The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-15
WINKING AT PERFIDY.

WINKING AT PERFIDY.
When the ballots are counted in the Forthcoming cleo
lions of Sweden her high officials who violated the neu
traty of their country in the TRANSMISSION Oh te Lux
gurg notes Germany will be repudiated for their ac
ton IF Secretary of State Lansing properly porrays he
attitude of the United States in regard to the LuXburg
notes. this will be the end of the dsgraceful affair." Swed
en- certainly cannot object to this course and II we READ
the SIGNS Alright Germany will lend her unqualified APP
prcva to the program In arriving at decision that the
Swedish people and the Swedish nation have not ofendeo
the United States by the acts of their officials, our OIL
Gals rely high ideals to convey the wisdom OF its policy
1t based on the logic of world at peace and shows
wOefu disregard for the bloody struggle across the seas
Secretary of States Lansing distinguishes between the
Swedish people, Che Swedish government and officials OF
the who responsible for the TRANSMISSION
of the uxburg notes. 1t is noble aim to hope to recog-
nze the first two and ignore the last The high ideals
of times would provide grounds for hope that the
offending officials would be duly and sufficiently pun
ished in the elections. When nation is at att
tude of this kind amounts to Indifference which ought
to encourage rather than discourage stop perfidy
among officials of nations If we are not to hold the
Of nations responsible for the acts OF offlc
ais to whom to look for abatement of treachery
that has but end extending aid to the nation
fighting?
We are told that the Swedish people friendly and
that their government is neutral Despite this we face
the cold fact that high officials of the government are
either arrayed against they plainly ncompe
tent that they constitute menace to the neutrality OF
Sweden we'll the of the United States and her
matter how much they in dscord with the govern
ment 1t is ideal to which strive, hoping that the
day will when governments are so representative or
the people that their acts direct reflections of the
will of the people, The ideal however, is to be reached
only through governments it clearly impossible for
all the people participate in legislation. We cannot sep
arae certain officials from the acknowledged govern
ment no matter how much we desire. AS a nation we
must meet Sweden well other powers nation.
We do it only through the accepted government We
cannot distinguish between the government and the Off
Gals. They of the same system.
The government is responsible to the people and the
officials must to the government If attempt
to ignore the acts of officials blind to the gov
eminent. We precuded from direct treatment with
the people, because only meet them through gov
y people and neutral government harborng officials
arrayed against us? Plainly the is in ideal
difficult of attainment The high philosophy marks
relations with Germany although the two stands
in way be made consistent We told that have
fight with the German people and that at war
only with German mitarsm. Openly, express the
conviction that the German people do not know what they
fighting for If they did, they would not be fighting
We acknowledge inability to treat with the German
people people the theory that meet them in
world relations only nation. Their government and
officials the only tangible organizations with whom
we can conduct war or peace negotiations. Our theory
Is that must fight the German people until that gov
ernnent is overthrOWn crushed by outside influence
We profess friendly feeling for the people themselves
but admit inability to deal with them anything but
nation The theory is right. We meet nation only
through its government and treat that government
only on the acts OF officials
In Germany we ignore the people and recognize the
officials OF the government who have offended U.S. In
Sweden ignore the officials who have offended us and
recognize the people There to be doubt as
the neutrality violation involved in the Luzburg notes
Someone responsible for the offense The people are