
of the usefulness OF the little nations
to science and the arts and humanity
on the whole. England likes TO have
10 Belgium and other small States as buff
ers and If need be pin pricks to other
i neighbors, and so beautiful theory
s. has been established, originally, 1t seems
?, by Mr.. Lloyd George in his speech de-
+, lvered on September 20, and now taken
g up by Mr.. Bryce Mr.. Lloyd Georges
y fiery and excitable temperament Is
= noted, Mr. Bryce tries to deepen the
i argument by skilfully playing on the
- American generosity against smaller
P. nations. Lloyd George is coarser. hi
d makes the Russian Slav say: "You la,
# hands on that little fellow and vii
l. tear your ramshackle empire limb from
70 limb" All that Is very much what tn
Russians did say and why there coult
p not he peace.
70 Mr.. Bryce compares the amount %
n genius produced with the size OF tn,
d country from whence 1t originates. H.
Y says that the little States have beer
= the most potent factors In promotinl
Il culture and literature, and cites tn
II Greeks, Swiss. Scandinavians, the Unite
ID States in the days of Washington an,
N the small German States when the!
l. produced Kant and Leasing, Goethe
Is TIegel, and proved that they all cam
from small States. Very well, but wha
~ hope is there for the United STATE
n to-day Of ever producing genius
A. II Mr., Bryce cannot allow the chanc
a, OF raising genuses to the United Stat
on account of It's size. It IL raising lcye
: headed people enough who will apprc
80 ciate this amusing argument
IN The main point is that Mr. Bry"
Ia does not say "A word for his Countr
n, or for the English attitude. He write
~ scholarly article which makes heaut
full reading and Is the act of a patro
who win not leave his country in
difficult situation, He did not Ike ?
= write the letter, am sure because "
. Bryce feels as do; that England, cal!
NO In In tic utv 90 ha In