Arizona republican., 1915-08-22
No man is so free as the one who can measure the true value of things.
 -E. Stanton HOdgin.
A Foolish Silence

Why the British should suppress facts concerning the sinking of the Arabic is ineN pcable The British did not sink it. They cannot he held blame. Is it possible that the suppressed facts such would warrant the sinking of the vessel by the German submarine? Was the Arabic trying to escape, or she trying to the sub marine? Does the believe that by withhold ing justifying facts the the United States and Germany may be increased to the break iug point?
 The British censor has done many foolish things the outbreak the war, but nothing approach ing such a thing as futility childshness. The facts regarding the torpedoing of the Arabic must come out No great excitement be created In America by state of uncertainty misappre- hension covering a period of few days.
 The British newspapers and the British public appear have gauged accurately popular JiInent in America regarding Germanys submarine warfare. They have known that the American press Is overwhelmingly broadly, and they have ably believed that the popular sentiment is pro- lortionateIy so. though being the case However. there is a preponderance of pop ular sentiment in favor of the allies.
 But submarine methods have been regarded by the American people separately from the merits of the quarrel between the Teutons the allies Americans would hold the same views of these methods if they had been employed by the allies.
 Phoenix and vicinity is average community. IL has average foreign population Its people within little than a generation all parts of the United States, with admxture of foreigners from all parts of the world It is per haus. as representative of the real country as any community in the United States. Here. as everywhere else in an average community, the stronger sympathy is with the allies, be- cause of any special affection any them, but because the people believe. rightly wrongly that the Teutons forced the and because Of the in- Vasion of Belgium
 spite sentiment there a different alignment the Lustania incident. Many strong broadly sympathizers believed that that natural and excusable incident of the that the Germans had right send that cargo of am InGnition the bottom; that they could afford take into account the presence of than 2OOO passengers who had business be tania- On the contrary, there were pro German sympathizers and persons of German blood who. mortified the great of human life. nodnced the sinking of the Lusitania whict no exigency of could In neither opinions the matter of international taken into consideration. They individual, per sonal views. and the other accepted by the average citizen. By the average citizen, we in this case one who neither thick-anG- pro-aIly pro-Cierman.
 This community American, that the divis- ion of American sentiment American division. and we suppose that such a division has been made every average community. It is not to be changed by the suppression the exaggeration of any facts concerning tine sinking of the Arabic. The same division existed to governments inter pretation the international law, rather to the propriety making interpretation. but there division ended. The interpretation having been made. and the government having taken stand. all Americans stood with it. It had nothing do with their sentiments to the with their sen Jiments with respect to submarine warfare All rhat s1lbna in tne loyalty the government.