Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-11-01
of both sides have condemned the Presi-
dents neutral policies.

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Because President Wilson would not
challenge war with one side by propos-
actions with it in munitions which it
could transport across the ocean, parti-
sans of the other side, which is as free
able to carry purchases home, have de-
nounced him; and some pacifsts unin-
formed of the nature Of international
obligatio3n;s or indifferent to the parti-
such circumstances, have echoed those
partisan outcries. But no calm judg-
that policy. An opposite one, not this
one, would have been the unneutral
policy.
Because the President. made impera-
tive demands upon one belligerent for
cessation of novelties in warfare which
endangered American lives, and did not
that affect nothing but personal com
fort or property rights. there went up
re-echoed by the biased and the
thoughtless. But is there not differ
ence between wrongs that affect only
that endanger human life?. One kind
can be redressed in money damages af-
were the other eannot 6e
recognized this humane distinction; and
VINO cares cOnuemh MIN lor IL, except
of the possibilities of human Judgment t,
has President Wilson'S administration
beginning of the European war he pro
claimed. In doing so he has kept this
country out of war: and has done it
GUS American patriotism ought not to
yield.
kept US opt of war;" He has done it in
With national honor, too.
With kind of national honor, to be
which 81
the honorable self-restraint of the man
who won't knock nocie. it off f;no ,ova +ne;,
country for the ideals to which it is
dedicated, and their flag for what il
"f he Pr i1Ha n has kept e
We now know that # unhappiIy We
Of hs Would ne
be a war, at the drop of hat" j
would not be war of our seeking, il
would not be war that nde we could ay9id
be truly a war of defense which NJ
Responsible statesmanship on a Presi
dents part could avert.
1t is said, however, that Presiden
Wilson has belied his peace profession:
by warlike policies. How would tina
dispose Of the fact. that nevertheless HI
A militarist in the White Hous
long ago.. 1t is, at least doubtful if :;
have kept us out. He would probabl
, have been run over and trampled upol
by the stampede which Sh - his u.s. abs ei t
Stimulate at a time when mi1itarist
had almost everything their own way
from sbo and and nni3s
/. But Wilson has honorably kept u
The blessings of peace,loving pee
for his further success in this human
izing policy should encourage him.
Can; we ignore the SIGNIFICANCE Of II
fact that the 9verwhelm t militarist
| try try to the Mexican border: This W:
the most PRONOUNCED a., military iI:l act ~.
doubtless to prevent by military for
conditions that might force us in
war with that country. But it had
No sooner had the men begun.
march. and the meaning OF war be-
pfeus aa hyes the to %Sds
which do not depend for prosperity u
on bloodshed-no sooner had this 9
Cured than the militaristic scream
preparedness, o was 5 h1sh nat won't ~.
They really did not want militaris
however acqgiescent they may ~ ia b; a
And the realistic dramatizaton Of t
march Of masses of young men to
foreign border made this undercurre
of sentiment articulate.
The march of troops to Mexico "
vastly more effective upon the pub
mind, to say nothing of its being
fnitely more wholesome, than the p
nicious moving-picture drama viii
the munitions makers had so expel
lively staged.
Is preparedness" legislation count
among President Wilson's Warlike &C
Read, then, it's provisions toward +
ture Of munitions Of war. These
a long step toward removing one Of
impelling causes Of war--the influel
OF interests which find their profits