Evening journal., 1915-02-23
GERMANY WILL SINK NO AMERICAN
SHIP UNLESS BY DESIGN TO DRAG
UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR
With America Involved Admiral Beresford Says
Kaiser Would Be IN Better Position TO Quit;
Offering As Excuse Thai the, .EHtKe. WOrId Was
Against Him. Does NOT BeIfeve, This Country
Would Be Invaded by Foe. e''s':
SEA FIGHTER DECLARES GERMHNY
WILL EVENTUALLY BE CRUSHED

'of hunidr has not been lost in the Hood
ot hepqrs. s.iiitlcsyapd disimetions he Las
received since his fleet commander
broke out Tie famous ''Well done. Con-
dor, " at the hombardmcnt of Alcxan-
-dr1a.-'nr 1882, paused Smilmgly ho
searsAsha elosd'of cigar smoke, looking
for the 'dnsWtr
Possibly British psychology isn't the
best in the world at this particular mo-
meMt Tor anilyMng 1tutoniot motives"
he reulied; "But , will venture two pos
sible answers:
Wonld. Gfvr Kaiser Excuse to Quit.
First with America in the war. Ger.
many Mpnll Be ia better position to
suit The kaiscr would be able to saso
his faro with his people ON the ground
tlat tho.entire. world then against
him, and Germany might hope TO 20
'doWn ii.histary as having enacted the
tmdcrdog rule. Sympathy for the
undcr-dog Is often given without analyz-
ing the dogs,lperuls on considering the
Tact That hc really reserves 10 be under.
"The second. / believe the llkelicr
reason. is the fact that If America
should participate in the war. she
necessarily would participate in the
peace negotiations. II is unlikely
your country would be invaded OF
would suffer TO the extent our allies
have. Therefore, America would en-
ter the negotiations without tho
POIGNANT hatred naturally affecting
those countries whose homes have
been invaded. cities and farms DESC
lated, and people massacred. Then,
too, Americans don't have the reputa-
tion of being revengeful You are
what shall | call it,-easy, just as
We Britlshors arc.
There can be no doubt now but
that regardless of the time it will
I take to end tho war, or the toll Of
mtn and money 10 be exacted Ger
many must ultimately lose II IS
obvious that Germany's resources, in
a test of endurance cannot equal the
allies combined resources. Under the
circumstances, it is not unreasonable
4 tO suppose that Germany already IS
giving serious consideration TO factors
entering INTO peace negotiations Sit
ting al peace conference table
America. with great commercial -
mands for an early settlement and
] relatively lesser grievances. world
undoubtedly be a valuable asset for
, Germany"
"But with this so obvious. why will
! not America avoid the clash?" L
: asked
, Young man. answered Lord Beres-
ford, Your nation is democracy.
2 The weakness of every democracy is
that it desires peace above all else,
and In its determination to maintain
! peace often goes TO absurd lengths.
! Democracy Is always more jealous af
! its honor and qnicked to resent any
. question invoking is safety than any
otnor form OF government Comet
dontally. democracy loves a strong.
II firm handed leader in. times Of stress
and 50 long az that leacrship is sue
Icessful viii follow unQuestionably to
! the end OF the situation
In this -traif of all democracies is
1 found the explanation of the British
confdcnce in Kitchener have noted
/ American press references. 10 tho
] Surrender OF the government to
Kitchener Nothing could show
greater misunderstanding OF tho situa-
ton There is no. dictatorship here.
but once a democracy like ours enters
a gigantic struggle, there is as much
need of intensified efficiency as in
conntry which has bowed its head to
the yoke OF military dospotism To
obtain this efficiency, a firm hand vest
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