TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-03-06

BY Edward GOldbeck, in the Chicago Tribune, Of March 4th.
ing trodacsonS% This article By M. Goidbs s' 4 s1 timely s'9 aaS in inst r@Ss
he bulk q our Gernan-Amencan population A4~N'"A' sfAS nU "su =
policy p ss Z sd@ min sasa'h !. a. !: si u SSsi fsSt Of q &c s siSssn s S@'S n &a n,
d diplomatic Il relations WITH ! q foreign : country s9eSS'K loyalty q commands oaa sSs silence siTasi Is u 3
important for him to find out. the nation wants He viii never be able
IN duty bound ud to stand be- behind Sn the & p ne Rsnf0 7 At fvS Sesss' Z IS "S sense ae@sI I
Up to the last moment The moment o IF war r being rus aec ~ ola those who
e Gema a ! DE- VII II g D, Q. rsp seadggo in public nS e. and d. in od private that sS war with
now is unnecessary, unjust, unwise, and unpopular
Aono wa e. y Eh nsH esr Is iayui L q1 nns r satisfaction 4 g refused i ns &c wssg ~ ss y., i Il.
s eeeas @ afs i SaFes'en Neither fF d az tsese to rsa sGGs 2 d asrss that nth, the situation Tti9R
ago Ambassador Gerard proclaimed at an official banquet in Berlin that
they had ever been since the Beginning 70 q the @S war. the The administration admin Ststi did /
month ago neither was our honor innsulted ' nr were re 'S 3 vital itf interests Steps $
a war zone. Does this declaration IN insult is e ~ honor hen Se Hsrdgyi "a Aa sesa fe
i fnesaa 3 NJ sd t5e German a Pre emsre t nn1ess Fa z Dsak ,a of diplomatic aogstd.
methods msR a0~ of sHbmaqfaeey ys asssee a and sfeG nas = aoand s9nnS% ftS q its present present
The Thee, German a government agreed to this demand with the understanding
a oaatr unless aa the Ra unlawful practices Of is enemies against the commerce Of
shSgq it sesss ss y ban5 Z bT rs tSs Ese t5ae the T German naTg government a 2 cannot n%s con 2.
s Gsgn5n ,a ats mentioned e len r did not cease sds snd So il was natural that Germany
filled She revoked Sda 1: 81 But e @@lG f She e% had r broken ri S0B Ber piede Se' e = honor a1r
punish every iawbreakere This ide u Il GUY ouisoti bne m pme ana dlo amn leave Ga 70
many Are "a our y vital saf i ftsRstss tb assassD : q 'd damaRsd To- To- such ! degree that he
au uae must M % called qnaearaole and must be considered the only
ammunition a. We have done Up to now. With hunger riots in all the
fsss foodstaas Y sen the better 1 IS And the shortage Of X freight s' cars ar
cars to t. the beIigeTents and if our great steel concerns would turn out
iastnent q normal condition. viii Be easier and tic tie prosperity" prosper " Which Which
the poorer classes do not get very much out Of it. To claim that the Ger
man naval blockade damages vital interests Of ours is prepoHerous
Vital means issues Of life and death. II may be vital for some spectators
ut "a average MAJ has not very much pity for victims of this kind.
War with Germany is Unnecessary and an Unnecessary war is . crime
The war with Germany would be unjust England declared a war zone
f In notorious 40 9n admiralty announcement of Nov p 1871. The weapon to
no crew nor passengers, and make no distinction between neutral and bel
tEer n4 vessels Eesa But But we did Is not think for one moment Of severng rea
to the Great War, characterzes our attitude ii the following
words:
. After the British declaration closing me North Sea had been com
of the United States sent its protest, II rather renonstrance L
Dec 70, 1914, to the British government This is a document not cal
clated TO fan American pride into a consuming flame. It's fatterv to
Great Britain lis without foundation in truth and passes the limit between
courtesy and seryIhty Its cry for relief is a wall OF weakness. And te
threatened resistance TO further Entertainments upon or trade with ne-
trails was expressed in the form ofa timid suggestion that nj people might
not continue to feel so friendly and benevolently toward the British eanse
is needless to say that the British government did not pav te sightesti
attention to these feeble and debltated utterances, except. perhaps. TO take
them as a encouragement to proceed even more vigorously in the work Of
destroying our foreign trade in part and acquiring it in part for British
The fact is that from the beginning of the war we have not been
neutral for one minute. English and American magazines have frankly
acknowledged that President Wilson threw the whole weight of the United
in the scale Of the allies. That is why the war with Germany must
be called unjust. We have never given Germany fair play.
To be continued. tomorrow. Il