Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-04 | Page 6 | Honored in the Breach

Honored in the Breach SECRETARY 0 OF STATE LANSI LANSING'S GS G'S announcement an- an ri- ri J that there thore has been no c hange change in the policy polte of or the United States In r regard to submarine warfare since the Sussex Sus- Sus sex s cx ex was sunk is less interesting than the obvious circumstances which seemed to render the announcement nece necessary sary Tho The most recent pronouncement from the ho United States government upon the subject of submarine warfare was addressed to o the German government in April of this year Jear ear following tollo the attack upon the British channel steamer Sus Sussex ex Tho statement contained therein was sas that the use of or submarInes for the destruction of an m enemy's commerce Is of ot necessity utterly incompatible with the tho principles of human- human Ity ty the long-established long and Incontrovertible ble blo rights of ot neutrals and the tho sacred Immunities Im Im- of noncombatants Since that declaration of at principle was formally declared b by the United States State a aGerman aGerman aGerman German submarine has be been n used to Ie e stroy enem enemy commerce almost in the tho ver very territorial waters o of the United States and without protest from our government Numerous Numerous Nu Nu- unarmed merchant vessels have e been torpedoed without a word on the subject subject sub- sub from Washington Tho The principles of humanity the long-established long and IncontrovertIble incontrovertible In Incontrovertible In- In controvertible rights of neutrals and the sacred immunities of noncombatants have havo I been contravened and outraged repeatedly In view o of tho the facts it Is not surprising b that Secretary Lansing felt moved to advise ad the world the American government has hus not changed It its position Nor hn has it indeed changed its habit of ot tOl formulating formulating- a principle pIe then forgetting forgetting- that it exists I Josephus of ot the navy Y hasn't made a break for at least a a. week Perhaps with Mr 11 Baker in the tho cabinet Josephus thinks theres there's too much much- competition