Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-03-02

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TIE DEMAND FOR FAIR PLAY
Is SPREADING.
There can be no denying of the
| fact that the number of Americans
who are ashamed of the one-sided
neutrality of the United States in the
great European war is growing.
/ When on the 27th day of December
! 1914 q big meeting OF protest against
the expectation Of arms to belligerent
countries took place in Baltimore,
| the pro-English press criticized it,
| because the majority Of those who
attended the big meeting were Of
German blood and a German organi-
zation had arranged it.
second meeting of protest
against the expectation of arms was
held on the last day of February
| 1915 under the auspices of the Or
ganizatiOn of American Women for
! Strict Neutrality. and no criticism
appeared Jpn any one of the probing
! lish organs Of Baltimore. 1t is dawn
! ing upon the allied press that there
are others besides the citizens OF
! German origin who are opposed to
the one-sded neutrality practiced by
| the great moral United States The
protest which that ORGANIZATION Of
! American Women are going to send
| to Washington reads as follows:
We the undersigned, citizens Of the
| United States of America, register
herewith our united, earnest protest
against the eyportaticn from our
shores of munitions OF war, for the
use of nations engaged in the present
/ European conflict.
While recognizing the fact that
such expectation is legally permis-
sible through private firms, we never
/ theless respectfully remind our law
makers and the government of our
country that it is within their power
and prerogative to put an immediate
stop to what our Executive in the case
Of Mexico recognized as a politically
unwise and nefarious proceeding.
The President OF the United States
began by preventing the loan Of
/ money TO France, and thus enabled
! our country to set its own precedent
/ OF what is just and right. This pre-
cedent binds us in the forum of legal
ethics as well as in the opinion OF
rieht-thinking people everywhere, to
pursue in the greater matter, as in
/ the lesser, q course Of unimpeachabie
/ neutrality. Never in the history Of
nations have orders OF such gigantic
proportions been accepted by any
country as those now being executed
in America for the continuance Of the
( European war
Do you realize all that this fact
involves?
Where are the peace societies2
Who're are our women's organi-
zatons?
Where are our churches?
Up to the present time, citizens Of
the United States have led the world
in furthering peace movements. Is
America prepared to see this dis
tinction pass from her?
International relations between
this Country and Europe have as a
rule, been uniterruptedly cordial
We protest against their destruction
for the benefit Of few
Guns. cannon, cartridges dyna-
mite, bombs, protected motor cars
are going from our manufactures
not only to England, to France, and
to Russia, but also to Japan. We
are not only fortifying Europeans
against each other, we are fortifying
others against ourselves. lis this
done with the consent Of the Ameri-
car people?
In case Of any future struggle
forced upon our own land, picture
clearly the possible destruction that
might be wrought upon our beloved
country, should any neutral nation
in Europe assume such position Of
one-sided neutrality as we are assum-
ing today.
Americas unlimited supply of
death-dealing machinery will cause
an indefinite prolongation Of wars
horrors. When the war-cloud lifts,
our own land viii be discovered
stained by the blood of our European
brothers. Our actual military parti-
cipation in this war means Europe's
last man. It means also new domestic
conflicts for ourselves. Is anyone
among us credulous enough to be-
lieve that the promoters Of American
steel works and factories for the
manufacture OF munitions Of war
will be content, when the strife is
over, to beat their swords into
ploughshares, and to serve the man
with the hoe for a pittance where
they are now furnishing bombs and
shrapnel for guineas? The lobby foi
the encouragement or wars, juntas
revolutions, internecine broils, grows
nv what III feeds on