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eoncsagassivzgmpnBgm1iQ1oi$oT’s:;.ipLEA9EoR ; GERMANY
Y‘ ‘S.e:ptlvey11'b'e‘:fl 2'7,‘beI‘0i'ela‘.lpll%keidV:ilOltxe‘flI;>1fei‘fdg‘eJgqgtlfiil; Repriereritotizuiiborthlxqldtj; qf..'St,Vl7:oicis,.iirodo.‘oi:e of the .'
stro;i'ge.yt‘addfe5ses‘ yet 11i‘dVd'e:Ion,’!Ire it r']xi2're,pB'ecdu.r’efitfbol
ly. lulgheld [Ire "7'g5x:'ta’i:'. t-a‘x:.’r’c 1 Ute, spzcglxi. j.Lfa.r' ‘deinie-dl that
brominente i!:dcserz'es.. We afe,'glad' I0: jbxqhlislifiiip':t1h3!iz:z;;e"Ire"h';iIir2 taiidrtgrs); .’ p, .
‘(GERMANY wvants peace, Ias;her:Iiistoi'y',slioiv$.;‘.17?
. ,-forty‘-three years ,. she ,has: consistently,maintained it.
in spite of ‘many-‘irritations;as?xvell‘as';numerous opportuniy-f
ties to make jgainsiby ‘aggressiori, '.Tl’ie.so"l'e"‘pui'p’c')‘sefotjptllc.
triple alliancewas for defense;antl"to'r,'thef presfer'vation':of'thej'V
peaceot Eur0pe.<,$German militarism, was'p11,Ijcjly iorideieinscii .1’
and Germanymiouldineveij disturb-tlie peace.’-Vif‘-Ietialone'b3f,' -
her ri'eig'libo‘i-s.‘.‘ The‘ eHicien‘cy,‘th;'rift; ai1‘d"ci'1lt11’.r'e7o‘f:tl3e,:Ger‘
man" 'people‘ xv'o'uli.:l'. ‘easily;Amakev’them';"t‘li,e .‘::‘t1a’5‘tVer".11‘ati,oi'i ‘of’
Europe if'only,they..)vere permitted to enjoy‘ permanently the‘.
blessings ofipealce. g,-. V . i‘ V ’. ‘ V
1 w Calls ‘Press Unfairj‘, -'M';' "
. .- . ' - H ‘ 1' K‘ I: ,
“The.Vhostile a art ‘of‘tlie"Anieri‘can ’press
.
ttitude.of a-largep
t0W.8f<.1 .Gee'm?41Y;.:is.th.e‘mest-bit“:r.vdisapi=oim.Ins=ntof mrlits-J
XV.hile on German Daygve usuallylpoiirt rlllltlljjlJSlil'labip‘,S3tl5j
factioititoiithefproud history of the'Aineriean Gerniansuto-day -
we-'a‘f-e?’5hliged-to"ask 3th'e"l1urn'iliati,ng questionsiwhether mil‘
ever-,=been"no'ticed‘by;our noneGe'rm:1n contemporaries; - g p
1 7 ‘flfw t.jhad,'7w'e, could ‘at least“ liav'e(;'clie'rished ':'tl1eTl10'pc
thatiigug5Anglo-American felloxv-citizensjniighthave g'ain.ed:-'
atnioreifavoirabile conception of the’ country from ivlii'ch’.iwe'
hail,;'o'f3its‘culture-and its institutions, than we now find e
pressed‘ in the neivspiapers, ‘a. 'e’or1c’eption:,Vyi7l1i.chp 'we‘:.tho'ug'lrt‘
m'ig'ht’ h"a?v‘e "pr‘ev‘e'nt.ed‘ the A'rnerica'n ‘press’ from ‘pr‘inting"t'l1’
many . absurd and, Qutrageous ' storiesifxvhichii-einanate:HffbniS
London ‘and‘P.aris to poison public opinion in‘0'1ir"rieutr'-il>2
country against Ger.tnai1'y.iW7e believed that the cornplete iden
tificationgofgtl1e:Gerni'ans;wvith American institutions; tl1‘e’ir:un
swervng .loyalty to.'the"7stars'and' stripesfand theirT‘dilge'nt‘.a'n'
intellii2;e'nt.‘,effo‘rt5sfiri iallifieldsiliof -A:r'n'efica‘r1.'activ'it)f1l1ad.'earne‘
for them.atrlea,$,t:ilis,t conside:ra,tion"addafairintreatmeirtfliijt itfe
must now .lre;lu'c'tan,tly.‘.ad,mitithatfini thisiuje Z are xsoreilyf dis
appointed. " V ‘mm’: - v-if 3 4' ':
" ’ ‘GermansfEntitled:to",‘Sympathy; s‘ '- 4' t
"The Germanination oxving tojitsltraiditional 'tr‘i:endship.to'
the United States. is even entitledrto the’ outgpQken;symp3thy
of the ‘American peopleq Or"l]ave1iv‘e- forgotten'tlia't Frvediericlq“ ‘.
the Great sent us"fBa:ronivon“Steul5en‘,.fivhoisejacliiexfenientsias
the drillrnasterpof"tlierrevolutionyaryg 2.iIin1j.;n1’aq'e:pp5.s‘lblc:: the‘,
s..
final-‘triuniph of the colonies? Have we forgotten'tl1at‘in’tlie H’ .-
civl war Germanyvwas our only friend, while England. in ‘open . '
sympathy with the-Souuthgidesttroyed oul
fused any and all aid to the Union.‘
"In the hour of his greatest distress
r.; corr,in1er,ce, a,'nd.- re-H,
'Ab&3h$iS?’LihE3ia' vsientli-'
threepemissariesvto Europe to float Union bonds.iv-'I>‘l-iese 4-"
envoys were shown .the,door4in,botl1 L,0.ndott,an"d'-Paris, and I '
Gladstone’ declairediopvenly‘thatstheyulinglish hoped for .Con- ,, ‘
federate success. .‘But: when :Lincoln’s' ‘eniislsarliesi-icuanie to -1 '
Germany they were.receivedpwiith:open-‘arms, and Bismarck’,
then promoter of Prussia, ‘told the Berlin and,‘Frankfort bank-
ers to advance'to the Unio’n',all,'the money they could spare,
The purchase of these Union'bo'n&ls‘b'y ‘Germ.-my made it 1305-“
and ‘carry ‘it '1' :7’
sible for President Lincoln to continue the war.’
to a successful conclusion.
"Have we not a right to remind our fellow-citizens of this-5 ’ '
historical fact just at this time and goes this 1iot‘iurni5h 31:7.‘
least one valid reason why in the present war dratrla; ‘when -.
‘.
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.,g;'eg.,,;ny:;jiv'g'r;‘iarg‘as:taifsi:kgl-p’Ax;1.;ric5x; ‘sy-no-atliics shwld
‘go out to’, our arch:-friend < rather.‘ than our .arCh-Icncymy?
. .2 -;’J’ap'a'n'to Demand"Pay.
-2 “Englarii1fsv'siinirndns' '-'tl'ie”bla'c'l<f'ir:1et1;it'h’e hrouin men and
’ - the yellowime'n"to:'tigl'!t ervhbattles.agai-i1st“'a.vxjliite’ahd highly
f "c'u1lure’;i‘Haiicsnjxzgiivnci-be-tire ena “orjt: ‘Japan’ will demand
'her"bpiirid;-of"flesh;-’ii'hichfis;boiiriditb3lie"ci1t"out of the
',sl<'i'n one':Ui'1‘cle .’Eyen:noxv.:sup;3eh1aey5‘in"fthe Pacific
p"=m;-ry‘.hat-6. been :;p‘mn'1ised ”tl1e’3'e‘lloxv’..'n1';an infretixrn for his
presentaid and for the. protection l)'y’Jap,an of-,I-r:1dia.j ,4 XVho, I
:'.i"‘.r:V asltj you; ‘would ‘be A'merica’s -natural ally, (vhcnfthat time
t. .5. lco,mes'?.l Underlher treatyl obligations England-Aw:i‘ll’.b‘e bound
- ‘<9’ hark .119 the ' %‘I.ikad<.i-;‘acute.;G.9rmanr.:asaixi ‘Will be W’
.3’ ' ronlyistandi-l)y',('a‘s: she',wa” ivheiri s6me‘years‘,a‘go,'.1]ohn Hay‘
' :“‘lcol<ie'd arotxnd‘ for‘ support for
Chinese .neutr.ali.ty.'- p . . H H ‘ ‘ p :.. '1-. ‘p
.."England -and4.‘,Fra.nc;e.came.,in‘ only. after,‘ Germany had
.5 d.&niOn5tf2itiVcly ;.].l,'Jll1,Cd'; hand-s fxvith .our-'great‘.fVSecretary Of
his policy-of the ofpen door and
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: State.‘ . For‘. this fveryiact; Japanassertsythe-Germans are to
he J’pLlt1iSl1:c.'d "n'ox‘v, hecausei it frustrated ‘some .tir'ie’-"Ja.panese
3‘ Pl'311'lS.J. Tl‘1-i:s“.l>:eiii‘g'.s‘o, livilllnotifthei Mikado fh'a:ve"itV.in for ill:
v,United States for theisame reason? 1 i [' A’ V
l ' ,' lbw" ‘5Militaris’rn 'ProtestlInsincere. L;
1; 1'“ the s‘ ' a ‘
protest,agaInst'German militarisrnnvere sincere. I
wouldgsreioice in‘ it, ybutlalas-it’ is not, for-‘the sarne papers
' ‘wlticlt-ar:e'obj’ecting; to Gerntanfsimilitarisni raft .loudest in
-‘their;si1ppoi't"ot-5A1n'er’can ‘iuilitarisrn. ‘ England’-s mavy‘ is .th‘v‘r
V climax lofjinilitarisinji aha ,1rnm';e’s, ' ariny, ?;oo,-‘pnspprcapnazeiy
' -"la?8&':'h‘5hZ‘:,G6?r!i$n‘y's.v - .- .. . . . . . .
.. :: ‘:‘Even.theipeaceiiadvlocates:iof '.Xv'h.om;’I;'a;MnV‘one,i' admit‘ that
; .-'j1Sfl<5.1’,!Z:, 3.5"‘-“th'e‘"ivorld?’remainsian armedf.-“campvGermany has
5 -"2079 5U51i.f!C3'tl$:>.f1:‘l"1.‘k'Cl?I5i’ng‘up.'an"efficient?army than almbst
8'13’;-Q.‘.h$T-;‘C!51'1’Yit1fY-i ’,VYxl1'ei] -’,di'x):ided ',sl,1'e:xQas ‘the 'spittoon Of
‘ :Ei“’-0De,.tl1e,battles&of;all nations l1VFlx;ii1igf‘lJ“eie;j.foqg'ht on her
'‘-,soil.’ ’ It.."w=a.‘sf‘to -‘protect itheitliatherlanidi againstibeinig every-
; 'bb‘7i$'.’S"Willi?‘35Y‘5UV!1d‘.t,ll3t',5l1E blilltjup.':i’7strong,arniy as 360“
"-A '1 as'.her.unity;hpad-been achieved as,‘a r,esult.of.the:Eranco-Ger-
,. 2 .man‘w'ar, but it-w‘as'a,n.army, as her h
e"and?
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H ‘istory:sho)vs,‘ni‘erely for
)ot‘fort.aggyres‘sion'.’.’ i v '- v
‘.",.Tlie"Peace‘Prograrnrne.j." 1 I
’ ‘In conclusion, Mr. Bartholdt ventiiredaprophesy byisayiriz I
..‘fA,cde.fe'at.'o,r gisvmeinbernient of 'the'Gernian2Empire Wm
: ‘h'er"defen"s
r
‘ meanetemalvw'ar,1Lbecause the4Teutonic race will never acc6Pt
s1.1el1Va:‘res'ult:" 'A‘ victory" of’ thetwoGer1n’anic'n:itions, l10.“"
-'ever,‘. will? signify? pe'rm’ane‘ntw peace. 3 ‘Both?-'Ger1ria'ny and
A'ustria-Hungary’!cherishfpeace, andptheirhtwo rulers wish for
their people the hlessings offruitful Eivilization,ithefgrowth-9f
i“d1!5.“'Y, and f‘F‘3‘dc'.,3'f1d"thelhighest:develcipnienit of‘ the 31735
and se"iences,“andfthe.coniditionfsine duo ripnf of,sueh=progress
and the healing'of;the.5vourids.caused ‘b'y'this'horrib1.ehwar is
a secure‘ and.jpermanent peace ancjhoi-ed‘. u'po'n3 an" international
agreement? providing “for ’disarmament ‘and ‘for-‘la ‘high court
of‘nations;which"willadjust all the peoples’ difference5,YanLl
i whioledecisions will be backed by an international police fort!-
‘ “Tl1is.is“ the programme to which 'for-. nqanyytars 1 have
2. devoted rny-humble-efforts, and the realization of which will,
.- .let‘u‘s' hopenbejin the near future.
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