"ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT."

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 16

"ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT."

slue. gray on america's opportunity. How can the United States best nerve civilisation? This question was put liy the editor of tile "World's Work" t.> Sir Edward (Jrr-y and Hcrr van BclbuiannHnllwcK. Both sent answers to tiic question. Sill E. URAY'S OP'NION. A fircist nation standing outside this European i-oiifllct should use wh,U influence It' "can on tVo side of right and against wroiiif. We believe that we ire for liberty and independence, unthrcntcned by militarism, and to redress the onicl wroug done to Belgium. We Uup* to win a pence that will secure these tlilnjs. What luflucnce the United States can exercise, and to what end and when their influence should be used. Is a question for their own people to decide. But It Is impossible for n member of a Government who believe th.it they are fighting for the Independence of their country, and tlint; nil they care for and believe is st stiike. to do anything except plead the cause cf ! that country and to ask at lees: for sympathy. . HERII TON BETHMANN-lIOLLWEG'S VIEW. The people of the Cnited States will best serve the cause of peace aud humanity by being not only neutral ncco ding to the letter of President Wilson's proclamation, but also impartial in the spirit of his lurther utterances. The iiermnn Chancellor then proceeds to have a wild fllnp at Enginud, declaring that "Not only Belgium but all neutral countries in Europe arc suf.erins under the hard laws which British nnvullsm seeks to impose on the world. ■•Germany hopes that peace will. come soon. After the great sacrifices wMeh the German nation has brought' with n unanimity and devotion without parallel in history, no peace can,- however, be iici'ppt.iDie which does not guarantee Germany against a second attack from its present enemies. "Germiny pocs not wish to dominate the world, or. like British navaliam, to 'rule the waves.' All It wants is equal opportunity, open-door politics, and open commerce throughout the world. 'Least of all floes Germany desire to seel: expansion ( n the American Continent."