Evening journal., 1915-08-21
deliberately UnfriendIy"
OFrom the New York Tribune.)

In every detail the German attack
upon the Arabic fulflls President Will
sons definition OF an act deliberate
ly unfriendly" to the United States
Since this is the case only one
road remains open to Mr.. Wilson,
there is only one course that he can
follow with dignity and with honor
Without delay, further protest, any
diplomatic exchange whatever, the
German ambassador in Washington
should receive his passports. the
American ambassador in Berlin
should be recalled
II is time to have done with a ma
tion which has repudiated every
scrap of international law. IL is time
to have done with a state which has
adopted a policy which is alike a
challenge to humanity and a negation
of all that civilization means.
When the Germans murdered ou
men, women and children on the
Lusitania. when this whole nation
stood in dumb horror beside the seas
on which a German naval officer. to
crafty an insensate hatred and an
inhuman lust for killing, had scat
tered American women and children,
all helpless and innocent of all Of
fence save that they were between
Germany and a purpose, there went
up from one end Of the country to
the other a solemn warning.
We chose not TO make war to
avenge our dead, we chose not ia
join in a whole world Of killing ia
punish, as we could, a nation whose
crime against us was unparalleled in
civilized history. But in that hour We
resolved that there should be no
more slaughter of Americans.
Patiently, with unexampled re.
straint. with unparalleled forbear.
ance. the President OF the United
States sought to convey to German
statesmen the emotions of his coun.
trymen, their determination and theil
will For the dead he asked the
small reparation that could be made
for the living that guarantee Of safe
ty which was their right
To all Mr.. Wilson's moderate anC
measured words there was no re
sponse that faced the fact. answered
the question, met the issue. The re
sponsible ministers of Germany. TAX
en- red-handed in the pursuit of Z
policy of assassination. did not scru
pie TO fill the air with their pretend
ed championship of the doctrines o
humanity. while they clung to tn,
purpose to continue the campaign o
massacre.
All that words could do. all tha
solemn. measured accurate words
could do to convey TO Germany tn,
American determination was don,
when the last American note wal
dispatched. We knew then that ther,
was no longer hope that Germany
would give any evidence of regret o
promise of reparation for a crime
that would have been unworthy o
an Apache We knew that our deat
we're TO remain so far as German,
was concerned, without honor anC
without regret Still there did re
main the hope that the future Ger
man policy would In a small meas
ure conform to the methods of civil
ization.
This hope was vain. The attacl
upon the Arabic was still more flag
rant than that upon the Lusitania
| There was no ammunition on boar
which might tempt a German com
mander charged with the protectio
of those German babies so much
mentioned in German newspaper
There we're no guns, no shells. n
ammunitions of war. The ship wa
empty and outward bound. rher
were only a few hundred human be
! ings-helpless. without defence
There were among them Americans
This was the target of German
craftsmanship. This was the QUAR-
worthy of the German officer.