Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-28
for Horrors Of
War Now Ravaging Europe
Rests Upon Enemies of
Kaiser Says Statement,
INVOKE JUSTICE OF
GOD IN THEIR CAUSE
VitrioIc Arraignment by %
Leading Churchmen of leu
tonic Empire Made Public
IN New York,


New York. Sept. 27-The federal
council of churches made public to-
night communication received
from twenty-five Protestant church
men of Germany repudiating in be-
half of German Christianity and the
German government responsibility
for the European war and fixing up
on those who have long secretly and
cunningly been spinning a web of
against Germany which
now they have flung over as in order
to strangle us therein.
Strong Plea for Germany.
The communication is address
ed to the Evangelical Churches
Abroad"
Its warlike tone" says a statement
issued by the federal council. and
vigorous denuaciation of Germanys
opponents is a matter of considerable
surprise to members of the council. a
systematic network of conspirators, ="
the communication reads, controlling
the International telegraph services is
endeavoring In other lands to cast up
on our people and its government the
guilt for the outbreak of this war and
has dared to dispute the inner right
of us and our emperor to invoke the
assistance of Cod
f3 Years Of Peace.
The communication proceeds to
point to Germanys forty-three years
of peace and to her material develop
ment "in friendly competition with
other people, and declares that only
under compusion to repel a wanton
act has she now drawn the sword
Her frontier threatened. Germany
was compelled TO protect herself
"from being ravaged by Asiatic bar
barism." IL Is declared.
Defending Existence.
"Over against a world in arms,
the communication continues, we
recognize clearly that we have to de-
fend our existence, our individuality,
our culture and our honor. No scru-
pie holds back our enemies, where in
their opinion there is a prospect
through our destruction of seizing for
themselves an economic advantage or
an increase of power, fragment OF
our motherhood. our colonial possess
sions or our trade.
Put Trust in God.
we stand over against the raging
of the peoples, fearless because of our
trust in the holy and righteous God.
Precisely because this war has been
thrust upon us wantonly II finds us
a single people in which distinctions
OF race and rank. of parties and con-
fessions have vanished. In a holy
not shrinking from battle
and from death. and looking to God,
we are all of one mind and prepared
.taif "A
and for our liberty"
Outruees Against Germans.
Ii Is declared that ''unnameable
horrors have been committed against
Germans living peaceably abroad, y
and that Into the war which the car
has openly proclaimed as the decisive
against Teutonsm and
Professionalism, heather Japan is now
called under the pretext of an alli-
ance.
"Not for the sake of our people,
whose sword is bright and keen, but
for the sake OF the unique world task
Of the Christian people in the decisive
hour of the world mission, we now
address ourselves to the evangelical
Christians abroad in neutral and IN
imical lands.
Cunt In Otnefs.
IF the peoples among whom mis-
sions and brotherly love had begun
to be a power lapse into savagery in
murderous war through hate and bat
terness; If an incurable rent has been
made in Teutonic Professionalism; II
Christian Europe forfets a notable
portion of her position in the world;
il the sacred springs from which her
peoples should derive their own lie
and be able to offer 1t to others are
and choked, the guilt OF
this rests, not on our peoples.
I'VE know full well that through
this sanguinary judgment God is call
ing our nation to repentance, and we
ioice that she is hearing His holy
voice and turning TO Him. But in THIS
we know that we are alone with the
Christians among our people, that We
can and must repudate on their be-
half Of their government the respon-
sibility for the terrible crime of this
war and all its consequence for the
development of the kingdom of God
on earth"