Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-20
Bennett IS CALLED
GERMAN ADHERENT
George Bernard Shaw Says His
Critic Argues for German
Side.

LONDON, Nov. 2o-rn letter to
. the London Daily News, George Der
znard Shaw replies to Arnold ben
nett's criticism Of his common sense
ION the War" statement recently puo-
nshed Mr.. Shaw says in part:
;. In Justice to the enemy l am bound
Ito admit that Mr.. Benefits case
s. which is a German case, is a very
strong one and that his ironie COM
nent on my statement Of the case
against Germany, we have here an
y example of lfr. Shaw's attitude for
practical politics, Is a comment that
The Kaiser will probably make and
that the average practical man will
make, too.
"Sfr. Bennett in saying that ] am
sflnpleton to doubt that If Germany
had not attacked France, France
would have attacked her, shows mucn
greater courage than he credits me
with. That is Germany's contention,
and II valid, her justification for DASH
ing at an enemy who. as Mr.. Bennett
believes, was lying in wait to spring
r on her back when Russia had her by
the throat. If Mr.. Bennett Is right
and ] am a simpleton, there is moth
ing more to be said. The imperial
shancellor's plea of a state of neees-
sity' I proved up to the hilt.
Il did not omit to say that Germany
regards our policy and our diplomacy
as extremely able and clear-sig hted.
] expressly and deliberately pointed
that out. Mr.. Bennett being an Eng
. nshman is SO fiattered by an apparent
4baGa Hpla4GT Ger
mans that he insists that it Is de-
served. l being an Irishman and
therefore untouched by iattery see
clearly that what the Germans mean
by able and clear sighted Is crafty
ruthless, INSCRIPTIONS and directed to
the deliberate and intentional destruc-
ton of Germany by mastery diplo-
matte combination of Russia, France
and Britain against her and l defend
the English and Sir Edward Grey in
particular on the ground-tirst, that
the British nation at large was wholly
innocent of the combination; and,
second. that even among the diplo-
mats guilty as most of them unques-
tiona bly, We're, and openly as our Jun
kers, like the German ones, clamored
for war with Germany. there was
more middle than Machiavelli about
them. and that Sir Edward never
completely grasped the situation or
found out what he was really doing,
and even had a democratic horror of
war.
'.But Mr.. Bennett Will not have any
of my excuses for his unhappy coun-
try He will have it that the Ger
mans are right in admiring Sir Ed
ward as a modern Caesar Borgia, and
abat our military writer's are of
hrst-elass quality, as contrasted
with the intense mediocrity of poor
General Bernhard. If MIR. Bennett
had stopped there the kaiser would
send him an iron cross. but, of couse,
like a true born Engishman. he
goes on to deny Indignantly that Eng
{land has produced a militarist liter
allure comparable TO Germany's, and
to affirm hotly that Mr. Asquith is
an honest man. whose bad arguments
: are genuine emotional expressions of
his convictions and the whole couu-
Fry and TO affirm that Sir Edward
Grey is an honest man, and that he,
Mr. Bennett, strongly resents. as Eng
lishmen of all opinions will resent. +
any imputation to the contrary"