Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-20
(ConeInlItd from Nd Nack ]

H'hN' Va lHN @nll iul NVFll iliN AIAn
; lean vessel Cushing wgB attacked ~
, crippled by Cernian acrOplanc. O
J tho fst Of May Tho Ancricnn icgsl
Gulnlgllt WgB t0fpodocd ana sunk by
German submarine and two or NOR
Americans were Killed, set nothing wa
done. ON the 9Th Of Mny The Lndta
illn was toipedocd nnd sum-, us q Cor
man mbfDafino ana more tilnn IN
Americans nnd t.tc0 other nOncOnl
batanta wore drowned. The very thin,
which our government had warnct
Germany tllc pugt not do, Uornmij
did or Hct purpose aud IN tie m1st con-
tcmptuolB nnd shociiing way. Then
when nl America waa stirred 10 The
depths, our government addressed mn.
other note 10 Gcrm1ny. ii repeated
ita na8crtl0n Of American rights ana
renewed its bold declaration az par.
pose. II declared again That the Amer.
lem government must hOId Tie In.
| rcl'lal Gurlnnn EoyaTnmcnt 10 a STRIFE:
accountability for any infringement of
those rights Intentional or incidental =
and It Gcclarod that Il would not "onit
any word cf any net necessary to the
performance OF its sncred duty Of main.
taining tie rights Of the United StntnS
aud ila citizens aud OF Bafpgunrdlng
their FREQ exercise aud enjoyment"
- Hjtill nothing was done nnd long
aud technical correspondence cnsucd.
hnGgling OYER petty questions Of Dc.
tail. every American note growing lcss
rhd lcsg strong and percriptcfy until
the Arabic waB torpcdDcd aud sunk
and moro Amcfican lives were destroy.
cd. and stlll nothing wag done, ANA
the correspondence continued uutil the
allied dcfcnae against Germnl subma.
FlnG warfare iuadc n Improbable aud
led 10 It's abandonment. and the cor.
rcspondcncc H. apparently approaching
It's end without securing even that par.
tial protection for the future which
might be found IN an admission that
tho destruction OF the Lusltanla was
forbidden hy law. The later CORE.
spondencc has been conducted by our
ntnto department with dignity, but It
bns been futile. An admission OF lin.
bllity for damages has been secured.
but the time for real protection to
American rights Ilns long since passed.
The brave words with which We lie.
gan the controversy had prodrced no
effect. because they were read IN the
light OF two extraordinary events.
One was the report Of the Austrian
ambassador. Mr.. numbl. 10 his gov
ernmcnt that when the American note /
OF Feb. 10 was received he asked the /
secretary of state. air. Drym. whether
II meant business and received an an-
gWer which satisfied him that Il did /
not. brt was Intended for effect at (
aomcsin America.
"Too Proud to Fight"
The other event was the strange and
declaration OF the prcs!. .
dent IN n public speech ia Philadelphia
the fourth day after the siniging of (
the Lusitania that "a taan may be too
prOEd 20 lsht. Whatever the Aus.
trian ambassador was III fact told by
the secretary Of state, the Impression
which he reported was supported by
Tho events which followed. whatever
The president did mean. his declaration.
nap III public ut that solemn tlrac.
inld the horror and mourtl.ng OF nj
,nr people over the murdcr Of fheir
was accepted the world over
N presenting tie attitude ri the Amer
can government toward the protection
" the l!fc and liberty OF American
'Itl2cns nj the exercise Of their inst
lights. and throughout the wofld the
llrasc too proud 20 fight became II
,yword OF Gcrlsion and contempt for
iic government OF the United States.
Later. III another thcatcr Of tlie {
Icdiicrrnncan-Aistria. aud perhaps T
turkey also. resumed tic practice.
he Anconn and then the Persia were |
cstroycd. aud more Americans were {
lllcd. Why should they not resume
he practice? They bad learned to be- !
eve that. no matter how shocked the '
american government might be. Its (
csolutlon would cxpcnd itself In 1
'ords. They had learned TO believe $
lat It was safe to Kin Americans. and V
le world believed with them.
Shaking Fist and Finger.
No man shohld draw pistol who :
ares not shoot. The government that y
lakcs its fist FIRST and its finger after !
ard falls into contempt. Our diplo- "
acy has lost its authority and iniiu-
zee because we have been brave in :,
crds and irresolute In action. Men ;,
ay say that the words OF our diplo-
atic notes were justified: men may
" that our inaction was justified. but
, man can say that both were wise X
ID creditablc. ID
] have said that this government lost II
e moral forces of the world by not
uly interpreting the spirit of the ~ -
merican democracy. -
The American democracy stands for ~
more than beef and cotton ~
ID grain and manufactures; stands =.
r something that cannot be measured :,
rates of exchange and does not rise -, -.
fall with the balance Of trade. The - -
nerican people, informed By their y,
7n experience that Is confirmed by 49,
cir observation of International life. /.
We come TO see that the independence -.
nations, the liberty of their peoples. n,
sticc and humanity cannot be main. Ia.
Ined upon the complaisancc, the good no
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