Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-15

n tween sunrise and sunset.-w. ]. Bryan
More than a year ago pointed out that 1t
/ was the duty of the United states to cham
| piou the integrity Of the neutral rights of
] Belgium (Which had received the sanctions
! Of The Hague conventions, to which the
United States was a signatory) against the
! "lawlcss" conduct Of beligerent Germany
! Theodore Roosevelt.
Whatever its purpose, the price of war is
too high.-David starr Jordan.
The Imperial German Government pro-
tests socmnIy and omphatIcally against tho
| dishonest fight which a civil l population
wagcd against German soldiers with the most
rcprehcnsbc means and eyen more against
! the attitude Of the Belgian Government,
! which, after the utter neglect Of It's duties,
! shown in its indulgence of the wild passions
of the population, now is shameless enough
| to belle and defamo the German army in
order to cxonerate itself from its own heavy
! gullt.-Gorman White Book.
IF by entering America could end the
war; that indeed would be n real service
to humanity I think even the Germans will
concede that.-Alfred Noyes
Only in defense of Just cause shall our
sword fly from its scabbard.-Von Bcthmann
Hollwcg, August 1, 1914
Our present war scare ls largely due to the
carefully worked propaganda OF the men and
interests that make great profits out of war
and reparedncss.-Governor Arthur Capper,
of Kansas
Wen get the boys out Of the trenches and
back to their homes by Christmas Day
Henry Ford.
Unless Holland intcrvencs the war will last
n long time-H. G. Wells.
I know nothing more disheartening than
the announcement that the United States,
the one great country left in the world free
from the hideous, bloody burden of war, is
about to embark upon the building of a huge
armada.-Lord Roscbory.
1t Is Germany that strikes. When she has
! conquered new domains for her genius then
the priesthood of all the gods will praise the
god of war.--MaXimian Harden.
You can't make the people prepare for war
until you can convince them this country is
about to be invaded.-WiamJ Bryan.
| We Austria Hungary, on the outposts
of the war facing that constant menace of
| the barbarous East. We did our
best to keep the danger off by peaceful
means, but it had to be averted anyhow, not
| for our sake only, but in the interest of every
great principle sacred to enlightened pro-
gress'e, liberal-mlnded humanity
Apponyi
The United States hasn't friend in the
world.-Familiar saying
At least three nations greodiy desire that
the Teuton be killed in retail since he can
not be killed in wholesaIe.-Rudyard Kiplng.
Thank heaven, I have cured myself of the
filthy vice of patriotism.-Charles Ram Ken
nedy.
Adequate preparedness is a will-o'-the-wisp
and could not be obtained under any plan
proposed short of conscription and the mill
tary domination known in Germany and
which led to the moral ruin of that coun-
try.-Oswald Garrison Willard.
You have been taken in by the munition
makers and the war trafflckers, who have
been telling us that our country is utterly
defenseless in face of the expert testimony
of naval officials that we have navy second
only to that of Great Britain, and of similar
testimony from the Secretary of War that
equal to any other on the face Of the earth
From a letter written by a Pennsylvania
member of Congress to a correspondent urg-
ing national defense.
From the sentiments and opinions quoted
above and from thousands of others like
them, the American people have been asked
to adjust their sentiments and to form en-
lightened opinions concerning the most mo-
mentous crisis in history. The amount and
variety of hectic nonsense, rubbish, sloppy
thinking and pure rot which have been
offered to America since the war began, and
since the question of national defense has
come up, are appalling. No side has been
without guilt, and the percentage of rot has
been surprisingly steady. Those who have
spoken most have spoken most foolishly, a
condition which accounts for the absence,
from the collection above, of French opinion.
The end is not yet, and win not be so long as
1t is easier TO talk than 10 think. But the
American public, thank Heaven, is not taken
in. 1t knows that rot Is rot. And 1t goes