TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1914-10-30
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Hefetof6fs ventufed the opinioa
that The Gsfmana would not lombard
Londoa from aifkhips. because Londoa
q an unfortihed city, According 10 the
law q hasions open siilss must aos BE-
In this war Germany. quite different
from England, France. Russia and la
pan, has 10 al and everything strictly
observed the law OF natinnA When the
enemies we're IA Alsaes and IN Eastefn
Prussia On German soil, the German e.
villains did not Join IA the Sighting be-
cause thsY had been stfongly warned BY
the German government not 70 do 50.
On the other side We have seen ID Bel.
GUM and in FFanes old men and women
and children act IKE s4vages against
wounded soldiers, against surgeons and
against nurses. The Belgian and the
Trench governments had organized the
taking part BY the civilian population,
In the English newspapers this attitude
81 the ~eivilianL which Is i~nexcussble
from the standpoint OF the law Of "a
tons and from any humane standpoint,
has recently been approved and landed,
These Engliah papers invite tue Eng
lish old men and women and children
10 do the same ii any German troops
shorld ever land in England
The English and the French in con-
trayention OF the law OF nations. have
used so-called dum-dum bullets, which
make terrible and nearly incuFahle
wounds. The English have, in contra
vention OF the law Of nations. taken
German passengers from neutral ships
in neutral waters, and have dealt with
them as II they had been prisoners Of
war The English have, In eontraYen-
ton Of the laws Of nations, seized nett
trail mail bags on neutral ships Among
these mail bags have been American
mail bags, too. The English have
searched the mail and have conhscated
many letters.
TIE English and French, the Belgians
and Russians did, al the outbreak OF
the war. maltreat. torture and rob
peaceful citizens OF Germany and Aus
tria, earning their bread in those eouu-
tries. They have finally sent them to
concentration camps. In Germany and
Austria. English, French. Russian and
3elgian citizens live now-more than
two months alter the outbreak OF the
war-unmolested aud follow their re-
spective occupations Just as in peace
time. This is IN harmony with the law
of nations which our enemies DO not
observe. For years The English had pre-
pared for the landing Of an English
ieree in neutral Belgium in order 10
attack Germany. Only the quick advance
IL the German army f%orccdlthc English
% choose Bouiosne instead of Antwerp
as a landing place
The English General staff sent an
1eroplane into Germany 10 lombard I'M
fortified open German cities. The aero
lane actually boinbarded Dusseldorf
I'D MaastFich. The latter. an open city
"a neutral Holland, was b~ombarded by
mistake" SO The English say. Hitherto
German aeroplanes and airships bonn
barded Only i0rtresses.
IL IS a peculiar matter with the Law
II n%atious. The law Of nations, espe-
ally Of civilized warfare, rests On mu-
ual consent. Just as IN civil war a
,ontract ceases to be binding to the
ather party as soon as one Of the two
rites to the contract breaks the con
act just so it would be u~nreasonabie
5 expect one Of tie belligsrents TO OBJ.
rye strictly those particular interna
onal rules OF warfare which the enemy
5es not observe at all.
To cone back to the point at issue
wish to cay that a bonbafdnlcnt Of
ondon By German airships does no.
ny more appear improbable 10 me since
ngland has ordered the bombardmeni
{ the open unfortihed German city OF
dusseldorf.
/ wonder what those American papers
lio follow England through thick and
in will have 10 sag if such 4 thiuW
hould happen. | am pretty sure thai
iey viii again apply the English code
I morals. According to the English
ode Of morals, a thing which IS bad n
self, becomes good whenever an Eng
shnan does it, and a thing coed IN
self becomes bad whenever an adver-
ary OF England does it. So we ma
robahly hear again an ontcry Of dis
ust and horror, when the Germans will
. lii England what the English have
one il Germany. What viii the Amer.
- people say c~yentualiyi / am pretty
IRE they viii begin to see Clearly where
right and wrong in this war.
OSKAR MEZGER,
Imperial German Consul.