Evening journal., 1914-12-29
Says THE GERMANS
Will Be STRANGbED
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the task of driving the cntrenched Ger
mans out Of France and Belgium will
be slow The invasion of Germany it.
self must OF necessity be a task of vast
dimensions. Ask me ii ] think the ne
cessary army can be raised by voluntary
service. Personally, 1 don't. Remem-
Der that you could not do so in 1861.
My personal belief is that we shall be
Obliged TO adopt conscription, as you
eventually did. We regard our strug-
gle with the same intensity as both the
South and the North did in 1861. The
lighting we did 100 years ago against
Napoleon, against the domination OF
Europe by a military oligarchy. We
shall fight all with all the resources Of
our manhood, our shipyards, our wealth,
our British tenacity. We viii go under
rather than give in.
Nou ask me can Germany be strangled
and the war ended by starvation and
attrition. I believe it can, but the pro-
cess will be one of years rather than OF
months. Germany is solf-supporting
country in almost every article neces-
sary for war and for the support OF
her unfortunate people.
Need No American Defense Board.
Some American friends have urged
that we establish in Washington some
rival organization similar TO that OF
Ambassador BerntOrff, DR.. Dernberg.
and the German-American brewers
and other moulders of public opinion
Tor the purpose of informing the
American people regarding the Brit
ish attitude. But our case, in my Opin-
ion, needs no such effort The bully
ing of Belgium. the huge sums de-
manded from French towns in black
mail, the killing of women and chill
dren at ScarborOugh-nOt as the Ger
mans pretend in a fortress. but in
seaside resort like Atlantic City-the
dropping of bombs on Paris from
which has been stopped
owing to American intervention-not
10 mention LOuvain. Malines, etc. all
provide us with all of the answers we
require to German militarism. NV
French friends tell me that they have
no intention whatever of replying to
Germany's accusations in the United
states. They will rely entirely on
American fair play and American
friendship for the nation that came to
their help in the war of the Revolu-
ton. Russia regards with disdain the
Rus German attacks in the United
States, and so far as the Japanese are
concerned, Americans must admit that
they have kept strictly to the letter Of
their agreements with the allies.
As seen from this side Of the At
lantic, the German efforts to frighten
Americans seem crude. I don't re-
member any time in American history
when your people have been frighten-
cd. You are told to beware of Brit
ish naval domination. You are to he
careful lest the tiny japanese nation
attack you in the Pacific. Americans
are well aware of the size of the Eng
lish navy and they know that for 100
years it has been friendly to them.
Any japanese that | have been ac-
quainted with was cOgnizant of the
latent power of the United States.
They know that Americans, like the
English, are generally unprepared
for war, but that, being once aroused.
they will carry their wars to the
finish
Wants No Patched-uD Peace.
1t is no doubt disappointing TO
English and American business men
to learn that there are people like
myself who regard this gigantic
struggle as a matter of years rather
than months, but from the most
sordid point of view it is better that
the world should be rid of this
menace to its peace once for all rather
than to have some sort of patched-up
peace treaty or compromise which
would merely allow the Germans to
fall back for another spring.
The part played by Americans IN
this war has aroused much en-
thusiasm over here. The only new
determining factor in warfare is the
aeroplane. the invention of Wilbur
and Orville Wright, of Dayton, Ohio.
Your ambassador at Berlin, Gerard,
your late ambassador to Paris, Her
rick. have earned the thanks of the
allies and even Of Germany. Your
gifts to our Red Cross, your hospital
ship. your American ambulance in
Paris. your Santa Claus ship. have
evidenced American sympathy and ef-
ficiency
We have been extraordinary pa
tient In Great Britain about war, so
patient that numbers of our people
had begun to think that the day of
wars was over. The Kaiser and his
caviling agent, Prince Henry, duped
the members of our governments,
diplomatists, business men, univer-
sity professors in both our country
and yours while he perfected this ma
chine of his. Some of his satellites
really persuaded themselves that this
military monster of war engine was
an engine of pQace Others on both
sides of the Atlantic were highly plac
ed toadies whose views were entirely
twisted by favor of the royal smile
1t is fortunate that the German army
and the present German government
have produced no Bismark, no Won
MOltke, no Won Room. It is a superb
organization with no brains at the
top A Bismarck would have known
that Canada would have rushed to the
help of the mother country with its
wonderful supply of men, war mate
rial and money. A Bismarck would
have at least one strong friend
among the neutral nations. The Ger
man soldiers have proven themselves
possessed of magnificent courage and
the story of the death of Admiral Won
Spec and his two sons in the battle
off the Falkland Islands, has aroused.
! am sure. almost as much sympathy
in England as in Germany. The al
lies have foes worthy of their steel
and the fine flower of England will
be sent forth against the war lord in
aid of France. Belgium. Russia.
Servia. Montenegro and Japan, with
affection and enthusiasm by the moth
prg and sisters Of ENGLAND buf with