White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-13

T DH Ill 6lNlG at DiVDtht IL "a 6o ~
war with Germany. Unfortunately a
vast majority of American editors
and a great many public men are en-
deavoring to convince the govern
ment of the United States that it
should adopt the style which has
been set by Great Britain, says the
Boston Commercial.
While 1t may be possible to pro-
duce much argument in favor Of the
United States declaring war against
Germany there are many more rea-
sons why this country should en-
deavor to maintain its neutrality and
avoid becoming a catspaw to pull
British, French and Russian chest
nuts out of the fire. There will be
time enough to get satisfaction for
the grievance we have against Ger
many after the present European war
ends.
For the present there is one sane
and sensible course for the United
States government to pursue. Lo-
Gated as it is in the same small world
with the 10 nations that are o
fighting, it must expect to have its
toes trod upon and to receiver other
trough treatment; but if the best in
forests of the American people are TO
be served the government must re-.
frain from hasty action and continue
TO devote its entire attention to the
work of strengthening itself indus
trially and financially by selling its
surplus products to its warning
reighbors.
The sinking of the Lusitana horri-
fled the whole American people and
provoked their resentment; but their
bitterness is no more intense than it
press seen fit to make as strong an
appeal to their patriotism and SYM
patty over the earlier destruction of
the Gulfight, which went down with
the stars and stripes flying at its
masthead.
Unquestionably Germany should
he censured severely for the Lusi-
tania incident, and In due time that
country's government undoubtedly
will apologize and so far as possible
make %reparation. 1t should be re-
membered, however. that IL is not al
ways good policy to demand satisfac-
ton from a nation at the moment
when it is engaged in a life and death
fight with others.
These resent disasters are lessons
which should teach the United States
beth the desirability and the neces-
sity of preparing for war. They
should make it clear that this coun-
try needs hundreds of submarines for
coast defense work and these should
be provided as rapidly as possible.
The expense of making II nayy
and coast defense the strongest in
the world could be saved in a few
years If the national and the various
state governments would abolish the
thousands of paid commissions which
are ~hampering, restricting and de-
stroying business in their attempt TO
regulate it.
All of the people have long since
discovered that these commissions
are not only useless, but that they
discourage ambition ana initiative,
increase unemployment and waste
scores of millions of the peoples
money every year.
A few years ago it became the
style for governments to attack in
dustrial enterprises, particularly
those conducted by corporations.
That style has proved excessively ex-
pensive and in every way detrimental
to this country's welfare and II
should be discarded.
Stupendous as have been the fol-
lies of the United States government
in the past few years, to declare wal
against Germany at present would
eclipse all those that have preceded
Regretable as ii is that more than
hundred American citizens should &C
to their death on the Lusitania, 1t Il
not the basis of a conclusive argu.
ment that the United States should
sacrafce tens of thousand of live
and a billion of its capital in a wal
that can be avoided with honor.
If wisdom prevails this countr.
will keep out of the war and contin
ue its work of supplying the grea
foreign demand for its products. B,
adhering to this policy 1t will grow
strong while competing nations ar
wasting their industrial progress an
sacraficing the lives of their hes
men.