The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-05-28

tude or American citizens of German
blood in the event Of any conflict be-
tween the United States and Germany
ly improbable.
There seems to be an almost univer-
sal opinion that upon England rests
the responsibility for the loss of so
many non-combatant lives. The Buff
falo yolksfreund says:
German acted within her rights af-
tice to shipping interests by establish
ing a war-zone; which action she sup
plemented by special public notice to
American travellers prior to this sail
ing. Responsibility rests with Eng
| land and the Cunard line for attempt
ing to use Americans as human shields
to guard ammunition supplies on an
English auxiliary cruiser"
The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung goes
further and asks if the loss of the
Lusitania was not deliberately plan
ned by England to obtain the assis-
lance of neutrals:
"Was 1t part of the plan by means
of the sinking of the Lusitania, with its
many American passengers, so as to
unite the neutrals of the world--Italy,
Holland, the Scandinavian countries,
the Balkans, and even South America
into an offensive and defensive al
lance that should be directed under
the war-cry of the rights for neutrals'
against Germany and against Ger
many's submarine warfare?"
The New Yorker Herald holds that
the loss of Americans on British ships
can not rightly be used as basis of
protest as there is no doctrine of
international law stating that the pres
ence of neutrals on belligerent ships
confers immunity from attack 1t
then proceeds:
IF it were really the case that the
presence of one or more Americans
on board British ship could confer
immunity upon the ship, its crew and
cargo, then Germany's sea offensive
against England would be completely
nullified. as England would entice up
on every ship a pair of 'immunity-Am-
ericans' This is simply absurd"
| The St Louis Westliche Post notes
warningly that England is trying to
embroil us:
Because England herself Is power
less, the United States is to be pro-
voked into war with Germany. AS
| it stands today the chances of such
an eventuality are very small, but
the Washington government will act
very carefully before taking decisive
steps,"
The German-speaking labor papers
are strong for peace--peace at any
price-and manifest, as they have done
since the war began, strongly anti
German tone. A good example is found
in the views of the New York volks-
zeitung, which says:
1.-THE workers can have no interest
in war. They stand to lose their
all-lives, homes, jobs, families, hap
piness. Therefore it is the duty OF
American workingmen to fight this
campaign of frenzy and hate 1t is not
a question of excusing the German act.
That cannot be excused But we can
not bring the dead American passen-
gers to life by sending unknown thou
sands of soldiers to an early grave
After all, there are other methods of
Furnishing Germany for her wanton
slaughter. Down with war! Peace at
all costs' that must be the slogan of
the American workman"
Another New York paper is strongly
against any idea of war. Says the
Deutsches Journal:
1T is terrible that womel and chill
dren and other nor -combatants should
be sacrificed in the horrors Of this
war, and it is just as horrible that
men should be killed ami MANNED It
n lkes no essential difference whether
these men wear uniform, OF not We
III st not forget that the sinking of the
I.u"itenia is merely an incident in this
dreadful war. The differences
between the United States and Ger
many can be settled by diplomatic
means, and the best solution would be
TO stop this world-war altogether
| The Fatherland calls for the i'm
parchment of the secretary OF safe:
| Instead of urging the president to
take steps against Germany, we :hol,d
impeach the secretary of state for his
neglect of duty in not warning all
Americans of the peril of ocean traf-
fic in the war-zone, especially under
the flag of a belligerent nation. If
| the secretary of state In accordance