The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-14
ALL HAIL 70 oERMANYl

II is our opinion that the whole
country without regard to party
prejudices or Affiliations, viii apc aud
the reply which Germany has just
made to the offensive ana vicious in.
situations Of the English Joseph
Chamberlain, says the Washington
Post The latter. few weeks ago,
delivered a speech. in the course of
which he impudently and falsely as
serted that German indignation over
British atrocities in South Africa was
tilcial'-meaning insncere and
hypocritical, of course--and then went
on to state that the policies Of Rob
erts and Kitchener could find a para
llel Ia the German treatment of the
French people after the war Of 1870
III.
We do not wonder that the Ger
man people were angry ana r. sentful
under. an accusation so odious. AS
raatie4' Of fact. they have, almost
without exception, sympathized with
the Beers from the beginning. and
held in steadily growing detestation
the cruelties practlced upon them by
Great Britain That Emperor William
has not so far given personal utter
ance TO the sentiment which, in view
OF his impetuous message to Kruger
on the occasion Of the Jameson raid,
he must be supposed to cherish, We do
not undertake TO say. He has con
tributed somewhat too frequently and
grotesquely to the gayety OF nations,
but he is, nevertheless, monarch Of
profound patriotism, OF noble ideals,
ard OF genuine humanity. II is per
fectly safe to assume that he regards
with loathing and adherence the
bloody course Of the British in South
Africa We are quite willing 70 be
lieve. therefore, that he has been up
TO this time impelled by considera
tions quite satisfactory 10 his consei
ence as the ruler of a great nation
Evidently, however, he has reached
the limit Of his endurance, for 1t is in
conceivable that his Chancellor, Won
Bulow. would have administered 10
England a rebuke so scathing and so
emphatic as that in question without
the Emperor's knowledge and APPROX
al. Meanwhile, what is England go
ing to do about IL? The London news
papers-espeually that ultra cocmey
sheet presided over by the New ork
expatriate, Astor--are hurting defiance
and anathema at Germany; but what
viii England do? What can she do?
England is the Don Ouixote of today
without his chivalry, his courtesy, his
Iovable and selfish simplicity. Eng
land busters OF great deeds which she
can not possibly perform. England
shakes red and futile fist at wiad.
mills which laugh back at her She
pOises bolts OF menace which nobobdy
fears and carries cn her swaggering
methods In international affairs iu7t
as though the world had not found
her out for a mere Haunting bully TO
be taken seriously by no nation out o.
its swaddling clothes. Speaking OF
England's military exploits, the Lon
don Truth says.
There Is difference between the
snethods Ia war Of a civilized and OF
8 barbarous nation, We have laia
waste a country a. large as Spain and
France. We have burned villages and
farm hou1es. Ia one case CYide Blue
Bockl we burned down ine house OF
Do Wet. the only reason being that he
wa genagal IN command against u.s..
We have driven the women and Child.
rem laso camp, whore the latter have
disa h thousands. and with q fehne'