Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-15

I
Had d currents descendants and
were there a postcrity OF glorious
pronouncoments, the line would leap
from the Magma Charter to the i'm
mortal Declaration, run nubly down
20 The Emancipation Proclamation
and find at length worthy scion In
| the great uttefancc which has gone
TO Berlin as the deliberate and ire
vocable position Of people apt in
| the practice of humanity ana impreg-
mated with the principles Of liberty,
| The government OF the United
states Is contending for something
much greater than mere rights OF
| property or privileges Of commer,a
II is c0ntendng for nothing less hgL
and sacre1 than the rignts OF human.
! ity, which every government honors
Itself n respectlng and which NJ
government % justified iG resighmg
in behalf of those under its care and
authority"
| THANK God | ann an American
every citizen can say this day. for
tie Is part and parcel, bone and sinew,
! flesh and blood of this new declara-
ton, which voices the heart of hut
man aspirations, OF civilized ideals
and an unerring allegiance through
| famine and sorrow, pestienee and
| flood, through all vicissitudes, to
those fundamental ana Inherent prin-
eiples without which human kind
must SINK into the pits Of barbarsm
and the dark caverns of despair
Helics First ON Humanity.
II is peculiarly inspiring that IN
! this latest note the government
l tAY,tultaaf a ~
| OF the situation. They are an in our
favor the pretedcnts, the customs,
the accepted law, but in making its
representations the United states re-
lies first upon the principles oil hui
manity" and only secondly on the
universally recognized understandings
OF international law" II expresses
confidence. too in "the ancient friend
ship Of The German nation"
II has been apparent from the be-
ginning that the question OF the le
gaiity Of the methods employed In
destroying the Lusitania was irrele-
want to the main ISSUE for the sink
ing of passenger ships involves prin-
ciples of humanity which throw into
the background any special cireum-
stances of detail that may be thought
| lift IT, as the imperial German gov-
lernment win no doubt be quick to
acknowledge, out of the. class of or
binary subjects of diplomatic disrus-
sion or OF international controversy
The principal fact N that more than
a thousand innocent souls were sent
to their death In circumstances un-
| paralleled In modern warfare"
| Men may differ, and many Ameri-
cans do, so far as some of the tech
| meal elements entering into that coll
ossNl tragedy are concerned, but one
and all, we take II, can cry AYE, aye,
and stand with thrilled conscience un-
alterably on the proposition 30
| Splendidly stated BY the president
| t'rlendsincss u Feature of Note,
An excellent feature of the note is
the friendliness everywhere evident in
| H. OF phillip drunk with carnage
no impossible demands are made. In
stead, the way is left open for Ger
many gracefully and easily once more
| to put herself in line with ciyiliza-
| ton. correct her tactics and continue
her former pleasant relations with
tho United States There Is no note OF
hate In the document. no intimation
lof reprisal Rather there runs
through 1t the thread of sorrow and
\ regret sorrow that the outrages
We're ever committed and regret that
| Berlin should be slow in rectifying,
while thore is vet time, her error
lGrieyously have we been outraged but
as becomes a patient people we bear
no anger in our hearts ana are more
concerned about guarantees for our
/ future safety than past acts.
Subtcriugc Brushed Aside.
| The United States interprets the
lGorman reply relative to the Gushing
and the Gulflight TO be an acknowl-
edgemeht If the right of neutral ships
to navigate freely all parts of the
open sea, in spite OF paper war zones.
| We refuse to accept the German
theory in the Falnba affair for IN
that case noncomhatants We're not
protected in their lives. as is required
by the law of nations. We give "a
sharp reioinder TO the shallow claims
TOT Berlin relative to the status of ship
Iand cargo, in the matter of the Lusi-
Itania, by intmating strongly that
the German contentious were prac-
tically insulting, IN that they assumed
"A wilful neglect on the part Of this
government 10 fulfil its neutral duty.
In fact the United States performed
that duty and enforced It's statutes
with serupnlous vigilance through It's
Irregular constituted officials
! The United States expresses its will