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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

To what shall we attribute this con-
Trajectory situation. this possibility OF
conflict between one Power that GER
tainly wishes and others that, it is
our firm belief, wish to maintain
amity? It is not sufficient answer to
say that a supreme war party in Ber-
lin CONTEMPORARY challenges the
world. Were that the case we should
be engaged in the combat today. Nor
do the inevitable accidents of the
conflict in Europe justify the tension
that now Enthusiastically exists. We
must look at home for at least an
important part Of the explanation.
Unfortunately, the official spokes-
men of the United States have erected
a psychological barrier that from the
beginning has handicapped our di-
plomacy. The amazing proceedings
OF Mr.. Bryan. whose communications
to DR.. Dumba discredited the earliest
of our notes on the Lusitania case
and reduced it from the status of a
serious diplomatic document to the
mean level of a domestic and partisan
political utterance, have unquestion-
ably led the Teutonic negotiators to
look with suspicion on the purpose OF
the State Department. The solemnest
words, truly expressive OF our most
! explicit demands, have been vitiated
/ by the recollection of the under cover
assurances made by the Presidents
! official representative. and in the con-
! temptation of each new note his pro.
testations that we meant less than we
said have nullifed our message
Moreover, the example set in oul
dealings with Mexico, where ideals
tic devotion to some obscure ambition
of altruism has sacrificed prestige
treasure and lives, has confirmed thu
distrust Of our earnestness and sus
tanned the secret interpretations de
rived from Mr. Bryan.
Is it a matter for wonder that, thu
environed, the sovereignty of tn
United States lapsed into disreputC
and. that even within our own boz
der5 acts were committed that woul
never have been attempted in an
nation whose administration con
manded confidence? Count Bernstor
himself is free, apparently. from a
tack on this score, but among the of
lcial representatives of his countr
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THE ONLY ROAD TO p
(From the New York SUM-

here are men whose overzeaiousness,
encouraged by disbelief in the integ-
rity of our declarations. has led to
misconduct that threatens our inter
nal political and commercial well be-
ing. and whose activities have been
so brazen that they are known to all
citizens except the officials whose
duty it is to repress them. In addi-
ton to this there has been permitted
propaganda whose object was to
destroy our proper and r ecessary dis
interestedness, to involve US in the
war, or falling this, to bring about
domestic strife in order to accom-
plish by indirection that which was
otherwise unattainable.
With respect of the attitude of Ber-
lin another factor has been operative
since August of last year Deprived
of the facilities for direct and unham.
pered communication with his gov
eminent, the German ambassador has
been unable to explain to his minis
try with that frankness which is es
sential to the avoidance of miscon
ceptions the exact state of the Amer
lean mind or to receive from II those
detailed calculations of that minis
try's policy which might have render
ed its course more easily understood
We say this. specifically disavowine
the suggestion that Ambassador Bern
storff has on any occasion or in any
degree unconsciously or conscious
ly imprinted a distorted impress
sion on the public or official minC
here. but to enforce a consideration
of the fact that through British mast
cry of the ordinary methods Of inter
course his interchanees with his gov
eminent must of necessity have beel
meagre and unsatisfactory in a pei
iod when the most complete eXchang
of views was of vital importance.
How shall the atmosphere of dis
trust, OF enmity. of groundless an
uniustihable malice be cleared? 1
, The Suns opinion there is a metho
that once adopted and undeviatingl
. adhered to would speedily correct tn
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that now subsis
: and surely enforce our high dete
mination as an enduring design an
t not a campaign expedient.
This course has been adequatel
= and encouragingly illustrated in tn
= treatment of Constantin TheodC
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With The Photographers

The propaganda and the periscope are doing execra-
bic team work. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What the people Galveston can't understand is why
those Italian peasants persist living the slopes Of
Vesuvius-Boston Transcript.
In Alabama they lynched three negroes accused Of
poisoning mules. The honor of mules must be pro-
tected as they'd say in Philadelphia North
American.
The twenty-hve-cent increase in the price of coal
indicates that the dealers have just heard about that
seventy-hve-cent ordered by the Inter State Com
merce Commission Boston Transcript.
TAKE" was the advice of Mrs jeanette Schwartz,
who attained the comfortable OF loo. "a drink OF
beer the middle OF the night and you VIII live to be
az old as ann" and many an earnest seeker for long
eyity sits up till small hours to do itNew YORK sun
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plead self-defense. He attacked with
out knowledge, although he was bound
by Germany's promises to ascertain
the character and nationality of the
liner, to warn her and to provide for
the safety Of on-combatants before
sinking her. He made a mockery OF
his governments pledge to the United
States. He left not a wrack behind
either of its letter or of its spirit. Yet
his judgment, too. is upheld, and the
United States is asked to condone his
running amuck as a mere regrettable
incident, thus making Washington an
accomplice with Berlin in ignoring
the yawning gap between German
promises and German performance.
This comedy of offering something
with one hand and taking it back with
the other has been carried too far.
American opinion is sick Of it. The
country wants a restatement OF the
Berns .orn pledge in language which
will cover all cases and will leave no
/ loopholes Of discretion to the COM
manders of German submarines. II
can be content with nothing less. To
20 on delaying, debating. arbitrating,
is simply to yield our whole righteous
case.
If that is the administrators pur-
pose it lost the services of William
Jennings Bryan all too soon.
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Dumbas He has learned, and his
government has learned, that the
United States is determined to main
tain itself in that neutrality it has
proclaimed. His associates have been
informed in a manner they cannot fail
to comprehend that their previous
idea of our supineness was founded
on error. The numerous agencies or
disorder, the conspirators who have
believed themselves immune from
punishment because of their fancied
political consequence. have received
notice that the administration at
Washington has at last decided to do
its duty without equivocation or eva
sion and to make good by deeds what
it has so skillfully set forth in words
Belated as are these welcome evil
dences of transition from the liter
airy to the practicable, they are not
on that account to be sighted OF
questioned. They are important in
their immediate results, and thrice
important in the notice they serve on
the country and to the world Their
effect must be to end the belief
that the United States is merely
I dNOiuluE lnc ISSUE. SlclOu III thtF
must cause a revision and rectificar
ton of the erroneous notions con-
corning our diplomatic and municipal
affairs that have so weightily infiu-
enced events to their present dis
turbing state.
With the removal of Dr. Dumba
and the speeding parting of his guilty
associates the issue will again mar
row down to the submarine question.
Germany has conceded our conten-
tions that passenger ships must be
warned and time given for the escape
of all on board The contention in
} the Arabic case that the English
commander attempted to ram the
submarine seems unlikely. even silly,
/ in view of all that we know, but that
is not sufficient to close arbitrarily
/ the discussion with Germany and
2 break off diplomatic relations, as has
been suggested. Both sides are en-
, titled to establish facts. but if it be
= apparent in the future that these
! facts are fabricated to justify the
inhuman submarine attacks under the
= guise of necessity. then it will be
e time to enforce the doctrine of "stric
r accountability"
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HIS EAR Avn TIE GROuNn.

XKTHEN President Wilson suddenly changed from a
w defender OF our present condition Of national de-
to an advocate OF preparedness he probably
membered the story Of the postmaster who changed
his politics night when Cleveland was elected
The explanation made by the postmaster Il want
you to understand that the administration can't change
its politics any quicker than / change NINE
President Wilson's is at the ground and he doesn't
intend 10 any time to waste after he learns where
public sentiment stands relative TO preparedness for
war It is pity he uses his deaf the Ship
Purchase question
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NEGLECTNG MR.. WILSON.

From the New York Sun.
The Philadelphia Press thus sue
cinctly gives expression to the opin-
ion that all intelligent men hold with
regard to the seamen's law;
THE passage of the La Toilette bill
in the last House OF the last session
Of the last Congress was a supreme
act of folly.
''Its impracticability and unwisdom
have been fully demonstrated.
1T has already done much harm
and will do very much more if it is
allowed to stand.
"The first and immediate duty OF
the Congress shortly to assemble will
be the unconditional repeal of this
impossible and hurtful statute"
Yet our friend the Press omits
from this otherwise admirable utter
ance one important observation. II
fails to remind its readers that Wood
row Wilson played a capital part II
the enactment of this impossible anc
hurtful statute" in spite of the warn
ings and pleas OF competent advisers
OF this fact the Press, we are, con
/ hdent, is informed, and we have M
doubt it will dedicate a portion OF III
unquestioned influence TO induce Mr.
Wilson to assume at once the leader
ship Of the movement for the repea
of the obnoxious law.
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EDITORIAL OPINION

them is supported by recent political
developments.
The principal plank in the progress
sive platform was for the initiative,
referendum and recall Another was
designed to fix wages by law, this
plank taking the form of a SUCCESS
ton that a commission should regu-
late the tariff, and when a corpora
ton refused to pay good wages the
commission should deny that corpora
ton the benefit of a protective tariff.
Initiative, referendum and recall, as
political issues, are now obsolete. In
the New York constitution conven-
ton, where all parties are represent
ed there has not been a single voice
raised for any of these issues. Pro-
posed election reforms lately have
concentrated into a demand for the
more practical short ballot.
Moreover, it is now conceded pretty
generally that there can be no such
thing as a nonpartisan. tariff commits
sion The party in power would in
evitably insist upon having a major
ity of its own faith on such a COM
mission. and the majority vote would
be cast either for protection or a tar
| If for revenue only.
Whatever there is Of good in the
progressive party platform doubtless
will be seized upon by the older part
! les in the next conventions. The prin-
cipal issues put forward by that party
however. long since have been re-
moved by more important develop
ments.
without doubt the platforms OF
1916 will dwell largely upon the tar
III. prosperity, military defense and
the handling of foreign affairs. These
are the issues which are now OF mos
Importance to the American people.
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no efficient action has been taken by
the Administration in any one of them
The high priest some weeks ago
placed his hands upon the head of
the scapegoat, who then departed into
the wilderness bearing with him the
sins of the Administration. No sec
ond scapegoat is ready. If recollec-
ton serves it was but once a year
that a scapegoat could be sent forth.
The public has not forgotten that
there has been, since the departure
of the scapegoat. a continuance of the
( inability to assume leadership and
/ take responsibility, in other words,
to act, except under public pressure.
The public is we'll aware that at
least nine-tenths Of the Administra-
tons woes and difficulties have arisen
purely and solely from the Admins
tration's incapacity To act. and that
such fact has encouraged further as
sault
The country has been bred full Of
traitors. The steady encouragement
given by failure TO repress has made
traitors out. Of thousands of decent
German Americans who would have
been loyal citizens under a leader of
believe that this land was not a ma
ton. but a disorganized aggregation
of individuals without natural life,
. without national character, without
national honor, without national pur-
pose. without national force, without
national ideals, have felt that they
owe no allegiance and have reverted
, to a foreign leader" the German
Emperor.
When. as we ultimately must, We
come to grips with the enemy OF the
progress of the human race. the ma
ton which would substitute force fol
justice. militarism for civilization, we
shall find that we are betrayed by
countless of our own at home, all Of
whom would have cheerfuly done
their duty in the cause of right hac
= they not been taught from above tina
/, there was no such thing as nationa
u honor. that there was no such thins
as right and wrong between ma
tions.
II All this has been done. If it hal
had any underlying reason, from
g total misconception of world facts
which misconception, starting at tn
e head. has extended down through al
the ranks Of officialdom. II has beef
e said that the country should STAN
BY the Administration. How can on
e stand by an Administration who's
sole occupation is to lie down?
Ie What has become of the ideals 70
which America was supposed {
Ie stand and for which she is ready {
stand against the more selfish ma
le tions Of the earth? On what basi
can justification Of our course b
lie placed? Desire for peace? But
is our course which has encourage
le aggression and viii continue to er
courage aggression until we al
at forced into actual war.
ir So far from the course which Ia
been pursued assuring us Of peace
IN is the very course which, pursue
e. must necessarily destroy peace. U
.e. less the traits Of which we have he
he so many examples are inherent an
es constitutional limitations of the II
dividuals composing the Administer
NJ ton, il is not too late 10 save Il
ey dignity and TO assure the peace
its the nation, but persistence in Il
OF present course will bring thr'
Sc things: the contempt of the worll
of war, and a change Of Administrative
Charles Stewart Dawson.
lat J New York. September 13.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

The more thou stir it the worse it viii be.-cer-
vantes.
.-.-.-.
Anger is as a stone cast into wasps nest-Malabar
ProverA
.--.--.-.
knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till
they are seasoned.-Holmes-
--.-.-.
Jealousy Is always born with love but does not al
ways die with tia Rocheioucauid
.-.-.-.
Think that day lost whose slow descending sun
views from thS hand no noble action DOME Bobart
.@=.-.-.
He that voluntarily continues in ignorance. is guilty
OF all the crimes that ignorance produces-Ir. John
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LAST OF TIE MNNEsOTA.

yVHE Seamen's Bill has finally accomplished its worst
TO American shipping on the Pacific. The grand
old passenger liner Minnesota. which hundreds Of
Westerners ourneyed miles to see has made It's
last voyage across Pacific under the American nag,
and has been sold to England. It will now journey
round the Horn and enter into the carrying trade on
the Atlantic.
This grand old ship, monument to American enter
prise is the last OF the hrstclass ships flying the
American flag the Pacific and its owners have been
oompelled to sell Il by the Seamen's Bill which Mr..
Wilson persisted in signing against the most earnest
and eloquent pleas his ofoia advisers, who foretod
precisely the disastrous effects American shipping
which the bill would have.
Westerners. who viii not permit Japanese to own
land within their States must now go, hat in hand to
the Japenese Of the TRANSFERRING ships TO apply
for the transportation which this perncious legislation
makes II impossible for Americans longer to supply
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What The Public Remembers
(From the New York SUM-

To the Editor of The sun-sir; 1t
is not the business Of the public at
large to tell the Administration either
wnen TO take action or what action
to take. An oatn has been taken by
each member OF the Administration
to perform the duties of his Office. In
those oaths there Is no intimation that
within the scope oil his duty lies
waiting for. or a seeking OF, the views
of the great uninstructed mass. But
in every one OF those oaths have The
individuals taking them declared that
they would assume the duties and the
responsibility OF administering their
respective offices and of UNFOLDING the
Constitution OF the United States. and
ii not expressed in words, most clear
ly within the spirit OF every such oath
has been the promise that to the best
Of the individuals own judgment and
knowledge would he administer his
office, not that he would have his OF
Zee administered for him.
On one or two occasions, notably
on this last occasion, the request fol-
the recall OF the Austrian Ambassa
dor, the country has, largely through
its newspapers, dictated the action o.
the Administration. Does not the
Administration appreciate that th'
people are fully aware that 1t is thel
and not the Administration through
whose act the Austrian Ambassado
is to be sent home? Does the Ad
ministration deem that 1t will receiv
the credit? Far from it. On tn
contrary, the fact that the people ha'
to compel it to act will be charges
against the Administration in the PEG
pies estimation as an evidence q
administrative inefhciency.
The public has not forgotten tn
Administration failure 10 act in tina
early breach Of our neutrality, IN
blowing up OF the boundary bridge.
The public has not forgotten TN
Administration failure to act in rela
ton to the German Consul at Seattle
The public is aware that the Ac
ministration subsequently recognize
that same individual as new al
pointee to a German consulate in al
other city of the United States, IN
credible though that fact seems.
The public has not forgotten I'll
case of the Frye.
The public has not forgotten u
case of the Lusitania.
the public has not forgotten q
case OF the Orduna.
The public has not forgotten q
case OF the Falaba.
The public has not forgotten Il
case of the Gulhight.
The public has not forgotten Il
case of the Nebraska
The public has not forgotten Il
case of the Armenian.
The public has not forgotten Il
case of the Arabic
The public has not forgotten q
case of the Hesperian,
The public has not forgotten IN
the plans of the gunhre control OF o
greatest battleship were stolen.
The public has not forgott
the continued presence of German I
servists in our Department Of Sta
The public has not forgotten [
forging by the German authoriti
of our passports.
The public has not forgotten nu
her of other incidents. and that Oh
were each an assault upon the rigl
b and dignity of the United States
America and upon the peace and
curity of the lives and property
{, the citizens thereof
Z The public has not forgotten u
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

The Orduna note, as forecasted in
yesterdays dispatches from Washing
ton. is a fit counterpart TO the Arabic
note. Each Qualities the German gov
ernment's pledge not TO sink liners
without warning and without provid-
ing for the safety Of non-combatants
in such a way as 10 deprive II OF all
practical value. Judging from these
two notes, Germany is prepared to
eouivocate to the end, to make prom
Uses to the ear and break them to the
hope. to ooncede. for diplomatic pur-
poses, the bare bones Of a principle,
and then defeat its application by al
lowing individual submarine COM
manders to oonstrue it as nesligently
as they please.
In the Arabic case the naval officer
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The Orduna Note
From the New York Tribune.)

who made an attack without warning
entered the fantastic plea OF self-de-
fence. He said that he believed the
liner. which was loaded down with
non-combatants and had every reason
to give a submarine the widest pos
sible berth, was manueuvring with an
intent to ram him. This assumption
was so violent, so contrary to all
probability, that the German Foreign
Office conceded that the commander
might have been in error. It explained
that no obligation to grant indemnity
would be acknowledged, even II the
commander should have been mis-
takon as 10 the aggressive intentions
of the Arabic"
In the Orduna case the justification
] offered is even more flimsy. The sub
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

If the fire that menaced the Fabre line steamship
SAINT Anna and the hundreds Of passengers and sailors
aboard was due to an internal machine placed on
the shin before she sailed from New York no effort
or expense should be spared to apprehend those who
planned the and carried 1t into execution Ihe
fact that the SAINT Anna carried approximately 1900
italian reservists on their way to Italy join the col
ors is enough to give direction and substance to the
rumors that the FIRE was the result of German plot
The civilized world feels well pleased that it failed;
that the fire is out and that the SAINT Anna under con
vow is on her way to the Azores.
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NEXT YEARS ISSUES.

From the Washington Post.
Former President Taft's observation
that the progressives who are now
returning TO the Republican party
cannot hope to bring their progress
sive Rartz nlatforza E1nnks back with
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

General Funston. who is in command of the Amer
lean forces on the Mexican frontier, has requested the
Governor of Texas to cooperate with him in keep
ing rangers, sherds' posses and civilians away from
the border line In view Of the condition Of public
feeling in the Lone star state against the Mexoans il
sneas we'll for the Governor that he has promised to
cooperate to the full Of his power, with the
commanding general.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

Captain Won Papen Of the German embassy in Wash
neton has gone on a pleasure trip to Yellowstone
Park If the Federal Investigation Of German aetiVles
Of perncious character brings to his door one-haf
that n susueoted of him. his trip probably will be
10 the Fatherland. with American diplomatic pressure
the motive power behind his journey
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

Grand Marshal Won Hindenburg's armies have worked
their way of the slav snag and are making iurther
advances in Russia is admitted all sides, how
ver that he Is payine dearly at the present time for
every foot gained especially along the Dvna river.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-09-15

In view Of what he has done, Ambassador Dumha
with perfect proprety might drop the last letter oil
his name
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Someone seems TO have slipped Maxim silencer on
the Every Evening with respect TO Senator sauls-
bury
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