New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-12

P1psr, beginning:
~ - only few days until the cleo
ZION, and that which is said now may
nave little effect, but before our Ger
man friends 30 into the booth and
vote against President Wilson they
ought to read what one of the ablest
thinkers Of this country has to saw
upon the subject, as follows:
We are not yet able to figure out
nov tne politicians are so dead certain
tnat the intelligent German vote Of
rnls country will be solid for Hughes.
~ seems to US that our thinking fell
low citizens Of Teutonic origin must
clearly see that the election Of
nugnes would be calamitous to them
and to tho Fatherland.
Forecasts Attitude in Germany
1T is well known that in Germany
tne oficials and the people are sharp
" divided into factions of those who
1avor the resumption of the old style
submarine warfare and of those who
1avor compliance with President Will
sons interpretation Of international
law and the rights Of neutrals. There
can pc no question but reputation Of
WILSON'S attitude toward submarine
warfare would be- taken in Germany as
]ustllncatlon for resumption of the
warfare.
Under such a catastrophe what
would Hughes do? He could lie down
wlenout successful protest; or he
could successfully protest, exactly as
PRESIDENT Wilson has done; or he
could bring on war with Germany,
But that is not all. You can tell
generally what an officers course Of
conduct will be if you know tie in
nuences that elect him to office. So
we ma our thoughtful writer making
the further observation, who are back
ing Hughes?' All the financiers who
are reaping big percentage from
Europe's financial pinch"
AN the combinations of seel-
MAKERS ms ironmakers, copper producers,
~ producers, cannon and shot makers
Inat are making millions on millions
because Germany is blockaded.
is there an intelligent German
American who can force himself to be-
heve that Hughes's backing of million
makers would let him destroy the very
condition through which they make
their enormous profits?
How can intelligent German-Ameri-
cans, understanding the feeling in Ger
many, fail to see that Hughes's election
ana the consequent rupture with Ger
many would be the most terrible
calamity that could befall Germans in
America %
On October 20, 1915, "The News"
said editorially:
They Complain Bitterly
Our German friends who have been
condemning the government of the
United States so severely for its atti-
tude in. regard to neutrality should
have bit of patience with the govern
ment after reading what Canada has to
say about it. That is, if we were as
unneutral as some of the more rabid
pro-Germans believe, Canada wouldn't
! be also denouncing the United States
to the extent she is
"But both the Germans and the
Canadians can be forgiven. When ma
lions are at war the citizens of the
nations, and citizens of other coun-
tries who sympathize with them, can
not think calmly. But the point is
that if we were unneutral against Ger
many the British ought not to CON
denim us, and if we were unneutral
against Britain the Germans ought not
to condemn US. But the truth is we
have been unneutral toward neither,
and both still condemn US. Hear what
the semi-official Toronto Globe says
concerning the recent activities of the
German U-boat in the vicinity of our
shores:
"'For a submarine to sink offhand
an unarmed merchant vessel is an act
of common piracy, no matter what the
rules of war may say. And for Ger
man submarine to do that thing on the
very doorstep of the United States
we'll, no wonder many Americans are
biting their finger nails at the thought
that their great nation still exchanges
ambassadors with Germany and pre-