Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-14

derful height of f~orceful diplomacy.
American sentiment will be that
America has done it's duty, and the
people will support the President
through whatever may be the conse-
quences.
Springfield OII.) State journal -
1t is the dignified protest of a nation,
which. While feeling h a its rights
n the rights of other %neutrals nave
been violated, is neither vindictive nor
resentful.
st. Louis MOI Die Westliche Post
For the press of the hwole country,
there is at present out one sacred duty
TO leave nothing undone to avert inner
strife. That we Americans of Ger
man descent with a bleeding heart
contemplate the possibility OF an
armed conflict between the United
States and the land of our fo~refathers,
no fairminded person will condemn
us for. There still is hope for an
honorable understanding oh both sides.
May Providence grant that the worst
be aVerted.
st. Louis MOI Republic.-There is
not in the note the slightest hint that
this government will stop short of the
fullest ~reparation for the past and the
guarantee of the recognition of the
full rights of American citizens in the
future.
Cincinnati (Ohio) VoIksblatt.-The
note is disappointing in that it disre-
CARDS the complaints of Germany and
appears to spouse the cause of Great
Britain. We think that the difficulty
admits of a satisfactory solution by
advising American citizens to travel
on American vessels. Unwtllingly the
President shelters British cowardice,
which tries to make British ships inn
ann ~ Gaprnnn attacks nv IA Kin
American passengers aboard.
Cincinnati (Ohio) Free Press.-The
part of the note dealing with the loss
Of lives in the Lusitania catastrophe
more properly ought to have been dl-
rected to London. England alone is
responsible for the Lu%sitanla's destruc-
ftion through her brutal threat to
starve a nation. Germany cannot stop
the under sea wal without surrender
ing herself, bound hand and foot, to a
| brutal enemy. We are not obliged and
have no right to set up ourselves as
the protectors of British shipping.
Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial TFi-
bunc.-The strength of a just man
armed is apparent in the protest sent
by President Wilson. Devoid of trucu-
lence, breathing the highest ideals of
international justice, this remarkable
paper, f%reighted with momentous pos
sibilities, brushes aside all formalities
| AnE is HAHN ll0 III ANtA
| guage tells the Kaiser's government
what the American people think of the
series OF incidents leading up TO the
slaughter of i%nnocents on board the
Lusitania.
washington Cd. CO. Post.-The note
is framed in moderate language and
| leaves abundant opportunity for the
German government to reply in a way
hat will restore good feeling between
the two countries. The ques-
ton is now up to Germany. 1t is UNI
necessary to speculate whether the
American note will lead to war or
peace, because the issue rests with
Germany and not with the United
states. The alternative is clearly set
Boston (Mass.) Globe. - President
Wilson has not shirked a grave re-
sponsibility. The American note clear
~ shows that Germany must relent
or take whatever consequences we may
decide to adopt.
Boston CMass.) Reconsideration
Wilson has never written a great state
paper more exactly suited to the occa-
sion. We hope most ferVently that in
a spirit Of reasonableness Germany
will coincide with the enlightened
| Dosition set forth with clarity n
power by the President.
Boston Mass.) JouTnal.-President
wilson's words are those of a patriot.
/ we cannot believe that a nation which
is bound by so many ties OF friend
ship to this nation is so far possessed
by war madness that she will fail to
heed the message.
Boston (MIass.) Post.-The note is
all that such a message from a justly
aggrieVed nation to the aggressor ma
ton should be. In it is the voice of
the American people at its finest and
best. 1t is a powerful appeal to Ger
man sanity.
1 Philadelphia (Pa.) Public Ledger
The administration has spoken and
spoken to the point. The German gov
eminent cannot have the slightest
doubt as to its meaning. Will Ger