The Detroit times., 1914-12-29
s4sTARvING OUT OF
GERMANY TO CONSUME
YEARS, SAYS PUBLISHER
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0iAtfai toliB In the ioih " J,
for huge sums OF money, supplies anu
the like. II Il be that there Is one
peace at -any-price advocate lert ~
England there is certainly none poiu
enough to come out In pubic ana say
that he Is ON the side OF THIS herman
blackmail. cant understand now
any German-American can suppoIt
outrages OF this kind. Your pubic
haven't realized that no revolution
no war. nor the whole story oil Ma
poleon's campaign are as anything
compared with this Armageddoh.
Even I'm england, within SOUND OF
German guns, there are people VINO
imagine that this struggle may ternf
mate In 1915, -
I don't understand the basis OF thelr
calculation. The-kaiser, or TO use MS
offieial military title, "All highest war
lord y now says that England pro
yoked and prepared for this war, yet
an August he referred TO our army as
.Ceu. French's contemplate little
army Had we prepared for war we
shou!dn't have started With a httie
army We weren't much more pre-
pared for q land war with Germany
than the United States Is. Had we
been ready the campaign might nave
been short. AS IL Is, although we
have over 1000, 900 men In training
we have as yet comparatively few In
the field. Our part In the war canno'
begin until we get our men at the
front. The first of our new armies
cannot enter the fighting until spring
and the task OF driving the entrench-
ed Germans out Of France aud Bel
GUM will be slow.
The invasion OF Germany itself
must of necessity be q task or vast
dimensions.
You ask me IL believe the neces-
sary army can be raised by voluntary
service. Personally don't. You'll re-
member that you could not do so In
1861. My personal belief Ii that we
shall be Obliged To adopt conscrtption,
as you eventually did. We regard our
struggle with the same intensity as
did both the north and south in 1861.
We are fighting as we did 100 years
ago against Napoleon. against the
domination OF Europe by a military
oligarchy. We shall fight with all OF
the resources Of our manhood, our
shipyards, our wealth, our British
tenscity. We viii go under rather
than give.
We believe Germany can be strang-
led and the war ended by starvation
and attrition. believe II can, but the
process viii be one OF years rather
than Of months. Germany is a salt
supporting country in almost every
article necessary for war and for the
support OF her unfortunate people.
Some american friends have urged
that we establish In Washington some
rival organization similar to that Of
Ambassador Bernstorff. DIR. Demburg
and the German-American brewers
and other moulders or public opinion,
for the purpose OF informing the
American public regarding the Brit
ish attitude. But our case, in my
opinion, needs no such effort The
bullying of Belgium, the huge sums
demanded from French towns in
blackmail, the killing OF women and
children at Scarborough-not as the
Germans present, in q fortress, but I'm
seaside resort like Atlantic City
the dropping OF bombs on Paris from
aeroplanes-which has been stopped
owing to American intervention-not
to mention Louvain, Malines, ETC., all
provide MS with all OF the answers We
require to German militarism. Ny
French friends tell me that they have
nc intention whatever OF replying 10
Germany's accusations I'm the United
States. They will rely entirely on
American fair play and American
friendship for the nation that came to
their help in the war OF the revolu-
ton. Russia regards with disdain the
German attacks in the United States
and 80 far as the japanese are con.
cerned Americans must admit they
have kept strictly to the letter, OF
their agreement with the allies.
AS seen from this side OF the At
lantic the German efforts to brighten
Americans seem crude. don't re.
member any time in American history
when your people have been fright
ened. You are told to beware of
British naval domination. You are
TO be careful lest the tiny Japanese
nation attack you in the Pacific.
Americans are well aware OF the size
OF the English navy and they know
that for one hundred years il has been
friendly to them. Any Japanese that
l have been acquainted with was cog
infant OF the latent power of the Unit
ed States. They know that Ameri-
cans, like the English, are generally
unprepared for war but that. being
once aroused, they will carry their
war to the finish.
It Is no doubt disappointing to Eng
fish and American business men to
learn that there are people like N.Y.
self who regard this gigantic struggle
4 as q matter OF years rather than
months, but from the most sordid
point OF view, 1t is better that the
world should be rid OF this menace
70 Its peace once for all, rather than
70 nave some sort of patched I'D
peace by treaty OF compromise which
would merely allow the Germans to
fan back fer another spring.
Praises Christmas Ship.
The part played by Americans in
this war has aroused much enthusi-
oom over here. The. only new deter.
mining factor I'm warfare Is the aero
plnne, the Invention OF Wilbur and
O<yfbl8 Wright, OF Dayton, Ohio. Your
ambassador at Berlin, Gerard, your
late ambassador at Paris, Herrick.
have earned the thanks of the allies
and even OF Germany. Your gifts TO
our Red Cross, your hospital ship,
your American ambulance In Paris.
your Santa Claus ship, have evidenced
American sympathy and efficiency.
We have been extraordinarily
patient I'm Great Britain about war. SO
patient. that numbers of our people
had begun 70 think that the day OF
Wars was over. The kaiser and bis