The Oamaru Mail SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLII, Issue 12823, 15 April 1916, Page 4

The Oamaru Mail SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916.

THE GERMAN-AMERICAN CRISIS. .Momentous events take long in development, and a declaration of hostility to Germany by the United States would In- momentous. Like Britain. America is reluctant to make an entry into the turbulent areim of war; but if "Uncle Sam" once take.* the step Germany will know it. The German military magnates have trifled with the United States and insulted the American people until their tolerance has become a byword. With the seriousness of the situation in their minds, fliey had no recour.se but to bear the strain up to anything short of the breaking .point. Repeatedly Germany -.auk merchant .ships, and wantonly destroyed the lives of peaceful passengers without having any valid excuse for the crime, and as often .Mr Wilson and Mr Lansing became indignant at the atrocities and demanded explanations, apologies, and a discontinuance of the indiscriminate, wholesale .submarine campaign. But Germany/knew its mark. It had not Count Bernstorff and You Papcn and the rest of the German conspirators over the Atlantic for nothing. From these it was known that America was totally unprepared to participate in the war—that there was neither army nor navy; and that, although the Schwab Bethlehem steel works could turn out 50 per cent, more munitions than Krupps. yet the supply would be seriously inadequate in case of a declaration of war with Germany, which had everything in plenty in view n:" its world-wide defiance. But there is a stage beyond which ii self-respecting people cannot suffer taunts, and events appear to have reached that stage in consequence of the persistent submarining of vessels in which Americans arc passengers and in which they have interests. Many times the world has awaited breathlessly for the tragic act whirli would precipitate another great nation into the vortex of the holocaust. One more of these- occasions has arrived, and each of them had increased in intensity. tnless Germany makes some pretended recompense which would \. afford the United States a colorable excuse, for again overlooking its perfidious savagery and breach of faith. America must send Count Bernstorff packing, there will be an end of the "friendly" and dignified diplomatic relations between the two peoples,, and they will be at war. Tho Germans have been shuifitiig and falsifying to avoid this issue. They do not desire that the United States should seize their ureat steamers and other vessels that are interned in American ports snd use them against the" Central I'oner.s, and they have succeeded very well in avoiding this disadvantage so far. What Germany will do now that America, has driven it into a corner from which there is no escape is of universal interest. American soldiers would probably not be available for service abroad in any. appreciable numbers, for. they might be required for home defence against German, machinations in the States as well as in Mexico. It goes without saying that Germany would-shave no more mercy on America than it lias shown towards the? rest of the world, and that- sedition and plots would oe rife enough to keep all the authorities on the rack. But the more ihat cuter on the side of the Allies, even •f only to ■ give moral support, the -sooner the war will be over. It would lio some advantage to the Allies to have a little more of' America's financial sympathy, for the tim© may come in the. war's progress when all the re-, sources of all permany's enemies will have to be .pooled. Neither in war time nor afterwards aro the- Central Powers likely to gain . any tiling from ; sotting up universal antagonism.«, Presently tbey will have "no.friends, and when the war is over and the Allies have triumphed, America, which tai-J.i have been commercially friendly with Germany and -Austria,. if it had ■ not been forced' into the strugglo by Germany's systomabic breach of all iho rights of• free nations,'"will constitute another, powerful , industrial - competitor in the-fight for tnrdc.

It should be borne in mind that throughout the whole- district- the animal meetings or householders for the election oi school committees will be held on Monday evening, at half-past--even o'clock. ' Tho-e. meetir.L's are of a somewhat formal nature, hut there i- r.-allv not sufficient reason v.-J,v thev should be so. That they are im'mal i.- due more to lack of interest •hi tli» part oi' householders generally than to'want ■; opportunity, to imbue ili.-ni with Mime measure of interest. The muieiiv of attendance at the meet-in-s 'is de.ubi'.o.s due to general satisfaction witji the way the work of a school has been carried out, but- to reirain from attending a- meeting because there is nothing: To complain. about is to pa-v a poor compliment to those who have so satisfactorily carried on the work. It .xnight. to be deemed as much an obligation To,, be present to express contentment as it mav to attend for tile purpose ofvin-tluffrin-g in a growl; but we Tear that a many, peonle, do not '-recognise; that fact, ; possibly because thsyiihave not given any reflection to the matter. Again where there is a good attendance of householders there not infrequently follows an interchange of ideas leading to thoughts being evolved that would have Jain dormant, ..and where this is the case there may follow action of advantage to the school, if or many Tcasons besides those expressed we hope to be able to record gcod< attendances at the meetings to. be held on Monday evening.

It is a long time—how long we cannot say from; memory— since so much rain fell within twentyrfour hours as was experienced yesterday and last nijdit. Almost from the tune it started it was continuous and generally heavy, and the total rainfall Tecorded; by JVLr M'Ghie, the official recorder, between ?) a.m. yesterday andi 9 a.m. to-day was l-33in. This brings the total for the first half of the current month up to 1.87 in, and, with the March total, of 2.97 in, brings the record up to 4 84in of rainfall since the dry spell broke. Of course, the whole country has not received an amount of ram equal to that of the town andu seaboard, but a sufficient supply of moisture has been- obtained all over to ensure a great growth of feed if severe frosts do not occur. From Duntroon we have adivice that up to seven o clock this morning 1.14 in, rain had been registered 1 there, and from Windsor we learn 'that over an .inch fell.there. At Livingstone it rained steadily aU dav vesterday, but tailed off during the niHit. A fine drizzle cleared, up this morning. At Tokarahi 75 points fell during the 24 hours. At Ngapara it rained steadily from. 8 a.m. yesterday all through the night. Maheno was well soaked. Kurow was also visited by refreshing steady rain which commenced at six o'clock yesterday morning and lasted until about 3 a.m. to-day. At Waitangi Station 136 points and at Kaiugapai Station 140 were registered. By to-day's mail Mr A. Smith who supervises the work on behalf of the local branch of the Over-Seas Club, transmitted to the head office mLondon a draft for £lO as 6difor the Club s tobacco fund on behalf of the British forces The amount includes collecting lists returned by the following:—Miss X. Rowland, £1; Mrs D. Collett, £2 lis 6di; Mr AVm. Lenneas, £1 is; Mr G W. MTJouall, £1 3s. A number of lists «re still held by collectors, and itis desired that these should be -returned as earlv as possible with amounts collected," as it is contemplated to. forward another draft Heme by the next mail.

Probate of the will of the late Trooper M'Donald was granted to the executrix bv His Honor Judge Sim on the 12th instant, on the application of Messrs Hislop and Creagh. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., presided over a sitting* of the Magistrates Court at Hampden on Tuesday, 11th. inst. Graham Macpherson was charged with, an indictable offence ini that he caused actual bodily harm to a lad of 18 years. Accused was employed as a baker at Hampden and the victim, of his ill-treatment was his assistant. The youth had been previously knocked about by accused-, and on the morning of the "assault concerned, the youth came to work in a sulky mood and attended to his duties in a lackadaisical manner. Accused thereupon administered -a thrashing, during which the l-ov-'s nose was broken. The Magistrate reduced the charge to one or common assault and fined accused £5, with doctor's and witnesses' expenses, totalling £2, and 7s 6d to cover repairs to a watch broken previously. James Wright appeared on a maintenance charge and" was ordered to pay 2s 6d a week towards the upkeep of his two brothers in the Caversham Industrial School.

Beneath North Otago's kindly skies where rain has been a negligible quantity for" such a considerable time itsounds unusual to sneak of mire. The driver of a motor-car in Trent street discovered that mud did exist. This morning a large car could bo seen with the front and roar wheels on one side embedded to the axles in the spongy surface caused through tho opening up of tho road to lay a, sewer pipe to the Waitaki Girls' High School. No doubt this is tho petrol age, but the aid of the tried horso had to be called! upon and by the assistance of two members of Ids species the car was successfully extracted.

A fine crop of rape may be seeu on Mr John King's farm at Awanioko. There are 25 acres of it, in height up to the knees. Rape throughout tho district this year has stood up. to the adverse conditions better than turnips, which have suffered from blight. The Committee of the Oamaru Branch of the Over-Seas Club, by an advertisement Which appears in another part of this issue, intimate that a concert announced) to be held on the 26th instant in aid of the Ladies' Committee's funds, is wholly unauthorised by the Club. The promoter of the concert has not consulted the authorities of the Club, who have made their own arrangements for the annual entertainment to be held on Empire Dav, Mav 24th, and have no desire to make an" appeal to the public by any other concert or performance^ St. Paul's Guild acknowledges with thanks the following contributions: — Mrs Miller (Tweed street), Turkey twill and three infants' flannels (new); Mrs Gilchrist (Brookfield), 12 yards flannel; Miss Porter, three pairs sox and three face-cloths; MrsJ'ertius Munro and Miss Mainland, parcels of clothing. Miss Eily Kelly, "Claremont," Oamaru, has received notification from Trinitv College, London, that- she has passed" the "Art of Teaching'' and rudiments. This entitles her, to the diploma of Associate in Singing (A.T.C.L.). Miss Kelly studied at Rosary Convent, Oamaru, -and St. Doiniiiick's College, Duncdin. Some time ago the statement was current that a number of hands employed at Benmorc had intended enlisting", but that as the result of dissatisfaction with tho management of the ballot, they had made up their minds to withhold their services. Mr J. Sutherland, the manager of the estate, writing to Mr George Livingstone, says .that the ballot did not in any way affect the intentions' of the the matter of enlisting. The men- in camp on the Show Grounds have received a taste of what the weather is like in an unkind mood About an inch of rain fell, and several of" the men were what is commonly called "flooded out," but there was a ready means at hand to mitigate this slight discomfort. There is no sickat the camp, arid the keynote of the organisation is contentment. With a slight modification tho syllabus of -training was carried out to-day. Tomorrow morning the men will march into town shortly after-10 o'clock to attend their different churches.

At, tho Duntroon. sale yesterday, Dalgetv and Co. offered for auction, on behalf of Mr'lS.-'Walker, Qtefiaike, a fat lamb; tht\ proceeds to be,devoted to. the Oamaru ScJdiers'. Club. The lamb realised 225, the purchaser being Mr William Simpson, Craignook.

Spend your holidays..on tho Wanganui—rthc River of Romance. Even if you just have a "few days off" from business that is ample- time to .!•• the river'journey and" returii - home. ' : Taumarahui to the Hotisebolit—the Houseboat to Pipiriki .and Wanganui is n joimiev bevond the words to dencribe. ' A. Hatrick and Co.. Cook's and Government Tourjst'Bjifpiiu every-'. where, ,' , j,.^.i,;^^i'~':, "^::/-.. : ...■■'.

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