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Show H A NOTABLE SPEECH IN H THE 8ENATE H A wind of sanity blew through the H j Senate when the junior XUnli Sena- fl tor, Qeorgo Sutherland, on Tuesday H read a carefully prepared speech on VH "submarine warfare and the foreign VH policy of tho Administration. Since VH the Sixty-fourth Congress nsKembled H there has been no utterance about VH tho war more logical, lucid and cnur- 1 ageouB. It was virile with a healthy. H Inspiring patriotism; eloipient with- ftVH out bolnir oratorical. In short a not- ablo speech Concerning the pro- H posnl to warn Americans not to trnv ol on merchant ships nrmed for de- H fenco Mr. Svitherland said the un H nuswerablo tliliiK H "I shall naver give my consent to H tho Issuance of n formal and oltlchl , iiotlco such as has been proposed. H I1 which, If not heeded, would, without H minimizing our duty In tho least, H have tho effect or embarrassing nnd H wcnkenlng our moral standing, If we H should once morn be under tho sad H necessity of seeking reparation for H tho destruction of the lives of our H Tho proposition advanced by Or- H many that "a new engine Cf destmc- H tlon" automatically modines Interna- H tlonal law Mr. Sutherland disposed H of in ono incisive scntenco: "My own H view of the matter Is that the new H weapon must yield to the law and H not that tho law must yield to tho H now weapon." And then, after point. H lng out tho difficulty of distinguish- H lng botwoen the unarmed ship and H tho ship armed (or defense, he do- H clared: "Tho result will be that un- H armed vosselu, while posaesslng im- H munlty In theory, will have nono In H fact." Who can doubt It? Tho rec- ' rd of ships torjiedoed without warn H lng In 'the first stage of submarluo H warfare, U Illuminating. What ugly L compUcatlong would Inevitably follow the acq.ulescenco of tho United States H tn the purpose of Germany to have hor naval cotnmnnderi sink nrmed ' niTchnntmcn without wnrnlim and explain nwny their blunders after- Iwulil n policy of ninnlnj; amuck nt R'a without responsibility. i As to warning our cltlzeiin' out ot 1 Mexico where they had a right to be, ar.d apnlnst exercising the right, sanctioned by the Supreme Court of the United States, to soil on merchant merch-ant ship of n belligerent, nrmed tor defence or not. Senator Sutherland spoke the thought of Americans of spirit nnd Intelligence when he snld: "Instead of foreer telling our cltl-xens cltl-xens to run. I should like for once to hear somebody bid them stand, with tho assurance that their government will stand with them. Instead of warning our own sople to exercise their rights at their peril, I would like to Issue n warning to other peo. pie to Interfere with these rights nt their peril." Hut quotations ennnnt do Justice to Mr. Sutherland's sterling speech Informed In-formed ns It Is with n patriotism sane, philosophic and unafraid. Ever Ev-er body should read It from begin-nlnff begin-nlnff to end. To despair of the Senate, Sen-ate, as some people are disposed to do. Is unworthy of any of us whf-'i It contains men or the calibre ot George Sutherland. However he Is not ft now discovery. He has long been known a a clear thinker nnd vigorous srenkor. On Julv 12, 1011. The Sun had the pleasure or publishing pub-lishing In full hU admirable speech, upon the "composite citizen," a satlro full or truth nnd wit. The New-York New-York Sun. |