Evening star., 1915-11-08


makes in his note to Sir Edward Grey.
The Secretary of State speaks plainly,
hut there is nothing urtrlcndly IN MS
tone. It is highly gratifying that we
/ have a Secretary of State VITO can put
the American case so clearly II the
two countries cannot come to an agree
ment it can be settled by arbitration
To that both governments must be
willing to assent.
The Buffalo Express: There has
been too much tendency among Amer
leans to narrow the war into a BRUSH
German quarrel instead of grasplhg
its full significance a world-contest
between two opposing civilizations.
Albany IN. ", Knickerb"cker Press:
The President must know. OF course,
that no government would be likely to
repudiate his own judicial process by
Withdrawing litigation stu IN the
course of adjudication. The hague
therefore, to which Great Britain mas
already offered to let this dispute be;
in the end. referred, must be the eoai
of the American contention
Albany IN. W Argus: The newt
able effect shown OF their wholesale
| violation in stealing what belongs 70
our merchants for the beneht OF BIT
ish merchants, take a case that Is IN
coutroyertible The abSurdity of the
! thing appears in the Simple lact ma II:
/ while interfering with the shipment OF
| American goods to neutral countries
! Great Britain herself is trading WIN
the same countries in the same KIND OF
goods in greatly increasing Noiunie-
| Ringhamton Repubiicnn-Hernld: The
President has the country back OF nun
! in this as he had it back of him IN MS
controversy with Germany. 10 SUP
nit to further delay would be futlle,
weak and belle the terms of the note
1t is time to end Englands pi-
ratical course. She must swallow the
4
called to account. If the lresideht
| does not do 1T th2 Congress Will
| Troy tN. y, Reco,a: "Cur govern
mcnt appears to have been patient UNI
| der the imposition which has followed
the British order in council OF Mafch
| IL. While it has sought to refrain from
acts which might embarrass the Lon
| don government it is determined to
| uphold the right of our deep-sea trad
| ers. Secretary Lansing's protest IS dig
| nitied and forceful.
| Cincinnati VoIksblatt: THE note of
| the President to England complaining
! a about the violation of our neutral
! rights is unassailable in fact, law and
! logic, but deserves the reproach OF
coming too late"
Cincinnati Freie Presse: president
! Wilson'S note to Great Britain is not
| likely to cause apprehension in Down
| ing street. 1t insists, of course, that
the American government cannot SUD
nit to further disregard of interna-
| tional law, but nothing contained in
1.-THE note suggests that further VIOLA
tion of American rights by Great Brit
ain would be considered an unfriendly
act-alone so readily adopted IN our
| Diplomatic Intercourse with Berlln.
! Toledo Times: However the final
American note to Great Britain may
| strike the American public in general
| its stern terms is certain to meet with
! the approval of the preparedness prop
! agandists No doubt they viii see in
/ it an impetus to their plans. w nile
there is nothing unfriendly in the note,
it speaks out plainly on the point that
the United States Will no longer toler-
ate any interference with our shipping
7 on the part of any nation. Certainly
the country cannot speak too plainly
/ with moderation. Britain gained her
power by insisting on such a stand as
the United States has taken"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Sec
! retary Lansings note to Great Britain
protesting against further Interference
with the trade of this and other neutral
| countries is a plain and straightfor-
! ward statement of a series of truths
which should have been accentuated
/ when the first improper seizure of a
neutral ship was made. The adminis-
! tration has slumbered just one year
too long on this important issue"
| The Cleveland Leader: 1.-The most
vital point of the note sent to the Brit
| iSh government is its blunt assertion
! Of the purpose of the United States to
continue to champion the rights of neu
| tral nations against infringement by
( any or all of the belligerent powers of
i Europe What was sauce for the Ger
J man goose is to be sauce for the Brit
! iSh gander. No country is to be per-
mitted to brush aside the rights of
! Americans under international law and
: he Lam xas-f hi -JDI lNY d
vanced nations, including the United
/ Kingdom, because such rights and
privileges Interfere with the naval or
military convenience or necessities of
warning states. If the administration
gives the fullest effect to its positive
! statement of its views and intentions
/ Il crisis may easily develop between the
! United States and Great Britain and
| France"
| Louisville Herald: "Secretary Lam
sing has addressed a strong and en-
phatic note to the government of Great
! Britain which, as to the facts. appears
J to be incontrovertihle; as to the law
| and practice unimpeachab BILE: and,
as to the date of it's presentation, too
| late
! Louisville Courier-JournaI: "It will
! be interesting to note the attitude of
other neutral governments toward the
| emphatic position taken by this, the
/ greatest neutral nation, which is the
| last word in championship of neutral
| rights, and which ought to satisfy the
nations critics against any charge of
bias In dealing with belligerent coun-
tries"
st. Louis Wcstliche-Post: eve highly
lY commend the assertion of American
/ rights and principles as contained in
the note, but we ask why American
commerce had to suffer almost a whole
year before the adm inistration saw fit
/ to launch a vigorous protest against
! the arbitrary measures employed by
Great Britain and her allies to the det-
| riment Of American prestige? And even
! now we do not find anything in the
/ note to reassure us that the government
of the United States is ready to eff
| fectiveiy safeguard American rights
and interests"
st. Louis GIobe-Democrat: "Secre-
tary Iansing's belated note to Great
Britain is assertion of this coun-
/ try's plain rights, supported by con-
crete instances of their wil1ful viola
| tion, and containing definite and con-
! elusive refutation of the various pre-
texts Great Britain has set up in JUS
tification of it's lawless course The
good grace by Great Britain In light of
its relations with the United States
during the civil war"
Pittsburgh Gazette-Timex. 1.-THE
American note to Great Britain is
clear and unqualified in its rejection
of the British contentious. and in that
respect will command cordial support
in the United States. Nevertheless,
when you get through with it there
still remains the old question, what
is our government going to do about