Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-09

States and Germany and the German
ENJOYS known and aggressive desire
to preserve the peace for which he has
! long struggled.
Administration officials themselves
| do not admit that the moves are go
| ing on under the surface, but the Unit
| ed Press learned definitely that the
neutral program is ambitious and that
! the state department has been at least
unofficially advised of the neutrals'
stand
In view of the American hope for
neutral support the proposed confer
ence idea is not unwelcome here. The
fact that none of the neutrals is
breaking with Germany, although b.
livia and Brazil have threatened to,
and the fact that some of the neutrals
might be forced into war on the side
of Germany makes the plan acceptable,
though it is understood that the Unit
ed States itsslf is not asking the pre-
sent action.
| UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL LAW
! One reason why the concerted action
of ncutrals is not unwelcome to this
government, is that one of their avow-
ed purposes is to carrying on the fight
/ upheld by the United States, for two
Yeas, TO prevent the utter disintegra-
! ton of international law.
Another reason is that the proposed
conference is planned to set forth and
! protect the rights of small countries
another contention of the United States
throughout the war.
Outright Illegal sinking of an Amer
lean ship with accompanying loss Of
doh
cumulation of affronts to this nation
will be the only things to bring Presi-
dent Wilson to the point of war
GERMANY GOING TO LIMIT.
No case thus far, it is stated, pre-
sonts an out and out violation of Amer
! lean rights through sacrifice of lives
I to date apparently show Germany's in
tent to 60 the limit in her submarine
activities.
| This was the situation as the cabinet
! gathered today.
! Members of President Wilson's Of
! fetal advisory body were expected to
| approve his acts, and this was formed
| upon pubic opinion as reflected in
! White House messages. Moreover, evil
| dcnce accumulated constantly showing
that American rights had not been in
! fringCd at least not more than tech
! nically.
The Turino case at first apparently
| involving loss Of an American negroes
life, now appears to develop into sac
rifce of a life not an American.
ACT NOT YET COMMITTED.
! Officials then pointed to the fact that
despite the surface appearances of the
Housatonic, the Eavestone, the Cali
fornia and then the Turino sinlIings
which at first looked so black, they
have not developed the covert act"
J As for the Gerard detention officials
say that it is being arranged, some Of
! ficialS believe that while Germany
wants the 1928 Prussian treaty to re-
main in force, her action toward Ger
ard has violated it. They insist, how
ever, in not taking the Gerard delay
as gravely serious.
But with such an incident plus the
California case where women and chill
dren were involved authorities see the
/ possibility of clear cut overt act"
or accumulation of indignities which
will force the president to go before
get protection for American lives and
property.
There probably will be no Lusitania
case because of the scarcity of Amer
lean ships and passengers vcnturing
forth. but many authorities regard it
as only question of time when indig-
mites have SO accumulated that a unit
ed nation backs President Wilson and
clamors for war against any barbarous
act