El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-02
IT'S HARDLY A TIME FOR LIGHT
DISREGARD OF THE CONSEQUENCES
(BY II. D. s.

of Americans in New York hotel after his arrival
than he had heard in London IN two and half years OIL
1t Is to be regretted congress cannot be in cOntin
session during this Crisis The Herald Is IN favor Oh an
immediate session of the congress- to convene at
once in session call all summer II necessary
1t is deprive the executive at this critical time OF
benefits of counsel with congress Under the constitution
the powers of the executive and legislative branches re-
spectivey clearly forth, and while there has been
strong tendency of late years to the barriers both
ways-too much meddng by with executive mat
and much meddng by the executive with egsla
corrective power in congress which the executive needs And
be wisdom counsel then let us elect dictator
and be done with 1t.
The Herald's attitude toward the German question has
fully forth previously and there is no need to repeat
statement But to keep the record straight The Herald
hesitate that does not regard the Tacoma
crime as sufficient of war that should be
declared an American unarmed snip be deliberately sunk
without warning causing the loss of American hves that
with Germany ii should be our war, lnde
nndenf of the allies quarrel: that should prepare
selves on tremendous scale fight the through to
Germany and her allies it takes 20 years to
settlement acceptable to and that we should
of any and all leagues to enforce peace which
inevitably entangle with quaes in corner Of
world that beyond the of present duty or
Eve ought" said William Pitt in 1908, "tO have due
of the magnitude of the danger with which we are
threatened ought TO meet in the temper Of mind which
produces Just confidence which neither dpses nor oeas
enemy and while the hand accurately esti-
mate danger with which threatened at this awful
crisis must recolec on the other hand wnat is we
stake, what it is have to contend for
the spirit of Pitts utteTance The Herald holds
that contend for is "the right TO peace
and necessary for II, fathers
did.
general attitude be defensive but effectual
may and probably will demand the effectual
strategy OF attack But whatever let bear
this sound principle of national policy That
attitude should be- isolation but self reliant indie
pendence.
The allies desire help; indeed 1t may be said that
they help. Yet it is neither duty in
intervene in the present European If
make let 1t be war, not theirs Let not
make ourselves appendage TO foreign syndicate
We drifting II seems, into war with Germany;
Germany may be able to by changing her policy
but America is unable avert it, If the German policy
unchanged The American people VIII commit them
selves war; they IN the mood The decision to
Just what part TO play from will affect the
destiny of the United States for good II i'll for centuries
10 come.
Germany completely msudges the spirit OF this country
she msjudged that of England Her power of magma
ton is defective, inefficient. Her craftsmanship with
relation the United States has been either amateursh
blind, contempuous She has started something may
take time TO finish
As for the United States the day declare with
Germany epoch will begin for this nation
people will have to make many radical readusments
conditions 1t IS something serious than deciding be-
Palm Beach and Coronado; it serious
than testing salad dressing
Under the proposed espionage Law would almost
dangerous for d a camera