Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-10
SHAW AGAINST THE WORLD.

Its surprising how big row man can stir up particularly in war time, by telling the blunt trutL Bernard Shaw the brilliant Irish dramatist and critic a storm center in England and America a resu of his free comment on the war Most Eugishme. would undoubtedly like to hang him. Most Aemricans without looking into his offense or following his lin of reasoning content themselves with calling him az fool Nearly everybody concerned fails to do jus toe to this who doesn't give a hang whether the do him justice or not
 To the writer shaw's interpretation of the particularly interesting aside ing quality is more nearly neutral than anything have had from any prominent writer in England Ger many France.
 Shaw being man without country Iris exile in London with natural prejudice against Euglan, and the wit and temper of cosmopolitan, succeeds getting outside the purely British view He tn various combatants pretty much alike His peryer1 method is be impartially discourteous and unsymp thetic toward all them That what makes all th parties feel like pooling their prejudioes long enough shaw's throat Nations war arc logical
 American readers need not get mad Shaw satire blind themselves what he is really drl ing at in this serious war business
 Shaw condemns his own country for hyprocrisy It's vehement assertions of self righteousness He eo demns all the powers alike for their blatant mlitarisl for their competition of armament and their rovcren the soldiers trade ridioales the pretensions Sir Edward Grey the British foreign secretary and ridicules just pungenuy the Kaiser "wi.h the k gloves he called mailed fists and the high class anoi ing he called shining amor"
 The "Jnkers" have been rampant and rantsnke GUS in England be points out as we'll as in Prussi' France herself has rattled the sword French mil tarism assassnaed great socialist statesman All the powers expected war, he explains and all c them invited it. The chief foes have been and are Ger many and Great Britain whose senseless commercial yalry given the mitarist haters both countrie false cause of quarrel
 While blaming an however Shaw holds German chiefly responsible 'In the end his Che Kaisers) tai snd his games soldiers in preparation for toy cor quest of the world frightened his neighbors into league against him; and that league has now caugh Tim in just such trap his strategists were layin for his neighbors" He tried avoid the trap, then a, cepted the sitaton and dashed his enemies with nfatuate courage unworthy of the Hohenzonarn tr ditions"
 Away then, with hypocrtcal pretense! Shaw bein unconditional lacking he>preludco o patriotism analy' ing the thing abstracty, condemning an but Belgur (and blaming the allies nearly much Germany 10 Belgiuns misforunes) decides that the only way ou of 1t now is to lick Germany
 "All attempts" he says, "to represent his a anything higher significant than quite simple primitive of the pugnacity that bullies and t rugnacy that will not be pulled is foredoomed to tn dersion of history. We in England fighting" no as he British government insists, account Of the Be gia treaty broke by Germany but Ito show the Prussar that they shall trample on neighboI if we can help it, and that if they foo's enough make fighting efficiency the test of civilization, " can play that game as destructive they"
 Germany then must be defeated more in sorro than in anger Having pummeed the Kaiser into harr essness Che allies insist "spiteul humili tious and e1actons, which would not seriously cripp Germany and would make bad blood between for whole generation our own great inconvenience, U happiness disgrace and loss We and France have live with Germany after the and tho sooner maj up our minds to 5do 1t generously, the better.
 England and France alone win the decis' victory ifpossble, and sheye Russia Let Russia ta Che slav part of Ausria-Eiungay if she will, and q Polish part of Prussia Let France take AlsaceLC raine Lei Belgium be set free from German rule l.