The Washington times., 1914-09-14

| To the Editor OF THE TINES.
! In an article published in the Mail
Bag" Fl. c. SchooIfeld has seen fit to
let loose the usual flood of denunciation
! OF everything British, which seems to
| be the only reply of the pro-Germans to
| the specific charges of bad faith, broken
treaties. and unscrupulous violations OF
neutral territory made by a large part
of the civilized world.
Just what relation Englands acts in
the war of 1872 Chowever high-handed
and overbearing) toward this country.
her conquest of India, or her conquest
of the Boer republics has to Germany's
gross and brutal violation of Belgium,
is hard 70 determine. Perhaps Ger
many's violation of Chinese territory
and establishment of a powerful naval
base on Chinese soil on the pretext OF
the murder of few missionaries Is a
somewhat more Illuminating example
| Isn't it rather remarkable that the very
Beers who were fighting England but
| little more than ten years ago. are now
lighting against the peace lord in
Africa. and that General Botha, one OF
tho bitterest enemies of Englj ID in
tines past. has pledged the colony's sup
port of the British empire to the ut
most. and that the Indian army. with
their own native chiefs at their head.
are on their way to help administer de-
served punishment TO the legions OF the
.reace Iord?" The Beers and East IN
dians seem singularly unconscious OF
British oppression.
MIR. Schoolfield has seen fit to COM
pare the punishment meted out 10 the
Mexicans in Vera Cruz for the insult
10 our flag and failure to apologize
with the punishment attempted by
Austria. Had he read carefully the
terms of the Austrian ultima;um and
the Servian reply he would hardly dare
10 make such comparison. As mat
ter of fact. AuStr!as $ note Was not
intended as an ultimatum. but as the
grossest kind OF an lrsui Il S"rEia-
such ar insult as would bring a dec
iaration of war b.! Servia against
Austria and would as Austria hoped
throw the burden of aggression on Ser
via. Undoubtedly. the ScrVians re-
sponsjble for the ASSASSINATION OF the
Austrian crown prince should have teCn
,yecuted and the ServIdn government
rompelICd to make complete apology
and paratiOn-all of which, and more,
Servia offered TO do. SerLia only re-
fusal was in the matter OF aiiowlng an
AUSTRIAN court, military or civil To take
jurisdiction over Servian subjects In
Servian territory.
The truth of the matter is that Aus
tria simply desired to do with Seryta
what theN mao
the usual Teutonic disregard OF treaties
as mere scraps OF paper"-with Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
noes any sane man believe Austria
would have done this without positive
assurance from the Peace Lord thaf
sbe fAustriaO would be backed UP by
tbe Great and powerful German Fin
nire i'm the inevitable ensuing war with
Russia" Does anyone seriously contend
that Austria did not know that s'lcn an
,,o,,Id sst Russia at her throat? Austria
lev and Germany knew that the ulti-
n,,turn TO Servia meant war with Rus
sia and they both knew that Austria
aicne was as sure 10 De conquereu 9y
pussia in the event of a war as Serria
,,IS .Irre TO be conquered by Austria
Eut the Peace Lord banked toS
r,ucb on the disinclination of such real.
Ia enlightened countries as France aod
Epgland for baTbarouS war. The French
,nd English were not to be cajoled with
of barbarism against Rus
sia they had taken leaf out of the
honI, of the great Peace Lord and
,rrnared for war themselves.
The fact of the matter is that Ger
nany's oYermaStering desire for mill
tar,- and naval supremacy has had as
much 20 do with this war as any other
single cause. \ nation does not strive
10 far outstrip her rivals in military ef-
icirncy and power merely for the pur-
rosa Of defense In no country in the
World is the burden of rnilitarism so
heavy as in Germany.
I have the greatest admiration for
the many good qualities of the Ger
man peop'e. and it is a great pity that
50 admirable a peoPle have heen led so
rlr after the false gods of militarism.
II is necessary. however. Cor the ulti-
nate ncace of the world that the Peace
ORD" he overthrown and his country
rttsrI,- crushed Nobody who has real
,urreciation of the spirit of democracv
,ccd fear the outcome. Germany, the
,,.iritarist emniye. will be erased. but
10 rs hope the German people will at
no very distant date arise from the
-uirs Of dcsnntiSm AMI take their place
among the cnli-htcnc'; ations Of the
-artl with hut a horrid memory Of the
misery caused them ny their mistaken
,uIers. DAVID < PECHIN.