| Show GERMANY IN ERROR G GR GERMANY R L Y errs in assuming that I the tim United States government has accepted England's violations of international law merely because the United States government go endures It is is s an nn error even en more gross grosson on the part of tho the Kaisers Kaiser's foreign office to assume it is the duty of the tho United States to safeguard the legitimate legitimate legi legi- American trade with Ger Ger- many That nations nation's latest note in which these fallacies are aro embodied d should offer President Wilson no difficulty difficulty dif dif- dif dif- of f reply Tho The United States government has done anything but accept England's violations of international law It has treated them as it has treated the similar and md even more cruel ernel violations vio yio- vio- vio lations by Germany Each succeeding succeeding succeeding succeed succeed- ing contravention of f tho the accepted ia of nations by both countries has hns evoked d a protest from crom tho The United States a circumstance in no U iris isa SP p. p af nf- af- af i ct- ct by tb tho f fact th t that these p protests te ts I havo liace been mild even cen timid in tone The United States government has crowded ded tho the record with objections that ought to be valuable when an international court of claims convenes convenes convenes con con- I venes venes after tho the war There here rests upon the tho United States Jio no no obligation either actual or implied H to to safe safeguard the legitimate A erh can trade with German Germany That duty devolves upon the nation naHon most cone con con- e Germany German needs American merican goods much more than the United States needs Deeds the mone money 9 its producers producer would not net by bv tho the transaction It is s s much more t to Germanys Germany's interest that the sea lanes sho should d be re rendered dered safe I for bottoms carrying American goods I Why does Germany not protect herself her her- self instead of calling upon the United States to protect her The United States government holds no brief for any of the nations at war Officially it its sympathies s are arc with none of them th m. m Tho The President has hns enjoined neutrality in in thought word and deed an injunction which is honored more moro in the breach than the observance but which none the less Jess serves to prove provo tho the scrupulous impartiality it is sought to follow America is governing her actions carefully along the tho line of well- well e established precedents and the Various various van van- vari ous oils agreements into which the great grent powers have havo entered She is meeting violations on the part of all the belligerents belligerents belligerents bel bel- bel- bel with protests that meticulously follow tho the same tone no matter to whom they are arc addressed Our record record rec rec- ord is as ns clear dear as our courso course and our intentions Germanys Germany's irritations at her inability inability inabit- inabit ity to embroil the thc United States with Great Britain is easily casily comprehended bu but it seems no rio greater reater t than n Bit British h annoyance at ute inc or ot the tho t United States to pull pun the Kaisers Kaiser's nose We Ye are arc so 50 thoroughly neutral that we e have hare not a friend in Europe except perhaps little Belgium which we wo arc are feeding but hut whose affection is more valuable for its sentimental rather than its practical application We arc out of the war and we wc mean to stay out |
