Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
HARvARD's NEUTRALITY.

NefhlrE shows more clearly the
f1rEaarrut1I tl-ercrcs between dcsl1-
cratic aaE ngsoeratic forms % suvcrn-
aFas tha1 tec.r respective attitudes
oe tar matter % free speFcE. TIE
. Censorship always has asG always viii
81 a tsat.uE feature of 4gt1eFagtc gov
erua1sgt. free speech must always b.
a E11rtatl1a ssGnr os democratic gov
e-umsat. TEr p-iaeipiss % agtocrAtic
aaf dral5eratie E1VrTumeats aro 50
ffametrtraIfy opposed tAas GO vii al
ways D. atre11f f1r fEs faitafEf sub
irets af retarrary Co coaspreEsaf the
se-iaEs 90 aestor sa a democracy.
where free speech from ths vtewp1int
of tse aGsoerarsc Eovcrumrus Isl re-
EsrtFt as a. hsrzee of ne1sra15FF f tt
happens f1 % rSpFrss~d against che
ssforrar.= E99sruasrt.
TEis fact has tat rgmtes % Co.
testraEt1Gs siace ere alfeFeaN % tar
E..lFspssa var. Lhe a1est striking exc
aespts has bssa f1rnished GgrtnE ths
osss week By Professor tege1 Meyer.
~ ere UrIeersTv rf ter..a. ut1 had
.reE eeas.eEErl ss rt-eEEsr 1s1frss1F
Es Harvard t1r ttr coming gear. Pro
.esssF Never Ess tsErs vi1lrst eErFp-
asn fs "a rael1. aa.l- -Cerusar ln srrti-
meat. wriSrrc tF Harvard iss5or anf
sVar,.r1 a beizs tT two Harvard pro
frss1rs WHO acted as lsEE~s ia q ssTt-
-rf eenpstitigs. O. q bitter istter TO
FresttreE toWrI Professor Meyer
asserts that Harvard has besa guilty
o. a rress breach of ssut- alifY aE4
SAYS chat presffent Lowell arf tse|
university ~stae4 hrarGrI before tar
WaFit aut eosssrifv ss atett1Ts q tu-
trraati6eaI ssia5sify as traitors 90
ere sacred cagse os hamaeity~ Thr
professor also expresses tae hope that
rG GrrEaa wiu aEaia te f1aEd 90
aeeert ere rosF 6f exchange professor
at Harvard art sersrs uGticc tEaf 30
sgseif VIII rg. serve ia that eapae-
itv
p-rsatrst Lowcfi has repitrf 20 this
tetsrr f1 a r1s1rrsfr toa~ 1Gs has ia-
formed Professor 1fTrcr mat be- had
EeVsf beard 90 tEs r1T1 and prize
eaEu tss rreetat o. taE professors let
trr ast. oe irGGtry. f19rf that -it was
a rrttr cEeTed aT ere stateufs Tor
st1dret poem. q natter with Which
ere sgfs1rtfies O. tns Uatvrraity can
aariig .etrrfeTe.~ fls c5rurasss
~As yg1 are aware. che fFvci6sn %
sessea of Ee.tfsT tEs professors nor
ttr stetrefs lE an AGeFieaa untseFs-
tsF ts tss1ttrt. G1r are they themselves
s1hi-et ta ttFfF Uffrrancc 90 the direc-
tiga % ere a9fEGsifiss- on the eoa-
t-arT. We have cafravorst tp maintain
che riEEt ct atf GrabsTs % ere uai-
verslfy % express themselves freely
wiglsat Censorship or supervision By
e o.
spglIet this rue trupartiziiy 90 those
Who favor Germany. aHd these who
favoF tas aIliss-so the former in the
face % a pretty violent sEitRfioa for
@zzziisE professors by aigzni % the
sEivsrsity aa4 0gtsi4srs.
~Tls policy % frestiora os speech
ws SHALL eausiaE~ 90 pgrsse. for Ve
hslievs it 90 Be- ths oziy oss Wkfch Rc-
eorts VITA tss principles os seaGs=ie
frsseeza. I hope TIE the Will eoras
wksu Yog sn9 your colleagues % Ger
-aary viii rscoxnfrs that tkfs course is .
ne ostv Tfxkt ozs. ssa tsaf 3; is ss-
sssfist 60 tsa caGss % azfvcTsai
scAotsrsesp as4 kaezaz progress thai /
scholars seoztf associate toEsshSr
szaia os frtsasly terms. withost re-
Fart 60 Estiosai eosaiets tkz. have
sceErrsf
AZ least ass rzs9hsr q tAs Harvard .
'Eegitv Ngnsssrh~-E-Azs
sssz q tsrsisss advocate Zoe Germany.
szG. sc FrsssGszs Lowett SAYS. tzgeh /
) s-sssurs w&s trpsxss 60 tssr rpo1 tke
ta-vsrt oGeisis trosn sis@ai sasi
sthsr soerees % rzsEzis ard svsn 90
ilseearxs kirz- To al tEis eikzoT ths
sLarrarrt oe-trg4rs t1r-sl5 . z~zf sa- O.
- EruGze nat FREE speech ssosie ros
- hfatsrv's. fssss &c ar is a great usf-
rsrstty. Now T.Tssi6snt Lowell has
zasss ths sszss esesssoa in Fsfsrrsos 90
- stsesests thss ~ etd ~sss =sz-
ssrs cf tss tsestsy were eoserrass-
rHss kss sss vstsi p-taeipis % trss
ss~~es sssz ssssis AL Hsrvsrs's
ssstraissy Sss4ts<sss4- J.