New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13

jiFsaw word puzzle Of ending for.
mu.a' which shall save me race OF
Germany. and also. II possible, the face
OF the United states II we still have
face 20 save. The President, so far as
we can JUDGE from hero. is playing
game, and the American public allows
him 20 go on playing rather low
down. The stakes on the one side
are the honor Of Che country. l. is
true that quite recently, when this
alternative Of honor and dishonor was
pressed upon an eminent Western Sen
ator. the eminent Western Senator
made answer:
"Dishoror be damned"
Mr. Wilson. we may hope, would not
use that phrase. Tie would prefer %
say "too proud 20 fight" To the cal
lous brutality Of the eminent western
Senator he prefers the rhetorical para
dox OF the eminent Princeton profess
sor. But the brutality would have
made little impression. The Prince
ton paradox gave the world the meas
ure OF Mr. Wilson's manhood. Across
the man OF the United States he has
scrawled his libel upon the American
people. The shame OF 10 is his, not
ours.
Inc NlItt W 4 A@t7ANtA "+s
We listen for the voices from Amer
lea which speak with the true Amer
lean accent There is one to-day. SEN
stOr Root made The welcome state
ment thar Mr. Wilson's weakness IN
dealing with Germany VIII be the KEY
note Of the campaign. That is our one
chance OF recovering our position OF
authority abroad. Ne l-ten to SEN
HH.H
The Tribune. % Nr. Roosevelt When
we hear that Nr Roosevelt and Ar.
Root ere a. one chen shall we believe
that the Dav Of RcdemF ton is near.
The New Piracy.
This morning We hear that the Presi-
dent is not az present himself 20 apply
German made law 20 tie ships OF the
Allies lie is not 90 become IN Open.
Partner % the new Open Piracy o.
the Germans. Tie is not % hold the
p d while the Germans dictate the ne"
law Of ships lie does motor the
moment agree that merchant SHIPS
NAV be sunk az sight II they carry
srre For months we have heard much
from Germans and Dro-Gcrmans about
,be "rraec.rl OF the seas.' N0w we
know that tre Fiat Of Germany is the
Freedom Of tie Seas; that IS what Bcr-
lin means by it. Pure piracy; the
right 90 murder innocent pas sengers ~
sig1t. Tr. wilson calls that setting up
a new Law of tho Sea and does not
think he has the power 90 do 10. And
upon q just technical ground he omils
TO blackcn the American name and his
own with this fresh stain.
Yet neither is the new Piracy any
worse than the old. Neither ir abstain
ing from % new crime nor 30 eNac-lng
Justice for an old one has the Presi-
dent or Mr. Iau. ing given Us any zeal
assurance. we 10 not yet kno"
whether tho Lu-.taaia murders are 20
be avenged. Nc do not yct know
whether new murders may not be com
u.tted By the sinking OF liners Only
tho President knows, and he VIII nor
tell. Was ever great People so
PLAYED with and fouted by President
Are the direct relations between the
President and The Press az an end
Are thcre no more Thursdays az the
White House, is 10 true, az one Eng
lish correspondent lately assured the
English public, that Americans are
tired Of the Lusitania? Then why do
you publish the mastery cartoon Of
Columbia mourning for her murdered
and refusing TO be c0mfortet,
Punch and presiden'.
will refer you 20 Punch Tor evil
dence Of what the average man thinks
about these things. There have been
several caricatures. Of which the Hail
Columbia" was perhaps the best. Il
they do not equal in force yours or
those Of the Du-chman Ra-lakers,
whom tho Kaiser is pursuing, they are
near English. e. they ought 20 be.
F They somehow slip past the Censor.
But then comes along the Times,
catches them in its finer web. AMI
holds them up 90 mild rebuke. 1T IS
not usual 90 caricature the Head OK a
Friendly state" I should ike 90 know
since when. Besides. there are excuses
for a President who has 90 fish IN the
troubled waters ~ American elections.
All this is said with q grim irony. The
stage is set Punch comes tumbling
on in his mischievous way. Then the
Times appears as Chorus. and cT-
plains thar no harm - meant, since
with one % the gravest issues q our
time our President is playing polite.
With all OF which 4 hope Nr. Wilson
L.. orrFarH.H IL.