Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-10-24

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The following editorial appeared
in the New York World Of Sunday,
October %, under the caption "An
Invitation to War:
TO the Editor of The World:
The World is my bible. But how
can | accept this complex and mysti-
flying proposition?
Hughcs's election means war with
Germany.
Germany works for Hughes's cleo
tion.
ARTHUR w. BISHOP.
New York, Oct. 10.
With a correct understanding Of
political conditions in Germany the
proposition is neither complex nor
mystifying.
1t is the general belief in Germany
that Mr. Hughes is the pro-German
candidate for President of the United
States and that if he is elected the
foreign policy of the United States
will be pro-German.
That belief has its origin in the
German propaganda support of Mr..
Hughes for the nomination and the
unanimous support of his candidacy
by the German press. 1t has been
confirmed by the character of the
Hughes campaign. The German
Government and the German people
logically assume that if Mr. Hughes
is the candidate Of the Germans in
the United States he will be q pro-
German President-that the matter
must Of necessity be thoroughly un-
derstood between him and the lead
ers Of the German propaganda in this
country. Therefore the German Gov
ornment and the German people take
it for granted that if Mr.. Hughes is
elected his election will be proof that
the United States is pro-German; it
will be proof that the American peO-
pie have repudiated the foreign
nolicy of President Wilson and 1t will
be proof that the American people
want a foreign policy directly favor
able to Germany.
The belief is general in Germany
that If Mr.. Hughes is elected the
German Government will have a free
hand in the conduct of submarine
warfare. 1t can tear up the pledges
exacted by President Wilson and re-
sumo policy of ruthlessness with
the consent and approval of the
American people
Americans know that this is not
true. Whatever understanding ex-
lists between the Hughes managers
and the leaders of the German propa-
ganda, resumption of the Tirpitz
policy OF submarine manslaughtcr
must inevitably involve the United
States and Germany. In the long
ln the foreign policy of the United
States is determined by the Amer.
ican people themselves, and, no mat
ter who is President, they win not
countenance the resumption Of ruth
less submarine warfare and the re-
pudation or Germany's pledges to
this country.
But the German Government can
not be expected to understand that,
with all the German newspapers in
the United States supporting Mr..
Hughes and the German propaganda
exerting all its influence in his be-
half. 1t cannot be expected to un-
derstand ii when Mr. Hughes ac-
quiesces in this support and eagerly
accepts it. Germany has moral
right to believe that Hughes ad-
ministration will permit Germany to
do as it pleases in naval warfare.
That is why MIR. Hughess can
didacy presents such grave menace
TO the peace Of the American people.
He has triAed with this great ques-
ton until it is now too late to repair
the damage. He could not disillu
sion the German Government If he
tried, for no matter what he said
Berlin would interpret his statement
as a clever piece OF politics and hold
as tenaciously as ever to its theory
that Mr.. Hughes would be pro-
German President What Is infinitely
more dangerous, the German Gov
ernment would put that theory into
practice at the earliest convenient
day after Mr.. Hughes's election.
Mr.. Hughes, by his attacks upon
the foreign policy Of the President,
by his refusal to present a definite
foreign policy of his own and by his
grateful acceptance of German sup
port has made his election an invita-
ton to war. He alone is responsible
for the fact that the German Gov
ernment regards him as Germanys
candidate for President and that it
would interpret his election as a
gigantic German victory in the
United States.
What The World says in the above
article is nonsense pure and simple,
and The World knows 1t to be such.
The World knows that there Is no
understanding" between Mr. Hughes
and the German Propagandists." "
The World knows that the German
people do not take anything for
granted" They have no illusion that
Mr.. Hughes, if elected President, will
exhibit any pro-German leaning or
even feeling; that has been plainly
stated in the leading Berlin news
papers What they might expect is,
that Mr.. Hughes will demand Of all
belligerents to strictly recognize
American rights and the rights Of all