Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-05-10
IEI;AiA NY'S l1ATEST NOTE.

the people ol the UnllGu states Lnat
there will. Tor the present at least,
be no breaking OF diplomatic rcla-
uonS between our country and Ger
many. We believe this to be the
case, though as yet definite decision
has not been rendered by President
Wilson. The United States above all
wants peace, and Germany in her re-
ply, unsatisfactory as it must be to
officials in Washington us well as to Il
largo majority or individual citizens,
has left open the way for a period Of
waiting to see to what extent her
promises will DC kept. This, we
think, will be the course President
Wilson will pursue.
We find little to satisfy in the note
from Germany, save her promise to
regulate future submarine activity
to conformity TO humanitarian
PRINCIPLES. This promise. even
hcdGcd about as it is by conditions
imposed upon our government that
are Inconsistent with all Drcccdcnts
OF tho past, is the only ground for
any action other than the severance
OF all relations between the two gov
ernmcnts. Seeking peace at al. haz-
ards save one, the sacrifice OF ma
tlonal honor. our government will
wait patiently. and If that waiting
shall he rewarded by full compli-
ancc on Germany'S part to the terms
or her latest pledge. our forbearance
u dCr circumstances most trying will
d.. amply rewarded in the years to
ne when the sting of the effrontery
e. slightly veiled shall have yielded
D., the softennE influences Of time.
Germany promises "to be entirely
od' II We will but make England
Use her blockade. Horrid as that
ockadc is, incOnvcnient as it must
.'" to Germany, we have never seen
"nercin the government OF the Uni
States has cause to interfere. The
d" 'csting OF cities by armies and the
~autting off Of supplies to force ca
.N -ulation has ever been recognized
H@ one OF the means to an end in
trfarc, and we cannot see a great
terence between isolating city
q isolating a whole country, il the
- ter be possible.
In 1870, so the records state, the
@,ly Of Paris was invested. surround
-, shut OFF completely from the rest
- tho world, and eventually starved
"lo submission. by whom? None
q" 1cr than the great nation Of Ger
my which now complains Of the
Iitish blockade. The Investment Of
rls. according to history, began
'ly in September. 1870, and within
days. so completely was the in
;tmcnt made. two millions OF peo-
..t, the inhabitants of Paris, were
ing horse flesh as q means OF sub
tcnre. early in December" says
authoritative chrOniclcr, the
nt'ng OF rats was carried on extern
ely, and week later the ration OF
rsc flesh was cut to but one ounce
lay, with. the bread ration reduced
ounces A Ia
CT the ZOOS OF the city became the
lttOirS, and elephant steaks and
er meat were considered very en-
''aDlc at i5 francs per pound"
me government of Germany has
lie in history to back her claims as
80 the 'nhumanity OF the blockade
" Etne''s this from the timeworn rec
."i: milk for the bcsicged OF Paris
IS not allowed to go in. although
'3e french government reserved to
- very end 5000 cows to furnish
H liz to the newly born. The death
e in January was 5000 per week,
ing especially hiGh among children
der two years Of age"
bismarck was famous as Il wit. and
en- the horrors OF war did not duh
keen edge OF Il. When the final
pitnlation OF Paris came and the
eat man OF iron was told there
ere still children to be seen, he as
Poi med appearance OF surprise, re-
"arkinS: ~ am surprised at that;
wonder YOU have not eaten them"
md thcn. from his own memoirs, we
I'D this outstanding triumph OF SYM
pathy and love for The women and
chI!dren OF helligcrGrt countries. the
hoE-comhatant population about
Whom we see so much these DAYS.
bismarck sets Gown that his wife
who had fallen i'll from anxiety over
the condition OF her son. a wounded
soldier, "Suffcrcd most from her fc-
rociouS hatred Of the Gauls, all OF
whom she would wish to see stabbed
and shot to death, down to the little
babes, who. --notc the Introduction
or wit cannot help having
such abominablc parents"
II Is misfortune that the "for-
tunes OF war" are often so distress
ing. Paris suffered in the years mast:
even within the short period Of a few
weeks we have the record OF the
starving into submission Of the forces
OF ToWnShcnd in McSsopotamia. We
have nc record of Inconvenience to
nOn-combatants In this last instance,
but no one will suppose for mo-
ment that had there been women and
children concerned the method OF
gaining the victory would have been
altered.
The belligerent nations must "give
and take; that is the only mode Of
finally reaching a decision But the
belliserent nations cannot with i'm
punity treat neutral nations and their
n IN, lNn no,