South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-24
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that they have been shut of from "a
safe sojourn 10 Europe is bidding fair
10 apprise the American people some
what Of the nature Of Canadian APP
precia.ion Of the American attitude
toward that European affair which is
nov Canada's chief concern.
While officially. Canada appears to
receive US with open arms. and her
resort keepers and railroads seem rea-
sonably hospita5le-for revenue
yet. the conversation of the Canadian
people quite invariably expressive Of
the real public opinion Of that land
shows pretty much everything save a
decent respect.
While 1t may be that Col william
Jennings Bryan. by his resignation
from Pres't Wilson's cabinet. and for
the reasons given. served to give Ger
many something Of an idea that the
government and people of this land
are divided on the subject of the Lusi-
tansa and our internationally legal
rights 10 the use Of the seas. it is quite
evident that the ratings of one T.
Roosevelt and one Augustus p. Gard
ner. the National Defense league and
other railers against the inadequacy Of
our army and navy have been accept
ed abroad-and not so very far abroad
either.-with sufficient seriousness,
that any demands that the United
States may see At TO make upon Great
Britain. are received at least by her
people with a brand OF contempt.
They even have # in Canada. and a
similar opinion is reputed to prevail
on the British Isles that the reason we
have not interfered in Mexico is be-
cause OF the inadequacy Of our army
and navy. and our being afraid TO. We
get no credit whatever for our dispo-
sitlon toward peace. Like the bar
barians in the Philippines. when after
the Spanish-American war, we under
took To establish among them a limit
ed self-gOvernment. they charge our
humanitarianism up as an inherent
weakness" and would spat in our
very faces for treating them with
degree OF kindness.
We have anticipated this from the
British and from the Canadians di-
reclty from the start. Their consum-
mate egotism is no less unbeara BILE
than that OF the Germans. The main
difference in their basic ego lies in the
fact that while William Hohenzollern
pleads Myself and God" at least ad-
hitting a sort OF dualism, George CV)
Frederick Ernest Albert Somethingor-
other trarscends even the theory Of
the trinity and presumes 10 be the
whole thing, or. at least. that Britain
is Like the late c. W. Post I'm his
book ON mental healing published
some years before he became a mill
lionaire food magnate. England says,
Il ann God at his work" and accord
ingly the world is expected TO bow to
His Bullship. addressing him as Mr..
God. and succumbing TO his will.
"dontcherknaw,"
Whatever OF anti-German sentiment
there may be I'm the United States that
is at the same time pro- British. is as
truly casting ones pearls before swine
as though it had a direct Biblical ap-
plicauon and the same is true with
respect TO our governmental attitude
toward Britain and Germany. We.
want Germany 10 respect our interna-
tional rights. but as people. at least.
we want England 20 be just as con-
siderate OF US IL isn't necessary to
both. Germany's methods TO which
we object are uuquestionabIy employ
ed largely as a club over our head
with which to- reach Britain. and. If
Britain wishes 10 insult us While We
are resenting such methods. as she
has both in her diplomatic notes and
the attitude of her people. it is abso-
lutely within our power To teach her
a lesson that would render Germany's|
program no longer necessary.
IL England wishes 10 consider her
self safe. relying upon the Gardner
Roosevelt declarations of our unpre-
paredness, and to look upon us as
: eaklings 10 tackle Mexico.
we might proceed 10 enhance our
preparedness by communicating all
the ammunition. arms. and other war
suppiiea.-now being manufactured
unquestionahly for the anies.-and
add them TO our own military and
naval equipment. We have an unoual-
ihed legal right 70 do this and il would
answer an the purposes of an en-
barge without esta blishing one. Eng
land and her allies could then whistle
for their war supplies. of which they
are very much in need. and which. toI
maintain our neutrality we must not
refuse 10 sell them. that is. we must
not refuse To sell them that which we
have in excess Of our own needs. But.
YOU know, in view OF the English ac-
ceptance of the Gardner-Boosevelt
brand OF 'unprcparedness, we might
need them all i'm advancing our prep
arauons"
This country owes nothing 10 Great
ENTHUSIASTICALLY nothing. True we.