El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-30
TUST. SIX REAL NEUTRALS LEFT:
22 NATIONS ACTUALLY IN WAR

@RAZIL'S entry to the war beligeTent emphasizes
the all inclusive nature of the In every sense OF
II the word, it is world 1t IS world wide IN Ger
aHys dream Of domination 1t is world wide IN the allies
intention to the world free and safe from such dom
nation It is world wide in its embrace Of nations Tor
nearly all Of them are II IT, One might say they all are ID
it. holding the that those nations which not
helping helping Germany that whosoever is not for
is against There neutras to whom that applies
and others to whom It does not.
and then 1t is well to stop and observe the align
ment Of the countries Of the world Il gives realizing
Of the bgness Of this mysterious and dreadful period
in the worlds history
The German empire Hungary Bulgaria and Tur-
key the TeutOnic alliance. They side. Most
world the other But that statement
requires this modification: Many Of nations which
at with Germany have severed diplomatic relations
with Germany with others Of the Teutonc
confederation The United States is Of them Other
nations at with Germany, but not at with
others Of the confederation severed
diplomatic relations with them Brazil is in that class
Germany IS the chief enemy OF that great portion Of the
world roughly grouped comprising the entente allies
Every nation which is in the all is with
Germany and every nation which has severed diplomatic
relations severed them with Germany well recog
nized that Germany is the driving force Of the evil power
seeking TO enguf the world and Germany IS the enemy
TO be vanquished at all costs
The nations at with Germany and any, all
Of the other central powers comprise:
Great Britain France, Italy, Russia the United States
Japan Belgium, Serva, Montenegro Rumania Portugal,
Brazil Greece China, Cuba Panama, Siam and Liberia-1s
nations, not intending couple Of small princpates in
Europe which hardly figure.
How does the American continent stand? Canada is
part Of the British empire and most ephatcally the
on the right side United States also. Now come
to the LatnAmeaa republics. OF the 10 of them three
at with GeTmany-Cuba, Panama and Brazil The
following have severed relations with Germany Bolivia
Chile, Costa Rca, Guatemala Haiti Honduras Nicaragua
Peru and Uruguay
-Four neutral but their neutrality is benevolent to the
United States They Paraguay Salvador Ecuador
where fleet has been received with such accai-and
Argentina which IS neutral by the skin teeth having
dismissed the perfdous German minister Luxburg after
Washington had disclosed his messages sent through The
Sstanoe Of the Swedish legation. It put to vote
IN Argentina, the country would declare against Ger
many at once The president however reason
break at this time, Germany having apoogzed for the
Luzburg affair and there being other for dplo-
matte rupture. He is right from diplomatic standpoint
Two countries Of Lan-America, Colombia and Mexico
are neutral with expressed benevcleuce Some observers
Of Mexico say prevailing sentiment Is proGeran: others
that 1t Is pr0Ay The probabilities are that most Of the
country has other sentiment than proexco and that
Of the remainder the feeling is almost evenly divided
Only one LatinAmercan country considered ont and
out proGean. That Is Venezuela and Venezuela Is mo-
Germans IN spite Of the fact that Germany would long ago
have gobbed Venezuela and turned It into German colony
with very efficient and very PrusSian very unLan
govenorgneral at its head had president Roosevelt
wen German cruisers lying wait TO spring the conn
rTo1 Germany inst p hours TO change the periaI mind
beo-e he turned Dewey and the Atlantic fleet loose on the
Ger11H squadron The imperial mind changed forth
with and venezuela came out from under the shadow Of
the wing OF the Black Eagle However no svivas" for
Verezuela, but couple Of cultural "hochs7
Summing up, 1t viii be observed that Of the q countries
q I'a counting Canada as country which It really is
oete lis alezsnoe only neutral and only two
axe really neutral so far are concerned
As for Asia, It is all IN the entente: Japan China 81
oeT winch IS part OF Russia; Siam, and India which is
part OF Great Britain In this group also may be included
4lsIeia and New Zealand, whose famous Anzacs have
played such notable part IN the war from the qrouD
must be excluded the Dutch East Indies which are as er
as Holland
Africa is divided about Europe divided sine. EurO