The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-27
"A1L FOR MARY ANN"

odtorial columns under tne neaolng
 ofaAll for Mary Ann" says:
 GA nrofessor of political economy,
 valued and constant reader ot tnls
 "owsnaper in a communication not for
 n,uuhhliration, tells an illustrative aneo-
 Sote S which is hereby commandeered,
 in the public interest:
 1An American lady called upon Am hoosador Herrick in Paris last August O'D Dad cave him piece of her mind. che cbe Said. Now look here; this war mnst stop before the first of Septem- har M because Mary Ann has simply got to 20 to school aIn our international relations with noonles as great as ourselves, who are spnerding their last dollar and their last life in a cause they believe vital, are we not constituting ourselves the champions of Mary Ann? No nation 1 in the world is more interested than ourselves in the inviolability of treat ies Yet. in the indefensible outrage mon Belgium we had nothing to say. We preserved that kind of neutrality shown by the citizen who declines to oiye even his moral support to the police in a manifest breach of the peace. But the delaying of cargoes, under the right of search, apparently touches us more nearly.
 "Surely, We are not properly rep resented before the nations when we are made to appear to carry our soul in our brooches pocket? Nothing would suit the Germans better than to make bad blood between this country and Great Britain. But Great Britain in exercising the right of search, is acting not for herself alone, but for France, Russia, Belgium and Japan. She can afford to take no chances on the transfer of the Dacia. Our State Department admitted as much by de- clining to insure that vessel.
 "Just another story, to make the petiness of our grievance quite clear. Lincoln was pestered with deputa- tions demanding the righting of trivial personal damages, at any public sac, rifce, when every effort of his mind and body was directed to preserving the Union. He told these deputations the story of the pilot steering his yes sel desperately through the rapids and the snags, who was imperatively re- quested by little boy to stop the ship because he had dropped his ap- pie overheard.
 When the meat packers protest the delay of cargoes, it should be remem- bered that they have taken a reason able advance in railroad rates in the same spirit, The laudatory critic who sald they utilized everything in the hog except the squeal did them less than justice"
 It IS quite evident that some in fluence is at work seeking to create antagonism between this country and Great Britain. Many newspaper sto- rles give an entirely wrong impress slon as to the situation in regard to
 he much discussed steamship with our own shipping, not justified by the iaets' and here and there are seen o'her evidences of an apparent wilful eSaggeratlon of the situation.
 In view of the unspeakable horrors which overshadow Europe, the death UT permanent invalidism of millions oi the highest fruition of Europe's civilization, of the untold billions in money which are being destroyed ana yet these untold billions of wealth are d, worth but little as compared with 'ne death of the millions of he flower VI hurope's life-it is incumbent upon Nie people ot this country to frown up- On every tendency which might by any possibility lead to our entanglement In Europes horrors.
 we are constantly saying that there is no possibility of our getting into war; and yet day by day our papers anu :, some of our public men are filling uae land with the thought of war '.., s''ner with European countries or "'sn M Japan. Some days it is fom- .n''ng of agitation between this coun- <, s ana Great Britain. And some days t; e'e IS a senseless, develish sugges- Ja " oi the probability of war with apan' a Advisedly this is said to be nsseliSh' because those who are fo- "'ing such agitations are the active
 'e"'S on earth of Satan himself.
 fo. europe has thought in war terms ans m years. Newspapers, pamphlets; os u book discussions of war in all to o e countries involved have helped tbo ereate the thought of war. Had ona oeeh no adverse discussions in tion country of another and no sugyes- civ;,; ol war in this day of supposed have a''oh a and Christianity, We would present. w "orrors or 'he --Is - -nIs country, with all of our