The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11
LIMOGES Do NOT
AFFECT GERMANS
A Book on Pan America, How
ever, Attracts Attention
CRUELTIES IN FORMOSA
By Japanese Immigrants Who Have
Gone to That Country to "CiviI-
lie" the PeopIe-Chinese
Undergo Tortures

Berlin, September 10-(Special Unlike
the people of England, the Germans are
not very much affected by lingo at
tempts to make them believe that the
fatherland is in danger, but a book on
Pan-Americanism and Europe, which
has just appeared here, has nevertheless
created a profound impression, and to g.
certain extent It has stirred up the al
ways dormant distrust against the
United States.
The book is Pan Amerika," by Alfred
H. Fried. He in his preface announces
that his intention is to direct the atten-
ton of all Europe towards what is
going on on the other side of the At
lantic, and to show that a movement
has been growing stronger every year
over there during the last 20 years, to
which European statesmen have paid lit
tie or no attention.
THE states of whole continent" he
cries, ARE uniting and organizing and
Europe knows nothing about 1t. With
out looking into the facts at all the
statesmen over here years ago formed
an opinion of the movement, which
seemed to them quite reassuring and sat
isfactory, and. this done, they have
cared nothing about 1t. To Europe the
Pan-American movement is still nothing
but the endeavors of the United States
to increase their power at the expense
of other states on the American CONT
nent and means no danger to Europe"
There is an American peril, however"
the writer goes on, but 1t consists in
this, that we here in Europe do not see
or do not want to see what Is happen
ing in America and take our precautions
accordingly The American peril comes
from Europe 1t Is as II the discord and
mutual distrust of the European nations.
the always existing and always increas-
ing number of critical questions in Eu-
ropean politics are paralyzing not only
the economic strength, but also the in
tellectual energy of this continent. We
do not see things as they really are. but
as force of habit make them appear to
us. What do we know of America? When
we speak of America and do not see that
a continental organization is forming
whose power and influence will far sur
pass that of the states we even now call
the land of the unlimited possibilities
No longer the United States we must
count, and that very SOON"
In its tendency the book Is really not
the author simply believes
that Europe must follow and form an
of European states He be-
lieves this is the way to universal peace
for the people of Europe signing under
the heavy burden of hatred and de-
fance.
The Kaiser undoubtedly agrees with
him and would like to see a great Eu-
ropean empire-with William II as arch
emperor.
Hardly a week passes that we do not
hear of cruelties committee against ma
tives in the island of Fomosa or the ter
ritory of Manchuria by Japanese immi-
grants who have left their own country
to "civilize'' these regions, but so great
Is the general admiration of the little
brown men after they subdued the legions
of the Gar that we hitherto have re-
fused to believe in them. though we are
told from all sides that those who have
come into actual touch with the Japan
csc do not love them or consider their So
called civilization anything but a very
thin coat of varnish, but hides their real
character.
From a Japanese official of high stand
ing, NJ. Shirani, head of the civil ad-
ministration of the province of Kwan-
tung. comes an official report which is
very strong indictment of his own coun-
trymen, If we are to believe the transla-
ton in German consular report In
which the japanese is said to have writ
ten:
ut is with regret have to state that
the 10000 Japanese emigrants at present
In Manchuria are arrogant and cruel to
such a degree that they are positively
unbearable. When the causes of re-
cent train disaster on the South Man.
churian railroad were looked into it was
found that the train had been derailed
by Chinese who had been driven to this
act of revenge by tort,res defying all de-
scription, to which they had been sub
mitted by Japanese immigrants. In an
other case 1t was proved that Japanese
working on the construction of the rail-
road from Antung to Mukden had calmly
waited for the passage of train filled
with Chinese workers to blow them up
by dynamite placed on the rails.
These are only two of the examples of
the cruelties of our countrymen, who
have announced to the world that they
have come to Manchuria to raise the
country to the level of Japanese civiliza-
tion."
The breach In the ranks of the Ger
man socialist party. due to the action of
the socialist deputies of Baden in voting
for the adoption of the state budget, has
been further widened as a result of the
recent party conventions In Baden and
Hesse.
BY vote of 1856 to SO the Baden dele
gates assembled at Offenburg adopted a
resolution expressing their full approval
of the action of their deputies. At the
same time the socialists of Hesse at a
meeting at Gressen, adopted a resolution
of the same import. The question as to
whether similar active participation in
legislative matter shall be permitted In