Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-15

Genanany is making war, seri-
ously,. intensely She gave the
world due warning of her pur-
pose to make undersea attacks
on English commerce. More than
that, prior to the sailing Of the
Lusitania, duo warning was
be made. Advertisements over
the signature Of the German en-
bassy in Washington forewarned
those sailing upon the gaanC
Cunarder as to what they might
expect. But all that does not ex-
cuse the brutality of the Lusi-
tania horrogi
0ux protest made to the Ger
man government at the begin
was right; we should repeat iT
now, following the Lusitania
horror, in language, II possible,
even more emphatic; we should
give Germany to understand be-
yond all question that we will
demand a reckoning aud enforce
that demand.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEG
E6SARILY MEAN WAR.
THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNrTEn STATES DO NOT
WANT, A. WAR; THEY HAVE;
NO. DESIRE TO BECOME EN-
n nP2n1VaE IN T ana aonssnvats1s
Axnartoa will Congratulate her
SELF Easat there IL 1T the head
Of, the governnaent . man who
has demonstrated his capab3Hty
in dealing cool1y, calmly and
dlspassionatoly with each t1id1s
vzdua1 incident that has brought
us Into contact with the quar-
rel across the Atlantic.
It 10 this Same daspass1onate
GOODNESS that In needed now more
than ever, and we do not doubt
that President Wilson will be
equal to, this occasion, as he has
shown himself to be to others.
As long az there in an honorable
way for the United States to
avoid hostiAties, not alone with
Germany, but with any Of the
warning nations, it is the course
for us to pursue. LIN NO SIN
GLE INCIDENT YET HAVE
WE SUFFERED ABRASION OT
OUR NATIONAL HONOR; NOE
rs THERE ANY REASON TO
RELIEVE THAT, IN A1sTA1M-
HASTE, WE WILL DO so IN
THIS INSTANCE: ,"
There are in the ports OF this
country some 10000, 600 worth OF
German ships, informed here Tor
the war Herein may be found
Gernnany's bond for the satisfy
ing OF American demands: and
that we win see to It thst those
demands are enforced to the let
ter cannot BE- doubted.
Oh Tuesday, May II, 191a, the
Constitution said editorlal4y:
In a month or two We wA1 pc
able TO view In the same HgnS
the present German incident; We
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CLDA1-
TY THAT THE MOST UNEOR-
YUMATE STEP THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN TAKEN WOULD
HAVE BEEN A DECLARATION
or WAR. The Constitution has
NOT the desire to see this country
get itself into a situation which
Il would regret upon the very
threshold Of it; We therefore
counselled coo1-headed Judgment
and dispassionate reasoning as
preliminary to action:
SUPPOSE WE SAoUGDn ~ ~ ~
CLARE WAR, UPON GE8MANIc
NOW, WHAT COULD WE Dor
NOTHING: LESS THAN MOTH
Tt 3wo,uld amount: to declaration
without~actlo at least w1snouSS
present action, and We wou1d
have on, our hands . FAR more
diSnouIt. situation than that which
now coufronts MS. We could NOT
send an army against germany
that would be ont OF She Qu4
tion. There is nothing agaans'
which We could san" oo gu MTTNc
avn 0lTE THING ONLY THAI
W0UTD BE. PosSrBLE-TAIEG
w q OF GERMAN sHIPS
NOW YMTERNED IN ANLEA1-
cav POETS. THEY ARE AEHE,
ANYHOw-HERE TO REndA1N
TWTTT THE END OF TE
wAR. THEY STAND AN Alb
sOY.UFE GUARANTEE OE &E1
MAX REPARAT1ON; II 11H
BE TIME TO ACT WIEN L Daf% ~
aET.T AND GERMANY HAS Ell
TTsrn 70 RECoGNTZE QUE
RISTT 70 EXACT TT: Then,
- hnati1ities must come, let Shena
co1,,a aE the result OF 9ermanys
declaration. not Of ours ~
mt we do not believe there
-,;Ii he occasion for 1t. We Shan
+sEs it for granted, until met
Nth refusal, that Germany WAL
recognizes our right to denano
reparation; perhaps sne mas d.
ready discounted tnae i IN H. wait
haT answer, and doing that we
car gather renewed assurance
that there is 10 occasion for our
nInnaing in the European coz
f1ict. c,o,+i+,,+io
was in agreement with the PreSlueu
senator Smith and practlcally eN
nv responsible official in WasnlI I :
on, at the time of the sinking OIL I'll
LuSitan1a. LA s,,4
'icient for a declaration Of war 0
he President, nor by the Congress
+ was two years later that Amerlc
inferred the War-and the sinking {
he Lusitania was not then cite
Is the direct reason for the declare
But the. Constitution was not, er
gagged in May, 1915, in weakln
upon it's ancient enem!
It was not then, as it appears to b
,oday, so much concerned with NJ
initiating Senator Smith and so III
le concerned with the manner an
means of doing it.
If the Constitution was sincere. l
is utterances following the sinkin
# the Lusitania-when it said an
insisted that the incident was not
cause for war-then the Constitr
ion should be brave enough an
manly enough and fair enough
praise Senator Smith today. and nc
iamn him by news items, cartoon
md editorials daily, vicously' an
The Constitution in it's hatred Q
senator Smith is beside itself.
It is eating it's own words of Sc
>erness and common sense in it
PRESENT frenzy against Senator Smith
The Constitution is making an fr
Iecent spectacle of itself, and is III
erly discrediting much Of its ow
history.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH. April .14.-Turpentine, dull
9. 20; no sales, receipts, none; shipm EN- II