Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-22

/ British Lion" need not despair He
still has friends in America in the
persons of our president, Theodore,
the Rash; Senator Lodge, and the
combined American Editorial Writ
ers' Association, plus the munition
traders.
Every time the Lion" whimpers
or gets some new maltreatment, copi-
GUS sympathy is extended to the un-
fortunate beast in distress.
If he needs money shot, shell, aero
planes and submarines he can have
them for the askng-proVided he
.. pays a big profit. For mere sympathy
it is not customary to charge a cent
here in America, for we are known
as generous nation, and in the mat
ter of neutrality" Washington as
serts it to be the only genuine
article" There is none like it," as
the lad" writer's say.
In order to further please our Brit
ish friends President Wilson can be
relied upon to send any number of
"strong notes" to Austria or Germany
on slight provocation. At least once
every four weeks the president takes
pains to point out the fearful
menace of the hyphenated" to Amer
lean institutions. Treason, disloyalty.
plots to wreck muntion factories, all
are charged to the poor "hyphenates,
better known as German Americans.
The many Vindictive, bitter attacks
of Mr.. Wilson are solely dedicated to
those Americans OF German deriya-
tion who have dared to criticise what
they firmly believe is more hypocrisy
than real neutrality.
These men whom the president
would ostracise "have poured the
poison of disloyalty into the veins of
our national life, etc" So AYERS our
national head. This kind of loose talk
should greatly please the sick lion at
London and convince England that
our government still has a tender
spot in its heart for the sole pro-
tector of all civilization" Cannot
Britain see how we dope" our neu-
trality to please her? Is she blind to
our beneyolence? Do we not permit
| her to do as she likes with our trade
and shipping? Britain surely knows
that our government will never in
! sist on getting what we ask for in
the notes addressed to England with
regard to strangling our trade on all
allies Washington "winks the other
/ eye"
| For this reason the French
cruisers hold up American ships en-
route from Porto Rico to New York.
They are blockading America, not
| Germany. They seize and com
mandeer Uncle Sans ships on all seas
| because they know Washington will
not insist on American rights, and
our protests are only real when ad-
dressed to the Teutonic powers.
| For this and every veiled aspersion
filed with contempt that the presi-
| dent has uttered against our loyal
| citizens of German stock, we will
hold him responsible. He has preach
ed racial hatred, and sought to ad-
vance his personal political interests
at the expense of those Americans
who dared to disagree with his one
sided policy.
! Only blind prejudice has ever ques-
| toned the allegiance of the race that
| furnished America with 10000 fight
| ing men in Americas hour of need
| 1S61-1865. New York alone furnished
thirteen regiments TO the Union arm
les. Since when is outspoken SYM
pathy for the cause of the German
people treason? Since when is SYM
pathy for Britain's cause sign of
true, patriotic Americanism?
Long ago, l have claimed and cited
instances to prove that our president
and his government were unneutral
and unfair as to Germany and her
allies. We are happy to see that in
the Senate and Congress of the
United States, men of both parties
accuse the government of being par
tial and one-sided for the benefit of
the entente allies.
| Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
and Works, of Texas, disagree with
the president.
Before the next election Is held
William J. Bryan may have Il word
to say on the same topic.
Adding to these opposing forces,
the great element of the German
Americans or "hyphenates" whose
hearts are bitter for the slander and
humiliation heaped upon them, it
may be seen that Mr.. Wilson's re-
election looks like a thing remote.
All these signs backed by the fall
elections point to defeat for TING man
whose neutrality is peculiar ars1 in
consistent" as Thomas n, McCarteI
has said.
CHARLES A. GEHRIE,
South Orange, n. J,