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Show i BBS WHO WILL DECIDE RULES OF H WARFARE ON HIGH SEAS? BBS In the otd dnys when tho West was BBS wild and woolly tho host advlco that BBJ could bo given a tondorfoot was this: BBB "Never roach for your hip pockot BBB unless you Intend to bo working tho BBS trigger as your hand tomes out." BBS Dinning was decidedly dangerous BBS In thoso days. It has not becomo oil- BBB tlroly safo yet. BBJ i Tho barroom fighter nays to nnoth- BBB or: "Hero you; cut that out. If you BBB do It again, I'll knock your block off." BBB Ho must bo prepared to back up BBB his words, or tho other fellow Is 11- BBB nhlo to do 801110 block knocking him-BBB him-BBB BBB 'A nation cannot afford to bluff nuy BBB moro than an Individual can afford to BBS do so. BBB When nn Individual Is caught bluf- BBB flng ho alono Buffers humlllntlon-nnd BBB loss of prestlgo. When a nation Is BBB caught binding, millions of 'liullvldu- BBB nls feel tho sting of disgrace ind BBS loso standing In the eyes of tho BBS BBS Tho United States has been put to BBS n sovero test several times during BBS tho present war In Europe Its pa-BBS pa-BBS tlcnco will yet bo tried many more BBS times beforo peaco comes. BBB i f If It tolls any nations at war wha't BBB ' they must NOT do that atfcits Am-BBS Am-BBS Orleans, It must bo prepared to back BBS Its words to tho limit. Tho ttma has BBS conio for a clear definition of this BBS' nation's policy. BBS! Wo bullovo that Individuals havo BB no right to plungo hundreds of thou-BBj thou-BBj t Bands of AmcrlcaiiH Into tho shameful BBJ coulllct by assuming unnecessary BBJ risks. Wo also bellovo It Is tho ddty BBf' of this government to mako clear Its BBf opinion along this lino so all will BBJ know what they can expect when BBJ they bravo tho dangers of trnvol BBJ ' nbroad. BBJ , Whatovor polity this nation adopts BBJ should bo strictly backed up. Tho BBJ , American people want no diplomatic ; bluffs. BBJ Our theory Is that tho passengers BBJ I who took passago on tho I.usltanli BBJ 1 placed tholr lives temporarily under BBJ ' a the protection of tho Drltlsh flag nnd BBJ j tho Drltlsh government, for they sail BBJ I cd on n boat owned by Englishmen B and subject to call as an auxiliary BBJ crulsor In tho Drltlsh sorvlco. BBJ If this govornment takes tho view BBJ that It has no right to nvengo nn BBJ attack like this on tho Drltlsh Hag, BBJ wo bellovo It should mako known its BBJ view so American pcoplo and forolgn BBf f nations can havo. no oxcuso for mis- BBJ understanding our policy. BBJ Dut whatovor Is determined, tho BBJ American peoplo will oxpett tho Is BBJ suo to bo clearly sot forth and rigid- BBf ' ly supported. BBJ England contends that tho dread- BBJ untight must set tho stjlo for sou BBJ fighting. Sho has a superabundance BB of (lrendnnughts that aro ldlo, BBJ Germany says that drcadnaughts Ii nro old fashioned and not" of much ' uso In modom warfare. Sho oxcols H' in submarines; thoreforo, Qermany BBS) dec'nros thnt tho rules of naval war- BBSj ' faro must bo adapted to tho stylo of BBJ tho submarines. BB . If tho world accopts tho reasoning BBJ of tho ltalsor then now standards BBJ t i nlUHt bo accepted. Tho submarines BBJ f ' caunot show tho mercy tho dread- BBJ j naught cun display. BB ' England says that a warship must BB jf ' Klvo wumlng to a morchant vessel BBJ j' ( beforo nttatklng It. Tho droadnaught B fires n shot across tho bow of tho BBJ merchant ship as a warning to stop BBJ for search and seizure, BBJ ft Germany answers that, when a sub- BBJ mnrino shows itself and commands a I largo merchant ship to stop tho lat- tor rams and sinks tho BUbmnrlno or BBf' iits on Its superior speed and os- Bli capos. 1L ' Who Is going to Eottlo this dispute I i , nnd decide whothor a now rule of J 1 i tho eca is to bo accoptod? England BB(f certainly Is In no position to stop Bffj 1 J tho dreadful now stylo of naval war- bbH faro. At the opening of hostilities her torpedo boat destroyers numbered number-ed moro than tho total of several other nations combined. Yet no one evor hears of German submarines being destroyed by them or oven chased out of tho passenger steamship lanes. , Not n day goes by without official reports of tho sinking of ono or moro merchant ships belonging to tho allies. al-lies. I'coplo Intending to cross tho ocean havo a right to know what our ottl-tudo ottl-tudo Is toward tho submarlno and then they must uso tholr own Judgment Judg-ment about making tho trip. Untlo Sam cannot afford to strad-dlo strad-dlo tho fenco any longor. . m Ho must talk in languago that all can understand. Salt Lako Telegram |