AN AMERICAN OPINION.
[To rim Bans. or vas ..sracraros..1
Sur,—The enclosed Letter to the Boston Herald, written by an American friend of mine, will show you that some Americans at least share your siesta as to possible dangers ahead, and they are doing their utmost to work for peace, in spite of the determined attitude of many Demuerats.-1 am,
”WHY BUY INTO WARP
[TO vas Maros or The 'Ersatz?) The Ship Purchase Bill must be defeated to insure the con- tinued peace of the United States. The greed for gold must not be allowed to draw this nation into war. 'Ring' Cotton has already compelled the formation of a hundred-million-dollar fund to protect those who hold the staple. Shall wo permit the same power to force the United States, through control of a corporation. to purchase ships from belligerent nations, and thereby possibly buy into war and all this simply to make a market for cotton? France, Russia, and England (and we know not how soon Japan, may join in the note of warning) are reported to have registered an informal protest with the State Department against the pur- chase of interned German ships. The writing on the wall is plain, we cannot mistake it. The defeatof the Ship Purchase BO will be a more effective defence against immediate- was than the multiplication of armaments and the increase of the Army.
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