Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-28
ENGLISH. AUTHOR
DISAPPOINTED
WITH ENGLAND
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Married 10
a Daughter CT Richari Wagner, Says Ne
Holes England Chiefly Responsible for
Terrible European Disaster.
GERMAN MEN OF SCIENCE ALSO
PROTEST ENGLAND'S COURSE
They Reneunce All Honorary Degrees,
Titles and Other Marks OF Distinction
Conferred Upon Them by English Uni
versities, Academies. Etc.


Correspondence ~ -ASSoriatcd Press
Berlin. September l0-IIouSton Stew.
art Chamberlain. the well known Eng
fish author. who married i daughter Of
Richard Wagner. and who has lived
many wears im Germany and Austria. j.
deeply disappointed with England Dc.
causc ~ it, declaration 81 war upon Ger
many. Ia "A letter which has appeared
In the German nrcSs he saws he holds
England chicflT responsible for the ter.
riblc disaster that has broken upon Eur
Opc.H and ne can only explain the action
of England BY assuming that IL has been
Smitten with blindness. In answer 10 Il
correspondent who had suggested that
he write A protest against England'S
course. and have IL published IN England
he further wrote: The mompnt for such
a protest has not yet arrived. The Eng
lish must first bear the consequences Of
their disgusting course IN the form Of
heavy blows; after that they can he rca,
soncd with. Nav God protect the gl0r
iouS cause a. the Germans: there i no
other hope for the future of the human
race
German professors and men of science
have made 4 strong protest against Eng
lands courSr bv rcnouncing MI the hon
Orarv degrees. titles. aud other marks Of
distinction conferred upon them ~ Eng
liSh Universities. academies. and other
bodies ~ English scholars. They have
published a declaration "a the subject. a.
follows:
England has declared war upon a.
under a hollow prcicxt which j. least
Of all justified IN view II English his.
tory. and the true character 81 which
j. laid bare BY numerous documents. Al
though England II related Ia 49, ~ hloo,
and race il has. aut Of i contemplate
envy ~ Cermany'S economic success. in.
cited other peoples against H. for wears.
and. in particular. II has allied itself
with France and Russia ~ crush ~ ~
n world power and to cndaneer orr cul
tural achievements.
1T was only because thcv were able
10 reckon upon EngIand'S cooperation
that RUSSIA. France. Rclgium, ami Jan.
nm threw down IL ~ the gauntlet ~
war. England hears. foremost Of an. the
moral responsibility for this c%onfIaera.
ti"n If the nations. which will result III
frightful suffering for millions ~ men
and will demand nnhcard N Sacrifi~cS a.
blood and treasure. England's brutal
national Sclfi~hncSS has placed an in,lcl
lille blot upon it, name.
I'VE are well aware that very eminent
English scholars. with whom German
men Of science have for wears been i'll
friendly and fruitful relations. were %
posed ~ this war. - wantonly begun.
and spoke against ii.
Nevertheless. those ~ ~ who have
received marks If distinction from Eng
fish universities. academies. amd Socic
ties ~ scholars 10 %rcnonnrc. a. Il matter
~ national feeling. an such honorS aEd
the rights attached ~ them
This declaration was published with
some thirty signatures. ami ether sigma
lures ARE coming III daily. Among the
signcrS are mlnv men with world wide
POPULATIONS. They include such medical
men a. Nnn Behrinr ~ Marhnrg. Paul
Ehrlirh If Frankfort. s'zerny ~ IIcidcl
berg. August Bier ~ Berlin. and otto
won Srhjrrning of thci General STAFF ~
ne army: philosophers like Rudolf Enc
ken ~ Jena and Wilhelm Wnndt III I.icp
sig. biologists like IInsckrl III lena and
Nei~~mann ~ Frrihurg: Law professors
Ike Paul l.aband ~ Stra~hnrg. Josef
kohlcr and Franz Won List ~ Berlin.
The political economist Adolf Wagner W
berlin. and Jacob Rci~Ncr the specialist
~ the Science ~ banking: the composer
ilnmprrdinck and the painters Won Wcr
nef and l.ielcrmann.