The Arvada enterprise., 1916-04-27

SIS Thursday follows:
crnmcnt its solemn assurances that at
least passenger ships would not be thus
dealt with; and yet it has again and
again permitted its undersea command
ers to disregard those assurances with
entire impunity.
Refers to the Lu,itnnia Outrage.
Great liners like the Lusitania and
the Arabic, and mere fcrry-boats like
the Sussex, have been attacked with
out a moments warning, sometimes
before they had even become aware
that they were in the presence of an
armed vessel of the enemy. and the
lives of -combatants passengers
and crew have been sacrificed whole
sale in manner which the govern
ment of the United States cannot but
regard as wanton and without the
slightest color of justification.
No limit of any kind has in fact
been set to the indiscriminate pursuit
and destruction of merchantmen of al!
kinds and nationaIities within the wa
tcrs. constantly extending in area,
where these operations have been car
ried on; and the roll of Americans
who have lost their lives on ships thus
at tackled and destroyed has grown.
month by month, until the ominous
toll has mounted into the hundreds.
Sussex Case Rivals I.usitnnin.
one of the latest and most shocking
Instances of this method of warfare
was that of the destruction of the
French cross channel steamer Sussex.
II must stand forth as the sinking of
the steamer Lusitania did. as so sing
ularly tragical and mjustifiable as to
constitute n truly terrible example oe
the inhumanity of submarine warfare
az the commanders of German vessels
have for the last twelve months been
conducting it.
If this incident stood alone some ex-
PLANTATION, some disavowal by the Ger
~ Il ,,P
criminal mistake or wilful disobedience
on the part of the commander of the
vessel that fired the torpedo might be
sought or entertained; but. unhappily,
/. does not stand alone.
Recent events make the conclusion
inevitable that it is only one instance.
even though it be one of the most cX-
tr.me and distressing instances, of the
sEirit and method of warfare which
the imperial German government has
mistakenly adopted. and which from
the first exposed that government to
the reproach of thrusting all neutral
rights aside in pursuit of its immedi-
ate object.
United States Has Hoped In Vain.
The government of the United States
has been very patient. At every stage
of this distressing experience OF trag
cdy after tragedy in which it's own
citizens We're involved. it has sought
tC be restrained from any extreme
course of action or OF protest by 4
thoughtful consideration of the extra
ordinary circumstances of this unprc-
ccdcnted war. and actuated in all that
/. said or did by the sentiments of
genuine friendship which the people of
the United States always have enter
tanned and continue to entertain
toward the German nation.
1t has. of course, accepted the sue
ccssivc explanations and assurances of
the imperial German government as
given in entire sincerity and good
faith. and has hoped, even against
hope, that it would prove to be pos
sble for the German government so
to order and control the acts Of its
naval commanders as to square its
policy with the principles of humanity
as embodied in the law of nations.
1t has been willing to wait until
the Significance of the facts became
absolutely unmistakablc and susccpt-
ibl. of but one Interpretation. That
point has now uuhappily been reached.
The facts are susceptible of but one
Interpretation.
The imperial German government
has not been able to put any limits
or restraints upon its warfare against
either freight or passenger ships.
Demands u-Bont Rnids End.
II has, therefore. become painfully
evident that the position which this
government took at the very outset Is
submarines for the drstruct ion of any
"hrmys commerce Is of necessity,
because of the very character of the
vessels employed. and the very meth
DDS of attack which their employment
of course. involves. incompatible with
the principles OF humanity, tn" long
established and incontrovcrtible rights
of neutrals. and the sacred immunitlcs
OF non-Comba tnnts,
have deemed II my duty. there.
fore. to say to the imperial Ger
man government that II 1t is still
i's purpose to .prosecut" relentless
~ In al -. lt.Nt lf. Ia . n
vessels OF commerc" hy the use
Of submarines, notwithstanding the
In, possibility Of conducting that war
fare In accordance with what the gov .
crnmont OF tn" United states must
consider the sacred and ndisputnhle
rules OF international law aud tn" uni
v,rsally recognized dictates Of human
ity, the government OF IN. United
states liz At last forced to the ConClu-
s,un that th"r. is but one COurs" that
I. can pursue. and that unless the i'm
porial German government should now
Immediately declare and effect an
aba ndonmcnt Of It's present methods OF
warfare against passenger and freight
carrying vessels, this government can
have no choice but to sever diplnmnt-
I, relations with the government of tn
German empire altogether,
This decision ! have arrived at with
the k'"u"st regret. tn" possibility OF
tn" action contemplated, am sure.
'Hli thoughtful Americans VIII look
forward to with unaffected reluctance. .
hut "" cannot forget that We Hr" In
som" sort aud hy tn" fore" Of circum
stances tn" responsible. spokesman OF
the rights Of humanity, aud mat ""
cannot remain silent Will" thor"
rights seem In process Of being swept
utterly away In thn mWlstrom Of this
terrible war.
We owe IT 10 due regard FOR our
own rights HS n nation, to our sense
Of duty AZ r.pr"Sontaiiy" of the
rights Of ncutralS the world over, aud
TO - Just conception Of tn" rights Of
mankind, to take this stand now, with
tn" utmost Hol"muity nud firmn"sH.
I hav. taken II, nud taken II In tn"
Confid"uC" that II viii meet with your
approval ana support All uh"dient
men must unit" IN hoping that IN" i'm.
p"riHl German government, which has
IN their circumstances stood nA the
champion Of all that "" ar" now con
tending for In tn" ipi"foHt of human
ity, may recognize tn" Justice Of our
demands Hnd meet them In the spirit
In which they hr" made.
Travels a3o Miles win Wife's Body.