New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-09
"THE DAY" OF GERMANY HAS
COME.


To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Informed Americans 90 no.
need telling that the only cause OF I'M
dreadful war was the pan uetnlan'c
dream Of the conquest and SUBJ ugauon
of the world. The GROWING intamy -
70 Mace the blame on England Lohs
vears before our understanding Win
France il WAS not possible 70 visit any
mart of the continent of Europe WIN
ont hearing from the lips OF herman
officers that a European corhagrau0E
was on its way and that England ~ould
be wiped off the map. When reques'eu
70 saw what we had done amlss TO merit
"a great a punishment the only answer
we could get was, "You have no army
This is the precious gospel mlSh'
against right which Germans nave
been preaching since 1870. In tne
nrosecution of this war the real Cd
iective was not France but England
More than decade ago they were col
Letting pence in German schools IN
money boxes shaped like battlesh p''
with Help Us to fight England n
scribed on them. Their dreadnougnts
said TO have been built for the pro-
lection Of their trade, Junction
which they would be powerless to per
form have coal carrying capacity ohly
sufficient for operations in the Nortn
Sea, They flooded our country win
spies. There was a German army d
occupation, computed al hundred
thousand men, ready to assist at the
landing Of a force on our shores under
cover of the guns of their mammoth
battleships. They made no secret or
their intentions. German military men
of the first rank published tones on
how the e,facement of England could
he ACCOMPLISHED. Our offers made re-
peatedlv TO call a halt and so relieve
both countries of a part, at least, OF
the crushing burden Of growing arma-
ments were rejected with derlSion.
German soldiers and sailors never
parted without drinking 10 THE Day
And. sir. what was the attitude of our
politicians 10 the German menaCe! !
They could not bring themselves to be-
lieye that Germany would be so base as
TO make war on England without a
cause. SO remote was such posslbii-
ity that they exchanged the strategic
position Of Helgoland for the treeless
waste of Zanzibar. Although urged by
that distinguished soldier and patrlo',
evitable. they still went dreaming on.
The history Of the world can furnish
no more tragic spectacle than that OF
the aged Lord Roberts making unaval-
ing appeals to his country TO put her
defences in order. SO the declaration
Of war found US with an army which.
in numbers, justified its description by
the Kaiser as contemplate
Sir. allow me now to address word
to the American people. Brothers. you
will do well TO attach no Importance 20
the atrocious falsehoods which are be-
ing served up for American consump-
ton with an eye to the final settle
ment. When a little later you realize
the fendish brutality with which the
Germans are terToriZlng the innocent
victims Of this unprovoked war you will
have to look to your armories or the
rifles may go off of their own accord!
For we are fighting for civilization
against the ruthless military despotism
that knows no mercy. As for mercy
you shall judge by the fact that six
hundred refugees, OF many nationali-
ties. were landed at Cardiff yesterday
from Southern Germany When they
came ashore they knet down and
kissed the ground! Ii will requir. a
rather large sponge to wipe this from
the map! That the map of Europe
will be profoundly changed in the near
future is certain. For THE Day" Of
Germany has come. But the night
cometh also,
EDWARD DEAN MARRIOTT.
Nottingham, England, Sept. Is. 1914.