The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-31
~STRAI0Hr L
Divers Pointed Remarks About Wars
and PaciAsts and A~pologists.

10 TINE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sw.
beheld with satisfaction The Suns csrs-
nony of decorating Yandell Henderson,
Phi. D., with tho Order of the Fronded
and Waving Bar: also It's later casual
remarks concerning PROFESSIONAL license
In general. One of the lesser tribula-
tons of this wal has been the output
OF bewildered. tangled. hind end fore
most argument and woosy opinion. The
yandelling seems to be infectious In
spots.
That woman who expressed the curious
preference that her one might die In
youth rather Than grow up TO b
eoldiers'' struck = high note amid the
chorus. Strange estimate she makes OF
the profession honored BY an old time
patriot named George Washington !
Most mothers Of sane mind would GER
tainly not prefer death for their ions
rather than see them enrolled on those
lists where appear the names not only
Of Warrington but Of General Andrew
Jackson. General Harrison 1.-TWO Of
them). General Grant, General Gar
field. Major Mckinley. Colonel Roosevelt
and other soldiers, VINO also attained the
highest civil rank possible for an Amert-
can citizen.
Less objectionable though not less
lame 10 tho lawyerlike statement Of
Mr.. Brodek-lawyerlike in form only.
however. for no lawyer in his senses
would expect . court TO listen to him
a m when he undertook TO intro
duce q witness whose evidence wal
purely negative. Why no asks, do
We accept the Bryce report on Bel
Gium Instead Of the Cobh-MoCutcheon
reportT' Tn reason Is that Messrs.
Cnhh a~A AnC,,th>o- k-ta~ 0Auvananar
men Of reputation for honesty as we'll
as competence. said no moro than
did not sec any atrocities" They were
not everywhere: a large part of their
stories relates to the extreme difficulty
they had in getting anywhere. Would
II have been competent testimony In
the trial OF the gunner for mo TO come
forward and say. "why. I was In New
York that night, and ! didn't sec
Rosenthal murdered" as against the
evidence Of people who did see It? The
Bryce Belgian report Is based upon
positive. sworn evidence Of eye wit
nesses; and there are the bodies OF the
women and children and n~on-comba-
tant men to back up the oaths OF the
living witnesses.
Another type OF pine Is that which
throws aioft It's hands and means. A
Vhto W 9llhSs I'll NbIb W o oth
commit atrocities there Is NJ
such thing as civilized methods OF war
there 10 nc such thing as international
&C.. ad nauseam, This 10 a pellid
faint ~hesr+~dness that would abandon
at a breath everything that civilization
has gained for us. Is II impossible for
such people 10 grasp the idea that all
Is in a way a kind OF warfare
and that We have 20 night always 10
hold what We gain IN our advance In
moral estate as We come up from the
brute level7 And can they not see that
there Is decency and honor in uhe
rules OF war. rules which
Germany lone appears determined to
or ignore7
One more variety; the plea that tho
Germans arc kind fathers, gentle and
good natured. therefore II Is impossible
there should BE- any German
in this war and let us wait
I'LL all tho evidence IS In" Sweet and
doctrine, this; but why not
tell Il to the Belgtans or 10 those VINO
a wife or child in the wreck of the
.~usitania?
And why not give Dopey Benny the
beneft OF a similar argument? Most of
he people OF New York are kindly and
abiding II Is impossible that there
'hould be such q thing as hired MUIR
and let us wait iii all III
have finished their work. wait
III all the evidence IL IN" before con-
iemnins anybody,
As 10 the whooping and caterwauling
" Vierock and HIS breed. II war was de-
that tumult would stop as sud-
as the racket OF the bleachers
subsidies into silence when the local
zero OF the Deutschville Dunderbergs
trains himself in n third strike. Is
moro sudden n that?
II would he "Cowards and Copper
leads 20 the rear :" then, and American
SIN. pure. straight and undtluted. would
ule. II ought not to be necessary. how
yer, for us TO have war in order 10
ring about a cessation OF semi-trea-
enable agitation and the deliberate and
ubsld!zed propaganda OF pestiferous
ying, w. c. T.
BOSTON. May rs.