New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-03

news columns is reprinted CORE
Spondence TO the "Gruetlianer,' Ger
man language newspaper, published IN
Zurich, Switzerland. The correspond
ence is not commented on and so, as
every reader must understand, APP
proved by the "ArbeiterZeitung.' IL
reads, in part. as follows:
"He (the President OF the United
States) is at the same time servant Oh
the Congress and the people behlnd
this Congress, and judge and destroyer
of the laws. lie is. therefore. master
of the Congress and the people.
THE Presidency. as 1t exists to-day
is perhaps the greatest source OF cor
ruption and OF a party government
looking for plumber"
Does anybody suppose these lines are
apt TO instil love for this country into
the German readers of this paper? Are
these utterances not made TO rldicule
the official statement that America en-
tered the war for the sake of democ-
racy and humanity? Are the editorial
comments not more dangerous than the
ti-conscriptionists propaganda?
OF the same type is an editorial that
was carried by the "Brooklyner Free
Presse." Brooklyn, on June II. THIS
paper. the existence of which depends
on state and city advertisements,
praised, under the heading "The Cour-
age Of Conviction" Mrs. Jennie Louise
Shultz. 1855 East Fortieth Street,
Brooklyn. because she denounced the
war against Germany and had sent TO
Mayor Thompson Of Chicago the fol-
lowing letter:
"Stand by YOUR gunsl Ninety per
cent 5000 of True Blue Americans
think as you do, but they 'dassent' say
| am Of Holland-Dutch descent, and as
Holland is neutral-so am /. Thanks
be 10 Peter for one city in the United
States that is not war-mad-the next
train 70 Chicago for mine"
The editorial comment on this letter
concluded: "Indeed, Brooklyn has suf-
fered a great loss in this courageous
woman. For this reason | say: Hats
off before Mrs. Shultz. 1t is to be de-
sired that her example bear thousand
fold fruit"
The motives of the United States for
entering the war are put under sus-
picion by the same paper in an edi-
torial of June 10. The editorial says
in part: 49,.
"The sophistic tricks of the Allies
will not be able to Justify the reasons
in the face Of the world, although they
have been used 10 condemn the enemy
I'm 10 the present time. Who
ever condemns Germany on account OF
Belgium must now pass the same judg-
ment on the Allies. or he is just as
untrue as the programme Of justice and
liberty which the Allies proclaim"
The United States is one of the Al
lies, and thus accused OF hypocrisy.
Would Align Neutrals Against L. s.
Another editorial of the "Brooklyner
Freie Presso" June 26) says the new
food control law amounts practically
70 an embargo, as far as neutrals are
concerned. and continues: 1--WE may
not be astonished if the neutrals them
selves doubt the solidity and perma-
nency Of these friendly relations,
and If the neutrality Of Holland and,
perhaps, Norway and Switzerland, goes
to pieces"
The writer Of this editorial hopes,
evidently. that Holland, Norway and
Switzerland. which up TO now export
ed foodstuffs 10 Germany. will align
themselves with the Kaiser and
against US. -.
The New York "Deutsches Journal"
is published by William Randolph
Hearst. 1t said in an editorial, on June
26. that the United States government,
like those Of other warning nations, at
tempts to deceive the American people.
Said the editorial:
"All war-making governments con-
tend again and again that they don't
conduct a war of conquest. Can these
governments be trusted in the face of
their conduct during the last years ?
Don't they, without exception. attempt
70 deceive their peoples and the world
by hollow phrases"
That this country declared war on
Germany in the interest of the credi-
tors of England and France was con-
tended in an editorial of the evening
edition of the New Yorker Herold"
June 26:
"The expectation (of democracy
must be the more lurid because one
hopes to reconstruct the solvency Of
his big debtors"
In the same edition of the paper is
quoted a speech by immigration Com
missioner Howe:
at dollar diplomacy is the eco
nomc exploitation of such countries
as Africa, China, Central and South
America, that is finally nothing but
the exaction Of usurious interest on
loans"
The speech was made some time be-
fore. II WAS not published as news by
the "Herold." But the editor Endorsed
it by giving il space on the editorial
page.