TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-05-21

|. .Austrin but found England oppose
and England succeeded in having he
allies and few governments under he
financial grip vote against the Unites
States. Ii was well known at the tim
that England was the only real dbjector
Had the United States proposition
carried, 10 such question as ''Lusitania'
would have come up. Had our govern
inent protested vigorously when Eng
land pulled down the flag from the oi
laden steamer Rockefeller; the wbeai
laden steamer Wiihclmina; the cottor
laden steamer Grecnbrier, and the mant
other vessels which she placed under
England's flag and compelled them tc
anchor in England's harbors to be dis
posed OF in due time by price court
had our government protested vigorous
~ when England designated the Nortl
Sea as a war zone; had our country
taken the position that the United
States II prevented by warning nations
from selling and delivering noncontra-
band articles, under the laws of nations
to her regular customers, we would stop
shipping to any OF the belligerents any
arms, explosives or other war muni.
tions; England would IN either case
have changed her attitude quickly. !
may also state had our government in
stead Of putting war tax ON our own
people, put an export tax on
arms, explosives and well known war
materials, the country would have been
saved from the heavy losses. Instea,l
OF that only the makers Of cannon,
arms. powder, explosives and similar
articles reap tremendous benefits. For
instance the steel trust stock since
the war has advanced fifty per cent.
bethlehem Steel stock from 80 per
share to $50; arms trust and powder
trust are not listed but their profits
are enormous. The money men j. p.
Morgan and associate bankers are max.
ing enormous profits. To illustrate, the
Steel Trust engaged German engineers
ten years ago to erect coke ovens OF
German design which ovens produce
more coke per ton OF coal and produce
by--products one of which is Tolnol,
costing Thirtyfive cents per gallon.
Morgan and associates contracted for
tns Tor the current year paying $3.50
per gallon and have sold II to the Eng
lish Government at $500 per gallon and
it is exported as expedltiously and
as last as II is produced. The manifest
u the Lusitania is reported TO have in
cluded 4,200 cases OF cartridges and
other merchandise. A correspondent Of
the New York Times wired that paper
from Pittsburgh that on board the
Lusitania were 100000 pounds of T'et
riehlorile Of tin consigned to the French
Government and which is used for man.
aiacturing of asphyNiating bombs. The
Anglo-maniac press adheres strongly 10
the publication Of news favorable To
England and her allies and cutting OUT
everything favorable 10 Germany or
anything that might hurt the allies.
Our president declared our country
neutral. The press urged everybody 20
heed the presidents advice and then
became itself rapidly pro British, with
some honorable exceptions. The New
Orleans Picayune admitted editorially
that at least 7scz, of Americas press
was pro British. OF course, the posi.
tion of the press 10 the outward sign
TO our president Of the country's posi-.
tion. The press will not print the reso-
lutions Of the Farmers Unions, and the
documents Of our president naturally
embody what he considers the nations !
views.
make free to enclose herein expires
sions from the tillers Of the soil in the !
hope especially that you might be ssie
to bring them 10 the notice OF papers
printed in English and be by them /
copied in parton in full. There is no |
clement in the United States more loyal |
tu this countrys institutions than the |
Germans and German descent, but the |
bulk Of those OF other nationalitie,
secin to have lost their sense Of Justice
aud power OF reasoning. England treat.
ems Germany with starvation; there
are thousands OF American citizens in
Germany yet, no note is sent to Eng,
land strongly protesting against such
most inhuman act. No death is more
horrible than starvation. II is q pity
that in spite OF repeated representations
of Germanys ambassador at Washing.
ton, declaring cessation OF submarine
attack On the sea, provided commerce
especially food stuffs be permitted 90
reach her ports and the published war.
nings, the Americans nevertheless sailed
IN the Lusitania over explosives thereby
supposedly Eaglsnd's com.
neree.
trust that every fair minded man
will express his views based ON a clear
OF the matter publicly
md believe that before long even our
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