New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-23
of in Which Several Reader" See Clear Warning D"
sndD Deceit Of
Malad pand

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The terrible indictment against the
British government which you publish to-day
in your powerful editorial is abou. the clear
est Interpretation of the British position
have ever read. There have been those wh
smiled contemptuously at British efforts II
this war; some repeatedly ask the question
l"What is the British navy doing or WI"
is England doing in the war" Such inter'o'
cations predicate belief that the br'sn
people are not az yet taking the war serousy
enough and are only playing at soldiers Sha
sailors. But you, sir, place an unerrlng hns,i
on the canker spot whence all the 'erf'o'
Icomplications derive their orgin-the gc''
eminent. But perhaps it would be nearer 70.
mark "a use wider term and say tine plague
of party politics" -
If ever a fair land has been deceived ara
hetraved by its politicians that land IS Ehs'
land And YOU. here in the United States arc
suffering from the same pestilent ohgh', 'n'
germs are gradually maturing, and no pays
clan can safely prognosticate where and when
they will break forth IN all their eVll pow
70 work ruin and destruction upon the ooo'
nolitic The Tribune has struck an unpieSs'
ant note of warning, and all those VINO low
their country should strain every nerve 70 ID
sure that il shall not fade away in space un,
noticed and UNDECIDED, until later on II sha"
reverberate with a terrific roar-"nen
TOO late. The mad international maestro"
seems 10 be ever widening us area ,"' GA
miles OF water that roll between the o'u
World and the New may be sucked INTO INV
vortex during the course OF nisht' =,
In order to gather some understanding =.
the unhappy position Of Great britain a. w
present moment it will be necessary !"
back matter of seventeen years IN ~
gust. 1898, the Gar OF Russia lssuea -.
famous rescript converting the powers
conference 10 discuss the Limitation OF arm.
ments and the establishment OF uhWe,'
rcace. The imperial mystic had suecumoea
the charm woven by VI. Bloch, retired Dc"
ish banker. who. having made his pie' i.'
at peace with all the world. and so 81" ~
reason why the world could not remain a.
nernetual peace with itself. He published
huge work in six or eight betty volumes {"
titled LA Guerre." Herein he proved eo-
clusiyely. with a bewidering array OF s'"'''
tics that war was no longer possible -,
Alas for the frailty OF human eaieu'a.0n.'
DESPITE the "impossibility" Of war; the 'fe.S
Turkish War had just ended; the SPANS"
American War was in full swing; Ktcnene'
was reconauering the Soudan at the SAN.
time. tho South African war broke out IN Wv
following year; the next year llsVV) ="
powers were rushing ships and troops
China: two years after the close OF the DVs
war Russia and Japan were al death 49,
since then we have had numerous reVolu'.VSi. ~.
regicides. few Balkan wars, and no" '"'''
the greatest of all wars,
Although farseeing men every"he'e
garded the Cars peace programme a.
fusion and snare. the idea caught on w. W.,
derfully in the United States and Grea' pr
especially in the latter country
two great branches of the English spe~n,"s
race appear TO be more plenthuliy suPpI
with cranks than other and less Favored a.
The "peace" conference was a hssco' al S''-
able fraud. Mr.. Carnegie built an eNPe"'
i"peace" palace and endowed it. We can ms ms.
inc the janitor keeping the wlnde"S 80. -
floors swept, tables busted and pour'ns
ink into the bottles every week. wnHSs 80,
iously looking down the street 70 SEC !"
business is coming his way. III.
Mr.. Stead trumpeted the advent OF the ~"
Iennium: the great Nonconformist 'V
science in the United Kingdom surren'',
Internationally, and the Liberal party ~
all its press, as well as the Labor parry, III,
its unbought organs. all became viru'ea.,
and incurably inocuated with the hSi.'f
peace bacilli. II ever. in the providen'' -.
God. dashed by the storm and rlVen .! 49,
lightning. mighty England should ~ ~
to its fall future historians will point
wear Ammo Domin 1898 and say "hets
the beginning of the end!" .,,e
New York. Oct. 20, 1915.