The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-24
Father Collins Exposes
Work Of An English Spy
Continued from page u

bCiiildilS, W <1uSt'id, anu " II. ID. ".
Government may be regarded as cleo
tioneering addresses and no more.
"The publication of the Won Papen
correspondence was distinctly unfortu-
nate. Even so friendly paper as the
Springfield Republican took us to task
for our treatment of the Captain, for
getfui Of the fact that the Germans
are not gentlemen, but pirates and
deserve to be treated as such. The
letter by Won Skal on the Ambassador
has made the position Of the latter
more solid with the Administration.
The entire publication strikes
ME as a boomerang
TOO certain of our hold on the Adj
ADMINISTRATION, we have been somewhat
neglectful of Congress. | suggest that
the mail of the Senators, especially Of
those who favor an embargo on arms
tsee Schedule XO) be carefully super
vised. While the ammunition interests
are strong, we must not underestimate
the approach of the elections. The
problem Of the 'hyphen' also is more
sinister than ever. The President.
while still with us, is deeply offended
because of the attacks on him in the
British press. Especially the poster
Are you too proud to fight rankles
deep. Even if he has not protested
against the German atrocities he has
gone as far as he could without actual
ly participating in the war on our
side. The slurs on him which are
promptly re-published here, must
strike him as the basest ingratitude.
should not be surprised if his atti-
tude toward Us would stiffen consider
ably in consequence. InasmUch as
American ammunition still is abSo
lutely essential to our success, / sug-
gest that your Excellency permit the
Administration to obtain 4 diplomatic
victory of some kind over US. 1t is
not necessary to sacrifice essential
principles, but | would urge that q
slight concession now and then would
be gratefully appreciated in Washing
ton. At present it Is best to humor
them. They are childish, and it is 50
easy to please them. Tho attitude Of
Washington for the next few months
will depend entirely upon the results
of the party conventions. It is ex-
tremely unfortunate that Mr.. ROOse
welt so injudged public sentiment. 1t
will, | most respectfully submit, be
wiser TO withdraw support from this
quarter, which is in any case hopeless
of success. Had it not been for Mr..
BTyan'S resignation, We could have
been certain Of Mr. Wilson'S rc-ciec-
ton, which, all things considered
would have been satisfactory. In the
event of new lease Of power being
granted, We would have fallen even
more completely under the thumb of
the Morgan interests.
81 respectfully urge your EXcelIency
to regard the political situation here
as most prccarious; in my humble
opinion, the best and only method is
to prepare some incident which would
drag the country into war before the
conventions, as if by stampede. This
is, however, subject to the remarks in
Section q Of this report, which render
it hazardous and even desperate. The
alternative is to trust the money in
tercsts to elect another weak and
wooden President.
This is, l respectfully submit, the
only valid reason for holding our
hands, and forcing the United States
into war on our side by some such
method as that of torpedoing an
American ship manned by sailors and
passengers in our pay, or any Of those
outlined in Schedules B14sQq, although
| ain of late considerably distressed