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share of courage and common sense.
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OE PARTICULAR INTEREST TQ OHIO,
A - -VOTERS . i ' 1
(The following two letters speak for themselves. Our state.‘
ment regarding the. alleged remark attributed‘ by Gouverneur
Morris to Mr. Herrick was made on the testimony of two re -
utable witnesses, who.were no ‘doubt honestly mistaken. r.
Herrick‘: explanation is conclusive and would be so even with-
out the corroboration of Gouverneur Morris. The Louvain myth
about which Mr. Morris so feelingly writes needs no refutation
here ‘as it has long Since been exploded. We are glad that Mr.
Herrick has so frankly come out in the open in response to our
request. We might also add that Mr. Herrick possesses the sup-
' port of the German American leaders of Ohio in his fight against ,
Pomerene forthe United States Senatorship. Pomerene 15 one >
of the bitterest enemies of the German cause in this country and
brutally insulted the sister of Roger Casement, the Irish martyr,
when she pleaded with him to aid her efforts to save the life of
her brother.) , ; ' r
' Cleveland, Ohio, September.28, 1916.
O the Editor of Tim FAriii-:I<1.ANo:
My attention was recently called to a copy of THE FATHER-
LAND of September 6, 1916, in which you made unfriendly reference
to me and to my candidacy for the United States Senate. I am also
aware that in recent months you have more than once alluded to
me in.similar vein. ' s ,
A few months ago :1 Cleveland friend, one of your subscribers,
wrote you inquiring by what authority you were publishing the,
statement that I had said the German army could have entered
Paris only over my dead body. Your answer to him was that your ,
only authority was a statement made to onevof ‘your editors in a
New York subway train by a woman to the effect that .she had
heard Gouverneur Morris, the writer, in the course of an illustrated
lecture’on France, quote me as having made ‘thesillyistatement re-
ferred to. In that letter you admitted you had'never made any ef-
fort to secure confirmation from Mr. ‘Morris.’ That you never
sought‘an expression from me I think you will also admit. %
In believing this statement you didrnot give me credit ',for pos-
sessing ordin .ry discretion and intclligenc:.' Possibly you’ are
A aware that from the beginning of the European War until I gave
up my post in Paris at the end of December, 1914, I was not only
the Ambassador of the United States, but was also representative in
"l‘ran'ce of the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Turkish nations,
among others. .That a man in'tlie position ‘which I then occupied
should have made the statement. which you have attributed’ to me
is quite unthinkable. ‘ '
I imagine your sense of justice
some measure at least the false impression
give your readers of me.’
I ‘ Very truly yours, i
will prompt you to correct in
you have endeavored to
Mvizoiv T. HERRICK. .
- ‘I a Bar Harbor, Maine, September, 26, 1916.
' To the Editor THE FATHERLAND. ’
Sir:-I have not seen the issue of THE FA'rui-:iu.ANp in which I .
am quoted as putting in the-mouth of Myron T. Herrick words
which he never spoke: That the Germans would enter Paris
‘only over his dead body, etc., etc. Mr. Herrick made no‘ such im-
proper boast at any time; and I did’ not putany such boast in his
mouth forhim. That if'the Germans had captured Paris Mr. Her- '
rick would have done his best to save that'city from the fate of
Louvain is certain. Paris does not belong to France but -the whole "
world. In America we even have a saying that when they die good
Americans go to Paris. To have attempted to save the monuments
of Paris from destruction, even at the risk of his life would have
been theproper thing for the American Ambassador to do. And
would have won for him the acclaim of all manly men whatever
their nationality. To have resisted the entrance of the Germans
into Paris would have been about as imfroper a thing for the rep- '
resentative of a neutral country as could be thought of. You know
this aswell as I do. And it is not rightin your paper to misquote
me as attributing any such intention or the ‘statement of,any such
‘intention to a man like Mr. Herrick, who is not a crazy idealist,
but a good American gentleman gifted with rather more than his
In justice to Mr. Herrick and myself I beg that youjwill print
this letter. ‘ ‘ , Very truly yours, . ’;' ‘
‘ 1 r - , , 'Gouvi:aNEtm MORRIS.‘ g
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’ Thoughts of
< :’ ‘‘GENTIYl-IA'ZED’’AMERICANs
English are ‘reported to‘ be mounting tlieirr‘neiv“super- v I
dreadnoughts with 18-inch guns.
with a new super-Jellicoe might help 1 some.
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‘x 7E may run short ofwheat supplies to feed our. population,i
but we shall continue to meet all demands for shrapnel. ‘, ‘< "
THE American Bankers’ Association has ofiicially declarediitself,
in favor of compulsory military servicc."'In othergwords, the .
American Bankers’ Association is not averse to the two’ percent. W
commission on all military contracts which it isjasked to finance.; "
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LL the military exipertshon the New York press woke up again ‘
' when the English and French, in,the proportion of eight to’
one, captured a piecciof territory the size of a New Jersey farm from .
the Germans aftertlire months of bloody lighting. ‘We don't" re- T T-
member that the capture of this section by'tlie Germans ‘disturbed i
' their dreams. ; > ‘
BREAD may be going up in price, but J. Morgan stillrniaiiagcs,'g f
to pay ‘his ba.ker’s.bill on the commission he earns as agentyfor
thd lxpllies. " ‘ 7 A I " ' ‘ . l ‘ V ‘
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WHAT the Allies in the frenzy of theirlove would‘do"to ius ,‘
may be gathered from the factithat their. aviators threw, '
bombs on munition ‘factories in Luxemburg, although that “poori ‘
little nation" would sell ammunition to the Allies as well as to Ger- ‘
many if the Allies could make it possible to get it. Remember our
doctrindz It isn’t our fault if one set of belligercnts can’t get it.
BEFORE the great process of " Americanizing'everybody,.goes’
, much further under the proposed program; it might notibe out '
of place for‘ President Wilson ‘to set a good"example by purging ,
his cabinet of its two.iBritish-born members. ' ' 3 ' '
11 ROOSEVELTS 1'nd0l'SE‘lTl'eIlt“0fl.BalC(‘ll1. was itlije ;;..i:v"
straw - ‘ , . ‘ i‘ ’ ‘ i
AMERICAN WOLUNTEERS. IN FRENCH ARMY
E know of [Americans who have won Victoria Crosses. SW1:
know‘ of other Americans who have won- the, Iron Cross.
It is not improper for‘ an American to serve inthc French Army. ;
Neitheris it improper for an Afmei-ican'to, serve in the British i
Army.
Americans‘ who have, enlisted in service of a forei,-,n country to:
return to the United States on furloughand, after, they have;
gained new strength ontheir native soil,"to trejoinvthe belligerent-
'forces. Wlien four of the aviators who have'.killed so many of our? ; ,'
German kinsmcn came to the United States, although theyiwcre
part ofthe armed force of France, we protested to Secretary Lain-‘I ‘
sing and<'demanded.their retention-. Our protest was ignored.“
The men returned to their military duty.’ . Weblame,’ not these men, "
but the State Department for the breach of’neutrality., , - ,' i.
If the high,roads of the‘ ocean were free, there would be"oncl,
thousand Americans volunteering for the German’ Ar y to one‘
American offering his services to GreatfBritain. Such men ‘would
act within their rights, but if they returned to our shores they, A.
should not be permitted to. take a further part in the war, nor‘
could they claim the protection of the United States, in ‘spite of the
British-born member of'the Cabinet who has decided that-‘an
American can swearallegiance to a foreign government withoiit‘
forfeiting his American citizenship. Similarly British oflicersron
active, duty should not be permitted to travel in the United States. i
Recentlytwo such men were detained in Ellis Island.‘ For a. mo-
meiit it'seemed as if the State Department had decided at last to '.
maintain neutrality. . But powerful mysterious influencesfreed
these men. Thusa breach of neutrality was ‘committed and the
basis laid for future claims for damages on the part of. the Central ' 1
Powers. The ‘sins committed by us against neutralitywillxplague" '
us for generations to come. I ‘ , hr , . = “
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But it is both unneutral and improper to permit‘sucl1