The Washington herald., 1917-05-01
How the Editors Are Viewing
America and the World War

pae.se we punish him by snubbing |
1sen. sseenoYen. We do not like Won Tirpitz |
we refuse to listen to Bach,
20 read Goethe and Heine.
me PRESIDENT has said that we war
Upon the government and policies of
s1a 1eiisny' ANY not upon the German people.
lhen expressed the spirit of the
p. ~ ean people with few exceptions If
We retain possession of our common
sense We shall continue to keen the dis
einction In mind, even II we do not for
SCI tnat the German people are not with
out responsibility for German policies.
we shal keep as clear headed as we
please and we shall not sink into the
ing. " OoeHe
oerman genius has bestowed upon the
Morlo some OF the most precious posses
sN oI ciVilzed life. Some of the most
nave come from the German fireside. Its
songs OF childhood of nature, and hu-
man NE are legacy enrichinR the life
OF tne race. Its philosophers and its
poets' IT'S artists and scientists belong TO
human progress and are the friends of
the human spirit
10 deprive ourselves OF their gifts IA TO
lmpoVerish ourselves and leave our tenn
porary enemy untouched. 1t is to do
even more than this. 1t Is to foster a
race cleavage IN our own country he
tween non-Germans ana some Of the
most worthy, valuable, and loyal Of our
IefoW Americans. The exactly opposite
eHort should be made. II America Is
worthy OF Its own ideals 1t will fight this
war with the utmost efficiency and vigor
put II VIII fight 1t without venom and In
.ne nrlsht nope OF day when all the
pnopes 80 VIII De friends again, sharing
one ahothers gifts in peace.
Press Censorshfp.
Atlsnta CONSTITUTIONAL
~ al newspapers published in the
SiaS states were actuated by the
nigh standards of morality ana na-
triotism by which the majority of
them are guided. perhaps there would
oe no need Tor a press censorship.
because the vast majority of AmerI
can newspapers would not knowin0lv
print line of news nor of comment
that would conflict with the national
"eltare. In all matters concerning
governmental or military affairs ,be
mere expressed wish of the news
source would be all the "censorshIn" re-
CURED to safeguard against puhIica
Iion or matter that would have a detri-
mental effect
BUT all newspapers published in the
| united states are not run that wav,
so some form of censorship is neces-
sary' Just as laws against burglary
honest ho'
Since war against Germany was de-
CARED too. many reports have reached
washington indicating an urgent need
Tor represstve action against some Of
the iorelgn language newspapers pub
lished in various sections of this
country. These have mostly to do with
papers that are alleged to be engaged
IN propaganda work against the in
.eIests YER, OF america and its allies in
thls war. Nor are such complaints
directed against German publications
more than against some others printed
IN other than the German language
Something LIkei
CKansas City stazD
Once more the world will have TO
revise Its opinion of modern war II
had Just got through saying behind
yawn that naval fighting was now
as uninteresting as that I'm the
trenches when those British and Ger
man destroyer boats came together in
the English Channel and put on a.
Hot"
No high angle fire there. They
came together. and boarding partiesI
came over the side to be received with
cutless and pistol. Think of a cut
lass being used in a naval fight todayI
Next we shall expect to hear the
crews sprang into the rigging, Ieaped
for the shrouds of the enemy craft
and came down hand-over-hand with
dirk in their teeth. This sort of
fighting is something like. We ad-
| mire it more than the Battle of Jut-
land. 1t is the kind Paul Jones and
Perry and Decatur and BainbridEe. and
our old friend Amyas of KingsIey's
book introduced us to when our fight
ing habits and likings were being
formed. We are not likely to give it
up in our old age in favor of steel
fortresses shooting at the sky to hit
each other at fifteen miles.
After all, 1t is men who fight, and
1t is their desire to get at each other
that makes a battle. Long range
weapons will serve their turn where
the situation demands their use, but
it can be put down as certain that
no matter how scientific war grows
the individual fighters will make
every effort when circumstances
permit to settle matters hand hand.
1t was the old fashioned way of
fighting, and it is the new fashioned,
too.