The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
NO COMPROMISE WITH
GERMANY, PAPERS SAY

New York, Feb 1.-The New YORK
World, leading administration news
paper, under the caption Germany
declares war; today asserted there can
be but one answer to the German sub
marine proelamation-that the Ger
man ambassador must receive his
passports today. Editorial comment
turnout the country varies from this
position down to speculative discus
sion of the effect the proclamation
will have on the peace movement.
The war note was sounded by many
Under the caption Germany wants
war" the Tribune declares we have
fought one war for freedom of the seas
and can fight another. Germany wars
against the world" is the Times cap
ton.
Cannot temporize. cannot toler-
ate, must maintain our honor,
should be only one reply verge of
war; American troops at Wilson's
disposal are some of the phrases
which appear in the editorial opin-
ions published
An idea of the bitterness with which
London riewSpa pers characterizes the
new submarine frightfulness may be
gathered from the following headlines
anu editorial expressions:
The beast at bay
| War against the world
wild boat warfare
| .Super-fightfulnes
fUnspeakable Hun
| Extra ordinary foulness.''
| "Anarchical methods
The Evening Globe commenting on
| Germany's warning that she intends
to sink British hospital ships if found
within certain area, demands ''in the
event of the sinking of any such ship
that five imprisoned German naval Of
ficers-including Grand Admiral Won
Tirpitz's son-be shot forthwith
| Kansas City Star:
| apparently the German govern
ment has decided to throw aside ali
| the restraints of international war in
| carrying on ruthless underseas war
| fare Such a decision leaves the Unit
ed States no alternative The United
| States must make good in the face of
this direct challenge or else must suf-
fer the loss of self respect and all yes
tige of ability to maintain its rights
against the powerful nations of the
| world -
Wichita Beacon will say tonight:
Last week the president was strik-
| ing the Tyre of peace and idealism with
noble sentences. The world was APP
plauding his preaching and his rhe-
toric. Today we contemplate not the
cries of brotherhood but German sub
marines going out to destroy the COM
merce of all nations
NOW We are at point where the
cries are dead, where diplomatic cor
| respondence is absurd, where words
are empty. Protests will not avail.
Either We take our medicine or we
hand the German ambassador his
| passports and sever relations with a
nation which has declared toward us
a lawless Intention
Atchison Globe tonight will say, in
part:
America does not want the war
Which seems so perilously near todav
Had America wanted war, she would
have had it when the Lusitania was
sunk, or when Belgium was invaded
, But America is not China, and if It
must be war the president will have
the support of a united nation The
world cannot say America has not
been patient The world should have
no chance to say America is COW
ardly.'
Arkansas City Traveller:
''The gravity of the situation be-
, tween America and Germany today
/ demands all true Americans giving
: their united support to President VIII
. son and whatever the conseouences
are to be in this hour of crisis, let all
| of us hope that the chief executive OF
, the nation will be guided by the wis
: dom of God and the Inspiration Of
5 Washington and Lincoln in Cealing
! with one of the most hazardous and
momentous tasks that has ever con-
fronted a leader of this nation
: St. Joseph News-Press:
THE president would be justified
in handing Ambassador Won Bern
storff his passports, notifying Ger
many that she will modest America II
ships at her peril and ordering the
I navy to protect them upon their law
full voyages to belligerent or neutra
: countries. This nation is bound Il
/, defend its rights at sea by the swort
; if necessary, just as 1t would defent
its territory from INVASION
, The Joplin News-Herald says:
. President Wilson will have the ma
ton behind him in standing up for Tho
rules laid down in international law
This is no time for quibbling. NJ
Wilson has said the United State viii
stand upon the declarations in the Sus
sex case. His way is clear
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