New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-27
WAR" AS SEEN BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

he must know, for his own Chancellor has pub
licly proclaimed it, that the invasion Of Belgium
was breach of international right, and that Ger
many or rather, Prussia, had perjured hersei.
upon the day that he first Of her soldiers passed
ever the frontier. How can he explain all this 40
himself save on a theory that might is right that
10 moral law applies to the superman, and that 30
long as one news ones way through the rest can
matter little? To such point Of degradatio
nave public morals been brought by the Internal
teachings of Prussan military philosophy, dating
back as FAR as Frederick IT,, but intensified by the
eXhortations of press and professors during our
own times The mind of the average kindly GEL
ran citizen has been debauched and yet again de-
lauched until it needed just such world crisis
"a this to starte him at last from his obsesslon
and to see his position and that Of his country ir
it, true relation with humanity and progress
Thus | say that for the German who stands OUT
side the ruling classes our victory would bring
lasting relief and some hope that in future his
destiny may be controlled by his own Judgment
and not by the passions or interests OF thoSes
against whom he has at present no appeal
system which has brought disaster to Germany
and chaos to all Europe can never, one would
think, be resumed, and amid the debris OF ms
empire the German may pick up that precious
splendor of foreign conquest. A Hapsburg or
Hohenzollern may find his true place as the SER
want rather than the master of a nation
But apart from Germany, look at the effects
which our victory must have over the whole wide
world Everywhere it will the triumph Of
reasoned democracy, of public debate, of ordered
freedom in which every man is an active unit in
the system of his own government whilst our oe-
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class the thrusting down Of the civilian by the
arrogance and intolerance Of militarism, and the
subsection of all that is human and progressive
to all that is cruel, and reactionary. This
is the stake for which we play, and the world will
lose or gain as we'll as we. You may well come,
you democratic oversee men Of our blood, to rally
round Us now, for all that you cherish, all that
is bred in your very bones, is that for which We
fight. And you, lovers of freedom in every aud,
we claim at least your prayers and your wishes,
for if our sword be broken you will be the poorer.
But fear not, for our sword will not be broken,
nor shall il ever drop from hands until ibis
matter is forever set in order II every ally we
have upon earth TO go down in blood Gnd
ruin, still would we fight through to the appointed
end. Defeat shall not daunt us. lnconclusiye v'e-
tory shall not turn US from our purpose The
grind of poverty and the weariness Of hopes de-
ferred shall not blunt the edge Of our resolve.
With Gods help shall 90 to the end, and when
1T goal is reached it is our prayer that new
era chall come as our reward, era in which. b.
common action Of state with state, mutual hatredi
and strivings shall be appeased, land shall 10
longer be estranged from land, and huge armies
and fleets will be Nightmares OF the past. Thus,
as ever, the thrOes If evil may give birth to soid
Till then our task stands clear before US. task
that will ask for all we have in strength and rtsC
luton. Have you who read this played your part
to the highest? II not do it now. or stand forever
shamed
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