New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28

knk. and the basis Of 1t is, accord
sI"..' .bc nspstch from which | quote,
lns " ovD~cssIons Of disappointment
~ fveouertly reach here from Can
Australia and England over the
eoS,soi of America 10 translate her
Ie.SS.,,b.ed sympathy with the Allies
s.,;or g." OF Canada and Austria
~. can say nothing. OF England
~" o~'y saw that the writer of this
s@.;rlo has access TO sources Of lnfor-
49, of which not much is known on
'"1, :. ou.tc true that there has been
mo criticism. but that criticism does
-, srrIv. so far as | know, either to
49, American people or 10 our refusal
y, translate our uudoubted sympathy
,,;.b The Allies into action. II applies
20 .kc President, and even with refer
- IN che President and the Govern
80, over which he is Autocrat, it is
limited m amount and moderate in
Take Mr.. Bryau's recent letter for
,y.r,vfc For once Mr.. Bryan had
,toy,1 sort Of diplomatic sense. He
"a -rbFshcd an elaborate answer to
,5srcos watch either had never been
80 or had been made By that very
,Irblo bo4v OF COMMUNICATIONS
,,to seem 20 forget the last half Of
.tc,r name. They arc men who avow-
NV MT German interests before
American interests. and are, therefore.
IN. ~ court However. II suited Mr..
U,var's book TO answer them, and he
IA ~ with an adroitness which con-
,.i'stcd English good Will. His letter.
ID, spiic of its length and its multi
,rr..v Of needless detail, was read
trre as declaration Of sympathy with
Inc Allies. and welcomed accordingly.
r. has another merit. II has pro
,,ked an explosion Of vituperatlye
lrYtallty from THE Cologne Gazette
primarily against he Secretary OF
,.ste hut in the end broadening till IT
.rlashcs the whole American nation.
!: appears we care for nothing but
brute force As IT is the brute ana
brutal force Of Germany against which
we protest the logic is as German as
the tact and timeliness of such an
ogtburst. If ever our sympathles with
me Allies slacken, the German with
his German clumsiness may be relied
on to revive them.
This BRYAN incident alone may show
how willing-nay, how eager-the Eng
Isb are TO accept American friendship
az its own valuation. Their Job-llke
pstience with President Wilson's pro
German ecccntricities is proof sun
more striking As 10 the suggestion
that they think America ought 10 strlhe
In and make common cause with the
Allies. / can only say that any eA-
preston Of such wish or expectation
is q rarity and represents. ! DeheNe, no
large body of English opinion.
The nearest recent approach 70 ~ Is
IN he found i'm letter by Sir Oliver
I.odpe. who wants us 70 declare our
nosit,oD and then withhold supplies
from the cause we dlsapprove' buU
even Sir Oliver says;
"Tbe country Of Washington and
Lincoln Is not asked TO fght-th hat
would be madness-but II IS provloeh-
tally offered the option of shortening
the period of disaster IN the peace
fullest way
We'll. Sir Oliver Lodge is an eminent
Physicist with a propensity TO deal Win
biological and psychological problems:
He is Principal of the University OF
birmingham. lie has six sons and SIX
daughters. He believes II posslble 10
receive communications from the dead:
He has written large number OF
books on scientific and pseudo~scleh
topics BY pscudo-sclentihc mean
topics beyond the range OF sclehce as
science is defined by the most Illus
trious men Of science the world over.
lie has made various attempts TO bridge
the gulf between Science and theology
and the wider gulf between Science ana
so-called Spiritualism.
But Sir Oliver is not man Whom
the British public are disposed TO &C,
cept as a guide in public affairs.
quote him because he comes nearer
man ANYBODY else | can think OF to the
position which the New York paper
above referred TO imputes to some con-
siderable part Of the British people,
here and in two Of the great over sea
DOminions. -.
/ will quote another sentence from
his letter in I"The Times" of Wednes-
day: -,
Let it be clear that no nation which
stands alosIf in cold neutrality whlle
the forces ,lof Baal are being vanqulshed
VIII have any voice IN the terminal ar
nresume that refers TO President
wilson's notorious ambition 10 play
tho part of Mediator or even Arolter
as between the Allies and Germany. IL
was evident at the outset OF the war
that our wonderful President had an
ambition and expectancy OF that kihu'
He viewed international aualIs from
child's standpoint, with an the ."eet
simplicity of ignorance. FOR tiIhe ne
I'D NOT seem 70 understand why has
wish should not be gratlted. Presently
IL became evident even 70 MN lhav II
could not be; and il has ever since been
l., haf
intention should have resulted IN noth-
irg. I'D blar,e England
,,ore than her Allies, and more than
Germany. is not clear, but II seems that
he docs He resents what ne appears
a. consider a humiliation; and what is
In fact. though in sense unlike ms
own. humiliation. And II IS nu-
initiation 10 the American people that
tbeir President should have exposed
bimself and them 70 this Illumination
Rut do not think a word has ever peeh
uttered in England by way OF censure
on tbis CARLY attitude. There was no
formal proposal and no formal relec-
tion The Presidents notion, whether
~ mediation or arbitration, was purely
Z, ptastic. notion which a Chlef Mag
;strste with any adequate knowledge OF
international matters would never have
entertained. .lu,;.,od
that the successive pro-German acts OF
The president have not passed un-
noticed by the Allies. His attempt 70
silence the outspoken sympathy OF inc
American people with the Aliies; ms
successful pressure on Mr.. Schwab 70
orevent his building submarines for
france and England; his order not TO
publish ships manifests-meant TO
make the search Of all ships more ted.
Gus and difficult; his publication OF
bjs Note 70 Great Britain, meant to IN
flame public feeling in America when