The Washington times., 1915-07-04

Editorial comment on the shooting o.
]. P. Morgan yesterday. differ as tc
the motives which actuated Frank Holt
but they agree that Mr.. Morgans rate
reveals, a condition from which many
prominent men in America are moi
safe. Fault is found with system ot
public protection under whidh a mur
derously inclined man or a lunatic may
lay the elaborate plans wl1ch charac
terized yesterdays outrage.
The Attempt at Glen Cove.
From the New York Sun.
Mr.. Morgan's assailant appears to
have been intiamed against his vic
tim by the exaggerated statements
of American responsibility for the
continuance of the war in Europe
that have been INDUCED in generally
since the receipt of orders in this
country for arms and ammunition.
Against attacks by such demented
creatures no man can be effectively
guarded, although precautions which
Mr.. Morgan did not take are pos
sible. To them all men are exposed.
The excited volubility of this
would-be assassin appears to stamp
him as man of unbalanced intellect.
whose malignant purpose was in
spired by the recent activities of
Mr.. Morgan in the prosecution of
his large business. The remarkable
progress that Mr.. Morgan has made
in public confidence here and abroad
since the administration of the af-
fairs of his great business devolved
upon him issmeasured and expressed
In the general hope that the favor
able Drognosis of his physicians may
be justified by quick recovery.
The Shooting of Mr.. Morgan.
From the New York World
The man who shot ]. p. Morgan
made his preparations carefully Be-
sides the revolver that he used he
carried quantity of high explosives
and extra ammunition. Every step
was premeditated. Coming at this
time, and in view Of the circum-
stances. the attempt to kill MIR.
Morgan must add to the general
feeling of alarm and suspicion. 1t
happens just at the time of a mys-
terious bomb explosion in the Capitol
at Washington.
To dismiss such crimes as the work
of cranks and lunatics is the easy
way. But the question is forced
upon public attention whether con-
ditions do not call for greater pre-
cautions on the part of the public
authorities against the class OF
dangerous cranks to whom the re-
Volver and dynamite are convenient
weapons.
What happened at the Morgan
country home on Long Island might
be repeated almost anywhere under
similar circumstances for all the
safeguards that are usually taken.
The Act of a Madman.
From the New York Times.
The worst enemy of Germany could
ri haN
greater disservice than by such a
deed as that of the man who yester-
day attempted to take the life of ]
L. Morgan. Nor could a malignant
enemy have done greater injury to
the men of German birth or descent
who have their homes in this country
and must continue to live and do
business here. In this land Of liberty
and free speech sympathy for the
such aid as sympathy and good
wishes could render can be given
only through public opinion. But
tine attempted assassina ton of 10
prominent an American as Mr.. Nor
gan or the attempt to intImidate
him through threats of aSsa ssination
can have no other effect than that Of
turning public opinion against Ger
many and her cause. The motive Of
the act was frankly avowed. 1t was
10 compel or persuade Mr.. Morgan
to put a stop to the export of arms
and ammunition from this country
and to withhold financial credit from
the allies. by no possibility could
the ends the assassin desired I've ac-
complished by the method he chose.
The inevitable effect. an effect which
a man in his right mind would al
most necessarily have foreseen, will
be to deprive Germany even of some
part of the sympathy she already
has.
The Work of Our Anti-Americans.
From the New York Herald
The attempt to assassinate ]. Pier
pont Morgan and the explosion of a
bomb in the Capitol at Washington.