The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-19
OUR NEUTRALITY PLEASES NO
BODY.

The innocent bystander is proven
bially hit by the brick, and just now
America is coming in for her full
share of hard knocks. All sides are
charging us with holding dubious at
titude; the proposed legislation to pre-
vent expectation of munitions Of war
and the Dacia purchase are viewed by
one side or the other as definite
breaches of neutrality. The unkindest
cut comes from the most unexpected
source, for we find the Russian press
quite annoyed with us as nation and
really angry with the president The
Petrograd Novoye Vremya brings us
| this news: 4
For long time the yellow press
of America, which, however sad it is
to say, has great influence upon the
public's moods, has been full of reci-
tails of improbable feats accomplished
| by the German armies or individual
German soldiers. The Teutonophiles
have been supported by President Will
SON. who with the near-sightedness
peculiar to democratic paeifists, has
upheld the idea of peace at any price,
and has even requested individual
American merchants to cease supply
ing ammunition to Europe, In his
theorizing pacifist activity President
Wilson has caused the introduction of
bill authorizing the government to
forbid the expectation of arms and
munitions of war Somehow this leg
islation makes little progress, but
President Wilson, by his personal in
PREVENTION, has prevented certain
builders of submarines from sending
these deadly engines of war abroad,
either whole or in parts. OF course,
the president has been supported in
his attitude by innumerable Yankees
of Teutonic descent and by former
Secretary of State Dernburg, who was
sent from Berlin for propaganda pur-
poses"
While Russia is annoyed with us
for doing too much, Germany claims
that we. are not doing enough, and
charges that the inactivity of the gov
eminent is a positive asset to the
allies. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung says;
"'fhe trade, in war materials with
England and France has assumed such
dimensions as to ieopardize the neu-
trality not only of the American gov
eminent, but indeed of the whole Am
erican nation"
The Berlin Vossische Veitung warns
us that we are imperiling future
friendly relations by our present atti-
tude, and continues:
Once Germany is convinced that
America is determined to support the
Allies, that knowledge will leave
traces so deep that the. consequence
will have an Importance that America
can not afford to disregard"
Nor are the English too pleased. if
we can judge from the tone of an edi-
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tator, which resents "the indifference,
indeed callousness, toward Great Bril-
tain and her case shown by the gov
eminent of the United States" The
Spectator, after charging us with be-
ing mercenary where we ought to be
moved by sentiment and humanity,
continues:
Can it be wondered at, even though
it is unreasonable, and though of
course we ought to see the American
case, that We feel cut to the heart that
America seems to reckon up the mat
ter in cold dollars and cents rather
than in terms of flesh and blood and
human suffering?"
Meanwhile the Dacia purchase is
puzzling both sides, and even the Ger
mans are not quite certain that every
thing is quite right. Thus DR.. Noldeke,