El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16

autocracy which is now the ruling
world power. namely. the house
OF Morgan And We ask the pres
idenr 20 answer
The house Of HoheuE0IIern
must fan in order thar the house
Of Morgan may rule. is this the
essence and secret OF our war
Then the auri-AmeriCau. prO-Ger-
man control iuiecrs itself For the
American Socialist charges against
the president
That he meanwhile uutilated
an official communication OF the
German government, accepting
half OF a conditional pledge and
refusing TO accept half and that
when the German government de-
termiued TO abide by the integrity
Of its own pledge. and not BY his
mutilated version. he declared this
a sufficient cause for war"
After this there is return TO class
hatred and more of the familiar Nor
gan charges, as follows
we assert that the actual base
or our entry into the war is not
democracy. but finance. that the
admitted bankruptcy Of Great
Britain threatened the collapse OF
the power Of the house OF Nor
gan, the financial agent in this
country Of the allied powers and
the facts indicate that IT was lu
Of this country at the disposal OF
Morgan that We have entered the
war.
1--WE charge that the British
foreign minister. Arthur J. Bal
four. on his return 10 England
from this country stated publicly
and sOlemnly that this country is
now i'm alliance with Great Bri-
tain. which statement, II true, is
based upon a secret alliance IN
known TO the senate and people
OF the United States, and is there
fore in violation OF the consutu-
ton"
'.NO Regard for American Rights"
The regard Of the Socialists for
American rights is shown by the fol-
lowing passage
The American Socialist"
charges that the administration
was chiefly interested I'm protect
ing the safety OF British muuition
shipments by the shield Of Ameri-
can lives.
The whip was cracked and the
Gore and McLemore resolutions
withdrawn because Great Britain
and the other allies were using
the lives Of American men, wom-
en- and children as mask and
shield for their dynamite and
shrapneL
with that protection with
ers would have lost the cheapest
and best insurance that could be
devised for their wares, and the
war brides would have declined
in value.
These shipments were paid for
before they left our shores. The
risk was assumed by the purchaS-
ing government. not by the manu-
facfurers.
CritIciSe the United States.
We critcIse the German gov
eminent for the destruction OF the
lives OF women and children Iu
this war and rightly so
What shall be said OF our own
government, which would go 10
war rather than restrain the use
Of the lives OF American men.
women and children TO mask and
protect the shipments Of another
government
What shall be said OF such q
government as this
This was not printed while the
question OF whether America would
intervene iu the war was i'm process
OF determination To was printed
June 30 1910 three months after
America had entered the war It
formed no part OF an argument TO
keep America out Of the war. IL was
simply one in long and continuing
series or violent endeavors 20 create
internal dissension within a country
already at war. tt was an attempt
TO place the enemy I'm a favora be
light before the American people and
the United States government in the
most unfavorable light possible
The German government is placed
on a plane OF high honor and the
American president is charged with
deliberate dishonesty. - COpvricht.
1917. by the Tribune Association.