Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-28

or has often done much in removing
the heavy war clouds which had gath
cred at various times over Europe 1t
is imperative for Germany to keep a
large army owing to her exposed loca-
ton in the center of Europe and con-
sidering the growing inimical feeling
against her on the part of France, Eng
land and Russia during the last ten
years. II it were not for her strong
army Germany would have been at
tackled long before this. 1t would not
have occurred now If England had not
promised her support to France and
Russia, who have not even refrained
from openly referring to the time
when they would be ready for joint
attack on Germany.
Unfortunately European affairs
have never been discussed very fully in
the American press, and therefore
these matters are little known TO the
American people. and whatever news
has been sent out from Europe has
originated mostly in England and
France. The Americans, excepting
those who have resided in Germany,
do not understand the German people.
They hear a great deal about the war
lord and pan-Germanism as described
by General Bernhard and others, and
probably many believe that whole of
Germany is a military camp and
that one of the principal occupations
of the Germans is to make plans for
attacking their neighbors and to con-
quer the whole world. They do not
realize the great strides Germany has
made in science, art, industry and
commerce, as well as in legislation for
the benefit of her laborifg classes, nor
are they aware of the military service
which was started over a hundred
years ago by Scharnhorst and Gneise-
nau has a most beneficial effect on the
physical and mental development OF
the male population and that the views
expressed by General Bernhard and
few others on panG ermanism ana the
impossibilty of stopping warfare are
in no way accepted by the military
and other leaders Of the nation. Ger
many has fewer analaphabets than any
other country In the world the same
amounting to only 5 per cent.
THE German people are always in
favor of peace as long as the same
can be upheld with honor. The at
lacks upon the German emperor are
entirely uncalled for, he being today
the most popular person in Germany,
as all parties, even the Social Demo-
Gratis, feel fully convinced that the en-
peror has done everything in his pow
er to avoid war Today all Germans
are fighting shoulder to shoulder for
their fatherland Alongside the labor
fnig classes you find artisans, stu
dents, professors of science, ministers
of the gospel, physicians, artists. mer-
chants, members of the nobility,
princes and reigning seyereigns. all,
filled with enthusiasm for just cause
and ready to sacrifice their lives IL need
be. German patriotism is further eyi.
denced by the success of the recent
war loan, about $1,100, 000, 900 having
been subscribed, of which $3.50, O00, 900
has already been paid in.
One of the most influential men of
the United States says that Great
Britain owes It that she Is not in worse
plight than Belgium today solely to the
fact that with farsighted wisdom her
statesmen have maintained her navy
at the highest point of efficiency. How
about the farsighted wisdom of the
statesmen OF Germany who have pro-
vided strong army and navy In order
TO save the state from destruction by
the simultaneous attack Of many pow.
srful nations? ! presume they deserve
no credit, but must be condemned as
believing In milltarism, and the whole
world is to be called upon to take a
stand against them. Some writer even
claims that militarism is a greater
LANCER than barbarism because it can.
lot be educated, while barbarism can,
which simply shows that he has very
little knowledge of German culture
md national life. What real barbarism
8 Germany has had ample opportunity
u experiencing during the present
var. Not only have the Belgians
committed the most awful crimes
against German residents in Brussels
and Antwerp and later on against Ger