Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Two Sides to Every Issue.

MT. Editor: In recent issue of The Bulletin. the writer read with aston ishment the bitter outlay of the Rev. Ricketts.
 Most certainly Rev. Ricketts is not a genuine American, he surely must have migrated from some British do- main. Where he was born matters not-sufhcient to say he doesn't be- long in America but in England.
 How a person serving in the posi- church, who has German Americans in his congregation, can be so ont spoken is beyond the writer.
 as those who do not want to see" can be well applied to Rev. Ricketts.
 There are two sides to every issue. The writer takes no particular side, unless it should be against England. Against England not because of her war with Germany, but because she Is one of Americas worst enemies, say what you may. Those who deny this must read American history from a genuine Yankees viewpoint
 Start at the battle of Lexington and on through the Revolutionary war the War of 1872, and then remember she was a helping friend of the south is allied with another of Americas enemies = Japan. Many are bold enough to say that England holds Japan well in rein and that as long as we are friends of England we will have no fear of Japan Sometime in the near future when England's score with Germany is settled. she may see fit to pick a scrap with us, then she'll
 Her alliance with Japan is directed towards us. just the same as the al- iiance with Russia and France was directed towards Germany.
 Germany, a nation to be wondered at, knew what to expect by this triple alliance. and prepared herself. If she L. l.
 The German war clique is no worse than the English or French cliQues, nor half as cruel or inhuman as the Russian clique. The only difference is that the German clique is com posed of the greatest brains and does things.
 Is the invasion of neutral Belgium, which was so strongly fortified. and worse than the allied overthrow of Greece?
 Are the crue1ties of the haIf-civiI- tieS of tbs ahy elyized
 Is Germany over alp any worse to we Americans. than "Brittania rules the wayes?"
 answered, any worse than the same to England
 Is an insult from one any worse than from another?
 We, the most Christian nation of the world, have viewed with horror the war across the sea. We have wondered at the Christianity that produced or allowed such a horror. We have even prided ourselves on
 Yet we have supplied a great part of the powder and shells to help along that horror. ready to drop that Christianity and allow our barbaric spirit to become master.
 If Germany has insulted us. what
 That is where the world has the laugh on us. And they are laughing.
 Villa with a few hundred men de- 6es and laughs at us. Carranza has
 Villa crosses the border, kills a score of Americans in their own homes and country, escapes, is pur- sued by an American army, but Is forgotten.
 But when German submarine sinks a ship. warning or no warning, on which an American is. who should never have been in the war zone, then 1t is that America looks for scrap.
 Which is worse. the insults of our near neighbor with South America watching eSn;,, Is or ,or the insults s. . of ence with all it's enemies trying to pull us into the fray?
 ] We have heard Germany outline aeT OeSlTcS TUT LAc pIotectlOn or neu- tral shipping. The writer acxnowl- edges that he was somewhat ruffied at it's demands. but realizes that war Is war.
 The American replies to the Ger manic submarine warfare places us tn a very awkward position. So far there has been no international rules regarding submarine warfare. Why should we dictate to Germany what the rules must be? Perhaps In the very near future we will be compelled to use the same warfare. Submarines are the greatest protection that our coasts could get Maybe we might have to take our own medicine sometime.
 Then. after all why can't we stay