The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-28


iirr,nnn riupirr with an i'm
! t.uSiii,d Vibration as ii is criticised at
} indi.nntiol meetings at the students
I at tn" universities. by tn" veterans oi
| III" t'rancn-,i"lmar war and by the
press Ti. sum of Mr.. Chamberlain :
! offending is that in u speech delivered
! SOM. few weeks ago he said that th"
( ,:rrnl;ln army were every whit as "rll.!
4 to the conquered French as the Brit
! isn nr" to the i:ucr.s in tn" South Airi-
c;n war. Whatever truth the aiicSa .
tiuu might contain its implication WAS
! aS ,uurril.ti ;lS it Was unfortunate. No
| one Nh" has read the history of the
F.! i'rHnru-trrInHn war Will nll-2t mat
the German; treated the French sym
pulh.lIcullN or indulsrntiy TIL" very
nature of war pre"lul'S tn" idea mat
IT.. ronuu"ror can stand in - humane
nr rat"rnul atlilu,i. toWurt the van
uuiSh-d While il is tn. general policy
and established prinrrl'. of tn" grncr-
ais in civilized wnHiar, t" intlict no
umn-cessar, hnrdshir upon the. enemy
it is Impractical! on impossible that
such orders rnlanutius irom tn gem
e,;il Slnif will b" carried uut in the
spirit in which they ar. promulgated.
III" s"ldi"rN can always rind prei"Xts
to iarass rob. or nlaitr-nt nom combat.
ants You cannot police nu army in
III" field. Examples may h" made Of
some few Individuals vino run counter
to the su-o;lied rules Of war. or nr,
~ least caught in tn" act. but the ,ir-
m"roliHa,I"m which ensu"s upon the
conquest "r invasion of :, country is as
m,.Nitahlr as tn. hluuushrl ANA havoc
WhirE a"""nirInN it.
tn" 'hHr." of cruelty brought
against the BRITISH government in
South Africa iS lhl it has h"Idcd
thousands "i W"mrn ANA children in
camps w. which the murlalilN, "Sptoial-
ly Among lh" children. is enormous.
The British in answer 70 th"S" iccUS;I-
ti"ms. while admitting the unsutisrlc-
tory condition. Of III" concentration
rurlals. apart from malignant rNng-
@rrHiinm, ask what can br done? If We
permit IN~m tu roam at large.
they say, thrs" women and chill
hrru viii simply slaiNr 10 death
ON th" Nrldl iiut the Germans say:
You fired their hnn"Struds. have slo,
down, imprisoned. or "Nil"d their uitu-
raj defenders and br"adWinn"rs; YOU
are carrying on q war nf -Xtirpuliun
against two small republics, Kindred To
MS IN hlund, and YOU are unubl" 10 put
an end lo ii. because your atrocities
have aroused tn" Indignation of til,
civilized world, tn" minister who is
mainly responsible tor the sncr war
and its consequences has The hudarity
and shnm"lesSnrSS lo compare our
treatment Of the French with your at
tilud" toward III" ti""rs, and angrily
and thrrnlrningly drnounrr the Cen
man press ana people.
Popular opinion in Germany, or
rather. hatred of r.nglund. has been so
spontaneously ANA as ii appears gent
indy evoked than even he fricndlncSs
Of tn" German emperor toward GREAT
i'riIan ANA an agreement of som" kind
Which undoubtedly does exist hciwccn
bury may PROV" too SlrunG for his dis
position Ia stand well With The l'nitrd
Is (in@dum. ttVcN .n "iuprr0r of the !
toi,"' uf character and commanding !
resolution "f the Kaiser is NO stronger
lhIu the uuliuuu sentiment or polili- |
.aI rluutiun al his ruunllymtp. when |
ii lir3a unrrummoiled rNpr"asion The T,