New Britain herald., 1916-05-05
HALF-HEARTED PROMISES.

& HALF-HEARTED PROMISES. Practically on the eve of the an- Mversary of the sinking of the Lusi- Nnia, Germany sends her reply to the Ntimatum of the United States gov- nment. In this note, Germany hxes sarcastic, takes no responsibil- & for the loss of American life, but Ether places the whole blame, with Nc burden of proof for wrong doing, the shoulders of the United States Nere the American people not big and #oadminded and generous of heart, @re they not ready to sympathize Eth Germany's position in this con- Bversy. they could not read past the I|Ft few paragraphs of this missive
 hout feeling resentment at the dacious insinuations, the slurs #sretn cast. But America under Ends Germany better than Ger
 ny understands America. The I'm
 taL Government believes the United tes Government is playing favor @ and, like a peeved school boy, szRes to obey the law unless the
 Der fellow is whipped into line, not < liking that all cases do not run in
 alle1 lines. This government has
 handed nothing out of the ordinary #m Germany, merely that the lives % %nnocents be spared, and toward the
 of the note Germany gives some
 f-hearted assurances that an en- M vor will be made to walk the chalk g ermany does not want the United |#6 es dragged into this war. It ad- that, and wishes to prevent things z8an taking such a course. If there Sa ne thing which will prevent this E ible happening it is the carrying sM of the following order, which llSSH many ayers has been issued to her zs8 al forces:- |S Il accordance with the general S ciples of visit and search and the E ructiOn of merchant vessels recog- & Id by international law such ves- sS both within and without the area
 ared a naval war zone, shall not # unk without warning and without B| pts to escape or offers resistance"
 his must be the great concession many makes in trying to meet the 8N ands of the United States and at |AH same time placate the feelings R population seett1ing with tndig- on. Whether 1t is a concession or does not matter. The point is: 2 is followed out, the idea to make
 marine commanders obey the let
 and the spirit of the law, there HIN be no trouble. It remains to be M how the officials in Washington W take the utterances of the Inn
 AS3. .Government. This government
 been handled none too gently, it's z faith has been questioned, and Ss pride has been hit If the of-
 Is can overlook these crude
 ders on the part of a nation that
 ghttng for it's very life, and set
 to see that Germany's promises
 not ''thin air" then there should
 o tear of future relations. Ger #ssE wdn have to be told again, as
 as before, that when the United
 s is dealing with Germany it is
 bog with Germany and not Great
 9n. This constant dragging in of
 srd power on questions between
 nattons is what has made trouble
 Bong. Great Britain has done the S thing So long as England and
 1any can parry by placing the
 e on each other, the United
 $ can make no progress in up
 ng the rights of neutrals. But
 betty dickering must end. Ger
 must live up to the promises uggests she will make, or diplo- relations between these two s powers, friendly for more than hundred years, must be brought
 close.
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