Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-08-06
SAYS CAR AIMS
TOCRUSH TEUTON
AND RULE EUROPE
DR.. Richard Defends Kaiser's
Course and Deplores Crit
icism of Germany.

| NEW YORK, Aug. Cdr. Ernst
Richard, president of the German
American Peace Society, and founder
| of the New York Peace Society, de-
plored the attitude of the American
press yesterday, accusing the news
papers of taking sides against Ger
many. DR. Richard contended that
the Kaiser had been driven into the
war.
"The newspapers are decidedly
against Germany in this trouble. The
German-American population of New
York feels that the entire press is
against Germany. There are edi-
torials against the Germans. A Ger
man defeat is printed in big head
lines. A German victory is printed in
little letters
DIR. Richard said that the opinion
of Germans regarding the outcome
| of the war was that France would
| pay the bill no matter what Germany
| might suffer at the hands of Russia
or England. Earlier in the day DR..
| Richard gave out an interview to the
Evening Mail. in which he oharac-
terized the American press taking
sides against the Kaiser as race
| treachery, "just as it will be race
/
against Germany and with Russia"
THE clash in Europe was not
started by the Austria-Servia en-
broilment," said DIR. Richard. Some
| thing much deeper began it, and it
| is from that deeper cause that the
Kaiser and the German people must
be judged in the present war. The
deeper and the real cause of the
war is: Shall Europe be ruled by
Asiatics or by Europeans-by Slavs
or by Teutons?
Russia, with its Asiatic absolutism
and hatred of the ideas of individual
| liberty, means to make itself master
| of all Europe as well as of Asia. The
Czar knows that the Teuton is his
only bar to that, and he means to
| seize Europe and Asia even if he has
| to do it over the dead bodies of the
Teuton race.
| THE Austria -Servia fiare-up is only
the spark in the powder magazine.
Russia did not really care anything
about Servia. But it did see a
chance to strike blow at Germany
with the aid of France and England
That is why the Car ordered the
mobilization of his troops on the
German border.
WAS Germany expected to sit
quietly by while Russia was massing
her troops against her? In the same
way the French, who had been
meanly sulking at their defeat since
Z the Franco Prussian war, are little
| concerned about the rights or wrongs
of Servia. They see only a chance tc
get revenge, with the aid of Russia
and England.
France began the war without first
declaring war, just as she has done
twenty times before this to Germany
in the past hundred years,
Germany does not want war
Never was it so prosperous; never die
it 80 strongly desire peace. 1t /.
ridiculous not to see that Germany
and the Kaiser had no motive to wan
war But they were driven into wal
by the Muscovite. who wants tC
sweep Europe, and by the French
who want revenge.
80 hard has the Kaiser tried Il
preserve peace that even the Vor,
waerts. organ of the powerful Social
ist movement in Germany. alway,
bitter against the Kaiser on principl,
and personally, has admitted it."
How do you justify the kaiser.
violation of the neutrality of Belgium
and Luxemburg?" Dr. Richard wa.
asked.
Germany has no intention what
ever of keeping any of Belgium's ter
ritory. 1t will restore it to full in
dependence after the war. 1t violated
Belgium's neutrality for the sam,
reason it struck at Russia--it coult
not afford to wait for the enemy t,
strike first. If she had not occupied
Belgium first France would have don,
so.
And as to Luxembourg every incl
Of railroad in Luxembourg is owned b,
the Prussian state. Does any on,
suppose for a moment Luxemburg dit
not know all along that in case O.
war Prussia. which owns these rail
roads. wnud use them to convey he
own troopsH