New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

gold and earth, iron and light, and
all that for no other purpose but to
find out whether the luminous German
thought shall be victorious or not In
Europe Nobody knows better
than the leading statesmen OF England
that prusslan militarism Is absolutely
identical with what one means by mod
ern culture. German thought "ouid
perish 10 England were victorious.
Thi. is the Same voice, though with
. slightly broader accent, which sig
n.li.sd the recall Of Ambassador Ger
ard BY wsiling editorislly that the
success Of the Allies would mean the
destruction Of "the most progressive
nation in Europe"
Sensible Americans" thinks MY
Hearst, have no antipathy to the Ter
man government" (Which at the time
0, this writing had been sending scores
Of them to the bottom Of the sss' sno
b.d established its diplomatic corps IN
.h,, country as the central orssni1a-
ton Of q campaign Of wholesale o'-
strue.ion and murder), .. anu
", should never 90 to war at the e0HF
n,,d Of . single individual"
Certainly Hearst himself feels no
s,.,,.tbv 70 the most british OF Ger
wan war methods, the drowning OF
helpless non-cOmbatants by u-b0at''
for he thu. admonishes the American
people:
.Particularly do We deplore the SEN
,iment which has been fostered against
The submarine. we are "Ah
ing a terrible mistake in this sentiment
taI objection to submarine warfare"
As between the national ideals and
character Of the Allies and Of Ger
many, Herr Hesrst's TeutOnized mind
can perceive no distinction in favor OF
the former.
TO speak of this war as war be"
tween an alliance of democracies and
an alliance of autocracies, between a
league of free peoples and a league OF
despots Is to speak foolshly :
What well-informed person believes
that either Rumania, or Serbia, or Bel
sium. or Italy is, or ever has been a
democracy; or that either the German
Empire or the Empire of Austris-Hun-
gary is an autocrscy?"
Little confidence has Herr Hearst in
the honor or purposes of the Allied ma
tious.
NO sensible man ("sensible man" OF
course means a disciple Of Hearstism
will believe the assurance of the Allies
that they fight for humanity and the
,i.hts of small nations. AS far as the
European nations are concerned TINS
war il nothing but a business propo'
sition."
History is summoned up to put thu
Allies in the worst possible Ign
toward the United States, and it u
recalled (from the Hearst yellow booi
Of German propaganda that France
and England once made war upon Mex
leo with the object of disrupting the
American Union
our own claims Of disinterestedness IL
the war Herr Hearst stigmatizes q:
"the butt Of European diplomatic rid
icule," adding, for good measure, thai
no European government can be relied
upon to keep its word Of honor. Which
perhaps explains why Herr Hearst is
quite willing TO see the Allies beaten.
He proclsims:
I'VE are fighting for American de-
fence; not to save the Allies from de-
feat"
At the thought Of possible German
defeat, however, he bristles forth into
yelled threats:
IF either alliance should emerge the
victor from this war, another war
would arise at the very moment In the
future when the vanquished felt strong
enough to renew the contest"
Naturally he is hailed by the disloyal
G.rmsn-American forces as q guiding
light, Rark to the New Jersey Freie-
Zeitung" OF August l6 last one of the
most virulently German publications In
the country:
ION the editorial sid. pleasing clear
ness Of vision often reigns and the
endeavor to let right and understand,
ing rule and likewise an outspoken dis
trust Of anglomania." However, the
Newark organ Of the Kaiser fails "a
recognize and appreciate its fellow