The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-17
GERMANY AND ENGLAND.


many portend war it would be dih'cuit
to surmise. The reply of the German
Imperial Chancellor to the offensive
insinuations OF Joseph Chamberlain,
the British Secretary of the colonies,
was aggressive, effective and dignliled. 4
Chamberlain, a few weeks ago deliver
ed a speech in the course of-which he
impudently and falsely asserted that
German Indignation over British
atrocities in South Africa was 'arti-
ticial"-meaning insincere and hy-
pocritical, of course. and then vent
on to state that the policies Of Roberts
and Kitchener could find a parallel
the German treatmon. of the French
people after the war OF lS70-1l
We do not wonder that The German
people were angry and resentful undef
accusations so odious. As a matter OF
fact, they have almost without eN-
ception sympathized with the Beers
from the beginning, and held IN stead
ily growing detestation the cruelties
practiced upon them by Great Britain,
That Emperor William has not so Iar
given personal utterance to tn" senti-
ment which in view of his imFetuouS
message to Kruger on the occasion OF
the Jameson raid. he must be supposed
TO cherish, is somewhat matter OF
surprise. He has contributed h.t too
frequently and grotesquely 10 the
gaiety of nations. but he is ncyerthe-
ness a monarch of profound patriot
ism Of noble ideals and Of FenUlnc
humanity. 1t Is perfectly safe to as
sumo that he regards with loathing
and abhorrence the bloody course Of
the British in South Africa We are
quite wiling to believe. therefore, that
he has been up to this time Mpelled
by considerations quite satisfactory 10
his conscience as the ruler of great
nation Evidently. however, he has
reached the limit of his endurance. for
it is inconceivablc that his chancellor.
Won Bulow. would have administered To
England rcbuke SO srathjng onl 50
emphatic as that in question .hoot
the Emperor5 knowledge ana ap-
proval.
Meanwhile. what is England Going
to do about it? The London news
papers especially the uitra-cochney
sheet presided over by the Sew York
expatriate Astor-are hurting defiance
and anathema at Germany; but what
will England do? What can she do"
England is the Don Quixote of today
without his chiyalry, his courtesy. his
lovable and unseltish simplicity. Eng
land busters of great deeds which she
cannot possibly perform. raeland
shakes a red and futile fist at wind
mills which laugh back at her She
poises bolts of menace which nobody
fears, and carries on her staggering
methods in International affairs just
as though the world had no. Luna
her out for a mere Haunting bully to
be taken seriously by no nation out of
its swaddling clothes. Speaking of
issue of London Truth edited by a
conspicuous and able member of Parii-
ament, Henry Labouchere, says:
There is a difference between The
methods in war OF a civilized AMI OF a
barbarous nation. We have laid waste
a country as large as Spain md
France We have burned villages and
farm houses. In one case wide Blue
BookD we burned down the house OF
De Wet, the only reason being that
he was a General in command against
us. We have driven the women and
children into camps. where the later
have died by thousands. and wl1h a
refinement of cruelty We only gave
half starvation ratiOns to tn" WIG,
and children whose husbands and
parents were fighting against us, We
have decreed the annexation ri tive
entire country CT orr enemy, although
we are only in military occupalOn OF
small part of it. and we hayc follow
ed up this astounding decree by con
fscating the property of the leaders III
arms against us, and prOmulgatine
sentences banshing them for ever
from their country
And Kitchener's latest achievements
are: First-The capture of 1910 Boei
women (number of children not mep-
tioned) and second-a loud and pierre
ing cry for reinforcements.
Do the German people bi:e theil
thumbs at this spectacle of futil'
ferocity? Why not? All the other civil
lied people do. Germany. however
monopolizes the places OF honor an,
humanity for Chancellor Won BuloV
has been the first to rebuke England
arrogance and to fay the representa-
tive Of England's reeking barbarisnl