Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-24
CAUSES OF THE GREAT WAR
snnwm AND GERMAN VIEWPOINT
South Orange Man Gives Status of Great Conflict Based
Review of General SituationRussas Speedy Mobilization
Anticipated by Kaser-Oh Phases of Historical Interest.

I needed railroads more for internal
development than Russia, and in view
of this fact the German papers again
wanted to know why these strategic
| roads?"
Mr.. Brown mentioned also as
fourth incident the visit of President
Poincare to the Russian car jus<
before the outbreak of the war.
In Germany, Mr.. Brown went on
! to tell, there could not be found
man, woman or child who does not
earnestly believe that Germany is
| engaged in mighty struggle for its
| existence, while Russia was massing
| troops along the German and Aus
trian border early in April, 1914 or
three months previous to the war.
That accounts for the surprise
given all military critics of the speed
of Russian mobilization Siberian
troops were near the German border
weeks before hostilities begun. Ger
many was not surprised; she knew
! of this and was ready. She was
/ ready, for once and for all, to set.
| tie the Slav menace to all of Europe
| She is the sole buffer between Rus
STA and the rest of Europe The
natural alliance should be England,
France and Germany, the cream of
I
most ignorant and brutal of all the
worlds governments. French re
vanche" and the English fear of
German commercial supremacy have
made these two advanced nations
the brothers in arms Of brutal Rus
STA.
Ten years ago when Servia muir
dered her own king and queen, Rus
STA stood sponsor for SerVia. The
1 V.rn 1t. -
warded the murderers with higher
military office. Russia stood sponsor
for Servia and her new king,
friend of the cars and a willing
tool
When Austria's crown prince and
his wife were foully murdered in
July, 1914, Russia again stood as
sponsor and protector of a rule of
crime. Murder and assassination are
part and parcel of Russian diplo-
macy. They are part of her un-
denied history Read the life of
Peter the Great and Empress Cath
crime. They furnish proof. In view
! of these historical facts who will
claim that Russia honestly desired
peace?
| The German nation believes that
England provoked the war between
herself and England. To the credit
had a peace party led by Sir John
Morley and John Burns. These men
| left the cabinet to protest against
England'S war upon Germany.
Belgian neutrality was merely q
pretext for England's war party led
| by SIR Grey, Winston Churchill, Ad-
mira9 Beresford and others. These
men worked up English jingo senti-
ment. They bear the blame for
Oh.
An ultimatum was delivered to the
German people. which was impos-
sible of acceptance. 1t was humil-
iating, its tone insolent. When it was
issued by England the world knew
1t was but declaration of war in
another indirect form. The war
party had won. The entire English
! fleet was ready to strike. It was sent
out to capture and destroy the de-
spised German fleet. Man proposes;
God disposes." Winston Churchill,
famous rat digger, met great sur
prise. Mid the tragedy of war,
boasting and bombast are poor
weapons.
Let me return to the direct sub
ject. 1 beg to quote Samuel G..
| Blythe as to the cause of the war.
His article appears in the Saturday
Post of November Z, 1914. He is an
American:
And what is the real cause of this
war that has transformed Europe
| Into one great battlefield and brutal
| lied civilized peoples? If we look for
| the one fundamental cause we will
| find it in the trade rivalry of two
great nations. There are no peoples
| in the world who are keener after
commercial advantage than the Eng
| lish and Germans. There Is no more
wideawake person on the globe than
an Englishman when there is a shill-
| ing to be made. Consequently when
there comes in the course of a gen.
GRAFTON another strong, keen, produce
| tive race into competition for this
| trade that the British have so la
boriously established, the English
man just naturally and fervently be-
! gins to hate the German, who is TAX
| ing from him some of the money and
| trade the Engllshman feels is his by
| right of establishment and by right
| of enforced power.
1.-THE German has been splitting the
market with him, and is in direct and
acute competition with the British
| empire, and British resent that, as is
entirely human.
THE truce between these countries
has been an armed truce for long
time. Twice in the past six years
| they have been on the brink of war.
| Go back of that. England and
France have known for years that
when this war came Germany would
! invade Belgium instead of trying to
come up through the death traps left
open for her by France.
Indeed, there was a long standing
contract between Great Britain and
France that, in case of Belgian inva-
sion by Germany. the British empire
should put into the field 10000 troops.
and that is exactly what England
did-and did before the English peo
pie knew anything of the movement
of troops
These are the facts as stated by an
| American, a famous writer and
| searcher for truth.