Show EVASIVE AND CYNICAL GERMANY G ERMANY either has counted the cost of or a a. rupture with tho the United States and nd has decided to invite it or orth th that t government gO has not riot yet realized th the American people and their President President dent are in deadly earnest It must be as apparent to Emperor William and his advisers as to casual readers that the Ute reply just m made do t to the American AmerIcan Ameri Amerl- can note utterly tails falls to meet the issues raised Whore It 11 Is 15 not palpably pal pal- evasive it takes refuge refugo in cheap cynicism unworthy a a. nation of ot Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's achievements and degree of civilization Proposals made mado by Germany for safeguarding Americans from danger on the high SUB seas arc only palliatives the they cannot bo be considered as tives They are aro as absurdly In contravention contravention contra contra- t n on of ot tho recognized rules of or warfare as was wa'S the attack upon the Lusitania for Cor which outrage e tho German German German Ger Ger- man government conspicuously falls fails to offer reparation The They yield feld nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing to the tho cause of humanity for which President Wilson stands and Inthe in inthe inthe the solo ole Instance where the tho reply speaks frankly the they make it clear that AmerIcans Americana who travel tra the seas on merchantmen flying belligerent flags flaSs continue to do so at their peril There can be no other conclusion from the reply than that Germany considers continuance of or Its submarine submarine rine warfare more advantageous than the friendship of ot the United States or hopes to continue the diplomatic debate de debate de- de bate Indefinitely trusting the fortunes I of or war will promote a German victory I before it is concluded German officialdom officialdom evidently considers a break with ith the United States less dangerous than abandonment of or Its methods ot of making war on the seas even cven If It tho the American government should refuse o oto to parley further Seriatim discussion of or the German Gorman reply would be bo profitless Much of ot It ItIs ItIs itis Is unworthy analysis Where It de declares declares de- de clares dares tho the British blockade renders present submarine methods necessary because the German people I Is now to tobe tobo tobo bo be given the choice of ot perishing from starvation with Its women and children chil chil- dren circa or of relinquishing Its s Independence Independence dence the note challenges the Intelligence Intelligence intelligence intel Intel- of ot every reader since the German German German Ger Ger- man food tood supply is known to bo be ample Where ere It asserts that Germany Ger Gor Gormany many likewise has always been tenacious tenacious tena tena- cious cloas of or the principle that war should be cond conducted a against the armed and organized forces of or an enemy country but that tho the enemy civilian population population population tion mu must t be spared as far as possible from the tho measures of 01 war it similarly similarly simi aUnt questions American ab ability t to read and understand What the President may do is with him No American will seek to add to Mr Wilsons Wilson's difficulties b by Indiscreet indiscreet indis India creet erect discussion lon of ot his probable action In advance It is none the tho less obligatory obligatory obliga obliga- tOr tory upon newspapers to prepare the country for eventualities The President President dent can avoid unpleasantness b by abandoning his position in behalf of 01 humanity and humane warfare and by accepting as satisfactory the proposals of ot Germany German for American immunity on tho the seas thus condoning the Gorman Gorman Gor Ocr man methods or ho he can continue the negotiations trusting that something will occur to terminate them The other alternative Is to conclude Germany means to continue obstinate and act upon that conclusion b by suspending suspending suspending sus sus- pending all relations with a a. nation and government that place themselves beyond the tho pale of ot civilization I BOOZE AND BAYONETS TV rISS MISS JANE ADDA ADDAMS ADDAMS' IS' IS weird stories of ot the war following her return from Europe suggest that none of ot those benighted nations is really doing Its Us best Since the soldiers of ot the vanous various various vari van ous armies must be bo made drunk be before before be- be fore tore the they will sill obey their officers officers' demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for bayonet charges as s Miss Addams alle alleges es an unusually fertile market for one strictly American commodity commodity com corn has evidently c been neglected You know the they make their men mon drunk before they can n get g-et them thom to charge says sars Miss lIss Addams They give them beer in Germany r rum m in the tho English army and absinthe in the tho French If Ie that Is the tho best that can ron be done with the ocean lanes open to the United Stat States s little wonder tho the war has drawn its weary length along month after month without appreciable apprecIable appreciable able results If It a a. German turns berserker after an Injection of beer consider the horrible horrible hor hor- nible havoc he would create if It a bitof bit bitof of ot Kentucky moonshine whiskey were carefully mixed with his national drink Harry Leon Wilson was wont to describe the tho brand of ot whiskey prevalent in Montana in the earlier days as when two drops spilled on a jackrabbits jackrabbit's tall taU would impel that peaceful animal to spit in a bulldogs bulldog's face And as for the absinthe of ot the Frenchman purely personal experIence experience ence being lacking one must accept the narrative of ot the sophisticated who find that deadly concoction more ore provocative of ot other things than pugnacity pugnacity pug pug- We Ve fear tear somebody has been spoofIng spoof spoof- Ing big the estimable Miss Addams The personal brawls that often otten follow overindulgence over over- indulgence In liquor are not of ot the tho same character as the tho onslaught upon an I enemy drunken men against a sober foe roe is Js about tho the last indiscretion of ot which a responsible military official would bo be guilty If It Miss Addams' Addams InvestIgations investigations Investigations In Europe have netted her no nomore nomore nomore more than the amusing amusIng- revelation she makes It Is to be feared her efforts in behalf of ot peace aroused only amusement among among- tho the chivalrous Europeans with on she conversed |