Washington Journal., 1914-08-22
AN FRESHMAN SPEAKS.

At the meeting Tuesday of last week
held by the German Americans of this
city to raise funds for the German Red
Cross and to protest against the un-
fairness toward Germany by the local
daily papers, Mr.. O'Sheel made an
eloquent and brilliant speech in favor
of the German arms. He followed this
up with a letter to the Times, which
we are pleased to publish:
There are millions of people In this
country whose hearts are with Ger
many and Austria, and they are not
only Germans. They believe that the
attitude of a large portion OF ths
American press is unfair, for two rea
IONS: First, that the news comes from
English press agencies or from Eng
fish correspondents who supply a sort
If second version to American papers
IS a side issue, and second, because
'orces like that of the Carnegie
peace" foundation have worked in de
gious way to exalt England and de
lame Germany and her noble Emper
1r. The American people, %spdendidly
isolated, do not understand interna
.ional politics, and they are therefore
1t the mercy Of preiudiced statements
Win you permit me to present the
merest outline of the pro-German view
If this lamentable situation? We con
slider that England, as the most pow
3rful of all empires, naturally and
properly has sought to crush all dan
gerous rivals. She crushed the power
of Napoleonic France. From that mo-
in 1915 till the battle OF the Vel
.ow sea and the fall of Port Arthur
he aim of her policy was to crush
h~ussia-fghting her herself and fight
ng her through Turkey and finally
crushing her through Japan in the bat
les above mentioned. With Russia
broken, the aim Of England's policy
became, in 1906, the crushing of Ger
many. For this purpose alone she
made alliance with France and Rus
STA. There could have been no other
purpose behind the triple entente, for
there was no other need for it.
To France she as much as said:
we will help you to get eyenge and
'ecapture Alsace-Lorraine.'
To Russia she as much as said
Yours shall be Asia Minor and the
Eastern Mediterranean, and we will
stand by you till your broken strength
s repaired" And for nine years these
hree have planned this very attack
IN Germany. Germany, whose vast
strength, capable of crushing each OF
he other nations separately, has been
held in leash, preserving for forty
three years a peace longer than has
blessed Central Europe since the com
ing Of Christendom.
The Austrian attack On Servia was
merely the occasion. What cares Rus
STA for Servia? Russia cares only to
keep the triple alliance from getting
another outlet on the Mediterranean.
AS to the sympathy for Servia, it is
not necessary to cherish other than
good wishes for all nations to, at the
same time, insist on the truth OF in
feriority and superiority among Ia
lions.
The Serb and the slav may some
day become civilized-but to date
they have Jagged. and today their
achievements, their arts, their ethics
and their standards are not equal to
those which the great Teutonic peo-
oles have given the world.
The Serbs in Austria fled thither to
escape the Turk-and now-as If In
his country they should plot against
,ur government-they plot against the
superior nation which sheltered them
which has held eastern Europe in or
Ter.
The stand of Austria against a Serb
umpire is the safeguard Of civilization:
.ook upon the Balkan states and deny
it who can! The stand of Germany
against Russia is the battle Of the