The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
Herman Rdder,s Newspapers
Arouse German Reader TO Protest

the bounds of neutrality. OF which Her,
Ridder ia the admitted--or shall wo say
pretended champion. disregardcd :,
this column. IL being on the editorial
page. the brain spark spenders take dta
advantage OF the much boosted freedom
of the press" Here. in the issue .,
August 20. there appears the follow .ny
in mixed tongues:
"Es heisst--'Enclish pray for victor, -,
why not fight for IT. Brten, uud damn
hingrhen und, dem Pharisacer gIri.1
hetzen--des Brton Religion?
1T says: English pray for yi.tarv.
Why not night for it? To pray and .r.,.
like the pharisee. 90 ana stir uu ODD.
Briton's religion
We do not recall having ever ,.r. d..
any American newspaper under ,u, u.a.
text vllihcation 50 mcdlTval r [,
cruelty. Yet. every day Herr id ,..
sels these papers with his pen--,rd o.. ,
result Cthe desired result no doubt. 10
mimi some OF his harness. m,I,,i.
blinded readers send in contribution, ne.
ing and threatening "A boycott Of dN news
papers mot giving the German side
I WHAT is the German side W. U;pr.
mans. born Germans. lifelong Germans,
wish YOU to understand Nj Riddle. 1
! our side" will not stand for such A.
cations as these IN a neutral cuuutr,
| our side is not a campaign for ..-.
ciilat on for your newspapers, or .tm-
paisn for slandering and libellug IN. pe--
man nation under the cover ~ "H,
scncn-
For it seems to all ~ US pa otis
1 Germans you Islander and libel tn. f,fha",
/ land. makinsai II appear as II We bt., ar
side" on unwarranted Insults mllctr.-
lions that do not stop even at religion.
! Call Il Herr Riders gGe.' ma
! Stats Zeifun0'S side" or any other eIie.
but do not shame the name of cur land
! BY giving your Vicious, shameful. ,H,tp
and ira shy attacks the stamp Of .G,r.
man."
| 4 seven column "screaner" or 10
front PAGE Of the Stodts Zcitung of Sep-
/ TENDER . reads
| "Belglsche Greueltha;e1.
| "Massenermordung Won DeItschan In
Loewen."
] belgian Atrocities. Massacre or Ger.
mans In LouvainD
Down In the risht hand corner ~ he
sane page. IN heavy type:
| "BeIgische Bestien'
! belgian Beasts
/ The headline. translated, continues
Terrible Atrocities.
! Charles Jensen. an American. tells Of
/ his experiences IA Antwerp
! Belgian Beasts
/ And mind you this is in heay, Pc
on the front page Of 2 neWsraTor lfb-
lished N the United States
! II drives the blush OF shame t. the ice
/ or every loyal German. How must Am,u.
cans fee. Americans who read headline,
such az This one?
Brave. unhappy, helpless deserted III.
/ lie BelSium. German officers aud men
WIN tne,r last breath have praised Your
/ fortitude. Morttllv wounded 10y BegIans.
they have died with praise for YOU IN
their lips. Germany maligus Won rot
| Herr r oder does
! No real German IN this country viii
forget himself 80 far as to call an, OBJ,
Getmany's foes beasts" The distiur'
or rms harharsm was left To Herr Tldd.r
MAY fiRht Then. We Germans ask has
ferr HERMAN Ridder to warn his cone
temporariEs. or anybody in this world tn
De tIee from prejudice. to be neutral
German h0nors even I'm his foe the
spirit or patriotism He does not rid cule
ms enemy for what is also most sacred
IN his own heart.
Herr Rdder and his stan Of pen Wa-.
riors do. As Germans. We deny then, no
right TO libel US any longer without reg.
isterlng our emphatic protest
our glance happens to strike another
heaVy type headline on the second page
OF me Issue Of September 3:
'Taetbgteit der Aliirten.
Rueckwaerts rueckwacris'"
Activity Of the Allies
backward Backward
HOW would we Germans feel TO So, such
a headline. expressing the malice ~ .bs
triumphant exclamation point behind ,ba
word)' Has one American manor. since
the Germans have been forced 10 retreat
published such a headline? No. enphat.
.cally no.
What can Herr Bidder oxnect o, pa,
nahds Of Anglo French symptih.zo-s,
but We care not what he gets WHAT w.
ARE dphnt. what Griev"s us. H. thai This
ne,hod OF n"wspspering Is APT 10 awaken
" sPtN dangerous detrimental 10 unity
'h' pfotherly love, II nurses hatred
among those who long since have sworn
on all allegiance to any nation nm, ma
United States
u ~ that spirit. Herr Ridder. winch
famed to flames, has caused civil war.
Whatever inimcal to Germany, WHAT
ever untruths about the German pcuul,
or the German Emperor have been pub
lshed In the American papers have an
peared stTldly as news. not as charges
by the papers. Each particular piece ~
news, true or untrue who knows that
now has been carefully qualified. the
source expressly stated.
Moreover. most of the papers In their
editorials have expressly stated before
arraigning Germany: III reports are 70
he believed" or likewise. Most Of the
papers have been and are eager to empha-
size IN their headlines the source OF TIA
print daily box" in a conspicuous plaza
sounding warning to the public 10 ttka
all war news with grain Of salt
We have seen and shall see thai 'He
Offenders are not the American but the
German papers.
While hypocrticaly yelling Tor 'mpu-
trality" and fairness Mr.. Rdder 'r.cs
To gnaw a. the roots OF the freedom ,
the press which ne himself misuses WIN,
condemning "Radaupatrioten" (noiso pa
triots) he IL himself to borrow FROM fh'
Chicago Tribune, "the most damn5h'e
noise"
While calling the American papers "w,n
posoners" and charging them with "sp.'-
ting out poison" he himself allows he
vtriolic pen, and those of his editors -
expectorate a world Of venom IN every
issue OF his paper. While calling "'7
contemporaries lie lords" he allows r''
own papers to falsify in headlines. 10 %.
agRerate. 10 attack and To Why iu ci.
torials and paragraphs. and gives
splendid example of acknowledgements I"
tnOuth herOsm)
We Germans. however, whose last dr7n
or blood belongs to Germany and 10 Coo
many alone, as an Americans docs -
America, We refuse TO witness any longer
without protest this vile ana vulgar t's"
Grafton Of that altar upon which W have
offered our lives.
SiEGFRED DUNBAR WEYrR
NEW York, September II,
BELIEVES IF ALLIES