New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1917, Page 6

S Bntam Herald. ‘ RALD PUBLISHING coxrlmr. Proprietors. M daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:16 p. m., Herald-Bullding. 87 Church St. at the Post Office New Britain ! as-Second Class Mall Matter Ivered by carrier to anv part of the city for 13 cents a week, 65c a month oriptiona for paper to be sent by matl, ‘uywl- in advance. 60 cents & momth. $7.00 a year. ‘1 only profitable advertising medium :n the Gty fon books snd. rress i Herald will be found on sale at Hot lh;’- News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- New Yark Clty; Board Walk, At Tantio Cit7, and Hartford Depos. TELEPHONE CALLS. ness Office e join ourselves to no party that s not carry the flag and keep step Fine music of the Union! —RUFUS CHOATE.. | “ARMED NEUTRALITY.” Phere are sufficient grounds for war the sinking of the Latonia with the 5 af American lives. In the mean- | of President Wilson's speech of sruary 3, the sinking of the Laconia the long looked for ‘“overt act” d this latest depredation by Ger- » suwomarine commanders taken co threc days earlier than it did, or, President Wilson withheld his h before the Congress until to- b instead of delivering it Monday, jngs might now be different. Cir-' stances alter cases. The Presi- ht asked Congress for power to pro- American righhts on the high His idea is “‘armed neutrality.” re he addressed the members of Houses he had not learned that } Lacoriia had been sunk. While he on his way from the White House he Capitol the news of the La- la_dlsaster was flashed over th( 4 the United States were standing und with a chip on its shoulder king for trouble this: ident uld furnish the excuse W o war. If Prémident Wilson were erly sca.nnins e horlzon for. a betli the ainklng ‘ot the Laconte hiild precipitate this country into . But the country is nat too eager add 'havoc to the damage already e, and the President is not Bxtous to send thousands of Ameri- to thelr death. Therefore, there be due deliberation before any Peher step is taken. For the present fmed peutrality” will be tthe atti- e of this cauntry, notwithstanding howling of the mobs who accuse fi President and his advisers of wish- war. ';\rmed neutrality” ‘'should be a L ventative’ of further ~assaults inst' the rights of American citi- on the high séea. It will last so ég as. Germany allows it to last. At may not/be long. For Germany “ades to the wishes of no power. ~mingly, Germany is determined to »e' every craft from the face of the seas. In this determination she zht draw the United States into the r regardless of the wishes of csident Wilson and the American ople. Patience is a virtue that has houndary line. There is such a thing going too far. So while “armed butrality” may do fdr the present ereé is no telling where even that | ay lead. This much is certain, war i1l not come until every other means preserving the honor and dignity of e nation has been exhausted. DO NOT FORGET. New Britain will ;w64 forget for pbme time to come the fires of last ‘ednesday night. Nor should New ritain forget. There are too many ssons, embodied in that serles of bnflagrations to have the whole per- ance summarily dismissed from ind. As a man profit's by his mis- es so New Britain must profit by his disaster. Previous to the fire of Wednesday here had been agitation in certain frcles for improvements in the place- hg of fire fighting paraphernelia. there were those who clamored for a e house in the first ward. There were ose who desired a fire house in the xth ward. There were some who ab- pcted to the building of either of ch structures until after the city ad been properly provided with fire ghting machines. Five sets of fire fighting machinery yere hand when the blazes of eduesday night started. These five different sets of pumps and hose agons were utterly outdone by the apidity of the fires. Certain it is that 1ad not outstdehelp responded in the “of engines and hose carts from tford and Waterbury and Bristol on P o and Plainville, New Britain today might be a mass of charred ruins, * Before a fire house is constructed {in the first ward or the sixth ward there should be bought enough fire ap- paratus to fill out the spaces now vacant In the five fire houses. There is room in each house for another ap- paratus. By shifting some of the engines and trucks and other vehicles from one hause to another a bétter arrangement may be had. As matters are now there is a preponderance of pumps north of the railroad tracks. There is correspondingly too little of these things south of the tracks, In fact, there is not one pump south of the tracks. In the event that a long freight train should block progress at the very moment of a big fire there is no telling what might happen. Time is a factor in all fires. No better proof of this is'needed than that furnished by the ‘fires of Wednes- day night. Minutes then were more precious than gold. -So that all sec- tions of the city may.be equally pro- | tected from man’s greatest enemy | there should be a different arrange- ment of fire apparatus. Yet this can- not come about until the city authori- tles™ have purchased two or three greatly needed additional fire appara- tus, The citizens of New Britain, remembering the danger that en- *| shrouded them last Wednesday night, will welcome an expenditure that means further protection. Judicious- 1y undertaken a replacing of engines and hose wagons will give the city much better protection and preclude the possibility of calling outside help. By remembering the fires of last week (Nlew Britain cannot forget its fire fighting needs: GERMAN CHANCELLOR SPEAKS. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Chancellar, in his speech be- fore the Reichstag yesterday, pro- fessed to. know nothing of the causes which gulded this nation in the sever- ance of diplomatic relations with Germany. “No authentic communica- tion about the,reasons which were given for this step reached me,” he said. If that is true Germany is sure- 1y sore pressed for news. If that is true it is no wonder the German people, those who live in the domain of Germany, are without goad ad- vices of what is happening in the out- side world. If the German Chancellor ig ignorant of what is going on in the world, if he does not receive direct information .from the United States, the German people who have not the same means of satisfying their intel- ligence know still less of< outside affairs. Yet, the speech of the German Chancellor is not to be taken at its face value. There are jmany utter- ances in”it that will not “check up.” If he reads at all he must have known the causes that led up to the breaking of diplomatic relations be- tween the United States and Germany. The facts were made plain in Presi- dent Wilson’s address to Congress, in Seoretary Lansing’s note of dismissal to the German Ambassador, Count von Bernstorff. The message which Ger- many promulgated on January 31 in which it was announced that a ruth- less submarine warfare would be waged and all ships entering a certain described war zone would be sunk on sight was the prime cause of action taken by this government. By the very terms of that announcement Germany said it would violate the pledges given this country in the now famous Sussex note with which readers or American newspapers are familiar. This country could do nothing less than break diplomatic re- lations with a nation that announced such a wild program. In making his excuses for Ger- many, the Chancellor shows he fis familiar with conditions that are pre- valent today. He knows what the actions of Germany have accom- plished in interference with the rights of neutral nations. He says: «Ag is generally known, Germany did not declare a blockade but mere- 1y established definite barred zones within which every ship has to count on being immediately attacked.- That isolated ships escape is self-evident, but that does not change total suc- cess. to attain partly by sinking neutral ships, partly by discouraging neutral lshlpplng which has alrea y ‘hap- péned in the widest sense.” Very true. It might be added that the neutrals are faring worse at the hands of Germany than are the enemies of Germany. America is but one of the neutrals suffering from the barbar!c methods of Germany. America sev- | ered diplomatic relations because Arnerica could not put up any longer with a nation that has brushed aside all the laws of civilization so that its own ends might be attained. That other neutrals have not done the same is accounted for merely by the these other nations. smallness of They are afraid of Germany: T country is not. The German Chancel- lor should know all the motives that prompted this country to|sever dip- lomatic relations with Germany. If he does not it is because he is un- willing to learn the truth, * NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1917, The attitude of some Congress, in objecting to gi ident Wilson blanKet power to be used in eventualities, is amusing. It appears that some fear he will make a mistake. Self flattery among these mental stalwarts is quite de rigeuer in these enlightened days. ing Pres- Harry Kendall Thaw is.to be ex- amined as to his sanity. The Ameri- can public rendered its verdict long ago. FACODTS AND F A contemporary advises boy: married younsg And bave it with, eh?—Milwaukee News. over British suffrazists belleve women will do the proposing after the war, so many men being cripples and hes- itant.—New London Telegraph. That success we shall be able This buying plan of five dollars down and flve s dollars when they catch you keeps the housekeeper on the jump.-—Philadelphia Inquirer. A Newfoundland fishing. smack of 57 tons has been sunk by a U-boat. This 18 useless as well as ruthless sub- marine warfare.—Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. Corse Payton, once the great 10-20 and 30 king, is back in vaudeville, ‘When the stock company idea was ex- ploded Corse went with it.—Meriden Journal. D A country that scrupulously refrains from taking the advice of either The- odore RooseVelt or William J. Bryan can never go very far wrong.—New “York World. The saving distinction between pir- ate ships and German,U-boats is that the U-boats have the right to fly the flag of a recognized nation.—New York Times, In New England they are swapping automobiles for barrels of potatoes, and the humble tiller of the soil is monarch of all he surveys.—Balti- more American. Now that it has been decided that Rep. Ebenezer J. Hill was rightfully entitled to the seat which he has held for the past two years we hope that congress will get down to some real business.—Hartford Post. i i A rhinoceros at Central Park zoo, New York city, having the grip, was given 200 grains of quinine and\ two quarts of whisky. A rather old-fash- ifoned and immoray treatment. And vet, probably justified. 'Who wants a rhinoceros sneezing aliffover the premises?—Meriden Record. One of the distinguishing charae- teristics of German kultur, apparent- Iy, 15 an unbounded faith| in the credulity of other nations. This is prominently in evidence in printed matter circulated in the' endeavor to influence neutral opinion. Overcong- dence In her ability to 8irect or fore- see the tourse of . public opinion in other countries has been a weakness of thes German r operations since the present. conflict was initiated.— Springfield Union, The Phantom Liner. The fog lay deep on Georges Bank, Rolling deep fold on fold; It dripped and dripped rigging dank, And the day sank dark and cold. from the The watch stood close by the reeling rail And listened into the gloom; Was there a sound save the slatting sail And the creak boom ? of the swaying Out of the dark crept And . shouldered darkly by, Till over their tops a murmur crept That was neither of sea nor sky. the great - waves “Is it the churn steamer’s screw?”” Is it a wind that sighs?" shiver ran through the crew, We looked in each other’s cyes. of a A listening No engines throbbed, boomed. No foam curled from her prow, But out of the mist a liner loomed Ten fathom from our bow. no whistles Ten fathoms from our bow she grew, No man might speak or stir, As she leapt from the fog that slow- ly drew Like a shroud from over her. We shut our teeth In grim despair, Then, like one under a spell, Right through her as she struck us fair T saw the lift of a swell. There was never a crash of splintered plank, No rush of incoming tide, There was never a tear in the main- sail dank As her hull went through our side. Unharmed we drifted down the night, On into the fog she drave, And through her as she passed from sight \ I saw the light of a wave. Was it some ship long lost at sea, ‘Whose ‘wraith still sails the main? Or the ghost of a wreck that is yet to be In some wild hurricane? Was it a warning to fisher hoats Of what the fog may hold, As over their decks it drips and floats And swathes in, its slinging fold? I can not tell. T only know Our crew of eighteen men Saw the gray form come, and saw go Into the fog again. —Anonymous. it i members o VIALS OF ‘WRATH POURED ON WILSON Yon Bethmann-Hollweg Delivers Diatribe Against America Berlin, (By wireless), Feb, 28.—In his address to the Reichstag yesterday Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg, after declaring that the successes ob- tained in the submarine warfare al- ready had much surpassed the expec- tations of the German navy, made a long statemhent regarding the break- ing off of relatipns between Germany and the United States. The chancel- lor said: ‘“One step further than taken by European neutrals has been made— as s known—by the United Stat America. - President Wilgon, after re- ceiving our mnote of January 81, brusquely broke off relations with us. No authentic communication about the reasons which were given for his steps reached me. The former Unit- ed States ambassador here in Berlin communicated only in spoken words to the state secretary of the foreigm office of breaking off relations and asked for his passports. This form of breaking off relations between great nations living in peace is probably without precedent in history. “All officlal doquments being lack- ing, I am forced to rely upon doubt- ful sources—that is, upon the Reuter (news agency) office’s version of the contents of the message sent by Pres- ident Wilson on February 3 to con- gress. In this version 'the president is reported to have said that our note of January 31 suddenly and without previous indication intentionally with- drew the solemn promises made in the note of May, 1916. A “To the United States' government, therefore, no choice compatible with dignity and honor wasg left other than the way which had been announced in her note of April 20, 1916, covering the case if Germany should not want to give up her submarine method. “If these arguments are correctly reported by Reuter, then I must de- cidedly protest against them. For more than a century friendly rela- tions between us and America have been carefully promoted. We hon- ored them—as Bismarck once put it— as an heirloum from Fréderick the Great. Both countries benefited by it, both giving and taking. Alleges Discrimination. “Since the beginning of the war things have changed on the other side of the waters. Old principles, were overthrown. On August 27, 1918 during the Mexican troubles President Wilson in a solemn message to con- gress declared that he intended to follow, the best usage of international law by a prohibition of the supplying of arms to both Mexican partigs at war against each other. One year later, in 1914, these usages apparent- ly were no longer considered good. “Countless materials of war have been supplied by America to the En- tente, and while the right of the American citizen to travel without hindrance to Entente countries and the right to trade without hindrance with France and England, even through the midst of the battlefield, even the right of such trade as we had to pay for with German blood, while all these rights of American citizens toward the Central Powers did not seem to be as worthy of protection and as valuable. “They protested against some meas- ures of England which were contrary to international law, but they submit- ted to them. Under conditions of this kind objection as to lack of respect makes a strange impression. “With equal decislveness I must protest against the objection that we by the manner in which we withdrew the assurances given in the note of May 4 offended the honor and dignity of the United States. From ‘the very beginning we had openly and express- ly declared that these assurances would be invalid ‘under certain con- ditions.” The Chancellor then recalled the last paragraph of the note of May 4, 1916, which he read verbatim, the last clause being: - “Shoutd the steps tak- en by the government of the United States not attain the object it desires, namely, to have the laws of humanity followed by all the belligerent nations, the German government would then be faging a new situation, in which 1t must reserve to itself complete lib- erty of decision.” The chancellor then continued: “As to the American answer given to the German note ,it was so absolutely contrary to what we in our note had sald clearly and without any possi- bility of misunderstanding that a re- ply #n our part would have changed not#iing as to the standpoints main. tained by both sides. But nobody even in America could doubt that already long ago the conditions were fulfilled upon which, according to our declaration, depended our regaininz full liberty of decision. Foc Not Restricted by Law. “England did not abandon the iso- lation of Germany. but., on the con- trary, intensified it in the most reck- less fashion. Our adversaries were not made to respect the principles of international law, universally recog- nized before the war nar made to follow the laws of humanity. The freedom of the seas which America wanted to restore in co-operation with us during the war has been still more completely destroyed by our adversary, and America has not hin- dered this. All this is common know- ledge. “Even at the end of January Eng- land issued a new isolation declara- tion for the North Sea, and in this period. since May 4, ninc months had passed. Could it then be surprising that on January 31 we considered that the freedom of the seas had not been reestablished and that we drew our conclusions from this? But the case extends beyond that of formal |imporwnce. We, who were ready for peace, now by mutual understanding fight for life against an enemy who from the beginning put his heel upon the recognized laws of nations. The English starvation blockade, our peace offer, its rebuke by the entente the war aims of our enemies purport- ing our destruction and the speeches of Lloyd George are known also ir America. “I would fully understand it if the United States as a protector of inter- national law should have bartered for its reestablishment on equal lines | with all the belligerents and if de- siring to restore peace to the world had taken measures to enforce#the end of the bloodshed. But I cannot possibly consider it a vital question for the Amerlcan nation to ' protect international law in a one-sided fash- fon only against- us. “‘Our enemies and American circles which are unfriendly toward us thought that they could point out an important difference’ between our course of action and that of the Brit- ish. England, they have satisfied themselves, destroys only material values which can be replaced, while | Germany destroys human lives, which are impossible to replace. ‘“Well, gentlemen, why did the British not endanger American lives? Only because -neutral countries, , and especially America, voluntarily .ub. mitted to the British orders, and be- cause the British therefore could at- tain their object without employing force. What would have happencd if Americans had valued unhampered passengers and commodities traffic with Bremen and Hamburg as much as that with Liverpool and London? If they had done %o, then we should have been freed from the painful im- pression that, according to America, a submission to British power and control is compatible with the essen- tial character of neutrality, but that it is incompatible with this neutral policy to recognize German measures of defence. ‘Will Encourage Further Warfare. “Gentlemen, let us consider the whole question. The breaking off of relations with us and the attempted mobilization of all neutrals against us do_not serve for the protection of the freedom of the seas proclaimed by the United States. These actions will not promote the peace desired by President Wilson. They must con- secuently have encouraged the at- tenipt to starve Getmany and to mul- tiply the bloodshed. “We regret the rupture with a na- tion which by her history seemed to be predestined surely to work with us, not against us. But since our honest will for peace has encountered only jeering on the part of our enemies there is no more ‘going back- ward.” There is only ‘going ahead’ possible for us [ The chancellor then insisted that &England obviously endeavored to de- clare that the use of the submarine weapon was the greatest crime of his- tory since ,he said, England con- sidered herself the ordained ruler of the oceans and the benefactor of humanity. He recalled the opinion expressed on July 14, 1914, by Sir Percy Scott, to whom he referred as one of the greatest English authori- ties on naval history. Sir Percy, he said, predicted a submarine war ex- actly as it had come about during this war and declared that no objec- tion to it would be possible on the grounds of law or morality. Sir Percy, the chancellor added, obvious- 1y could not have considered that the present submarine warfare would be- come the only German defensive measure against the Entente Allies and the British starvation blockade. “As is generally known,” said the chancellor, “we did not declare a blockade, but merely established defl- nite barred zones within which every ship has to count on immediate at- tack. That isolated ships escape dan- ger is therefore self-evident. But that .does not change total success. This success we shall be able to ob- tain’ partly by sinkings, which already has happened in the widest sense. Thanks to the incomparable bravery of our submarines, we are fully wi ing to await with full confidence fur- ther developments ,which will be on the increase.” Starvation of Boers. The chancellor pointed out thal this British starvation blockade was not without precedent in English his- tory. Premier Lloyd George himself, barred zones hardly four weeks uo. and within these four weeks is the period of grace allowed for such ships as were on their way-on February 1 and therefore could not be wnrned before. Submarine War Sucocessful. “Reports from a large proportion of our submarines have not yet been received because they are still on their way. But wherever reports are made success has been great. Our enemles of course only admit part of their losses. If all these were added together, then the figures published by us to date in our newspapers, which only constitute part of the sinkings, demonstrate that we can be more than satisfled with the results obtained. The reports made by our enemies and regarding which they particularly bcl,st are no disappoint- ment for us, The chancellor spoke briefly in re- gard to the general feeling of the German nation, saying: ‘“A hard win- ter is behind us, especially for the poorer people. The difficulties of railroad traffic increased and the dif- ficulties in supplying food and fuel. ‘Women and children became heroes. At no time has the spirit of love of country stood the test as firmly in the midst of suffering and want. “Since my last speech the ggllitary situation has hardly been ‘lnzad. Everywhere our fronts are made stronger, and our brave soldiers look with full confidence to their leaders who are accustomed to victo: We look confidently toward the - coming months which, as we hope, will be followed by happy termination of the war.” The chancellor pointed out that the German nation in the Relchstag's last vote granting new war credits demonstrated to the whole world its readiness to continue the struggle until its enemies were ready for peace. As to this peace itself the chancellor continued: “To make promises of formulated and detalled conditions in my posi- tion would be unproductive and pre- carlous. Hostile ‘ledders did this repeatedly. They gave extravagant assurances to each other, but they merely brought it about by this that they themselves and their nations were always more deeply involved in the war. “Their example does not tempt me, ‘What I could say about the tendency and aim of our conditions I have sald repeatedly. To terminate the war by a lasting peace which will grant us reparation for all wrongs suffered and guarantee the existence and future of a strong Germany—that is our alm— nothing less and nothing more.” The chancellor briefly recalled his last speech in the Reichstag, in which he announced that a proposal had been transmitted by Germany and her allies to their enemies to enter into peace negotiations. He continued: “Their answer was more rude and more presumptous than any sensible person in our country or in neutral countries could have imagined. The effect produced by this document of barbarian hatred and of insolence is manifest to the whole world. Our al- liances and ouy front stand the firmer and the German nation is more united and no less resolute than ever.” The chancellor then turned tg the establishment of the barred zones around England, France and Italy and to the communication made by the Central Powers. He sald: “We by no means underestimate the difficuly) caused to neutral ship- ping, and /we therefore try to aMevi- ate them’as much as possible. For this purpose we made an attempt to supply raw materials, such as coal and iron, needed by them, states within the bourdaries of our sea forces. But we also know that all these difficulties, after all, are caused only: by England’s tyranny of the seas. “We will and shall break this en- slavement of all non-English trade. We meet half way all wishes of neu- trals that can be complied with. But in the endeavor to do 8o we never can go beyand the limits imposed upon us by the irrevocable decision to reach the aim of the establishment of the barred zone. “I am sure that later the moment will come when neutrals themselves will thank us for our firmness, for the freedom of the seas which we gain. by fighting is of advantage to them alsa.” said the chancellor, had protested in parliament against the cruelty by which the British victimized ' thous- ands of innocent women and childrer. of the Boers. ‘Mr. Lloyd George stated that the death rate among chil- dren below 12 years of age was in those concentration camps 41.6 per cent.; Joseph Chamberlain, then Brit- ish colonial secretary, adriitted that the death rate among children in the Orange Free state was temporarily 55 per cent., the chancellor recount- ed. “These conditions,” he continued, “were the result of a systematic pol- fcy of extermination under which women and children were insufficient- ly supplied with food—not perhaps because there was a lack of food but purposely. The British at that time killed from 16,000 to 17,000 women and children out of 150,000, thus making 12 per cent. of them victims of barbarous British warfare. But now Britain desires to make victims of the women, children, aged and {ll of a nation, numbering 70,000,000 people in order to force them into submission. “It was England who from the be- ginning wanted to make this war not a war of army against army, but a war of nation against nation, and af- ter 1t did so and after its leaders an- nounced, in the face of our will for peace their will for destruction, then for the German will for defence nothing was left other than Goethe's word. according to which, rudeness must be met with rudeness.” With respect to the submarine sit- uation, the chancellor recalled the British assurance that they would be masters of that danger, and added: “But we can await this. Meanwhile I am able to declare that the successes \government of our submarine warfare already ob- tained much surpass the expectations of our navy. I can of course give no definite figures. We established HAISER BARS FOOD ON WAY TO HUNGRY Will Not Allow Warships to Pro- ceed on Errand of Mercy Washington, Feb; 28.—dermany has refused to guarantee the safety of the United States naval veasels Des Moines and Caesar, which are now at Alexan- dria, Egypt, if sent to Asia Minor laden with supplies destined for the destitute Syrians and Armenians. Tt was expected that when they had per- formed this mission of mercy the war- ships would bring out of Turkey about 1,000 Americans now assembled at Beirut. A few days ago the United States informed the Turkish in effect that it desired assurances from Germany that the cruiser Des Moines and the collier Caesar would not be molested if they were au- thorized to proceed to Jaffa, where they were to unload their relief sup- plieg, then to Beirut, to take an board the American refugees. It was learned from an unquestioned diplo- matic authority last night that Ger- many had replied to the inquiries of the Turkish government, asserting that it could not guarantee the safety of the Des Moines and Caesar from either submarine attacks or from mines, but that It had instructed its submarine cammanders not to attack those vessels. Will Furnish No Pilots, 1t was also stated that Turkey would not promise to furnish pilots for the American naval vessels if they entered Turkish waters, but would to neutral | MGMILLAN STORE (Incorporated). Always Reliable. 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The government has assur- ances from the Turkish foreign office and fraom the Sultan himself that the Sublime Porte desires to maintain fitg present friendly relations with America, but whether the Turkisi military authorities and the Germah commanders in Turkey sympathize with the attitude of the Turkish civil officials is not known here. prehended that there might be among the Turkish military authorities i Syria individwals in high com who would not hesitate to cause em- barrassments if the opportunity offered. « It could not be learned last night whether, in the absence of definite as- surances from Germany that the Des Moines and the Caesar would not be attacked, those vessels would be au- thorized to proceed on their long-in- terrupted mission. It is belleved the decision will be reached President Wilson himself in full ap- preciation of the dangers surrounding a voyage through the Medliterranean Sea of the American naval ships. 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