New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

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4 ~ toii..r-o Of menace which IN the
4 scrt suss less evident. The sum
4 to,s u.s. The dispatches, was "unau-
rsry' s5'S vhatcver that may mean.
A,r5el .hody must have made ~;
l '-.so6v who had access 20 'ns oI't'
0ya.,,r,sblv therefore an official Of
t' ii.ste Department or Nh'te House
z 80 ite n the summary was IN
1 pr. led .t can only have beer, per
Gs,eS By q breach OF confidence
4 .vvhody been punished
PES e.,eb on ttis matter lightly ne
fthc attention 70 attracted mere
a,". y ,be mischief done. The Note
o.. vss published M full SO soon
~, ,bst the nischlcf was IN meas
/ ff .,sered. But there was At hrst'
Il Downing street and IN the Olty
fscrsb'e disturbance IT not alarm
1 CO. over the stories about the IN
- st the Foreign once and the
i Minister'S house, both m Dow
4 f S.-eet viii only remark that IN
~ .,si,e6 quarters first impressions
RI sest 20 dispel In the City the
/ F $50 bu>ineSs views are taken OF
Hs. sFsirs. naturally and TO some
/ '-.. ;rsfv. since. IN the last resort
o.i..,rs come back 70 finance. here
1 81 .,r,o.e nobody or public opinion
ablcr Ministers are 90 solicit
went 40 moments when nothing
.--ts but mulutudes Of votes
~. .l--ncrsry presence Of Lord Hal
~. he Foreign Office as an under
-,r NJ Sir Edward Grey. absent and
-.'s5s6 % the concern felt by bust
~,s- The confidence Of the CITY,
- .be country. In Lord HaldanC rs
admitted. The coincidence was
..-., om.rous. Here was an Ameu-
.- Sr-s raising In an acute form cues
g.. ,sIs,lrc 10 neutral trade and the
-...o5s by which British cruisers were
..so-,,7c their undoubted right OF
.,,,,b AID seizure
.5es RIGHT which. so far as is known
t,., ,s questioned BOZ principle by no
IN but Nr Herman Rider. Mr..
F5isr is unknown here except 10 the
-.s,-nv minority VINO have 10 acquaint
.t,,seivss with the course Of journal
srd Of journals. whether important
1. rr,rnor.ant. Thanks 20 the Wash
80, CORRESPONDENT Of The Times he
r.sre6 ir TINS matter a moment o.
.,.o,.e,y. his demand that the sea
lsr6s" Of Crest Britain should be
,,1es OF having been cabled here.
p.opIe asked "Who IS Nh Rider ana
-Vby Is his opinion thought worth
,,bli7g." on the whole. think IT was
uoril cabling. though a word OF eau
ZION OF even Of explanation. sufhclent 70
,rTgbten the British public as 10 this
Germans position in America. might
ave been sent with il. That he is
.i,bout influence except among his
tsllov. Germsns would have been a use
..l statement.
lord Haldane. should add. is at
,-ssent on his good behaviour. His
German predictions are, II not re-
f,rouisbed. kept IN order. His admir-
In, Affection for the Kaiser Is under
,or,rol; II may even have yielded al
,orsfisr 20 the stress OF clrcum-
.,snees. He made q speech early m
he var which vas something between
an spologia and f recsntation, and
r'sdeed himself with undoubted sin
rsritv 10 the cause Of his own country
Tte trouble is that a single speech
ssroot undo the work OF long years
during which he was Germany 5
rest friend and advocate IN England.
e cannot undo the GermsnlZatlon Of
fis mind. J used TO imagine should
Ike 10 ask him whether he thought IN
German or In English. There are years
winch cannot be blotted out. There
sre records which the most sincere
repentance cannot wholly obliterate.
These things being so. the City was
Uncertain what light happen with Lord
Hsldsne a. the Foreign Office and
President Wilson's menaces thunder
ing across the seas. For in the sum
mary. which at first was all the Eng
fish public had 20 20 by. mensces they
we're. Luckily. Sir Edward Grey re-
tuned TO his post and Lord Haldane,
50 far as foreign affairs were con-
cened. disappeared once more into
spsee, or returned 10 his duties as
lord High Chancellor, where he Is 10
BE seen at his best.
But even when the full text OF our
Presidents dispatch had been read and
tgssted q degree Of anxiety renamed.
], remains still. People asked ] mean
people Of authority:
Why should the President make a
diplomatic issue a matter of publicity :.
sNhy. since he raises no question OF
runeple but Of procedure only. could
he lot have asked Sir Cecil Spring
huto call on him at the White House
s,i discuss details with him IN the
ulsl way :"
Why should he appeal 10 popular
ceiling and pseudo-pstriotlsm When no
t'nonsl issue was al stake, but al
rost business interests?
Why, II business interests are 10 pe
ne basis Of a considered policy, should
not the President take both sides into
ne seeount. and set against the loss OF
eontrabsnd trade with Germany the
gam from the immense orders poured
n upon the United States from the
Allies"
why should he not consider the
certainty that such a demonstration
would be Interpreted in Germany, ana
throughout Europe, as pro-OerInah
manifesto as, in fact. one more eN-
ample OF that Presidential neutrality
ne effect Of which in four preceding
Instances had been pro-German
These questions and others Ike them
sere not put m a querulous or cap
lous spirit Quite the contrary. ne
disposition here vs. 20 think the pest
q President Wilson. People try 70
Believe that he is really neutral even
WEN his neutrality becomes glarlngly
Benevolent 10 Germany. The Press
treats him with unfsiling respect
there is q general disposition TO make
ne best Of him.
After all say the English, me IS
President OF the United States, ana
We know that the people Of the United
States are our friends. Nobody here
wishes 10 say q word 10 offend Amer
can susceptibilities. We set the high-
"a value on American good viii.
The same feeling exists in the hlgh
,'l Official circles. | need not remind
americans how consistent has been the
wish Of this government to take iuil
account Of American wishes and Amer
can interests OF the Foreign. once
sih which We are now directly con
esrne6. that has been spicuously
H1e There IL no more convinced or