THE SUBMARINE Disasters of the week have been 
. - depressing, for after Austria had made satisfactory re- 
_ plies to the notes from our government concerning the 
; E + _ Ancona it was felt that an understanding had been reach- 
ed and another crisis was passed. Everyone began to 
feel easier over the situation that has never ceased to be 
gravating since the war began, and particularly since 
e sinking of the Lusitania, The torpedoing of the Persia 
vens the whole subject again, and the death by drown- 
of a United States ain does not help the matter. 
It has been proven now that the Persia carried a 4.7-inch 
gun for defensive purposes. There is a possibility that 
this technicality will be seized by the Austrian govera- 
ment and used as a defense of their action. However 
that may be, the conduct of the submarine war is brutal 
and piratic and contrary to the requests and protests made 
_ by our government. There are those who feel that the 
= Mediterranean campaign is directed fron Berlin and that 
- Austria is but an agent in the matter. At any rate, the 
character of the campaign remains unchanged, and the 
condemnation that is being meted out to the authorities a 
the press in America is warranted. The ordinary laws of 
warfare are not respected. Whether Austria or Germany 
; s to blame for the methods used, they are inhuman and 
© barbaric. There are evidences that Austria favors a more 
_ humane policy, but it is well known that the Tirpitz 
vorkers know no laws of restraint and evidently do not 
care what the world thinks of their activities and methods. 
ah are a law unto themselves. Inasmuch as Germany 
on iis hands and the time is ae approaching when he 
ill be forced to take action more drastic than any action 
his in the past. He has returned to the Capitol to wait 
for the facts. He will keep the Senate and House of 
__ Representatives informed, but will act on his own judg- 
The President has been cautious and has not made 
an error in judgment to date. The exchange of notes 1s 
Se ccedine'y trying to a quick- thinking people such as the 
Americans are, but someone must put on the brakes. aie 
es 
ment, force of character and bind sense. He will be 
: Sone: STILL eae the centre of the stage in Ex- 
Despite the King’s protestations and the opposition 
is policy in the Kingdom and the neutral position that 
c By has. taken, no one seems to be able to fore- 
7, What has Greece in vind? What next? 
as 
rs. When conscription bev onkes a fact it. may 
that all Britain is at work and at war. What 
tion age up i war. 
Davison, A Boston oe peaenene fae ser- 
r "hospitals in France says: ‘There are soldiers 
ave been captured at the Battle of the Marne, who 
= a line from their families during cap- 
ite sae ad again. 
18 a B1oN: pie: of change. 
g PTION OR BRVTAIN. means that every last | 
able condition in the year of our Lord 1916! 1S, 
hele BANKERS are. having a hard. time ac-. 
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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 11 
War Notes. 
XIII. 
Oh! if this world were God’s, were truly His, 
And more, the threshold of eternities, 
And men were brothers bound by sacred ties 
What need of warfare and its cruelties! 
J 
A PRAYER IN War TIME. 
Forgive our trespasses as we forgive 
Those who against up trespass. Let us give 
No cause for future trespass. Let us live 
In loving fellowship, 
Nor either strive the other to outstrip, 
Save in true partnership 
With heart to heart and lip to lip; 
Nor long delay 
For men and nations to essay 
Loves ’prenticeship. AMEN. 
—JosEPpH A. Torrey. 
Mr. Forp Has ABANDoNED his European work ‘n 
the cause of peace and has returned to America to oppose 
the growing spirit of militarism. ‘Out of the trenches’’ 
made a catchy slogan, but it was a harder task than Ford 
anticipated. All the world would have been pleased to 
have had him succeed, but there was a whole continent 
against him. There is something dramatic in tne whole 
purty going across Germany practically prisoners to reach 
neutral territory—The Hague. ‘The interesting fact con- 
cerning this peace expedition is that at the very time of 
the outbreak of the war a session of a Peace Congress 
was about to open. The Peace Congress could not stop 
the war; neither can Ford nor his party—the time has not 
yet arrived. 
THE CoMMIssION APPOINTED to arrange plans for a 
suitable observation of the tercentenary of the landing of 
the Pilgrims at Plymouth has received many novel and 
interesting suggestions from all over the world. They 
range in their purposes from the issuing of millions of 
souvenir pennies to the construction of a model city soutn 
of Boston. One of the most practical suggestions is the 
purchase of the tract of land at the landing in Plymouth 
in the immediate vicinity of the Rock and improving it, 
making it a beautiful park. This suggestion should be 
carried out. 
Tue Letrrer Carriers have petitioned Postmaster 
General Burleson for the privilege of wearing a tiny 
American flag as an insignia, There is no patriotic rea- 
son why a letter carrier should not wear a tiny American 
fiag if he choses, but when a department in the govern- 
ment service organizes to use the American flag as an in- 
signia of their branch of service it does look as though 
the carriers could have found some other design. Why 
should one branch of the public service take the national 
emblem ? 
THe Cominc WEEK is to be observed as Health 
Week. by the leading medical societies of the United 
States. Publicity plans have been developed and health 
sermons will be sent broadcast the States over. There is 
no time in the year when the campaign could be more 
needed. 4 
DratH Has REMoveED another great jurist, 
Lamar of the Supreme Court of the United States. 
other successful life has been ended. 
Justice 
An- 
