22 APRIL 1916, Page 3

An address of sympathy with the Allies signed by five

hundred leading men in the United States appeared in the American Press on Monday. Individual testimonies have hitherto expressed this sympathy, but they point out that the time has now come for a more formal and collective expression of American public opinion. "The American conscience cannot remain silent" or run the risk of appearing to be neutral without injury to its own integrity and self -respect.