TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-08-14

defiance OF international law. Ths
answer to Germany's note proposing
a settlement OF the differences Great.
ed by Germany's submarine warfare
has furnished text to pro-British
organs all over the country for urg.
ing an unfriendly policy toward Ger.
many. which. they evidently hope
will lead UP to war. The note IT.
self is not couched in terms that are
over friendly II il suggestive OF an
ultimatum In which Germany is I'm
vited to make choice between accept
ing the United States view OF the
matters In dispute, and going TO war
with US. In conformation of this
statement quote the concluding par
agraph OF the German note:
I'm the meantime the very value
which this Government sets upon
the long and unbroken friendship
between the people and Govern
ment OF the United States and the
people and Government OF the
German nation impels It TO press
solemnly upon the Imperial Ger
man Government the necessity
for a scrupulous observance OF
neutral rights in this critical mat
ter. Frienship Itself prompts IT
to say to the Imperial Government
that repetition by the Commanders
of German naval vessels OF acts in
contravention of those rights must
be regarded by the Government Of
the United States. when they
affect American citizens. as delib-
erately unfrioudiy."
Now. the President of the United
will be sustained by his coun-
trymen in defending the just rights
OF the Nation whenever assailed by
any foreign country. That. however.
does not mean that the overwhelm-
ing majority OF the American people
approve OF their Government fgur-
atively strutting round with n chip
on It's shoulder. daring another ma
ton to knock Il off. II would be an
crime II this country
should be dragged into the present
European war. Yet President Emer-
titus Eliot and his fellow Angloman-
iacs are ready TO approve OF that
crime because they hope It's commits
sion would benefit England. The
the present Administers
ton has shown TO EngIsnd's wishes.
In the case OF the Panama
Canal and the manner In which II
las submitted to English piracy ever
since the present war began. furnish
grave reasons for suspecting that
influence have undue
weight d Washington.
Luckily. however. the question OF
war rests with Congress and not with
The Executive. Therefore. the pro-
British press on this side Of the At
antic and the British press on the
,ther side are somewhat premature
N rejoicing over what they consider
As proof that this country favors
England as against Germany. The
comments OF the London
Telegraph" represent the general
,iew Of its English contemporaries:
THE extreme stage Of internA-
tional tension has now been reach
ed The American note 10 not an
ultimatum in form, but an ulti-
matum In substance. Washington
has drawn the line and II an act
such as the submarine attack upoE
the orduna should occur this week, |
there must reouit. we assume. the |
immediate ending OF the friendly |
relations between America and
Germany
This Ia q clear case OF the wish |
,eing the father Of the thought. |
England Is earnestly desirous OF
combination against Ger
many. She is bent oh having the
United States enter this combination.
she has had at her service
he military resources Of France and 1
Russia. which have played so import
mt part In this gigantic war. while
England has carefully husbsnded her
wn military and naval strength in
rider that she may enact the role OF
ictator In the final scene II the for
unes Of war should favor the Allies.
/ is a game with which she is famii-
ar through past experience. II
hould be a signal triumph for Eng
Ish diplomacy II the United States
ouid be cajoled into assisting her
0 repeat It by crossing swords with
,ermany.
/, is high time that the American
eople should be aroused 10 the
anger that turks in the pro-British
onspiracy that has been so long in
atching. outcroppings of II are
ow plainly discernible in the COM
tents OF the pro-British press on
resident Wilson's latest note 10 Ger
iany.