Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01
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houston Ioai.
The government Of Spain has no
ufi,d Germany that the wanton dos
tuctiou of spanish ships By German
submarines hereafter viii be fol-
lowed rs replacing such losses from
the German ships interned IN span
.sh ports.
what is there wrong about that2
u can not DE more an act OF war
than the sinking OF Spanish shlpH
Up 10 tho time OF the beginning
~ inIs war 10 was not considered
proper for bclligcrcnt nation 20
take private property without COM
pcnsNuou. II was not considered
proper io destroy private property
unnecessarily
Germany has introduced want
| ouuess and ruthlessncss for which
latter day civilization has no par
allris
why then. should the allies en-
| gaze 90 maintain the canOns Of civ-
il2cd warfare against a barbarous
| enemy
The allies are now beginning 20
| bomb German cities That Ia eN-
hr,Iy the rignt thing 20 DO until Ger
! many Celsos her murdcrous practices
upon nuugumhathnts Destroy every
German city that is possible TO doa-
troy until the Hun cries Enough '
Ana Germany should be paid back
in its own lUlu with respect 20 prl-
vat, property
The submarine that destroyed a
fleet OF trawlr.g belonging TO poor
fishermen woro not striking at an
enemy military power, but ruth
lcss'y destroying private property
The United states holds ten mill
b. % fI..HH ia
ships II holds hundreds of millions
OF dollars voBh uf German owned
property and money
It's plan ls to return an this 10
tho former owners after thp war.
Not one cent Of 10 should bee re-
turned until fun Justice has been oN-
acted FOR private citizens whose
property Germany has ruthlcsssly
destroyed Every dollar OF Il should
ho held as hostage for German repair
alton. German citizens ought 20 bo
informed OF this so that they may
know that tho conduct OF their own
government will measure the Sc.
curity ~ their American holdings.
IL rs within tho power of the
United states 90 terminate Germany.s
laWlrHsncss and ruthlcWnoss by Civ
Ing due notice that injury inflicted
upon private citizens will be made
good out of German property or
money In the United States.
n we are justified In bombing
German cities in rcprlsal for Ger
mnn)s o'fcuscs of mat character,
We are justified in making reprisalH
for Germanys offeuses against pri-
vato property and 1cvtn the out
raEcous fines inflicted upon Belgian
citizens and municipalities
We may regret exceedingly that no
such thing as civilized warfare IN
! possible with such uu Antagonist as
Germany 90 contend against. and
| that the rules OF warfare We should
/ Ike 90 practice are therefore inn
possible" but the time has come when
Germans owning property or money
| IN the United states should he no.
| titled that our government owes
! them precisely tho same considera
| ton that their own government Sc
/ giving tho private citizers and pri-
yatc property of tho allied nations
Spalu's plan ~ taking German
owned ships 20 replace spanish ships
sunk uy German submarines IL iusu-
fable iu au respects German ship
owners csu-i,0k 60 the German gov
eminent Tor compensation
The ships 20 replace American
merchantmen and trRwlers sunk by
/ German whmarincs should be paid
I Tor ost OF the German moneys held
by A Mitchell Palmer.
There may be uo precedent Tor
this sort OF thing, but there ls no
precedent for the kind Of warfare
Germany is wagung.
The United States ought Co hold
the Germau-owncd money and prop
cr'v to reimburse American private
citizens Injured by Germany Rcpa-
ration should not await the end %
the war. DO u now and let The Ger
man people Involved settle tho mat
ter with their own government