St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 11, 1915
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Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER, Dec. 12, 1878. Published by the Pulitzer Pubdlishing Oo., 210-212 N. Broadway. ON RATES BY MAIL IN porte 9 Froiie Sanday. one Y 208 SRR beeper oe Tr HBS, por mies t either » dee” or entered at aachange, St. Levis, Me. as second-class = POST-DISPATCH PLATFORM. I know that my retirement will make no difference in its cardinal principles, that it will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory | plutocracy or predatory poverty. JOSEPH PULITZER. April 10, 1907. Post-Dispatch Circulation First 6 Months, 1915: ony” 300,066 204,479 Daily Average Equaled Only by FOUR SUNDAY Newspapers” in the UNITED STATES LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ammege ‘ Belgian Neutrality. Te the Editor, of the Post-Dispatch. I wish to answer a letter by Mr. Heintze in the Post-Dispatch regarding Belgium neutrality. 1. The treaty of 1870 stipulated not only that the matter of neutrality should continue for “13 whonths after the ratification of any treaty of Peace concluded between those parties,” but also (and this is the part left out by Mr. Heintze, by Mr. Dernberg and others): “And on the expiration of that time the independence and neutrality of Belgium will, so far as the high contracting par- ties are concerned, continue to rest as before on ithe first article of the quintuple treaty of the 19th of April, 1839” (which latter treaty stipu- lated the neutrality of Belgium). Thus Germany ‘still remained a guarantor to the neutrality of Belgium at the opening of the pregent conflict. 2. A nation does not violate the guarantee of such neutrality when it arms for defensive pur- poses. Article or Convention X of The Hague treaty or conference of 1907, which all the chief countries signed, reads: “The fact of a neutral Power resisting even by force attempts to violate its neutrality cannot be regarded as a hostile act.” Germany was one of the signatory Powers tc another article of the same conference, viz., Article 1. “The territory of neutral Powers is in- violable.” Thus this statement constitutes a re- iteration of the fundamental status of neutral states. 3. What Mr. Heintze points out as evidence of collusion between England and Belgium has been _ shown by no less an authority than King Albert . himself to be nothing more than a record of “con- ’ wersations” held between the King and the En- ‘“glish representative, concerning what Belgium might be able to do, should Germany enter her _-territory. This ‘conversation was warranted by We need in this crisis an American slogan, 6 ringing assertion of American rights on the seas and a final warning that belligerent de- American lives and American ships, law- Messly, at their peril We need ft not only for the preservation of our own sovereignty over American shipping and the protection of American lives and property, bat for the salvation of am, law end hu- manity on the seas. We must come to a definite and final under- standing with Germany concerning our ocean rights and the safety of American citizens. We cannot accept Germany’s proposal of an imperial dictatorship on all that part of the ocean she chooses to control for submarine war pur- poses. OoS We cannot accept the diction that the German Government shall administer the American mer- chant marine and that Americans shall travel and trade within an arbitrary war zone only on ships designated and on the terms and conditions de- termined and dictated by Germany. . We cannot accept the plea of the helplessness of Germany against the British navy and the wrongdoing of Germany’s enemies as a justifica- tion of unbearable wrongs inflicted upon us and of intolerable conditions imposed upon Ameri- can ocean traffic. We cannot accept the childish argument that because the Germans are engaged in war with powerful and unscrupulous enemies they are justi- fied in destroying lawlessly the lives and ygpop- erty of neutral friendly peoples. * Begause Germany has abandoned right prin- ciple, logic and law in dealing with great issues involving right, law and humanity, shall we abandon them? Shall we abandon the principle of the sacred freedom of the seas? Shall we abandon the ocean rights of neutrals? Shall we abandon internation- al Jaw and the obligations of humanity? It is our duty to assert and defend them—to preserve civilisation from the impending ruin menacing it on account of Burope’s war madness. It is our duty not to permit the evasion of these vital issues and to resist proposals and conditions which involve ultimately the overthrow of all rights and laws on the seas. President Wilson and his advisers confront a great responsibility and as great an opportunity. Judgment and courage in high degree are required to deal with the questions which are intensified by the German note; to settle them in a manner that will satisfy, not alone the demands of the pres- ent, but the interests of the future. The Amer- ican people should await calmly the action of our Government, with a determination to support it loyally in the effort to conserve justice and lib- erty. = = % i A A SOFT-FIBERED ENGLISHMEN. Of the family of Capt. Parslow of the steamship Anglo-California, one son has been killed tn the war. Another is wounded. The Cartain was killed while saving his ship from a submarine. A third son took the wheel from his dead hand. And Prince Lichnowsky, late German Ambassa- dor to Great Britain, told Kaiser Wilhelm a year ago that the time had come to strike; that En- glishmen were divided and soft-fibered and would not fight! i i i ih ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATOH, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1915. es eee [we propose a referendum at a specig! election to' decidé the point. If the plebiscite cannot de it, then we urge as a last resort an amendment te the charter or the Constitution iteelf to designate the officigl—our idea being to spare the women’s clubs as long as possible. __- ™ - - ANS ALL. | Judge Trieber of the United States District Court administering oaths to naturalized citizens hit the nail on the head when he said: Remember, you are an Americen citisén now. You know, we are not making any hy- phenated Americans here, only Americans. In the oath the man seeking American citizen- ship tepudiates allegiance to the sovereign of whom he has been a subject and all ties-of citi- tenship with army other country. If he does not become an American in thought, word and deed, faithful to American institutions and devoted to American honor and interests, ig unworthy of American citizenship. >= = * i WASTE NOT, WANT Nor. “Vergeudet mehts, sogar der Abfall ist Fut- -ter fuer neues Leben.” (Waste ——— garbage ia food for new life.) These potential words uttered in rerinhdam in July, 1872, by Prince von Bismarck, in his instruc- tions to the Prussian rural inspectors, mark the economic policy, which now is bearing fruit in Germany, and which might well serve as an ob- ject lesson to ali nations. That corps of inspectors has since then trav- ersed the length and breadth of the land, teaching the farmers to utilize every inch of ground in intensive farming; to.waste nothing in nature and art, and to husband the substance of the nation. Country as well*as town have learned the lesson— hits from the meal are recompounded into new viands, until the last vestige of substance has been utilized; so that there 4s practically no garbage and the absolute offal is gathered periodically by farm wagons and dumped on the compost pile to serve as rranure for the incoming season. Every leaf that falls, every weed that is pulled, even the grass from the lawns is collected to aug- ment that manure heap. Dead branches, rusty nails in discarded lumber, and the dulled and rust-eaten plowshares are again used in some form or other. Other nations cast into the alleys and garbage cans what would feed half a people, and consumes in flames a vast portion of its substance. Bismarck also laid great stress on savings ac- counts in the “Regierungs Sparkasse”’ (Govern- ment savings institutions), and thereby taught the tommon man individual self reliance, so that the very first day “out of a job’ may not find him staring penury in the face, or compel him tc seek support from the common coffers, through charity in some garb. The German can make a possible living on lit- tle more than one-half of -the food consumed by others; and this lesson now comes in good stead. Even from a purely economic viewpoint, aside from sheer necessity, this practice cannot fail of excellent results, as it multiplies national as wel! at individual competence. The present cataclysm fitlls every German wom- an and child of school age self-sustaining, and husbanding the national substance. Economy has bgen translated from academic theory into life practice. = = = re WINNING THE BHRLIN VOTE. Congressman Stephen G. Porter, a Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, declared in an Independence day speech at Pitts- burg that those who make arms and ammunition are murderers. ‘These men,” he added, “who are engaged in the, manufacture of munitions are accessories to the crime that is now causing blood- shed throughout Durope.” As a member of the Foreign Affairs Commit- tee, Representative Porter knows that the right es we FS a EE | — - above all others, he is foresworn and disloyal—he org t ‘ate 4 ae web » for war, which some urge, that we should make | no preparation but rather follow the example of > . China, some oall ft a false philosophy. I really ; Midueve that some have studied over this peace y tion until they have false dreams and have mi ne crazy on the subject. It is time for sound ' @ense to take hold on our people. We might as There is not much to be said for the Kaiser as a correspondent. | > well make a lot of useless fire arms, cannons and ‘eartridges as to make useless whisky, tobacco or belligereiits, is bound to have a stimulating difect on somebody—perhaps it will result in renewed were those of the great war Power and the chief neutral nation, of Germany and the United States. THE LATEST THING IN A FIVE-FOOT BOOK SHELF. Germany’s interest in peace is natural. As the war stands, she has won. Having Belgium, her main object, more of Poland than she probably cares to keep and a rich slice of France, she can zt 2s Rasponding ost ——_ har caiaiaeinaer °* | efforts by the officials themselves. It is not only a ts a question of the comfort of the city’s guests, 3 * They Are Morons. but a matter of noblesse oblige to the city. . From the Chicago Tribune. Whose duty it technically falls to under the The records show that a large percentage of the | new charter we are not sure, but waiving the _ohildren who celebrate the Fourth are grown | technical quibble we propose that the dogcatcher, armed with hairpin and peroxide, undertake the rutp'.ss war of extermination. If need be let this brave official call for volunteers from among the long-haired reformers whose hairpins are not 44 (el IPO SOE working. If the dogeatcher declines the ex-officio "tid LFW, for ultra vires performance on technical grounds, nd the health authorities and public safety . | eg cannot agttle it among themeeives, | % ' | 4 pas Kies ean er a en AA TES LOND, ELE GE ORS 1G IES APIA LP Cp A ee
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