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The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
From, Another
Point OF Hie,D

According to the testimony. Detsc-
tive Burns said at the time Of 0lin-
mans arrest: "Mr. Gilman wiz hand
you $1,000 from his left hand coat
pocket Az Q result OF which fore
sight. Detective Burns has thus tar
escaped being changed by counsel for
the defense with larceny from the
person.
Eyerythins's going up. Now IT'S the
high cost OF testifying.
The car Of now dry Russia says
the country win never again engage
IA me liquor traffic. Meantime .
who&e lot or our good citizens here IN
Michigan intend to vote for Mr.. Far.
ris AID hand the state over to the
liquor interests. by whom he again
has been Endorsed.
Lou Rowiey. K Pluribus Unum, One
Who Knows and vox Populi must All
be written out. The split In the Re-
publican party was charged to Osborn
In the Free Press this morning by
observer" Greetings. observer"
An Item says q Detroit school jani-
tor who faces dismissal n charged
with arrogance In running things IKE
q cxar.' He's getting OF easily. He
could be charged with running things
like q janitor.
After having been arrested IL times
on larceny charges and acquitted
every time. Charles Seymour, n years.
appeared In court the thirteenth time
and was convicted. II at first you
don't succeed. try. try again.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

ragged and innocent people killed out
OF hand. In this chaos OF human re
lattons we ought to respect every bit
or self-restraint and virtue that II
left What Is true or false In the
charges In detail ] despair Of deter
mining.
But there n one fundamental fact
to be remembered-and I have not
seen the point made anywhere. simple
as IL fs-that the Germans are In the
enemy's country and the allies are
not German soldiers are In direct
contact with the homes, the women
and the industries Of the Belgians
and the French. The allies have not
burned German towns nor harmed
German women because they have
not set foot on German soil except
briefly In the Alsace. II they march
on Berlin. we shall see what we shall
see. This simple difference seems to
me to demand stay In judgment
from every fair-minded man.
A Geographical Base Essential.
A second fundamental fact 10 the
geographical location Of Germany. In
considering the charge Of militarism
and aggression this II very important,
yet ind very intelligent friends Of
mine ignorant Of the essential points.
Modern historians recognise that the
geographical base Of . nations Life
IL decisive for fts chance 20 develop
and maintain it, civilization. Az soon
a. II grows Rich and commercial Il
invites invasion. Greece, Italy and
Spain became the home base Of greet
empires because their psninsular loca-
tton and their mountain nnges fought
on their behalf.
We know how the Atlantic and Pa
cific act az our defenses. Great Brit
ain has been made by its geography.
While the continent was ravaged BY
the wars OF religion Tor . century,
and again by the Napoleonic wars,
England was not invaded. She could
build up her Industries and her en-
pire across the seas In safety. Her
island position and not her peaceful
ness have exempted her alone from
maintaining q conscrfpt army. Her
militarism expressed itself BY the size
Of her feet One by one she has
crushed every historic rival that COM
peted with her for naval supremacy
Spain, Holland. France.
While England n geographically
the safest country IN Europe, Ger
many n the most vulnerable. Study
the map and you win see that every
other great power has two other
great powers ~ immediate nsighbors;
Germany has four. She has always
had TO face the possibility that two
great powers would combine to ~
tack her: or possibly three. This
simple mathematical proposition II
fundamental In the political thinking
Of every educated German, and II any
one sees no force IN that his intellect
10 looking the other way. II Eng.
land has been night In setting up the
doctrine that England's safety r.
Quires o navy a. large as any two
navies that might combine against
her, Germany would have been right
In setting up . similar doctrine about
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

At present the danger OF partially
In our country Il overwhelming one
way. Austria and Germany are trag-
ically handicapped In presenting their
case. The German cable is cut Ger
man news sent via England Is cen
sored. The correspondents OF our pa
pers are many OF them Englishmen
working for English papers too. The
Reuter- and Havas agencies are anti
German. But even II all this were not
the case, the identity OF language
counts heavily for the English. Their
anecdotes and descriptions come with
all the flavor of familiar phrase that
appeals to our sympathy. Engiish
poems can be reprinted and awaken
the imponderable strain OF sentiment
in Us. The German poems, equally
fine, say nothing to most OF u.s. !
have before me q remarkable poem
by SHERMAN. one of the greatest
living dramatists, in which he con
trasts the frivolity, selfishness and
skepticism before the war with the
solemn seriousness and the new
faith In God born In the peril Of the
times. Such an expression might
help rs to understand the soul Of
Germany which Is being caricatured
for US by others, but the difference
In language stiles 1t.
All this constitutes an almost IN
superable odds against one side In
the struggle. Imagine o trial IN
which one side has the moor In the
courtroom, while the other side II out
on the street and can shout its state
ments only when the insiders are
willing TO open the window. II ID Inn
possible TO be fair unless one makes
q determined effort TO be fair and TO
give extra candid attention to every
thing that reaches us on behalf OF
Austria and Germany.
This article Is to serve that pur-
pose. I may say that while ! am Of
German descent, I have close relar
lions to France and England. have
relatives and dear friends fighting on
both sides. ! have keen sympathy
for France and Belgium. There Is
not q nation at war which has not
some justification and some spiritual
values at stake, and I think could
make out a fairly strong case for any
one Of them But because the case
for Austria and Germany n under.
stated and obscured at present, /
should like TO state few really
fundamental points Of view which
help to explain their position.
With Regard 70 the Atrocities.
First, as to the atrocities. We
have probably all begun to realize
that we must make large deductions
for willful lying. and still more for
fha fneyftable eYa19eration I'm timea
Of excitement, bitterness and fear.
But for my part find nothing In
credible In the worst charges-cruel
destruction by Germans, assassina
ton By Belgians, mutilation BY Rus
slams and French Turkos. When We
reverse the first lay Of morality and
make II duty to kill, the rest OF
the decalogue tumbles after II !
suppose there has never been q war
In which women have not been out,
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

England becaues they knew more and
worked harder. Germany has only
two good ports to connect her with
the Atlantic ocean, but on that slen-
der base she built up q carrying trade
that covered the oceans with a net
work OF lines. She built a navy to
protect them and built ships more
cheaply and swiftly than the English
could.
Remember that this German COM
mercial invasion found England In
possession OF the markets and all the
choice colonial possessions. Conse-
quently every forward move OF Ger
many Jared and angered English In.
terests. That was only human. Eng
land Is the greatest imperialistic pow
er In the world. and Its possessions
were acquired In all sorts Of ways,
but always with q strong right arm.
This was "England's historic mis-
sion" But when Germany began to
pick up remnants OF the earth that
England had not considered worth
while. II was aggression.
For such causes as this nations
have always sooner or later fought.
Nations rarely fight for moral issues
alone; always Tor material interests
complicated with moral questions.
England II right IN condemning the
violation OF Belgian neutrality. but
do not believe she would have gone
to war II France had violated Swiss
neutrality. The possible occupation
OF the Belgian ports by her worst
rival was another matter. She feels
now that she must protect the small
states: yet she crushed the Beer re-
publics with such brutal aggression
that great numbers Of the best Eng
lishmen protested. Her ally, Russia,
Is the great devourer of peaceful
China Her other ally, Japan, 10 now
using Chinese territory for war pur-
poses against the protest OF China.
Does England get excited about that?
In many conversations with lead
ing men In Germany found that
they were bitter against England be-
cause they foresaw that England
would let her French allies take the
real sufferings Of war, while she took
its possible gain. Poor France 10 be
ing devastated: all her available men
are lighting. England IN safe: she
has less than 100000 men on the
held; before her own resources are
fairly tapped, she 10 importing col.
onial. troops, Russians and Asiastics
to help her. Her great feet has not
taken single risk against the Ger
man ports. The long Baltic coast
line Of Germany has been untroubled;
the Baltic has been left as a German
lake. believe the Germans are
fighting France without anger this
time: only with pity, a. . matter OF
necessity. Against the English they
feel differently.-From the Congrega,
tionalist and Christian World.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

her army. What looks like aggres-
siye militarism on the part OF Ger.
many IL In large part the bitter need
OF self-defense. Every fair-minded
man should make due allowance FOR
this fundamental fact Her army IL
her wall. Nature has given her none.
For 43 years she has had the best
army In Europe, and has never used
lit nor gained foot OF soil In Europe
during that time.
Germany and England.
Another fact I should Like to ex-
plain--German hostility to England.
There IL no doubt that the feeling
against England has been tense for
years and the conviction prevailed
that some time the matter would
have to be fought out. Now. our re-
lations to England for many years
have been SO close and friendly, we
feel such deep admiration for her
power, her Literature. her historic
liberties, that instinctively We feel
that the attitude OF Germany Ia nn-
reasonable. dangerous, Vicious and
provocative of war. We have for
gotten how Johns face looks when
he IL crowded. We knew when he
stopped American ships to press the
sailors before 1912. and when he
tried to turn our capital Into . COW
pasture.
No one sees the present war fairly
who does not apply the doctrine OF
economic determinism to the align
ment of the powers. Up to 1870 Ger.
many was q disorganized crowd OF
small states: II had no fieet, no COM
mon diplomatic or commercial policy.
At that time England was kind and
contemptuous. When Germany was
united through the war with France,
It slowly learned team work. II ap-
Piled more scientific intelligence and
trained ability TO Its work than any
nation on the earth. While we have
been plundering our soil and while
great parts of England have drifted
out of cultivation. Germany has cult
waited even her moorlands and plant
ed her hills with paying forests. She
maintains $1,000, 900 people on an area
smaller than Texas, and much OF 1t
poor land.
When England became q modern
Industrial nation. great parts Of her
working class were pauperized In the
process. Germany passed through
the same transition but lifted her
working class with her. She has put
q firm hand on her rnillionaires and
a protecting arm about her working
class, 90 that very few Of them now
care to emigrate to our. country. Her
great cities are 80 clean. beautiful
and safe that English cities--and even
Paris--iook slatternly beside them.
They have cut out graft, they tax land
values and practice public Ownership.
The per capita debt Of France II is
times a. great ~ that Of Germany.
Nor has this development been only
material. In. almost every element
OF the higher life Germany leads the
world. In creative science and phil
osophy every scholar knows that this
r. true. In music Paderewsh says
abe stands In o class By herself. In
Intellectual spirituality the Germans
compare with the English and Amert
cans ~ the Greeks compared with
the Romano
0srmany's Commercial outreaoh-
Now imagine this highly eh1cient
team work invading the outside world
German exports grew. German busi-
ness men pushed young Englishmen
out Of their once chairs even 10
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
Nothing Permanent

pearance. yes. sub, my health 10
better. suh." he said; but there's
nothing permanent about Il, sub:
nothing permanent
An expedient OF taxation may serve
as medicine for the liquor trafac. II
may momentartly bolster the health
OF the liquor trafic's system" But
there's nothing permanent about Il.
sub; nothing permanent-"-Kansas
City Star.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

At one Of the New England univer-
stiles there was . rather conceited
undergraduate who was silly enough
on one occasion to attempt to chaff
q member Of the faculty who, IN the
youths opinion. envincsd too marked
Q devotion to the works Of Herbert
Spencer.
do you know" the youth said to
his preceptor. Il hold rather con-
tempt for Spencer"
Il greatly fear, young man." was
the response, that your contempt
has not been bred by familiarity. -
Lippincott's.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

About the strongest remaining sup
Dort Of the liquor traffic is the revenue
(hot Il pays society-the localities.
~ state and the nation
n But a. to this support one IL re-
{nlnded OF the old gentleman of a
1oeouri town who was hypochon-
|r1nc. A doctor had made him feel
1cod IN spite OF himself. A friend
6cngratuiated him on his better ap-
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
Let the People Rule
land Write

More Sacrifice For Principle.
70 the Editor Of TIE Times:
! have been reader OF your pa
per good many years, and always
thought The Times fair and Just
newspaper. l realize that The Times
has lost thousands OF dollars through
not accepting liquor or fake medical
ads, but has made many more friends.
But. Id sooner see liquor and fake
medical ads. decorating your paper,
than those dirty cartoons that you
are now running on your rront page.
I never thought The Times would
fali SO low IS II has In the past three
months, using methods that the
cheapest politician would refuse to
use. Mr.. Ferris has proved to be an
able, fearless and faithful governor.
and Is deserving Of holding the posi-
ton again.
In 1912. The Times supported him.
and It looks az II The Times mas
double-crossed the people and not Mr..
Ferris, as your cartoons show.
l have come TO the conclusion that
any paper that shows q lack Of de-
cency and justice, a. The Timss mas
shown. IL no paper for my home. so
wish you would discontinue my sub.
scription ut the end Of the present
month. have always recomme ended
The Times az . clean newspaper. to
my friends. but can't do Il now with,
out deceiving them.
FRED GREINER.
71eh Csnton-ave.. Oct 81. 1914.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
HALL WE RETURN TO WARNERISM?
BOSS RULE GAVE US NARNERISNMl

Gov the charge which has
- against when he points Republican
Mature md says: "They did it."
IL theyv did ii, the governor did il, also.
They without the aid Of the
supporters mentioned frequently in the
"a how nicely he and the Legislature got together
couldn't have what did d the has said without
lid Of the Republicans"
Neither could the Republicans have they spend
l1ifs without the aid Of the governor
years ago Osborn found Michigan $s5oOoo in debt
Hs ct once correcting condition. by asking
U tax levy but insisting rigid economy In every branch
y ths service
when he years ago. $65O000 indebted
m1 he left $1,176,98952 in the treasury.
The total state under Osborn $11,s75,s4s25
Under they have been $47ls,74889 WHICH BY FAR
MGGEsT TAX EVER LEVIED THE STATE and exceeds that
n1r Osborn BY $274s,ssse4
This means the
nearly 100000 proves administration the
pa EXPENSIVE in the whole history Of Michigan.
These are figures supplied
claim that unfair charge the with sxava
Soe without giving the particulars
And they are figures reply
IN crippled state cutting appropriations
The the Osborn only $s000O while the Of
Ferris expense 0sborns 81 ,s6S, 39864
appreciated for the immediate urgent necessities for
IT. institutions BY Osborn
matter Osborn took Office conviction
h time conviction expressed BY Ferris that the good
q the tzpyen being thrown away in the state institutions
cold for chair politicians in soft jobs and with
I'D il the Legislature when Osborn took hold in Lansing
ob them nothing because he took Office FREE and
IKE governor
40 s wosKERs who for 50 long had stood with their let IN Ss
q 81 Osborn took office pledged to political gang.
pledged himself people he WOULD PRACTICE
DONOMY FOR THEM, and he kept his word.
By KEEPING WORD made and they
- II evidence in this campaign helping him. feel almost certain
~ their opposition.
these fellows deliver the votes again. this time for Ferris
did in this state the voeSwappng Of Wame then there
M been much progress BY Of enlightened electorate
The state faces today return Of Warnem the
ca and the liquor interests Woodbridge n Ferris
eeted ELECTION POLITICAL BOSSES AND
m LIQUOR MTERESTS-dencany the crowd both parties
h brought extravaganza mmanagement and corruption
- government
vsf1eim.
Il truth to the rich compliment paid Mr. Osborn fensd
on Of the procaptam and reaconay Republican
"a q such asnt corpoons MaoHaughon Blodg Campbell and
C the finest tribute accorded the unaad governor
- sntagonm of Fred Warner the compliant
oehine Repubcansm hy-word and missing in Michigan.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

Another Subscriber Disaorsss
With uo.

TO the Editor Of TIE Tsmss: y.
When I subscribed for your paper I
thought It was q clean paper. don't
like the way you are using our gov.
ernor. I am Democrat and i think
he 70 the best governor Michigan has
had In many years. and II live will
vote for him. You have rot the last
dollar you ever win get from me for
your paper. N. OSBORN.
Cement City, Mich. Oct ~, 1914,
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
Be Fair to Germany

Plea For Open mindedness
BY RAuscHENeuscH Theological Seminary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-26
TRAIN ARRIVES WITH
BLOOD MARKS ON ENGINE
Man and Woman Instantly Killed
When r., +. & y. Express
Strikes Buggy.

Blood marks on the front of his giant
machine informed Engineer Thomas
Brown, of train No 81, of the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad, Thursday night of an acct
dent that had occurred somewhere
north of Richmond.
lnvcstig talon showed that n colored
man and his wife had been killed near
Halls Lane, just north of Milford.
about 8 o'clock. 1t is said that the
driver had left the crossing and was
proceeding north on the southhound
track, and was thirty feet from the
crossing when the buggy was struck.
The buggy was hurled from the tracks,
the horse was killed and the man and
woman must have died immediately
The body of one was found sixty feet
from the railroad tracks, and the body
of the other lay twenty feet away
Engineer Brown knew nothing Of the
accident until his train pulled into
Richmond. when the blood bespattered
front of the engine disclosed the trag-
edy which occurred. Investigation was
begun Immediately. and the bodies Of
the victims were found The name OF
the man and his wife was Morton, and
they lived near Paiges.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-26
KILLED IN STREET FIGHT
Thomas Richardson, t0lorcd, Shot al
Beech mud thniIin streets

During street fight ~ Bcoch and
Chafhu Streets carly Yesterday morn
Tag Thomas NChardson coIOrcd. WI.
snot to death hy q negro said to nav.
r"ei. Frank James. James wns titE.n
rom house a, 1905 cnann Strc.. nv
Patrolnan Whitlock after tr.c.
tight with John James. "a brother. .loI,n
James was also arrested by tn, o,,iccr
on charge Of Interfering Win tn.
policeman, and was ycstc day lined s..
and costs IN the Police court IN.
case against FRANK James was .up.
'inued Unit! December 30 James ,.,a
shot during the hrawl 10y either IIrh-
afaAcn or an unknown negro. ,ho me-
formation secured by Policemen WIft-
lock and WIS and D.tecriy. y-ly
Earying on this point. BON mon ,i,
SAID TO have drawn their rcyoly.rs ..ut
hred after few romarks haG h.,r
passso between them, but as thor.
we're number Of negroes on the sr..,,,.
II is not known whether Ricla-,s,
shot James OF whether the SHOT ,y-,
fired b. the dead mans frioI.a ,,,,
was with him The coroncrs NAM,
over the body OF Richardson vif -.
held in the City Hall this morni,,a
il O'Clock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-26
JEWS ARE IN SYMPATHY
WITH CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
believe 1t IE True Expression OF the
Teaching of Their
Faith,

The Jews are thoroughly in syinpa thy
with the Christmas spirit Of happiness,
peace and good cheer, for such a spirit
Is true expression Of the teachings
of their faith, according to assertions
made last night at Beth Ahabah Syna-
gogue by DR.. T.. =. Calisch. Ills subject
was The Synagogue at Christmas"
and he said that there is no denying
that the synagogue, as well as prac-
tically everything else, is deeply in
huenced by the celebration Of Christ
mas
What should be the attitude of the
Synagogue to Christmas. and what has
been the effect Of the Christmas cele-
brations?" asked the speaker. Shall
we yield to the observation of Christ
mas, or shall we oppose It? We do
yield. Jews participate nearly as fully
In the observation of Christmas AS do
Christians"
After he had discussed the origin and
history Of Christmas observance, DR..
Calishch said that Christmas has out
grown the church, and Is now observed
by individuals, and Is consequently an
out-pouring Of a true spirit of Peace
on earth and good will toward men,
He said that it is just this spirit that
the synagogue is striving to foster.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-26
BODY OF SUICIDE BURIED
DURING SNOWSTORM
Rev. Russell Cecil Conducts Funeral of
Miss Elizabeth Smith, Who Lenpcd
40 Feet to Dcath.
"Redeemed"

n hearse, bearing the body of Miss
Elizabeth Smith, and followed by five
carriages, wendell it's way through the
snowstorm of Christmas morning to
the grave in Hollywood Cemetery
where the body of the young woman
who jumped from window on the
tenth floor of the Mutual Building
Wednesday afternoon, was buried. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Russell Cecil, d. D., of the Second
Presbyterian Church, in the Offices of
Undertaken J.. I. Christian at 10
o'clock
The mother OF the suicide and two
OF her sisters were unable to come TO
Richmond for the funeral. but two
brothers and another sister were pres
emit They will leave for their respec-
tive homes in few days. II is said
While in the city they have been stop
ping with Mrs. Laura Bigger, IL South
Fifth Street, where Miss Smith had
been boarding for some months
Miss Smith leaped from the window
Of woman's waiting room Oh the
tenth floor Of the Mutual Building late
Wednesday, afternoon within a few
feet of Main Street. crowded with
throngs of Christmas shoppers. Her
body struck an iron railing In the court
on the western side of the building and
rcbounded to an areaway some ten
distance of the entire fall was some
100 feet. The body was badly crushed
and several articles of jewclry worn
by the young woman at the .ime were
shattered to pieces. Death is said tC
have been instantaneous. Dependency
caused by i'll health. is the reason given
for the suicide.