Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-10
OUR INVISIBLE ENMITY".

OUR "lNVlSlBLE ENMITN'
 One of the most plausible and appalling of the lead CTS for Germany is Joseph Bruck, who represents the Mannesmann Tube Works and other German indus trial interests in this country He has tried particularly to get American people to the "unairness' of ou munitions traffic with the Allies In recent public statement he says:
 For Germany 1t is question of to be or not to be Every German great or small is keyed up to pitch perfect devotion and sacrifice. It must be so if the would save themselves alive and their country from ruin ous invasion. Our soldiers into battle facing thei foes under equal conditions the shock of combat inspire respect even for ones adversary. They have at eest chance to meet their enemies face to face But there one enemy multiplied thcusandfold in the person every American man. woman and child who is forgint shaping or filling a cartridge or smapnel, whom the cannot meet
 ..7aese enemies are across wide sea They stan behind the Allied lines with nezhaustbie stores of arm' To natural resentment added the fury of heplessness Reading such words. an Americans first impulse perhaps s to admit sense of shame. It is not plea ant to reflect that We are engaged constantly grow ing extent in what Mir vou Bruck calls murder traffic And it is easy enough to see the force Of his contento that while the Germans recognize legal right do as We are doing they may be forgiven for conside' ing t "a hostile act on the part of friendly nadon'
 But the thing isn't easily disposed of Here We are making arms and selling them to the Allies in ever grow ing quantities and we are likely continue doing 50 spite of all that the Germans say Without any argr ment or choppng of logic shall try face the que. tion-eby are we doing H? Why is this naturally fai and findhearted natian on the whole, appea the invisible enemy" of Germany? What is our req basic attitude on the war trade?
 It might be said rather pIausibly that are in th armament business through inertia When the wa started our manufacturers of arms and ammunition nal uray accepted orders from abroad they had alVay done There was no rule against it. Germany herse had sanctioned practice and in spite of recent de niaIs it is fact that her munitions firms sold warstuf to Spain during Spanish war. Little by little tn trade has grown to vast proportions By the time Ger many automatically shut off from buying arms of by Britans control the began to remonstrae VI had big contracts on and the practice estab ished for this
 If our continued sale of the Allies is unneura it is argued our stopping now would be just unnatural for it would benefit only Germany.
 Then there is the reason expressed by Ex-presiden Taft That it is necessary for preserve the righ of a begereut to buy from neutrals in war time for u is the only way peaceful nations protect them selves in case of sudden attack from wellprepared mi fary nations: and we ourselves may some time find necessary to buy arms abroad the Allies are buyin theme here now That reasoning has had more weigh with the American public than any other clearly define toory
 One reason that We may dismiss with word Is th accusation that we are moved by the greed of gold Many manufacturers doubtless have been glad to se these orders for the profit them, regardless of prI cpie and many stockholders have been similarly calou But why has public sentiment the sentiment of the val ruling majority sanctioned Che practice? There is n money in u for most of us And if most Of us wante to stop the snc congress he president whould obe and stop it, regardless of contracts and regardless precedent Why do we stand for h?
 The plain truth is that most Americans tolerate tl arms tranic while disiug it. the simple reason th they believe the Allies morally deserve an of such he that we can legally give them, and that Germany in far as she s injured thereby suffering deserved pc ally for her own acts.
 Mr. yom Bruck builds his bis argument on the ia that Germany has seized section of northern Fran which contains sS per cent of an Frances coal 90 D cent of her iron ore and nearly an her iron and ste factories SO that she is seriously crippled in maki munitions England he says has been called on to su B rrar,e and aussia's lack Of muntons end cannot