New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-23
JCNOMINIOUS NEUTRALITY
Apart and Continue Spectator AN Useful
dPtomses Act and not Nasy lax

breach Of international law threatens N.
rights Of mankind, even IL the specific A.,
does not directly concern American citizen,
In a case Of submarine outrage the death =,
peril OF an American should not be ne.dsd
10 Justify action on our part. Every inin,,
10 the fabric Of international law il An q,
Jury to US, and IL our neutrality is To h.
useful and noble il is our duty as the pr.,,.
est neutral to refuse, even tacitly, to scoui.
esce in il.
In this world as at present constitutes
where there il no alliance Of neutrals Obi
gated 70 prevent infractions OF internstic,,l
law. the only effective method By which eve,
great neutral can enforce It's just IA.
msnds is either by war or the threat Of ~.
This fact doubtless is the explanation off,
Wilson's course, but il is no excuse FOR !,
We all know that the only parties 70 thew,
which have been guilty Of breaches OF inter.
national law requiring more than pecunisry
cornpen sation for commercial damages kay.
heon the Turco-T eutonic allies; we all know
that. thanks 70 the British feet, they are i'm.
potent to do US military injury, even IL a.
sbould be at war with them. We slso knoz
that. unprepared as We are in guns and men.
we are fully prepared with gold and silver
and manufacturing resources, available for
use owing to the British feet, which could
greatly hasten the defeat OF Germany, which
10 inevitably coming. These facts ar,
equally we'll known TO the Germans, and did
we make IL clear that the continuance OF our
neutrality depended on the acceptance Of or
iust demands there is little question bu,
what they would be accepted.
IL f,fo
ity is the necessary result Of a determine.
ton 70 maintain neutrality, or the setting I'd
Of neutrality as in itself an end and an ideal
worthy and useful neutrality can ony
come from a willingness TO depart from
reutrality IL the rights OF neutrality esn be
better served By bclligerency. This is en-
tirely apart from the question at issue be-
tween the belligerents and whether that ques-
ton demands participation By us aside frcr
the injuries inflicted upon our neutrality
The neutrality which we have maintained Is
the neutrality OF Bryan or Wilson; h.
neutrality which we might have maintains!
would have been the neutrality OF Roo. Or
Roosevelt. The time is coming when Ne
must choose between them. and have erossa
faith in my country to have little doub! A
TO which VIC shall choose.
In the meantime the opinion IS freely
rassed from mouth 20 mouth that Nr. Vii
sons course will be such as TO get US intoih
war against Germany and Turkey, and that
the time Of our entry will be such as to suit
the exigencies Of Mr.. Wilson's campaign Tor
reelection. As an earnest American,
should infinitely prefer participation in The
war to Mr.. Wilson's brand Of neutrality, hsi
il certainly would be a mockery Of justice 4
such participation should result in the cor
tinuation OF the shame of the Wilson Adni1'
istration. There are horses which ovsh. 70
he swapped. streams or no streams to ns
contrary notwithstanding.
BENJAMIN APTHoRP GOULD.
New York. April IA, 1915.