The Washington herald., 1917-04-18
The New nepuslle.

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The probable addition Of Brazil to the
formidable list of the enemies of Ger
many suggests promising possibilities.
! Participation in the war by the South
and Central American states will not
add appreciably to the military and
| financial strength OF the anti-German
] combination; but II will add substantially
to the moral strength of the league and
to the sdiplomatic opportunities of the
existing situation for American states.
manship: 1t win tend to complete the
moral and diplomatic isolation of Ger
many 1t will help further to disintegrate
the old system OF international law with
| its combination of irresponsible belliger-
ency and equally irresponsible neutrality,
and to substitute for a better system
which will seek to make all enlightened
| and inoffensive nations Jointly RESPONSE
| BILE for the international security and
/ order. 1t will afford the President an
| immediate excuse to propose the in
corporation of the Monroe Doctrine into
! international law and to secure from the
! European allies q formal guaranty
/ against aggressive diplomatic or milf
| tary operations in the western hemis-
phere. Finally. 1t will have the ad-
vantage for the American government
of increasing the authority of the new
world in the counsels of the league of
nations. It will strengthen the specih-
cally American influence upon the Joint
policy of the allied powers Before the
treaty OF peace Is signed there may be
! difficult adjustments to contrive between
the somewhat special interests which
! America, as contrasted with Europe,
will have in farming the settlement.
insofar as Central and South America
can be brought in. America will be the
more likely to succeed in securing re-
| spectful consideration for its peculiar
! interests.
The Boston Transcript.
II Mr.. Herman Fellinger has been cor
\ rectly quoted in dispatches from Cleye-
land, his friends could do him no greater
! service than to present him with a
muzzle and intern him in a sound-proof
vault for the period of the war. As
president of the German-American
Alliance. and a member of the, Cleveland
! war board" his statement that Ger
man-Americans will not Join in the IN
tensive farming movement. on the ground
| that It would help Great Britain. and
! that German-Americans while backing
America, are praying for the defeat OF
| England, Is close to treason in the light
/ OF the Presidents grave appeal this
morning to all the people Of the United
states. 1t Is no more possible for Ger
man-Americans to back America and al
the same time pray for the defeat of
! England. than 1t Is possible for a loyal
Bostonian to root for the Red Soy and
, supplicate in behalf Of the Senator's,
There can be no mental reservations in
the matter OF allegiance. We are now
| at war, and an American citizen is
either wholeheartedly for America or he
Is against her-he is either a patriot or
traitor There is no middle ground.
Somebody should look into the case OF
Mr. Herman Fellinger, somebody from
washington somebody vested with police
| American Alliance doing in exIstenc.
now anyhow? 1t Is as absurd as a
l. confederate Alliance" in Boston would
have been in 81. Let this hyphenate6
un-Amerfcan and pernicious anachronIsu
| be abolished at once. 1t should never
nave been tolerated in the first nlace
ont today 1t Is highly obnoxious and
might become source of internal dis
order. To the ashpile with It! AS for
herr Feinnger. he is doing the greatest
conceivable injury to American citizens
of German descent and extraction Ola
fashioned Americans are showing a. com
Inendaole sympathy for them. Does anv-
Dooy want that sentiment changed?
Col. ROOseveIt's Oner.
/ tChristian Science Monitor)
| Inc United States has, at this time
need Of all of its sources. using the tern
IN It's most comprehensive sense. Moth.
ing should be allowed to go to waste
Especially needful are the resources IN
men of character. qualified by inteIIi.
gence' experience, and energy for leader.
! snip. Some one has recently said that
President Wilson could hardly do a wiser
thing than to summon to his aid in this
I crisis men of distinction in all parties
headed by the two former Presidents