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TZ licht Crnnsi ?ribi!t An Appeal For A Fair Judgement. . - - ,i1 -f Juteo .Peter 5. Gross?, of Chicago,' ÄnaSysh Tha Qmikn Gf ResconsOit for Tha Craal War. Th8 other lsy I w t group of Dien In latia ioiu dlttanc from th ro(t! who et iiuxl to b la rneii convt-rmtlon. Bujldooly, ono o( th mim trucfc on öf th otlier. In. ilmti vrly t lt that he wo thu uMrHMjr tlt. he wlkUed fleht. Hut Ui fact, bud I i n 'I?r iiouk to Be aud hear, mlht liav bettn llsfercnt. Thftt flmt-hlow ai I aw it may havo been in iteli-larnae; I wa uot niur ni;k to o the othr' clenched flut. It may hav been dt!orved; l wm not near ciiough to hear t..s provocation. What li the only thlng vlalblo to ono at diatanc lany not have been the (act at all a acen by thoso upon the auot. Amrrlcan publlc opinion ms to he fair. Hut wo in Aniertra aaw th beglnning ok thla war oulyfrom didtance. It looked to u as If Ger niany atruck flrbt. Waa that the act of an ogssreasor wlahiug -ior a ßfihr or the act of one ho belleves be wa iuaUflcd in whnt he d!d? At flrat I thought Germany the a&gremor wiith Ins for war. Ihe readlngr of th English Wbita I'aper gettlng th sacta from tho nuar the acen eonvlnce nie that the Kaiser and bis councll'or did not do what thoy have done out ol deslre for war. And whll it doea not convlnce nie that war waa navoldable, it reveal that responpibilky for it, whether lt was avoIdab!e or not, la on Ruaaia prlrnarlly, and a much at least on England and France secondarily as on the Kaiser and hin councillor üefore Kolng to that, however. ff couole of collateral conslderatlon must be noticed. The first of these is: How-rame lt about that Gcrmany waa bo ready for war at the momtnt ehe declared war. lf ehe dld not druire war? Is not "roadlnpBs" an evldence or "deRlre"? Yes and Wo. Tnat aepenaa on omor facts for lnstance, ho Ion haa that readlnes exlsted. Ono ready and wlahlns for war would atrlke qulckly t wuuiu uui viui lun jcnio, utr many haa been "ready" for forty three years. Her altuation, both on the west and east, ha compelled hör to be alway ready. Hut whlle wlthln the last slxteen yearg of that forty- three England haa niacke war on the Transvaal, the United btate on Kpain, Japan on Hussia, aud Italy on Turkey, Gertnany, alway ready, he remained at tisace. Does that count for nothing In the enquiry of whether "readinoss" ,(a evidenco of "deslre?" The Kaiser rame to the throne In bis twentier ,ie la no In hl flflles; durin, ' aat period, usually the tlehtlns pe , in a man'a Ilse, he haa not sei ,,a German Boldler against an enemy; of the mii Ilona of soldlers in the flold today a German army alone la wlthout a private eoldler who ha ever before eeen'aetual Service in nattie. uoep "that count for nothing? Who can belleve. satlsfactorily to hlmself. thnt reanincea of tnat Kina is eviaenee 01 deslre? The seeond of these collateral mat ters Is: How carce it about that Ger many invaded Uelglum lf she dld not desire war? The White Paper ahowa ihnt Germany told England he woum not mobllize agai: it France if Eng land would assure tha neutrality of France in Germany' affair wlth Kus ela. That ghows ehe was not aeeking war even with France, her old enemy, much less with little LlIum that lay between thera. The White Paper Fhowa also that Germany askd Eng land lf' she (England) would remain neutral if Germany, in the event ot war with France, would fitay out of Belglum. England professed to treat Ihls as the offer of a bribe and do clined to coramlt herseif. The White Paper sböws also that wben Germany could , get none of these assurancei the asked for peaceful translt acroes the BelKian territory, offaring to compensate for any losses that mlght follow, Thla Belglum refused. Ono other fact in this connectlon tha geograpby of the country. A look at that will show that for Germany to wlng her forces. aolely on tha aoutherly bend through Alsace and Lorraine vould ,lave her northeru flank at the merey cf e. northera army from ither England or France. To keep out of Belglum, therefore, with England a possible enemy, would have boen rnilitary madness. Now wlth all these facts In mind what was, cot the technlcal but the moral Obligation of Germany to Belglum? By going across Belglum she was not forcin g war on Belglum; for although Belglum was under no dutf to Germany to grant her transit, eh was under no duty to England or France to realst it by force, She could have remalned neutral by re nnainlng passive, as China Is remain Ing passive, while Japan, alled out by England, 1 going across her territory toward Germany' Chinese port, China has not given permiaBion; she protests; ; but no one believee, much less anyone In England, that as a neutral he is obligcd to take np arms agalhst iha country whose army la crosslng. Indeed Beigium'8 right not to be moleßted, chen by troopa La translt, , was not tiiat of "guar nteed neutrality" at all, resting oa treaty, but of territorial lnviolabllity, resting on the fact that she was an tadapenslent natlon the ßame" right that I have to eielude you from my house, not because you have agreed with someone eise to let nie alone, but becauso the law gives me tn rght, on my own aecount, to be let alone. "' But suppcise, In pursult of one who has attacked you or is about to at tack you. you go. through my hous that belüg the only way you cau effectually overtako tilm. However tcchnlcally it may. be a trespass, will th law look upou it as a moral wrong? Some bviract rlght hav to yield, ou occasslon, to greater concreta needs. . Whether Germany was morally rlght in attacklng France Is on questlon; her rnilitary i necesslties. in case she was morally rlght in the nttack, is another ndj ülfferent question. And that publlc opinion lack 11 cn of Proportion whlch hold, that however morally nnt the ttark on Franc may hav bnen, and whatever th sliy o going cros BIim. thor 1 moral wron in trspasln on Bei glum bstract rlght of territorial ImloUlnUy couipeasation bechg Kiintaniecci. At leat, except i -neu, no natlon yot has mad it raus for war. A for France, asmm. Ing agaln that Germany wa rlght In strlklng her, der mouth I closed Inst complalnln of th vlolatlo of the treaty by the fact that h provoked lt. And England, In Uoclin ing to iy wlietner he would be bulllgerent or not. la In the am Position. Ab pretended guardian of Uelglum they can not provok an a tack and then find it off by hold In up thelr ward between them and the blow that follow; o that as a moral queetion, tbl occupatlon by Ger many of Belglum soll for tho purpos or translt, lg nierged In th large moral question: Was Germany rls,'h in her attack on rrance dld sh honestly believe that her ecnrlty and honor required that that attack should be made? Though the White Paper cover nv pages of the American news paper In whlch I found it, the essential fact pertlnent to thislargei question are few and can be corn puctly Btated, Th first of these Irlte enough but never to be lost nlght of i that the Austro-Hungarlan monarchy contaln a very large Slav Population the race of th Servlan aiso ome or it adfied in recent yeara, Th! contltuted, to ay the icast, a nigkiy lnfiammable anti Austrlan Material to anyone dlsposed to start a Are wlthln th Austro- Hungarlan boundarie. Another fact not so trlte but equally Important 1 tnat ServU has been systemat lcany aiBk'Duung nrebrand through' out this lnilammable matter. "It was a subversive movement," ay the Austrlan forelgn minister In one of the dispatches constltutlng the hlte I'aper, "lntended to detacti from Austrla a part of her emplre, carried on by organlzed soclotles In bervia, to whlch Servlan hlgü omciais, mcluding Ministers, gen erals and Judges, belonged, aif1 resultlng In the assassinatlon of the helr to the throne and hls wlfe." not as the indivldual mad deed of a Guiteau or a Czolgosz, we Mlght add. but of "an organlzed Propaganda and conspiraey" that devcloped Itself In severa! attempt, at everal uncon nected points, by everal person, on the saine dsy; a taternent of th Servlan atutude howhere denled In this Engllsh White Paper, either !n tue London forelgn oMce or th ernbassie at Paris or Bt. Petergburg. On the contrary, Sir Edward' Grey ay he cannot he!p but look wltn sympathy on the basls of the Austro Hungarlan complalnt. And Servia herseif, praetteally admlta the .trutti of lt. In -her reply to the Austrlan Ultimatum, tor though he call what ever agitatlon took place "politlcal" tnat ls to say. omething whosa'oh Ject I the change of government and not private murder ehe offers to dlssolve the Narodna Odbrana, a revo- luuonary socieiy, ana every ociety whlch may be "dixectfng lt efforta against Austria-Hungary," to lntro- duce a law providlng for the most severe punlshment of "Publication calculated to lncit hatred against the territorial integrlty of Austrla;" to remove irom the "publlc educt- tional establishroonta" In Servia everythlng calculated to foment pro. paganda against Austrla: to publlsh In the officlal gazette and read to the army this promised hew attitude of Servla to Austrla; and to remove from rnilitary service all Buch per, son as judicial enquiry mayybave proved to be guilty of acta directed against the Integrlty of the territory of Austria-Hungary proralses no people would make unless there wa. a basls of fact for the complalnt. But thdugh Servla thu ackhowl- edged the basl of the complalnt, and promised to take weasure to remedy lt, she refused the "collaboration" of Austrlan renresentatives, or th partl elpation of Austrlan "delegates," In the investlgations relatlng thereto. She made no traight out denlal of the subversive movement alleged, The most that can be made of her answer I that he neither admlt nor denies, but imply call for tha proofs. But Bhe refused the presence of Austrla at the takinar of the proofs. In a word, as Austrla viewed It, should the promised lnvestlgatlon be a whitewash, or ehould it be a slncere effort to locate responalblllty? Austrla wanted a incere lnvestlga tlon the attitude of Bervia look as it ehe wanted a whitewash. And it as on that that the two countrie hroke. Now wa Austria-Hungary rlght la making the demand and Servia wrong In refuslng th demand that Austrlan delegates sit in at the lnvestlgatlon? That la the crux of the matter as a question between Austrla and Servla. The conduct of natlons, like that ot indivldual, ,mut stand the fest of common sense. And like Individuais, atlons hayo the rlght to have thelr ord taken in matter of this klnd untll their word is no longer good, by being repeatediy brqken; o that had this been the first complalnt by Austrla against Servla on thl matter. aud thl Servla' first promlae to live ereafter on rriendly reiatlons, tjiere ouia nave Been no lustmeation for Austrla' demand, or for her refuaal lo take Servia'a word that a , fair investigallon would be ronde and the guilty punlshed, But thl White Paper show that thl was not Servla' first rornige that she had mado forme. prornlse that this new öfter of her word wassthe offer of an already hrnkon wnrrt , Thl 1 thA thirA fuft In the enquiry the.turnina fact In the question of who wa wrong ahd ho wa rlght a fact eutlrely Ignored In the vlew pressed upon American publlc opinion. Fiv yeara before, March. 18, 1809, Servla gave her word, not to Austrla alone, but to the Great Powers, that thl ecat- wring of flrebrand hould ca that thsr,tt,r ha would llv , irlundly fielghbor. That show, tha nr yesr, bkr the o(Tne wa a rrady In eilstenee. Dld It ceas w tu word Kpt? In th, not conirntinirf(i , Hlr Kdrd Grey t th German Arabassador July Jt, 1914 a not, that called out from Sir r.owari, not t noninl, but an expres slon of yrnpsthy-th German Am bas,dor, referrtng to that earller Promis ay: "lt wa only owinf t-i in rarreacning elf-rrtralt and Moderation- of th Aunro.Hungarla gavernment, an to th enorgetl liiierfcrenao of th Great Power, that the Servlan provocation t whlch Austria-Hungary was then I March, 1Ü03) posed dld not lead to a conflet. Th assuranc of good conauct in th futur whlch was then given by the Servlan government ha not been kept. Under the eys, at least wlth th Uclt permlsslon ol ornciaj Bervia. tn great Servla Propaganda ha conilnuously in creased in extenMon and Iuensity; to it aecount niust be et the recent erirn th throad of whlch lead to ueigrade"; an Indlctment that none or th powers so much as auestlon neuner in forelgn oMce nor ernba- sie of Russla, England, or France ana t wnirn servla practioally pload guiiiy in ner answer to th Austrla Ultimatum already atated. , ?ow in vlew of thl what was Austria-Hungary to doT Accept the wora oi ervia agaln 7 w must look at It not from the tandpolnt of those wno think the Austro-Hungarian government ought to b destroved but from th tandpolnt of Austria Hungary Kerself. What would we of America do, if despit a Bolemn prornlse to deslst, ome netghborlnrf natlon continued to tir up raqial revoiution among our people ay Spain araong -the Porto Rlcan or J'niuppines? Wouid w aceevt that nauon wora agaln? It I, a Just and generous natur that accept the onenaer word on the rst offsns. out a fooils or craven natur thi continue, to accept It through repeti Hon of the offen. Let u not lose sieht of the practical Bld of th probiern as presented to Austrla. The spirit behlnd these attack on Aus tria-Hungary wag not the snlrlt of tue fcervian government only, but th rpiru ot the Servlan people also. government may b reached ome tirnes by Protest. But therrf ara cases in whlch a people can only be reaenea by ome tan ble mliitarv Demonstration. HIstory 1 reulet witn emonstration of that klnd so that the probiern of Austrla. now that th government' word could no longer b taken, wa, to Impres, th people of Servla wltk Austria- Hungary' purpos not to be silent longer under these flyinir flrebrands e went to war with Snain for la. than Austrla wa suffering at tho nanas oi Bervia. England declared war on the republio of Paul Kruger for le. And Italy declared war on Turkey for les. And in each cas the war closed wlth territory qetachen rrorn .the vanoulshed and anen oy tne Victor, Were we wrone? More inan tnat: um any. great out slde Power even ay Nay? On the contrary we were lest to deal wita the probiern as we thought richt wny, tuen, snouia any outslde Power tay Nay to Austrla, especlally if na territory was to be taken? Morally rlght in her demand on Servia, to it in at the lnvestlgatlon. why was not Austrla lest alon to enforce that rlght. a, England, th United State, and Italy had been lest to enforce thelr rights? The answer is Russla. And that too, not because Austrla wa wlthout Just cause for. what ha proposed, but iit'L-Huse any juovernent against the Slav of Servla would not be tolerated by "hörne opinion" in Rus sla. That i the fourth allent fact contalned In the White Paper. Had Russla stood BBlde as England was wililng to stand asfde, except to es that the demonstration against Servla wa not carried too far, the fiame would not hav pread to Eurono. England had no interest in lt, as an Austro Servlan question '; so Sir Edward Grey xpressly declared France' interest wa nierely that of aiiy of Russla lt wa put on that ground at tne. Urne by th French forelgn orace; o it was Rusala' In terference, and Russla' Interferance alone, that bjew the flame from a matter concerning Austrla and Servla only, to matter Involvtn Eurone. Ana upon th, oi reason (at least such is tha purpprt of the White Paper) that there wa a condition of opinion "at home" that would not permlt her to b tolerant, or even Just, la such a dispute as this abroad. Group together, In your wind, these three facts the presence of the Slave in large number In Austro-Hungarlan Population; the ystematio tirring of these Slavs by Servla against Austria-Hungary; and the perslstence of Servla In that, even after solenn prornlse to stop lt, both to Austrla and the Great Powers and you have staked out the cause of the war ai an lraniediate matter' between Austrla and Servla. Add the fourth fact the determinatlon of Russla, for reason of her own, that no rnilitary demoii- tratlon ehould be made to stop Servla artd you will havo the lever that lifted lt from an Austro-Servian question to ä Europenn question. Russla Is the great Slav country of she world. It 1 not imposBlble that that great race demanded of It government that no Slav anywhere should be punlshed, een lf he were tlrrlng up the Slavs of a nelghboring allen. It I not imposslbig , that Russin, pressed at home by kor own Slav for.a greater rooasura of civil llberty, saw In the Servlan Situation vent for that feellng, by kecorning the Champion of the race .abroad. It I not ImpoIbI that Russla hi design of her own on th Balkaa penlnsula, and feared that a demon stration by Austrla. mlght take the form ot acqulrln territory. What ever the reason, the park that ha lgulted Europe waa this alleged public opinion In Russla. What gubs. qun!y transpln-d was siinply thq dfvelopmfnt of thut s;,,r,. Ormanj trld to drown It out, yen H Hu Ha; th Whlt Paper how that on a harp not from hör to Austrla, AuklrU feU,UMUid ih.i tu take r.y of Bervia' territory. Gjrmuny trlod to prevent It preadi,, to Franc; dld not want war wlth France; th White Paper l,os. as already tated, that ho all she would not mobil lü against Frnni-e If Englana would tlpiitate for Fianoe neutral ity. And U I certain Germany did not want wur wlth England. Even ftcr England aanoiuiced she would uot permlt Germany to attack fron, ea the northern coHst of France nd sked about the purposes of Germany renpeetlng Ili-Iisiutn, Ger many uggehted that lf England would remain neutral he would tay out ol Uelglum. But Russla was Immovable ho would not accept the offered tipulation of Austrla that territory would not be takn from ,-rvii Kngiatid would make no asaurdnee for France; nd wlth respeet tu Belglum, professed to Iok upon the uggestlon a th osser of a llbe War is hldeotis. Tho Kaiser aud hls grandfather always ready. na thelr Situation made it essential they should be ready, Und for siirty-threa year averted it, But If put in hta place, the head ' of a nntion, what could you have done? What could Austrla and Germany do? Let th Servlan government and the Servlan people go fre, on her own word agaln? That would be to invite continued attack. Servla would have asrribed thl lndulgenco to fear of tlrrlng up trouhle in Europe. Lot Kussia lnterrerence change this? Servla would have known then that thelr Indulgence was dtie to f, ar the fear of Russla. Bestdr there is national seif respeet that must. ba malntalned. Germany nnd Austrla bowlng to the yoke of Russla. on s matter In whlch Germany and Aus trla were right and Russla wrong, woma nave neen uarmany and Ans trla already morally vanqulsheri. Even though France and England had come at once, and openly, ti the Ide of Russla. could Germany and Austrla have let tha matter go on aervia s wora: .Not unless they were wililng to bow their neck to the yoke of Europe. The fact that England and France Joined Russla In puttlng on the yoke would not have allevlated the servllily of bear- ln lt. But wa there no way to escape that yoke wlthout war? That I the question hlatory will ask. Wlthout war with Russla, po unles Austrli accapted the Russinn Veto on any aemonsrration against . Servia. Rus sla mlnd wa made up. Austria tlpulated not to annex Servlan ter ritory; that was not enough; Russla remamed immovable. England sug- gested a Conference, and pendln? sucn conterence that Austrla be al- lowed to occupy Beigrade. Russla refused. Russla was- wililng that England, Italy, France, and German should go Into Conference, but mado it ciear tnat pen-ling the outcome of uch a Conference . Auatria's band niust be tied even from making a Military demonstration of her deter minatlon that the incendlarisra should cease. Russla's will In, the matter Must be aceepted by Europa as weil a by Germany and Austrla. Thai wa Russla's attitude. And it meant to Austrla and Germany either t.) bow to that will, or war with Russla at leat. Russla undoubtedly believed he had the backing of France In this, and possibly of England also. The White Paper contalns a d'spatch showing that the French Ambassador at St, Petersburg was urglng tho 'solldarlty' of Russla, France and England, on the Enslish Ambassador there. Now why dld .France back Russla? Why has England come finally to back her, for the BeJgian matter I only an excuse? Onnhh matter between Austrla and Russla, Auetria waa rlght and Russla was wrong. For Austria to have ur rendered to the veto, of Russla would have meant the surrender of her in- dependonee as a great power. Why dld France (and England finally) yirtually lnsist on that surrender? Because of the Triple Entente? Ko aiiy ls bound to upport anofher aiiy in a wrong. lt i on that grounl that American publlc opinion ? excuslng Italy frora her Obligation to Germany. Why then did not Eng land and France let Germany, rlght have It out alone with Russla, wrong? There was sornetbing eise than the C wi-l(tfWÄ-i.. r0 '?"?'.X&A -Ml-Ä',,, J r 1: r- tW V -r. . T,, .. 7' rprr.- fs ' iCU' " rnvV? -v fl ' - : 7 '"' T '-$? . !: f ist Fr, izS fisch udschster mit V!a,'d?,ie,iocwhr uns kiiiki gewöhnlichen Ant. Irlple Entente, Europo, th chlef kH ot clvlllzatioti, I th chlef at of th orld.old truggl of th race Blno, tsrpcUlly airn nd outli. 'Vtern Europe; tho dralntf of th tnC tni;i"l)irp hr Ihn irpnl,m i-hord U inodfirn Ilf hu nly In. lensliiod that truael. Eurca ai i ih cstt of th modern, truggi of eoonomlc n.l.Itlon: Ind.,.try In our dy haa beconio th fkalr nut 's indivldual but of nlon. Hut i rolor relesed from thelr auch, fr r,m t.'thr th r.c. drawg out ,.t thels Isolation aro mergln. rrA liKlustry Junger a matter of Uninl phi-rr is evncentrall,, Int? inriter nd largr pherc; neither race nor cconomle phere can b ept separate longer by natton. boundarie, Wlthln tho khlrty yeari .".,..,.., ii mini ino iiuriy year between my flrst and last vlslt Europe thl proeess of thln, hocom- ing allk, (Includlng people) ha iransjornied Europa from a land ok jiK-turesqu dlsferences to a land irseinbling America In identlty of drs, of mental attitude, nd of th iniernai pirit as well a xternal appearanees nf Hvg äff,,! That nienns that the day of a lurger poiiucui concontration I at band also. What Id France and England io nacK Kussia, wrong. In thl Au-trla-Hunary matter gainst Germany, riKiii. w.is, nnaounterl v t he r n. j.rehenslon that Germany ccessful ?..?'!:?'''' Wmut aä wii a S aninng the natlon of the contlnent That pprehenslon mav b.,v i JiistiNed hy the probable fact. The pread of the war to the whoie of Euro,,,, m consequenee. history rnav Juslify; I am only tating what I b. IIV II, 0 tne nasic cause. But th! thlng every honest mind must admlt: If th! wa, th BIff Causfe unrlerna(S the maller can. ih., Z France and Enclnnd inin th Germany, by every law that entltlei a natlon to hontiy grow. w, n- JliFPJL"," l" omething not to h denom,nt monütrous. war on the other ide ls quaily ahov that common eplphet. " '"- "np0,,ne or Course that Germany made a mistake In helievine war with Russla, or urrender to Russla. was unavoldahle. thronch ron. ieronce. Only Omffisclence and the vsian Gahinet knew. It I. not impossible that Germany mag. tactical mlstake-that th partlelpa- tion of England on the ,Mn nf la mlght have been avolded by that Conference 'Only Omnlsclenee and s not "imnoss,Ä'?bt N"" IS not irppossihlo that Germany made a mistake as so her own strength even when ready. against her enemles' unreadines. The event will 2, U "t? and th respo. whet7erhe ference or not. wa wlth th Kaise.- and bis couneillor. H knew that inuauy was reany. Ana Wllo ha tha rlfrht tfi mav i -11 --w t tiiAi, 11 war taillier now or a little later was inevitahi Is the attitude of France and England supporting Russla, wrong. agajnsr uerrnany, ngni. in the Austro-Servian matter, revealed thelr trn attitude toward the turai growth of Ger- hTC ZtTLyrZS that .William was bound to walt nntli d! own preparation had been matched by thelr? I am not UN- T": :"L.,wJtr71 ..,1,1 turn the caie either way. But I am for an open mind The question i U.k rst blow? The uZjT aaau U1"08 In der Pariser Oper ist Richard Wagners Lohengrm vom Repertoire abgesetzt worden E l s a ö wegen. . 1 ' I In Deutschland sollen nach wie vr die Shakespeareschen Werke zur OT ..C 11 lC.un - - f . fl ... - uiluyrung gelangen, rens som. mernachtstzaum" ist bis jetzt nicht in lsuuung gegangen, er. spazier, gcing nach Berlin und Wien ist ein russisches Wintermärchen". Ham. lets Se,n oder Nichtsein" ist noch immer der Deutschen Losungswort. Wie es euch gefällt", sagten die Deutschen zur englischen Heruusfor' derung. Alle Wohlgeriiche Arabiens können, wie .Lady Macbeth" sagen würde. , das an Englands Händen klebende Blut nicht wegwischen. Die Shylocks, die das Msser gewetzt ha, ü,n nitrsi n iCrfntn v!, .v..,.v mj inu iiiujv mehr wahren, und bis zum Ende des FeldzugeZ werden sich die Montecchi r.. u rr-.j..-iit ev . r r.. v I wrenaz, iino uapiucm ijo mt) m oe paaren uegen. -1 ?$s r,' f V I -.1 !r x.muX mJßfy T7j' w nv , 1 ..Jjir'rS -V. :V 9 "U li' i - v .T" . i .- . , . i&H i 'Smif ! - ' jil jT fr :A Tik dfütsche Bolkspsljchk. Un!tk diksem Zlikl dkröffentlicht da, Amsterdamer mit Tt "Xtlt flr11I tMkN lkskNsWektkN Bericht skineZ L'kkllnr 'lI?ilork,,il,rü f,i . rron, dtk bon ouicin ä'.etfiännU b' ,f(f.f " w" I .. . W . 3 ' 18 l" " ("uiiaj, ftnkn ioia,fn Vlllsiag (?frnoe im ?k!f1knnf zu finden, dkk biühkk sich Tkuischl.md tkcht UNftkllttdlich mfqt U W-r .! U nlhtl -sf-Vw ' 2 v LatllJ i.uyiiiuuuu vivt uctuujc ijrct ßfbnicfit Hat. (Xne Bild slM vor den HiiitttItiind der brennenden Reimser Kathedr.lk ivei don ihren i r--j.f . r i- EockrlN helbstkst'.kgene Hfillgenslg. rtl. zwlschkn denen ein preußischer U-olöslt mit dem WksichtIaukdruck de! us. der Tut ertuppien Verbrechnl hofft; Unterschrift: Dieser hier hit mi geschändet! Die holländische Behörde h,it wegen dieses VildeZ di, Ctrafverfolgung siegen duSBlitt eingeleitet.) Wir geben iuä dem Aussig das lehte Drittel wieder Mit zustimmenaebissencn Zähnen. die Augen trocken, die Näusie geeilt. das hm' atatn die !!!ivvcn Käm- mnnd - so steht dieses Volk Mis J mn latm ebenslwen,g die Nords mit einem Nindereimer öUaldiOöffn. wie es moalick tlt. dS dkllt chk Bolk. bilS fcfuifche BaterlttNd jn Stücke in fehrnnen Dieses "Inlk ii, 'T rü' schlaft Nicht und schlummert nicht. NUN lüine one marizeno unv Wuqi Hütend im Felde stehen. Es Wild -.u ..-.-.. v:.i..- L wuni vr,i ven ,yi cutii ftrt Und durchholten bis ZUM bittern Aeußersten. Der Deutsche weiß, db fs UM seinen Kopf geht. Seine kgner Wollen ölslib-LotHrmgen von dem Reich trennen, SchlesWtg-Hol stein den Dänen schenken, Luxemburg Belgien einverleiben. Polen den Po- u I rtf,.. m. 5)ff, w,;. J n ?fn ,UC,(a!f ?,6ei U verwirklichen!? Aersuch ein mal, einen Menschen Von der Weich stl bis zur Donau, von der NZestli- 'Atn h- , Kftlirfien (rptt In n lf 1 "("en Öle"f . Deut chland zu überzeugen, dak er einen ingeroreit seines Aaterllinves abtreten soll. Er Wird dich aus. lachen. Er kann das bei .allen euro- k!ik. .kkZt. .. i.!k,. PaWitn russischen und . Manischen Göttern nicht glauben! So ist die Volksseele! Er wird um dieser Sache willen kämpfen, bis kein Mann "f 3 gndm Beinen im Lande herumläuft. Es laufen deren aber noch etliche Millionen herum und noch rnphr' I ' ' Das Volk, unser dem es keine Anal- phabeten sind, weih, daß England Mittel besitzt, um einen Krieg unev iräglich ZU machen. Es weiß,, daß Großbritannien seinem Handel, sei- J?ustrie und Schiffahrt Fall- stocke legt. Steht das alles still, Hort die Bewegung . der Triebräder auf, sausen die Rälser über den KoH- len chächten nicht mehr in den bei. Schneenächten, in den Heulenden Frühjahrs stürmen, lohen die blutroten ??euer der Stablo'fen nicht mehr wie riesige Fackeln neben schwarzen Katafalken der Fa- priren, ?cyleuvern oie iyeniegei niazi mehr tintenschwar.ze Scklevven ae- gen den blauen 5immel. svrüben und funkeln die Erze nicht mehr m den Schmelztiegeln, so bedeutet das Krieg mit England, ' denn England will dos ermnniMH Nnik oii8hiinn?rn l?z will hi,s rmünf inim.1- nrUu same und arbeitswillige Volk mit 12. . . " Arbeitslosigkeit schlagen. Keine In, dustrie. kein Handel, keine Schiff fahrt; Hungersnot! So stand es in allen sländisn tttt? , lesen: Deutschland muss auf diese Weise die Vorherrschaft, die Welt- Machtstellung des Britischen Reichs. in dem die Some nicht untergeht. kennen lernen. Und nun meint je- der Schlampamper. daß in diesen 55 Tagen so lange dauert dieser Krieg Deutschland eine Hunger- kur durchmacht! Da stehen Berichte in fremden Blättern, wonlick, die 03. .11... ra..:.. r trn t. vuuci uicr u zernit? u ziilti pua Vfund kostet und , wir Brot aus Sonnenblumenkernen essen! Nom . schlimmeres: ,.2be inanc ai News" schreibt am 9. September größmn Unsinn als wohl je im .Ulk" oder Kladderadatsch" gestanden hat, in dem sie behauptet, Kaiser Wilhelm hätte außergewöhnlich Borsichtsmnß- regtun getroffen, um nach New yotl zu flüchten, wenn sein Plan, die britischen Reiche zu zerstören, miß glücken sollte". , Für die Kleinigkeit von 20 Millionen Mark habe .S. M." Land und anderes in Kanada gekauft: das Geld habe er sich in Belgien und Frankreich widerrecht- lich zugeeignet. Banken aufgehoben und dergleichen! Der Germane widersetzt sich der Auspowerungsme thode seines geliebte Neffen John Bull. Er hat mit Widerwillen ver nommen. daß die Japaner und die Neger, die Australier nnd Kanadier und . die Fürsten aus Indien alle samt gegen ihn aufgestanden seien, und daß so das ganze Weliräder- werk gegen ihn eingestellt wird. Er wußte das, fobald Sit Edward Go schen feine- Pässe verlangte. Ein Krieg gegen. Rußland und die pan slawistische Gefahr einverstanden: gegen Frankreich den nahm mqn hin. mit Belgien als Zugabe, wenn es sein mußte. Aber die Lage wur de abenteuerlicher, als auch England - Und alles. waS duron fcfifrh stch zu den Gegnern gesellte. Daher dir Wut gegen die Neffen der ande ren Kanalseite: daher der Haß. Die Lolkspsnche! Wenn die ArbeitSlo sisikeit zunimmt, wächst 'der H.iß gegen da englische Volk, itntü man Mangel, trotz den Opsern von Ciaat lind Stadt und ?!eichtum. so trä.it England die Schuld. Wird bS 23rri teurer (waö bis heute ncch nicht dr Fall ist), sg kommt da auf die eng lische Rechnung, die deS Hasse!! Man m sich in Lrndrn. In Downing Sireet, und überall im englischen Kaiserreich .sicher fühlen". Ader ein gebildetes Bolk, das weiß, worum es hier geht, läßt sich nicht willenlos aiiZhiingern. Ein Bolk. oas meyr an -iwu Millionen vJiait auf dem Altar des Vaterlandes nie beilegt, damit mit diesem Geld ge schche. waS nötig ist in diesen schwe ren Zeiten, beugt sich nicht; nur zy klovische Mächte können eS zerbre chen. Siebzig Millionen Menschen auoyungern wollen! to etwas t barbarischer ' und unedler als das Niederbrennen von ein vaar Dukend Häusern. Ein Volk soll gemartert werden. Aushungern man lacht vielleicht in London und beraikt da bei, daß auch - befreundete Nationen von der Hunger-Methode in Mitlei denschaft gezogen werden. Oder hat noch niemand in England acdört. daß Holland, Belgien und di Schweiz sich auch dieser Kur unier, werfen müssen? Daß die Arbcits. lysigkcit in den genannten Staaten evenio große und noch größere Maße angenommen hat als in Deutschland? lldcr wird allein von den Arbe !Llo scn der englischen Webstoff-Jndu strie" die Statistik aufgenommen, und nicht auch von den neutralen und den kämpfenden Festland-Staaten? In neutralen Staaten leidet man in diesem Augenblick mehr Hunger als l 0r 1 1" Jf m v fr.- f im uuiucn Ä,cuiimen !,leiaz. Forums Weil hier in Deutschland be. reitwilliger gegeben wird we.il hier die Leute nickt auf ihren Svartövsen sitzen bleiben. Hier forgt der Staat für die Familien derjenigen, die im Felde stehen. Da werden Millionen verschenkt. Da leidet man keinen Hunger, wenn auch die Kleineren sich einscyranlen muen. Siebzig Millionen Menscken mül. sen leben, sich kleiden, in Häusern wohnen und müssen cnbeiten. Dieses riesige Räderwerk kann niemals zum Stillstand gebracht werden. Man würde mit ebenso -viel oder ebenso wenig Erfolg die Sterne in ihrem Lauf hindern können. Die!enmi kennen im britischen Reich daS deut sche Bolk herzlich schlecht und unter, schätzen gar sehr den deutschen Un ternehmungsgeist, welche da meinen, baß nun ganz Deutschland die yande im Haar vergrübe und still bei seinem Bocken siken bliebe, er lange man diese germanische Energie nicht mit Wurzel und Zweig, Stü für Stück., aus dem Leib eines den Deutschen herausreißt, solang man lym nicht jede Faser feines Le bensmutes. seiner Arbeitsleidenschaft. seines erfinderischen Sinnes mit spitzer Lanzette auS seinem Herzen geschnitten hat, solange bleibt er mit offenem Auge, mit Wagemut und der Kraft des ZuPackens Herr seine Gebietes. Denn er-besitzt-nicht ai lein die Zähigkeit des Niederländer? und dessen praktischen Sinn, sondern auch den Wagemut und die unzähm bare Begeisterung des großen nie derländischen Kaufmanns aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, die bei uns verlo ren' gegangen ist. Das ist die Psyche., dieses Volkes. Behelft -euch vorläufig damit. Noch einmal: Hier leidet man keinen Hn ger. hier gibt's keine Opposition, hier ist hoffnungsvolles Vertrauen 'auf einen schnellen, ehrlichen Frieden. Vertrauen zur Regierung, Vertrauen zum Heer. Durch den Bürgermeister don Wenduyne ist von London auö die Nachricht derbreitet worden, die Alliierten hätten bei Ehalons 70.000 Deutsche zu Gefangenen gemacht. Wenn du eine Lüge verbreitest, warum nicht wenigstens einx glaub, würdige? .; Schon 25,000 Belgier find aus Holland nach Antwerpen zurllckge lehrt. Die anderen werden folgen, sobald bei ihnen auch der Verstand wieder zurückgekehrt fein wird ck .' : Womit sich wohl der Prinz von Wales momentan beschäftigen mag? Wird er -von seiner Mama zu Weih, nachten mit einer Schachtel Bleisol datcn aus Nürnberg bedacht werden, um sich für den Feldzug strategisch vorzubereifen? ' ..Wurstkaifer wird Wilhelm N. h englischen Schmähschriften geschimpft. Seine Fabrikate aus der Essenküche, sind aber auch so scharf gepfeffert, daß die Tom Atkinö sich kaum Zeit nehmen, die Haut abzuziehen. Sit bringen lieber ihre eigene im Sturm schritt in Sicherheit. . " v . v Im NovemkerheftdeS ' UÄrnV Magazins schreibt Samuel Orth über die Zukunft. !ie Auf gäbe und Bestimmung DeuffchlandZj Ein Manneswort zur rt&im oyi und am rechten Ort. - -i x - jrl