Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-09
THE CALMER VIEW.

atlfHftt niditNnHHHilp anu Itllb- /
ion The loss 10 the world is not I
TO be measured in numbers Men
into the progress Of the
race have tossed the dice with
death, and have lost. Skilled /
playwrights will no longer draw
plots 10 mirror the complex eur
rents of life about them. Labor
atories will lack original minds.
In is way, genius is peculiar MOI
spark Of il perishes, though its
sources may be eXprngcd.
This is an hour OF extreme peril.
The blind impulse shouts for rec
ogniiion America Is troubled rs
il has never been and each Of us
citizens. 10 the extent Of his abil-
ity, must strive 10 think Justly
lest the fires of hate consume him
President Wilson IS u man Of pro
goun0 knowledge, aud his outlook
is broad IN proportion TO his wis
dom lie has urged neutrality
upon the people, sensible of their
hot sense Of honor aud has eau
TONED them 10 ponder deliberate
ly before reaching definite con.
illusions.
Lesser sparks than this have
lighted the powder The United
States is nation at peace, and is
solemnly obligated 10 perpctuatc
that peace. Before reaching m
temperate determinations, it bee
hoovcs the Nation 70 inquire into
the circumstances surrounding tho
sinking of the itsilania 20 con
slider the tendency Of the general
mass of international procedure,
without permitting racial sympa
+ thies 10 ovcrwhclm the brain
which IS never too confident of lbs
independence from The heart
Germany has openly declared
her intent 30 destroy all bclligcr.
lent commerce whatever it's kind.
The swift hcclcd passenger ship,
i'm time of emergency is converted
into an ammunition carrier. Ger
imany, cut of from the world by
1.-THE English and French navy.
seeks 10 bring England Go terms
Ihy making II impossible for YES
lscls 10 navigate certain dosig
lnatcd cNpansc of waters. BE.
tween England and Germany,
when It comes to The question oil
establishing starvation, there IS no
difference of opinion for starYa-
liiou ls more resourccful than al,
lmics, and munitions represent
economic starvation. But England
has prcpondcrancc OF battle
ships, aud Germany is forced to
luse her one effective weapon. the
submarine Because of its limit.
led radus of action, It's inability To-
lremaiu on the surface with ini
lpunity It's almost total blindness,
.tho submarine frequently blun
ders, rs mission is 10 strike now
100 explain later Whom England
lcaptures m American vessel she
insists upon the prize court as a
means Of adjustment She takes
mo man 5 word Tor it, Neither
does Germany
L is all a matter Of sclf-preser.
walton, very hideous, not to be cX.
lpRluod The very integrity Of
Europe is az stake. No war to be
compared with this has ever har.
rtcd the world aud So bitterly
Itrespassed upon It's powers of in
ldulgenee. No previous war has
dealt with similar agencies. SINH
lar methods. Under the terms of
The Hague compact. every nation
PRESERVES the right TO declare CON
ltraband. la this war, every nation
declares everything and every
body contraband, IN fact il not in
spirit.
Germany has established war
zone, and has said in substance.
FL will attack every one of the
cnemy 5 ships that | find. urge
citizens OF the tnitod States 10
refrain from entering this war
zone that | have established. |
strike az the flag, not the oecu-
ipant. Who comes, comes at i'm.
minent peril. =
/ The Gultllght was an American
ship, flying the American flag
Perhaps, in sinking it, Germany
furnished the United States war
rant for armed protest, although.
in view of the fact that every in
ternational compact has been yio-
lated lin several reported in.
stances by English acroplanes "A
would appear that American in
lterests, seeking profit in helliger-
TENT waters. should hear the bur.
dens of their disasters. 1t is easy
for the few to start a war. hut Il
takes the lives of many TO end il.
In the note of February |, the
4 United States warned Germany
THAT, "lf the commanders of Ger.
Imam vessels of war should .
destroy on the high seas an Amer.