The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-02-10

German people that they must get rid
Of such rulers. What we in England
have been hoping is that neutral ma
tons, especially people like the Ameri-
cans, which so often have shown re-
spect for justice and humanity, will
understand what it is we are fighting
for. 1t is not war TO" territory or
trade, like so many wars winch have
gone before it. 1t is war for free
dom and for rights; war to enable
mankind to enjoy enduring peace in
the future"
If Subs Fail, Germany is Beaten.
Mr.. Bryce when asked why he
thought the German action toward
neutrals had brought peace nearer re-
piled:
Because the German government
has itself declared that this unbridled
submarine warfare directed against
neutrals as we'll as against belliger-
ents to be its last resource. IF this
fails, everything will have failed, so
they tell us themselves through their
newspapers. That is why they say
they were driven to it. If this does
not succeed the war is finished.
"We in England do not believe the
German submarines can Go us more
harm than they have been doing al
ready, although neutrals undoubtedly
will suffer more. If there is to be a
contest of endurance we are confident
that we can outlast Germany and we
) are prepared to endure all that is ne
cessary for the sake of success in
righteous cause. 1t is not vengeance
against Germany that we are fighting
for. We want no revenge on the Ger
man people. We are fighting for the
future of the world"
When Mr. Bryce was asked concern
ing President Wilson's course in sew
ering relations with Germany, he said:
'The president seems to us, if may
venture to express an opinion, to have
acted with patience and moderation
which greatly strengthens his present
position. He gave the German gov
eminent every chance of returning
after the cases of the Lusitania and
Sussex, to better courses, but when she
Irepudiated the promise she gave after
the Sussex, he perceived the porten-
tious gravity of the situation and felt
that no self-respecting neutral nation
could possibly submit to the claim Of
the German government of the right
to destroy the lives and property Of
Ineutrals in the war contemplated"
What Entrance of U. S. Would Mean.
what difference would America s
coming into the war make?" Mr..
Bryce was asked.
"It is not for us to express any opin-
ion on what Americas duty and policy
require" he replied. "That is entirely
matter for America, but if you want
to, sknow what difference it might
make, l personally have never doubted
that the entrance of America would
be a most important factor and would
naturally tend to shorten the war.
apart from such military and naval
strength as America might bring, and
apart from the prodigious financial
resources America commands, how
great would be the moral effect pro-
duced by her action! The German
Austrian and Turkish governments
would feel that success had become
impossible for them and also that
when the time comes for them to yield
they would be yielding not merely to
the force of balligerents, but to tho
outraged conscience of mankind, rep
resented not only by belligerent PEG,
pie, but also by the greatest of neu-
trial states. Not even Germany, strong
as she has shown herself, can fight
against the condemnation of the civil
lied world"