New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-01

fulfilled all its duties under interns.
tional law. The German goyernmen:
saws its own commanders cannot DO
subject to the customary regulations
of the prize law The customary
regulations of the prize law contain
everything for which the United States
is contending. II Germany csnno.
recognize them, she cannot recognize
anything so far as we are concerned
There is no ground of mediation be-
tween law and anarchy.
"Germany's answer is the answer OF
an outlaw who assumes no obligations
toward society, but expects society J"
recognize obligations toward him.
There can be nc diplomatic negous'
tions on such terms. The German nots
is not final, but on this issue Presicens
Wilson's reply should be final Ins
United States cannot barter, as WHO
bandits. for the lives OF its citizens.
In his English columns in the. NeN
Yorker Stats -Zeitung.' Herman hiade'
Yesterday assaled this countrys neu'
trality, calling it hypocrisy, superlm,
posed upon greed for gold. He calico
attention to the treatment this county
received at the hands OF England our
ing the crisis of 1883, and said IN psr':
"The spirits of the men who fougn.
and died under Sigel and SehurI i9s
the maintenance of this indissoluo's
union can feel but slightly honorea
when the same hand that places
wreaths above their dust to-day u
morrow turns again 10 making buiies
to find their resting place IN the oooies
of their kinsmen on the other side %
the Atlantic. We weep over the aesa
of one war. Tomorrow we busy our.
selves filling graves for other hums"
beings to weep over. Wherein are "'
logical, or consistent or humane
"The war of the states was pro-
longed at least two years by the ma
lignant activities of Great Britain. We
are now placing into the hands o.
Great Britain, TO whom We owe nous
ing but hundreds Of thousands OF tnose
graves we decorate to-day, the mean,
Of filling hundreds of thousands u
German graves. We call it neutrality;
II is not. IL is hypocrisy, superimposea
upon greed for gold Without the 10Y
atty of the German-Amerlcans WV
fought under the Stars and stripe'
from 1861 to 1865 we should not De
nation to-day. Great Britain "ou.e
Lave had her desire divided SOW
reignty south of Canada, both seeuon,
of which she could control with0u'
fear and without much troubl e.
"The German answer must be nisny
pleasing TO all who honestly desire Wv
historic friendship between Germsh'
and the United States TO continue MIN
out interruption" said George SyiVsss
ter Viereck, editor of "The FatherIsn''
last night. A..
''In spite of heavy proyocation on lns
aart of the United States" he eohun'
ued, Germany has kept her temper
Not content with furnishing the imps'
ments Of murder to Germsny's enemies,
we actually asked Germany 70 commn
suicide. A modification Of submal.r.
warfare, as suggested in Mr.. brysh
note, would be tantamount to seit-o'
struction on Germany's part.
ut may be said we were aetus.s.
by no selfish motive, for our action va
not merely in the interest OF .ns
United States; We were merely puI''"s
England's chestnuts out OF the hre.
"The United States prattles 49,.
humanity, while its manufaetu's..,,
poison shrapnel and pierre seio ~.
profit. Ten thousand German VIZ
and as many orphans" he &C.,, r.
"mourn over ten thousand graves ess'
ing the legend, Made in America