Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-07
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prisals which will iniure innocent
parties, such as neutral citizens. Non
combatants should not be made the
object of reprisals except in retalia-
ton for the unjustifiablc killing Of
n-combatants, and even in this case
there is the strongest reason to be-
lieve that the most effective form of
reprisal Is to bite ones lip and to util-
lie the surging Indignation in ones
heart to spur the nation on to more
effective military operations against
the enemy. We all remember as
children, how relieved we were when
we had spluttered and kicked the
door The strong, quiet man holds
his temper In check ana IS feared by
all. The British nation, in the case
of Miss Cavell, did not shoot some
poor German nurse detained in Eng
land, but they flashed over the cables
Of the world the sad tale of this heroic
woman, they built hospitals in her
name, and displayed her pictures as
a stimulus to recruiting. Such re
prisals are the most effective form Of
retaliation. As che law of war is
ever in accord with effective warfar1
the harbarous eye for an eye. life for
n life. form of reprisal viii soon he
discarded by the more advanced civ
ilizations.
If England should agree in the pro-
posal to disarm her vessels, would II
make travel any safer for Americans
on British liners
Quite the contrary ] believe In
the first place, the submarines could
not be sure whether the vessel they
We're approaching was one Of those
which had disarmed or not Probably,
therefore the submarine would pre-
fer to torpedo and put the best face
possible upon the necessities Of the
particular case. | would prefer to
take my chances on an armed liner
with good-szed guns and trained gun
ners than TO be put out at short mo-
tico far from land in small boat.
Suppose the vessels were disarmed
and one of them was sunk by sub
marine, would could we say if Ger
many claimed she was armed?
It would be hard for our state de-
partment to do anything more than
insist upon as thorough an investiga-
ton as possible Several months af-
ter the war was over we might find
that American lives had been lost in
violation Of international law. Ger
many would hardly fear the proba
bility of war at such time, and, in
any event, she could easily make ade-
quata redress and admit the illegality
of her action, since the need to use
her submarines would then have pass
ed. and she would have garnered the
fruit of illegality.
Is the stand that Secretary Lansing
has taken helpful in protecting pri-
waite property at sea?
Quite the contrary. II would opon
up the widest possibilities for cheaply
constructed and widely cruising sub
marines TO drive private property
from the seas.
HOW Is TINS gong 10 Affect lhe MAIL
sas farmer?
The Kansas farmer of middle age
has an interest IN the coming twenty
years and i'm the future of his chill
dren The Kansas farmer will find
that his products will he consumed in
increasing measure in all parts Of the
world. should another war unhap-
PLY occur he viii be among the first
to feel the consequences Of any inter
ference with the freedom of com
merce upon the seas Even now, as
the war progresses, he Will find that
the lack Of shipping to carry his pro-
duets Will restrict his market to Am
erica ANA curtail the prices which he
might receive for his farm products
Has the submarine now any rights
that anybody is bound TO respect, and
If so, what are theyr
The submarine engaged in opera
tons against warships. transports
scout vessels or any other military
force. has all the rights that apper-
tain to helisereuts. II is only when
the submarine attempts to disresard