New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28

United States. as protector OF inter-
national law, should have bartered LOT
it, reestabishment in equal fashloh
with all the belligerents, and II, deslr
ing TO restore peace TO the world haG
taken measures TO enfor the. end OF
the bloodshed. But | cannot possloly
consider il vital question for the
American nation 10 protect lnterna-
tional law in one-sided fashion, only
against US.
Justifes Sea Murders
"Our enemies and American circles
which are unfriendly toward US thought
that they could point out an important
difference between our course OF action
and that of the British. England, they
bsvc satisfied themselves, destroys only
material values, which can be replaced
while Germany destroys human lives
which are impossible to replace. g..
"Well. gentlemen, why did the Brit-
isb not endanger American lives? only
because neutral countries, and espe,
cialIy America, voluntarily submitted
10 the British orders, and because the
British, therefore, could attain tnelI
object without employing force VIVA;
would have happened if Americans hau
valued unhampered passenger ana com
modities traffic with Bremen ana nam,
burg as much as that with LiVerPooi
and London Lor,d
"If thew had done so, then we should
have been freed from the painfui I'm
nression that, according 70 America,
Submission to British power and con, con,
troll is compatible with the esse:. t'ai
character of neutrality, but that IL 10
incompatible with this neutral poney
10 recognize German measures OF oe-
fence. :I +b.
"Gentlemen, let US consider tne
whole question. The breaking OH Oh re,
lations with us and the attempVeu
mobilization of all neutrals against US
do not serve for the protection OF the
freedom of the seas proclaimed by the
United States. These actions will not
nromote the peace desired by President
Wilson. They must, consequently, have
encouraged the attempt to starve Ger
manv and to multiply the bloodshed.
No "Going Backward"
eve regret the rupture with ma
ton which by her history seemed 10 DC
predestined surely to work with u.s. nov no,
against us. But since our honest WIN
for peace has encountered only Jeenng
on the part of our enemies, there 10 no
more going backward There is only
going ahead possible for us.
The Chancellor pointed cut that tne
British starvation blockade. was not
without precedent in English history
Premier lloyd George himself, SAID the
Chancellor, had protested IN fariia.
ment against the cruelty by whicn the
British victimized thousands OF inno-
cent women and children of the Beers.
Mr.. LLOYD George stated that the
death rate among children below twelve
years of age was in those concentration
camps 41.6 per cent; Joseph Chamber
lain the- British Colonial Secretary
admitted that the death rate among
children in the Orange Free State was
temporarily 80 per cent, the Chancellor
recounted.
"These conditions" he continued
"were the result of systematic pollcy
~ determination under which women
and children were insuficient!y sup
niied with food-not, perhaps, because
there was a lack Of food, but pur,
nosely. The British at that time kiiied
from is 900 10 1900 women and chill
dren out of 10000, thus making IL per
cent of them victims of barbarous Brit
ish warfare. II.
victims of the women, children, ageo
and iii Of q nation numbering 7O,Ooo,oVu
people in order to force them into SUD-
mission" ,,S
that the successes of the U-boats al
ready had far surpassed the hopes OF
the German government, and predicted
that they would soon bring about "a
happy termination Of the war" lie
said that individual ships" were escap-
ing, adding:
HBut that does not change total sue
cess. This success we shall be able 70
obtain partly by sinkings, partly by
discouraging neutral shipping when
already has happened in the wioesC
sense" >, 80.
AS TO peace, the Chancellor said:
"What I could say about the ten
dency and aim of our conditions have
said repeatedly. To terminate the war
by a lasting peace which will grant VI,
reparation for all wrongs suffered ano
guarantee the existence and future OF
a strong Germany-that is our aim
nothing less and nothing more"
On the U-boat war in general ne said'
1--WE by no means underestimate the
difficulties caused to neutral Shipping
and we therefore try to alleviate them
as much as possible. For this purpose
! we made an attempt to supply raw ma