Evening star., 1916-09-30
GERMANS ASSA|L
us. NEUTRALITY
Death of Lieut.. Rockwell in
French Aero Service Arouses
Renewed Attacks.
FIRM HAND URGED IN
DEALING WITH AMERICA
Declared War Would Have Been
Ended Had It Not Been for Aid
Extended to Allies.

Extended to Allies.
BERLIN. September 30---Immediatel.
on the heels of the utterances of th
imperial chancellor in the reichstat
concerning the submarine campaign thu
afternoon newspapers generally prin
criticisms of the neutrality of tn,
United States based on the news of TIL,
death of the American aviator, Kiffer
Rockwell. and the presence of othel
American aviators on the western
front
They connect this evidence of Ameri
can sympathy for the entente allies ant
the supplying of war smaterials b,
firms in the United States as an indi
cation of the futility of concessions tc
the American standpoint with regard te
submarines. They declare that these
facts show how American respect for
neutrality is vanishing and how Ameri.
ca IS misusing the present form OF
submarine warfare to cover the active
participation of American citizens in
the war on the side of the entente al
lies
Lokal Anzeiger Comment.
The Lokal Anzeiger, under the head
ing American Neutrality" prints the
following:
With a naivete which must appear
astonishing even in a war which over
turns ordinary conceptions of interna-
tional law and neutrality the Paris
Matin announces that Aviator Rock
w~ii, one of the best known American
a.rEien. has fallen in an air battle the
tiatin does not attempt to dispute the
fact, long known to u.s. that at verdun
ali aero troop under the name OF the
American Aviator Squadron partici-
patod in the fighting.
We all know that. impelled by love
OF peace and chary of human sacri-
and now see with astonishment that
the concessions have resulted only in
the further supply of the entente with
ammunition and guns We now see
further how our. conciliatory attitude
directly has been misused on the Amer
lean side and Americans can, therefore,
reach the enemy and fill important po-
sitions.
View as to Keeping Neutrality.
We are acquainted naturally with
the love of adventure in the American
blood and we do not condemn it. We
also would have no occasion whatever
to pay attention to the exercise Of this
passion. if We had not believed that the
concessions to the United States would
be sufficient for honorable men to
bride the strongest inclinations to ig-
more the most natural obligations of
neutrality.
IF, however. as the aforementioned
facts seem to show, we have erred in
this assumption. We must only regret
to have made concessions which are
misused and which show to US to what
degree the feeling and respect Of the
conception of neutrality have been lost
by Americans and by the entente. We
still believe it will be possible for the
American government to take measures
that the concessions made to it shall
not undergo usages to which under no
circumstances we can submit on the
part of American citizens. Such actions
can only be regarded as an evasion of
our agreement with the union"
Says o. s. Aid Prolongs War.
The vossische Zeitung. in an article
written by its military critic on the
American aviation squadron. points
out that the entente allies have an i'm
mense advantage in being supplied
from neutral America with war ma
jiany can only compete by her utmost
efforts The newspaper argues that
the war would long since have been
over IL 1t had not been for American
supplies.
Calls for Firm Policy.
he Tageblatt says: The American
conduct may be regarded as proof of
how American feeling and respect for
the principles of neutrality are vanish
3ns."
Such stalwart organs as the Tag
sche Rundschau. the Tages-Zeitung
and Die Post all connect the news of
the American Aviation Corps with the
submarine issue as the basis for the
argument that moderation in the use
of Gernany's Undersea weapons merely
sc. YES to further American assistance
10 the entente allies in men and
munitions.
Calls for Firm Policy.
The Tageszeitung devotes a leading
article. which does not need the sigma
ture to betray it's Count Won Revent-
low origin, to the late Earl Kitchen
e-'s alleged statement to w Cameron
Forbes, former governor general of
the Philippines, that the entente allies
many without. the assistance of the
United States IL characterizes the
American policy as policy in which
the United States is making a threat
cned use of wooden sword, and calls
for. policy Of the utmost frmness
against the United States.
Universal Indignation.
In an article on Aviator Rockwell,
the Tageszeituns says
1T Is self-evident that this unneutral
favor and support of our enemies can
not be permanently permitted by Ger
many. America itself cannot doubt that
its conduct arouses universal indigna-
tion ~ Germany. We are convinced
that the whole German nation is
united in believing that just as the
American deliveries of munitions
lau IN to scorn American assurances
OF humanity ana love of peace so this
support of our enemies by American
avlators constitutes an insult to neu-
trality"
EES GUNSHOT WOUND IN JAW.