The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-21
INTERESTING VIEW
Of WAR NEWS
AND WAR
Semi-0fficial Statement by
German Charge in New
York Shows Utter Isolation
Of the Empire.

Tho second issue af The Father
land e weekly maelzine being is
sued by the German Of Ncw York.
to the end of 'fair play for Germany
ana Austria carrie r. leading ar
ticlc hy Hanicl Won Halmhauscn.
German charge daffnircs In New
YORK, which throw nm interesting
light ON the German Wow o. the
war. tho war itself. war news. and
ftrikiugiy illustrates the complete h..
olati"n of. the great German empire
The article BIS entitled THE silence
of Germany and follows.
The Inconvenience from which the
American public suffers IN not de-
irving direct Information from GER
man sources ls mo- greater than the
Inconvenience thus u.gasioned To the
German government itself. Tho Ger
man cable has been cut. An other
cable connections are Boa English
hands. The British government not
merely ccnsors ala Cables but entirely
refuses transmission OF message adj
dressed Co Germauy. Tho direct
wireless connection ny way Of say
willie and Tuckcrtou ls irregular. tt
BE- to be- hoped. however. that an inn
proyemeut Is soon Co uo mnde. To-
day, Thursday, the first Ineligible
telegram had been received from
Germany by way of Tuckcrton. !
have asked the state department 60
use lis influence TINT thc present in
co%nycnicnces be eliminated or at
least amclioratcd. lu the first case.
~ course, I desire Co communicate
with my government by code.
II "a reliable direct connection with
Germany Is restored. American busi-
ness men with commercial Conucc-
tons iu Germany. and Americans
with relatives abroad, will be much
.elicycd from worry.
II Is inevitable that during n mo-
b~ilization on a grand scale the nom
comhatauts should Doc inco~yenienc-
ed. The exclusive use OF railroads 20
the frontier, howcycr. by an expedl-
%tionary force seldom lasts moro han
about two weeks, The excited inn
pressions of newspaper correspond
ents involved In thc advance OF q
great army will be- corrected by the
evidence OF the thousands Of visitors
40 Germany who can go about their
affairs, except at strategic points. or
course those who are discovered with
maps that would b. useful To- an en-
envy must expect n rigid scrutiny of
their effects il they attract the atten-
ton Of the police. The visitors 20
Bad Nauhefm OF other Watering
places will perhaps detect little TO
suggest that a great war Is raging
on the frontier They will take their
baths and their waters AS usual. UNI
disturbed by bloodshcd ana UNI
plagued by unnecessary inyasions of
their personal rights.
Germany has much 10 gain boy the
fullest ana froest interpretations OF
herself To- tho American people. self
interest alon" ur.es her 60 commune
cate with the rest Of the world and
especially with tho United states.
The anxiety of Germany not 90 be-
misinterprcted ia attested by tho
elaborate machinery called into being
Tor the Interchange Of ideas between
the two nations. There Fan be no
military or diplomatic reason FOR a
silence that is even more irksomc 70
Germany than il is 60 Americans.
For there Is no military or diplomatic
reason why she should not communi-
cate with her own embassy. Yet
since the bcsinuing OF the war !
have not been able 20 receive "a single
official message. Up TO this time
there has been no authentic news Of
the wal whatsoever. Everything
that has been printed Is based on
surmlse or on Information distorted
In London. brussels or Paris. When
authentic details concerning recent
events in Germany hav been sup
piled 10 tho embassy they will be
communicated at once TO the public.