The chronicle=news., 1914-08-14
FAIR PLAY FOR GERMANY

The war in Europe broke like bolt clear sky two
weeks The great crisis precrtated by Austria and serva
The hand and had Russia
manifested its attitude in defense Of the weaker power than the
Kaiser Europe issued formal declaration of war
which involved the other nations Just that minute seemed the
united press of America turned against the Germans
There good deal of merit in the comment that the EN-
William has for been agang war and hence the
Kaiser lost time uneang the German dogs over the aus
triaServa mxup but would that the American press has
been inclined the of Germany at step of the
road .r.. r..-..
Germany pecpitating the general
fray ally of the dual
archy member the triple alliance Germany bearing the
brunt the fighting throwing her brave soldiers OF the Father
land against the united forces of British French and Begians and
making good of herself Germany acted as nation with
interests protect party to aid her aes IN
developed when Austria declared Serva
all fairness the Germans it is well reproduce part Of
article by Hugo Muenseburg which comments the
situation and the that the Kaiser has played He says
rs really possible doubt that Emperor William desired
nothing but honorable with all the wod For rs he
for than all the European societies together and
howSr often the world seemed at the verge OF war his versatile
mind verd the danger He knew too well and the whole German
people knew too well that the incompatible cultural and indus
trial growth the nation the foundation of the empire
would be horribly threatened by the risks Of Can any sane
really believe the slander that long prepared game
which in which Germany would wuy
force the furies of into the Russian realm.
this every van and all good will or
doomed because the between the onrung Slavic
world and the German world had force
The struggle between the two civilizations imminent and
where historic world conflict arises the will Of individuals
crushed until they the will the nations The Savs Of the
southeast the servian had defeated their the Turks
inevitable that their strength should push them to ambi
tous plans that they should aim toward new
Slavic which would border the and embrace
Austra Slavic That had the end Of Austria
the crumbng of its historic Such passionate
c lead explosions Servans
killed the arhduke That Ausa opportunity for effort
crush the power which aimed toward its downfall But it
less historically that the largest Slavic nation that the
Russians should feel that Servias their Russia
knew well that while had recovered from the wounds of the jap
the Slavic strength still unequal to that of the Ger
nations but it knew also that could Frances latent
longing itself for Alsace and Engands rumbng
jealousy the great German rival in the worlds markets At
last the chances seemed splendid to strike the long delayed blow of
the Slavic world against the German The unable to
the gigantic of the hour his modified
against both Austria and Germany
rs there really in blaming the German
for actually declaring warwhen the Russian hostile preparation
evident before its slow mobilization completed and before
Germany such loss of had been brought certain desruc
ton Four times he urged the abstain from the moving