Evening star., 1915-11-09

tegrity of neutral rights not for itself
alone, but for the neutral nations of the
but President Wilson and those asso-
ciated with him are big enough to
carry it through.
ChattanOOEa Times:
AS an attorneys brief setting forth.
parties to suit before a legal trf-
bunal. the note is exceptional for the
literacy excellence Of its preparation
and the clarity and vigor with which
its various counts are set out. and from
a reading of English comment upon
it, its logic is conclusive and unan-
swerable, under the strict letter of the
law.
st. Louis Star.
There Is one declaration in the
note of the United States to Great
Britain which puts the whole pro-
test on a high plane. That is the
assumption of championship of the
cause of weaker nations. 1t Is a trib-
ute either to our peaceful disposition
or our military helplessness that the
possibility of effective Intervention on
our part to protect the outraged rights
either side.'
Cleveland Waechter and AnzeiRer:
The task of cfampioning the integrity
tlon assumes without hesitation, after
having hesitated a year. will be per-
formed with that same impartiality
which from the outbreak of the war
mas been exercised toward the warning
nations. Americas championing Of neu-
tral rights will remain something that
mas never existed and will not exist as
long as this war will last"
Boston Evening Transcript:
In the matter the ms I'M tanapoo Of
neutral rights at sea, President Wilson
mas now taken the deepest plunge pos
slple. But the big central fact re-
mains that the commerce of all neu-
lraI nations at sea, including our own,
| rests for it's very existence on the pro-
lectlon of the navy of Great Britain.
but Tor that protection, our ships
YOU'D today be huddling in our har-
e eots Ihe seas would be the prey Of
nghting squadrons and ravaging cruis-
ers. Outrages of the William P. Frye
type would never have ceased.
| IL the American people believed that
PRESIDENT Wilson had any intention to
stab the allies in the back, at the time
OF their most crucial need of all their
resources they would not approve the
stand he has now taken. The people
Will believe nothing of the sort"
Muskogee Tfmes-Democrat:
The note is not only the expression
OF the federal government, but it is the
expression Of the united people, given
| IN all friendliness. but not lacking de-
termination to enforce our rights"
| San Antonio (Tex.) Light:
| THE President has taken a stand y1at
! Is absolutely correct; one that Great Hrit-
ain has herself upheld in the past. md
| the righteousness of which she will az
knowledge hereafter. 1t is in exact ac-
cordance with the rights of neutrals
| as guaranteed under international law
"a hnc Il,
a Bile case
Tulsa (Okla.) Democrat:
THE American note may go far
toward solving the freedom of the
seas"
Des MOines Gowa) Tribune.
'fThe American note to Great Britain
overemphasizes the injuries this coun-
| try has sustained, but it scores heavily
when it points out that England her
self has increased her trade with neu-
| trail countries while engaged in check
| ing American commerce upon the as
sumption that an increase in volume
means a surreptitious trade with Ger
, many.
| This does not make Great Britain a
unique sinner. The United States dur
ing the civil war blockaded the south
and carried on trade with the south at
the same time"
Kansas City Star:
"It is not necessary to have expert
knowledge of international law to
recognize the reasona bleness of the
administrators contentious. The COM
mon sense of the situation is that
this country may continue to trade with
other neutral nations. If England de-
sres to interfere with their trade with
Germany that is none Of Americas af-
fairs
St. Louis Times:
Secretary Lansing's language is
plain and unequivocal. And the Amer
lean public will back the stand of
our government to the last. The same
vigor and the same answering adherence
to principle that marked our govern
ment's position in connection with the
difficulties between the United States and
Germany must prevail in the adjustment
of our differences with Great Britain"
Boston Travellers:
THAT it (the note) will have the
slightest effect on England's meth
DDS only the most optimistic will
believe. That the administration hopes
to change these methods does not
seem probable. Fighting for her very