[To TUE EDITOR OF TnR ' TRIBUNE•']
Snt,The American people aro not neutral Wo are, as a whole, pro-Ally. Some of our young mon aro serving in the British and French armies ; many are working in French hospitals or driving motor.ambulancos in Flanders ; a number are in Belgium under the American Commission for Relief. We have contributed fairly well to funds for the wounded and destitute, taking care, usually, to provide that neither money nor other supplies should go to Germany. Wo are not neutral, and wo aro asking ourselves why our government should think it necessary to treat the Allies as if they were on the same level as Germany. The American people have not overlooked or forgotten Germany's crimes, although our government appears to have done so Nine Americans out of ten have made up their minds that Germany is the guilty party in this war, guilty of having planned and begun it and of having waged it in a barbarous fashion, Our. sympathies are with the Allies, and if wo cannot fight side by side with them we wish to help them all we can. We are confident that they will win, and we believe that every hindrance thrown in their way will only prolong the war. Therefore we do not ask that our government shall be impartial. We regret that our State Department should stand upon strict legality and nag Great Britain about the blockade. Wo are glad there is a blockade, and as for Britain, we say ' Strength to her arm ' GEORGE MCLEAN HAnvxa."
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