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Let Not Moral Indignation Becloud the Is
sue in International Law
AS GREAT u trnrjcily as the loss of the
-tA-LugUanln, with Itn horrlhlc toll or hu
man life, would he any drastic action by this
nation not baser! on a Judicial consideration
of the Incident as It nffeots the United States.
Many public men havo already lost their
heads and aro cnlllnr; madly for reprisals.
The President Is not likely to bo swept Into
an Insupportable policy, but It la Important
that In whatever course ho decides upon ho
should havo bnck of him an Intelligent public
opinion, based on a clear conception of the
principles at Issue. Thero will be many to
clamor madly without knowing what they
aro clamoring nbout. There always are. It
Is the part of patriotism to chill the mob
spirit at this time, recall men to their senses,
and compel a dellbcrnte consideration of the
Issues Involved.
The German Point of View
rTlHERE aro two aspects to tho situation,
the ono ler;al or technical and the other
moral.
Tho Lusltania was a British merchantman,
a ship of tho naval reserve and subject to
the orders of tho Admiralty as Mich. It re
peatedly carried contraband of war. It took
to England, voyage nfter voyage, munitions
of war. It profited from the existence of
war, Its chief competitors being held In port
owing to tho danger of destruction on tho
high seas. The German Government had no
tified all nations that her submarines, a new
terror In naval warfare, would bo used to
destroy England's commerce, to prevent her
from obtaining munitions of war from tho
United States, that they would not hesltato
to torpedo merchantmen, oven carrying pas
sengers, with or without warning, as tho exi
gencies' 0f each particular caso required, that
all and particularly belligerent vessels were
In danger within tho designated war zone:
and she amplified this warning, so for na tho
United States was concerned, by reiterating
It In public advertisements. Manifestly, If
tho carrying of neutral passengers would
'protect British merchantmen, also transport
ing cargo, from destruction, Germany could
In no way make cffectlvo her marine war
fare, which, it la apparent, Is vital to her
existence.
That Is the German argument, and tech
nically thero Is some merit In It.
England's Responsibility
TTwGLAND, on tho other hand, kept the
-' Lusltania at work becauso she sup
posedly commanded tho seas. She boasted
that tho ship could not be caught. Sho gave
the warrant of her protection to every pas
senger. Sho guaranteed safe passage. She
did not assume that the submarines would
not try to get-the Lusltania, but, on the con
trary, ways and means for preventing their
attacks had been discussed. She, having
driven German tonnage off the seas, could
lnot expect to continue her own commerce
k If It were within tho might of Germany to
, prevent It. Germany had the power, in the
form of submarines, a typo of fighting craft
Invented subsequent to the formulation of
International law, the legality of which, how
ever, wad recognized by all nations, for all
nations havo Incorporated this form of ship
Jn their navies. As to whether It is proper
tp use them as commerce destroyers, the
question Is a new one, but Germany's an-
"wor to It Is and was" well known.
British Vessels Not Protected by U. S.
;fTIBB destruction of a British ship by Qer-
. manv
does not concern the United
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States.
Our interest lies solely In the fact
that .Americans were aboard and were killed.
3he only complaint, therefore, that we tech
nically have a right to make Is that It was
the duty of the CJermana to save American
passengers before destroying the ship, Yet
to establish that point we must fall back on
.. international law as it existed previous to
Is", h use of submarines as commerce destroy
ers, and our case Is weakened by the fact
j? 'that the use of belligerents? ships by neutral
lpassengers Is recognized as a hazardous
ftWngv subjective such, passengers to unusual
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GuUUght Case the Stronger
tiipwiiA w wriw,m vi fiucruauouai law,
we nave a wtstuter case, a rar weatcer case,
Fijian that arising from the torpedoing of
&& OuMigbt In the one case we were an
ijicidtmUl uuKwer in what Germany con-
lr raed a b as act 91 warr ia the vlhei tk
were the party directly attacked, nnd, Un
less apology Is rendered, It wn.n an act ot
war.
Moral Aspect
rnilAT, In brief, Is the Internatlomtl aspect
of the catastrophe, Its technical phase
nnd legal meaning. The moral aspect Is
entirely different, and shows tho German Gov
ernment without a leg to stnnd on, ban en
of humanity, a monster of monsters, Immoral
nnd unmoral, barbarous and savage, n wor
machlneiUlthout soul, daring everything and
stopping' at nothing, Imperiling at onco the
civilization and the progress ot the world,
a pnrlnh among nations, a comr Jltc crim
inal, too powerful for Immrdlato chastise
ment, but certain Booncr or later to tnngulih
In tho hell of pnyment nnd go down Into
utter ruin. Hut the wholo German nation
cannot bo Indicted. It Is tho dynasty at Its
head which has preached the doctrine of
force nnd won for n great pcoplo the nnl
mnslty of almost nil Christendom.
Yet It is not our function to direct tho
morals of other nations. We nre neither
International Judgo nor Jury. Wo enter tho
situation only If our rights are trampled
on nnd our sovereignty assailed. Wo stand
appalled by tho Inhumanity of tho deed,
stunned by Its nwfulncss, as wo would have
been had not an American been aboard tho
ship. Yet the offender may bo within tho
letter of an Interpretation of that Indefinite
thing which we know as international law.
Our Demands
WE CANNOT demand that German sub
marines shall stop sinking British ships;
that Is, unices wo wish to become tho vlndl
cator of International law as It formerly ex
isted and nro ready to light for our Interpre
tation of It. Wo can demand, nnd wo do
expect, from Berlin an expression of regret
that Americans wero needlessly done to
death, with such reparation as seems proper.
Wo can demnnd that American ships be not
molested on the high sens. Wo can nnd must
glvo Berlin to understand that wo nro In no
mood for trifling. Becauso wo nro patient
we aro not mollycoddles. We havo It In our
power when wo will to strlko tho Hohenzol
lerns a deadly blow, even without risk to
ourselves, for within our porta wo hold the
cream of her mcrchnnt fleets, subject, ono
and all of thorn, to Immediate seizure.
Protection of American Ships
AMERICANS must use their own ships.
" Thero Is no safety for them savo under
their own flog. Their right to protection
then must bo energetically assorted, no mat
ter at what cost. Wo havo fought before,
and wo aio ready. If we must, to fight again.
We are for peace becauso we are a sensible
people: we aro for war when It cannot sensi
bly be avoided. We can leave It to England
to protect her own commerce. That Is not
our business. Nor need our citizens, who
Insist on running Into danger, expect Wash
ington to go to extremes on their behalf.
Tho Government's duty to Its nationals ends
when they recklessly exposo themselves.
No Casus Belli Now
fTlHERE is not now a casus belli. Thero
-- Is no situation now that diplomacy cannot
settle. The Government will not make de
mands on Germany that nro not warranted
by International law. It will, however, mnke
plain Its Indignation, and It will show Berlin
clearly enough tho danger of murdering
American citizens.
Civilization the Issue
TT IS civilization even moro thnn our own
rights which is calling to us. Tho danger
of war lies In tho fact that a few more out
rages may convince tho United States that
sho must draw tho sword In defence of hu
man rights, as sho has done before, that civ
ilization itself may not bo destroyed by the
Juggernaut which tho Hohenzollerna havo
created.
Free Movies for Every Child
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,1, those whose school days aro over
must be regretting that tho moving-
picture apparatus was not invented In their
time. No other human devico can bo suc
cessfully change education from u dead and
Inert thing Into a vital Joy as the Introduc
tion of the "movies" into the common school
courses in geography and zoology and other
subjects.
Arrangements are already making for
showing moving picture reels in all the
Philadelphia schools. In geography, for ex
ample, as Doctor Ilaub explains, the children
will see the people of other lands going about
their daily work instead of reading nbout
them in textbooks. Fifteon minutes, or even
five minutes, spent In looking at a reel of
Chinese life will give the average boy a
better Idea of China and Its people than he
would get from committing to memory all
on the subject that his textbook contains.
Reels Illustrating the fishing industry, tho
collection and manufacture of rubber, the llfo
history of the mosquito, the relation of sani
tation to public health and tho like, which
have been exhibited In the moving-picture
houses to Interested adult RUdlences, can
well be used In the schoolroom.
Ho one need complain that this Innovation
will make education easy. If It makes It
Interesting It will serve Its purpose, and the
more Interesting It Is the greater benefit it
will confer on the pupils,
The Neglected Fathers
IT WAS Francis Wilson who, years ago,
when speaking to some women on the
Importance of celebrating Mothers' Day,
urged that a day be set apart also for the
fathers,
And why not? There Is no more neglected
class of citizens in the world than the
fathers. The poets have not written sonnets
to their eyebrows, nor have they sung of
their self-sacrificing devotion to their
families. The father is as necessary as the
mother. He wears old clothes while his
children get graduating gowns for the June
exercises In the .schools and colleges. He
pays ?1.65 for a straw hat, and his daugh
ters pay $16.60 for a hat made of a bit of
wire, sotne stiffening and a big gob of rib
bon. Ho really deserves a, day set apart
for his glorification at least once a, year
It might not be easy to induce him to
consent to be- set up on, u. pedestal to be
admired, for he Is almost as modest as the
motheri but If ho were approached diplo
matically ho might consent to stand on the
edge of tho crowd and listen to tho fino
things said about some other father.
A Message for All Citizens
TODAY tho President comes to Philadel
phia to address hundreds of nllens who
aro nbout to become American citizens.
They nro from tho gun-torn soil of Europe,
most of them, voluntnrlly denouncing their
natal ntlcglanccs nnd casting their lot with
this nation, of which they will become part
and parcel.
They can do no wiser thing than keep
green tho memory ot former days, but
nevor so ns to diminish their devotion to this
Government. A citizen cannot be half an
American nnd hnlf something else. He must
bo itlt American or nothing. This Iff a refuge
for the oppressed of nil nations, but those
who find sanctuary hero and elect to becomo
part of us must be for us nnd with us first,
last and all the time.
The nation In this time of crisis, sorrow
ami anguish, when the maelstrom of war
races with stronger power to suck us In,
will hung on the President's words. Tho
opportunity dovetails Into tho country's
mood. His message is to bo not to tho now
citizens only, but to nil citizens. Men nro
sobered now by tho tragedies' that accumu
late with the hours. There Is no partisan
ship, but n inngnlflecnt unity of support for
the man whose task It Is to guide tho nation
through this troublous period.
Every American should hrnr or rend what
tho President has to say today.
Dipped In the Immortality of Martyrdom
THE wife of the physician to the King of
Ilelglum, who hns been In this country
raising funds for the relief of her stricken
countryipen, went down with the Lusltnnla.
It Is tho Irony of fate that tho force which
drovo her people Into exllo nnd sanctified by
oppression a wholo nation should have
struck, (no. this noble woman, a messenger
of mercy, and dipped her Into the Im
mortality of martyrdom.
Delay Will Not Convert the Rndicnls
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM F.
VARE'S arguments In fnvor of holding
11 Constitutional Convention uro unanswer
able. Tho present rotistltiitlqn Is antiquated
nnd cumbersome. It has not been revised
slnrn 1S7.1, and when It was rewritten then
it wns loaded down with a multltudo of pro
visions that ought to hn-o heen left out.
It there Is to bo frco nnd flexible govern
ment In this Commonwealth a greater degree
ot discretion must bo allowed both to tho
General Assembly and to the cities and
counties. But the present document Is so
full of petty restrictions that Philadelphia,
for instanre, has to seek amendment to tho
fundamental law If It wishes to ralso money
for rapid transit or for poit development.
Tho organization of Its petty courts Is
prescribed, and there arc Innumerable other
Instances of restriction on local freedom.
If the Constitution Is to bo revised nt nil
tho work should bo done directly by a Con
stitutional Convention. There Is no demand,
either In tho public mind or In the neces
sities of the ense, for tho nppolntment of
a commission to discover whether revision
Is necessary and to gather documents nnd
to mnko reconi mondatlons. Tho only pur
poso such a commission can servo Is to pro
vide congenial johs for Organization workers.
Let no one supposo that by delaying 11
convention the demand for radical changes
can bo evaded, for, whether it bo radlrnl or
conservative, the people will have what they
want. Thore is Just as much political sanity
hero this year ns there will bo In two years
or five years. And thero nro representative
citizens ablo this winter to draft a Constitu
tion fitted to the needs of the CommonwcaRh.
Johnson Is Liked by His Friends
HARRIS WEINSTOCK, of tho Industrial
Relations Commission, thinks that Gov
ernor Johnson, of California, would get tho
ontlro Progressive vote and most of tho Inde
pendent vote of the West If ho were nomi
nated for tho Presidency.
Mr. Wolnstock must bo aware that the en
tire Progrcssivo vote of tho wholo country Is
not big enough to elect any man to tho Presi
dency nnd that nothing can bo accomplished
by a Progressive candidate except a division
of tho Republican vote.
If tho friends of Governor Johnson, how
ever, can get nny enjoyment out of booming
him for tho Presidency this summer, no ono
should deny them that Joy. Thero Is ttmo
enough beforo tho nssembllng of tho Republi
can National Convention In Philadelphia next
year for them to decide that their protest of
1912 accomplished Its purpose and to conclude
to work with their old friends for Republi
can success.
Climate and the Color Line
MRS. CARMAN, tho wlfo of a Freeport
(N. Y.) doctor, has been ncqulttcd of the
charge of murdering a woman patient In her
husband's ofllco. becauso tho Jurors did not
believe tho testimony of a colored servant
girl. Tho girl had told two conflicting stories.
Leo Frank, accused of killing a girl em
ploye In his fnctory In Atlantn, Ga., was
found guilty on tho testimony of a colored
man who was himself suspected of the crime.
Tho Northern Jury disbelieved tho black
woman nnd tho Southern Jury believed the
black man when he was testifying against
a white man.
Whoever can explain this curious reversion
of wnat has commonly been supposed to bo
the relation between tho color line and
climate may throw some light on the
processes of Justice also.
The "pop" concerts aro really popular.
Yuan Shl-kat is acting as If the Chinese
have a proverb about discretion being the
better part of valor.
The ocean Is no respecter of millionaires.
It Bwallowed up a Vanderbllt as remorse
lessly as an ABtor.
American clergymen agree that the exer
cise of morning hate for the British, now
customary In Prussian homes, 1b unchristian.
While Philadelphia is trying to decide
where to build a convention hall, Atlantic
City Is enlarging her hall to accommodate
a big convention In June.
The lawyers for the plaintiff In Syracuse
apparently think that the Issue before the
Jury la whetljer the Colonel also is a corrupt
boss.
And now the summer resorts are prepar
ing to accommodate those who have decided
that a .trip to Europe has no charms for
them. 1 )
Dernberg says that passengers were a
shield for a war cargo, but the world will
never admit that a war cargo can be used
as an excuse for killing the Innocent p
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PRESENTIMENTS OF GOOD AND EVIL
Marine Disasters Foreseen by Passengers General- Wolfe's Pre
monition Before the Battle of Quebec Grant's Foresight.
The Morning of Christ's Nativity.
By ROBERT
TRAGIC events like the destruction of the
Lusltania or tho sinking of llio Titanic
bring to public attention Instances of that
strango and unbidden power or, rather, ex
perience of tho human mind which wo call
premonition. One of tho passengers lost In
the Titanic 'disaster was a woman who had
left her homo In Wisconsin to visit relatives
In Norwny, and had kissed her husband and
children goodby with tho declaration that sho
would never see them again. One or two per
sons wero roportcd to havo canceled their
bookings at tho last moment because of an
unaccountable feeling that the maiden voy
ago of tho mighty liner would provn ill
fated. Though wo may not know much nbout pre
monitions and presentiments themselves, wo
recognize tho words when wo hear or see
them, and that Is evldenco that they do mean
something. Tho subject is interesting, and
suggests prognostlcators like Mme. Thebes,
ot Paris, and mediums llko Mrs. Piper and
Paladlno. oven recalling tho Roman nugiiilcs
and tho Delphic oracles. Premonitions, how
over, seem to come also to ordinary mortals'.
Anyway, we know them well enough to sepa
rate them from superstitions like those which
sco coming events In tho breaking of a mir
ror or thn dropping of a dishcloth nnd from
such weather forecasts as may be found In
tho unusual migrations or odd behavior of
birds and animals.
Beforo the Battle
Tho premonitions of which wo oftcnest
hear are premonitions of denth. Tho fearless
Wolfe, who wrested Quebec from Montcalm
on tho Plains of Abraham, Is said to havo
had a presentiment that ho would meet his
death In tho morrow's battle. Everything
was In readiness for tho uttack the night be
fore. Tho feint assault had completely fooled
tho French. General Wolfo was tho only
man among tho English who was not In high
spirits. Ho had fought on many fields, but
this night he sent for Commander John Jnr
vls, a boyhood friend, who was a naval offi
cer with tho expedition, and gave him a pic
ture of his sweetheart to return In caso
Wolfo was killed. Ho mado lite will and
wrote a long letter to his mother. Wo aro
told that In tho early morning, bh tho Eng
lish forces began their attacking movement,
Wolfe recited to some of his officers a stanza
of "Gray's Elegy":
The boast of heraldry, tho pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er
gave.
Await alike th Inevitable hour,
Tho paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Three times he was wounded as tho conflict
raged, but ho died with the knowledge thnt
Quebec had been won. Wolfe's fondness for
the "Elegy" may have been due to a fatalistic
turn of mind, which would not, however, ex
plain his premonition of death; and fear cer
tainly boro no pnrt.
Not all premonitions aro, of harm or evil.
Some of them aro of places yet to bo vis
ited. Tho following story has been told: "I
was staying with a friend, a clergyman, In
South Carnavonshlro In March, 1887, I think,
and dreamt that I was one of a shooting
party. One of the party shot a woodcock."
After telling how he and the clergyman, re
turning from a' long walk, fell In with a
gamekeeper and started Into some woods
which he had never seen before, the narra
tor continues, "I had a strange feeling of ex
pectation; the identity of the scene became
every moment plearer and clearer; my eyes
(ell upon the exact spot where the woodcock
of my dream had risen; I was certain that
the event of my dream would be re-enacted,
I felt I nu8t speak, and there was not a
moment to lose. I shouted to my friend;
"'Look out. I dreamed I shot a woodcock
here last night."
"My frUnd turned and replied;
"Did you?'
"The words were hardly out of my mouth,
and the gun off the keeper's shoulder (I was
still Intently gazing at the. very foot of
ground), when up gets a woodcock the
woodcock of my dream and ' falls to the
keeper's gun a capital snap shpt. We were
not a little astonished, the keeper, moreover,
remarking that he thought all the wood
cocks had left the country some weeks before-"
The story la of very dubious value a sclen
NO USE
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number which also spring from actual ex
perience. They may bo referred to halluci
nations of memory nnd what not? but cer
tainly they nro not lies.
Grant's Presentiment
An interesting mention of a presentiment
Is contained In the "Personal Memoirs" of
Ulysses S. Grant, whero he Is writing of the
tlmo when lie was a endet at West Point.
llo says: "During my first year's encamp
ment, General Scott visited West Point and
reviewed the cadets. With his commanding
figure, his quite colossal size and showy uni
form, I thought him tho finest specimen of
manhood my eyes had over beheld and tho
most to bo envied. I could never resemble
him In appearance, but I bellevo I did havo
a presentiment for a moment that somo day
I should occupy his place on review al
though I had no intention then of remaining
In the army." General Grant speaks of tho
presentiment In another place and treats
It with considerable respect.
Premonitory dreams nro to be reckoned
among presentiments. Joseph, we read in
tho Gospel of Matthew, was warned In a
dream "to take the young child nnd his
mother and flee Into Egypt," nnd then,
when Herod had died, ho received tho dream
command, "Arise, and take the young child
nnd his mother nnd go Into tho land of
Israel." Premonitory dreams of such im
port as theso come, of course, to few
people.
"Sometimes all nature seems to havo n
premonition. In tho play of "Macbeth" tho
deep damnation of Duncan's tnklng off made
the night unruly.
"Somo say, tho earth
Wns foverlsh and did shade."
It was a wondrous hush that fell upon the
world with tho advent of tho Christ Child.
Milton sings tho uncomprehending awo of
nature and of men:
No war, or bnttlo's sound
Was heard the world around;
Tho Idle spear nnd shield were high uphunrr
The hooked chariot stood
Unstnln'd with hostile blood;
The trumpet spake not to the armed throns
And kings sat still with awful eye
As if they surely knew their sovran 'Lord was1
Hut peaceful was the night
Wherein the Prince of Light
His reign of Peace upon the earth becan
The winds, with wonder whist, UCBan'
Smoothly the waters klst.
Whispering new Joys to the mild ocean-
Who now havo quite forgot to rave
Wh"wavea ' Ca"" 8lt broodln& " he charmed
OUR TREATY WITH GERMANY
From the Springfield Republican,
In the treaty of nis Germany has nm.
thins very convenient In eettlVng ThosS:
counts with the United States that nw? artos
out of conditions In her submarine warfare
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It must have occurred to many American!
when the Frye caso was settled that thn n.r.
man Government had taltcn a long look a'heil'
in bringing forth and proclaiming as lj
full effect tho provisions of on old treaty thai
In reality dated bnck as far ns 17S5. Interpftttj
with only moderate Iltcralness, those ancient
treaty rules form aicomplcto protection for the!
commerce or tlie United States ncra nat Ger.
man submnilnes; nnd the Republican demon.'S
a.n.n.l .lit.. fn.it ......... 1 ..n.t.. I..,. ,L
torpedoing or the Gulfllght. Tho treaty per
mits Germany to mnko an exception of th:
United States In settling nceounts due to "
grettnblo Incidents" by pnyment of damage1
and It permits her to do this with no lots of
dignity or "face." The United States can thui
bo eliminated ns a dangerous complainant, If
the German Government chooses to utilize the
old trenty, for this country could not ordlnarilr
refuse settlements tinder the treaty's terms. Hot, '
Is thero any reason now In sight why our dor- j
ernement should not welcome such settlement!,') ;
DESERVING, ANYWAY
From tho Pittsburgh Gajetto-Tlmen. ftj
SiACrfll'lM Tlr.n.l,a (..n-tn-ln.i, 1. n n do... 9
pointed to an $1500 position by the Comptroller
rx me currency. Whether as a deserving Demo-'
crat or merely n deserving son-in-law Is nol
atnien m tr.o omclal bulletin.
FIFTH WARD RESULTS
To the Editor of the Cventnp Ledger:
Sir-Shortly nfter tho meeting of the StbJ
wnru members of tho Committeo of Ono ThoM
sand, who had chargo of bringing out thj
vuiu na 10 mo issuance or. uonas ior suow&yii
mo writer was compelled to leave the cltr.
I regret my absence provented calling anjWj
iuriner meetings neroro tho election.
I, however, nrrnnged with my clerk to lenill
out postal enrds to nbout hnlf tho voters UTOOuH
of tho ward. The "returns" were most jatli-m
factory. Tho vote being practically 93 In favorjf g
ana i against, in actual ugtires: ins for; UJ
against, iet us congratulate ourselves upc-iii
tho results that the Eth Wnrrl (TommltU il.Sl
cured. WALTER VOOD.;
i'nuadelphla, May 6.
TO A CHINESE AIR
The days are few for me,
The craft is long
. To learn; incessantly
I tuno my eong,
Llfo Is so .short, you see.
And pain so long,
What should becomo of me
Wero I not strong?
Great deeds are briefly told,
Their virtues long.
And with tho men of old
I, too, belong.
Georglann. G odd aril Kins, in the. Forum.
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