The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

surd pretences about the Incompatible
strength. the superiority the unrivalled
genius. the supreme destiny OF mundane
domination of the Germans have come TO
birth and been published.
The league is recruited from all classes.
from the supposed to be intellectuals to
the grosser kind OF proletarans. the lat
ter being psychic victims of the former.
The league has invaded all German cen
tres OF activity excepting socalistic CEN
tres, and some of its tentacles reach for
eign soil. In the schools they teach the
children that half OF the world is German
by right and that the other half. which is
not already German. has TO he made so
by force and legitimate conquest. France
Is n country OF decadense" the Gotha
| Almanach shows that "Bourgogne" and
Champagne" actually occupied by the
French, are simply German provinces
also Belgium. Holland. Switzerland. Sc
| The names OF the town in these countries
are rebaptized and labelled with German
| names on the Gotha's maps. The Ger
| man people Is called by the Pan-German-
list press to keep ever ready to enter at
any time into the inheritance OF its fore
| fathers.
at Is to a world empire that the Ger
man genius aspires" Extract from
speech made by the Kaiser at Aix-la-
Chapelle on June 20. 1907
A system OF universal spying. together
with the certitude OF having the largest
number of armed soldiers constitutes she
main factor Of their hope of dom
| mating the world The country OF Tolstov
| Is called land OF barbarians. but Il Is
| infested In all branches by German spies.
who steal industrial and national secrets.
| France. England and Italy are infested by
the same. There Is not the smallest In
vention OF France and other countries
| which IL not Initiated grossly IN Ger
many as soon as II appears on the market
| France used TO put on the choice products
which she exports "Fait en- France" Ger
many stamps on the cent tinware with
which she cutters the markets Of the
world Made in Germany" The French
writers are disguised to see their stories
| and novels Nulgarly plagiarized in Leip-
| sic
BERNARD Shaw makes A serious mistake
| due probably TO literary spirit. when he
says that England ought TO let Ger
many fght one TO two instead OF one TO
three. This liz inconsistent with the pre-
tence Of the Austro- Germans, who claim
| that Austria's armies will eisily take care
! OF Russia while the German armies
"sweep" France, Germany started the
war two to two.
| Austria. encouraged by her greedy ally
and accomplce. has dreamed OF Balkanic
power for years. II was understood in the
1
ates that Austria would establish herself
at Salonica with Teutonic control OF Con-
stantinople. whereas Germany would take
Bourgogne and Champagne from France.
connscate Dunklrk. Cherbourg. lie Havre.
| Brest, seize the French colonial empire,
| impose upon France "A heavy financial con-
\ tribution OF war. 4 great people like the
Germans could hardly require and eN-
p.ct less than that.
| This Is the greatest Germany"
! All buffer who write letters about bar
| bar.c Russia and her autocratlc ruler
know these facts. All Of II is taught them
! And they know also that their liberal
pacific and democratic Kaiser goes al
most every year to meet the Russian bar
| barrie ruler Nicholas in the Baltic Sea
and that they exchange their views and
kiss each other.
But the cynical covctousness Of Ger
many and Austria could not hc carried
out excepting by buff, rus- and military
preparation. In fact. all Europe was in
formed Of Germany's designs through the
open boasting of the Pan-Gcrmanists Ger
| many's intentions were corspcuously con-
iirmed by the fast growing development
OF the fleet OF the two Teutouic nations
and by the extraordinary and un!nter-
rupted increase Of the armamcnts
Then came provocation after provoca-
ton. Time after time during the last
| twenty years France, tortured by the
| German menace, put tho hand to the
| sword. But she RETAINED from fighting.
| with the high consciousness OF what n
horrible crime against humanity such n
/ fight was 10 he. Germany took advan-
tagc Of th's and forced the settlement
OF the Morocco question. created by her
self by taking away from France her
/ Congo colony. Shortly after this Aus
t-ia annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina.
France and Russia protested. hut gave IN
L.. a L..
Kaiser. Then Austria deprived Servil
Of a great part 81 the territories recov-
cred after the Balkan war from the
Turkish rulers Following this Austria
again pretended to organize n hypothcti-
cal state, Albania, at the expense OF Scryia
and Montenegro. Each time Europe was
on the verge OF war on account Of this
policy Of hrigandage. The Triple Entente
gave in each time. Finally Austria
thought the opportunity had come "a
carry a mortal blow TO the little Ralkanlc
State, but after the well known stupidity
brutal ultimatum to Servia she found
ready to face her a Power who told her
"our patience is exhausted. It is enough
keen off,
Neither Germany nor Austria wanted
war. oh, no! For ten years their poiti-
cal business was prosperng successfully
enough. thanks TO their Machiavellic d.
plomacy and cvric menace Of the sword.
In conclusion England, France. Russia
are countries In fun prosperity; all thre,
have inexhaustihle resources Of energy
They depend upon Germany for nothing
they have not single thing TO covct from
her But the pan-German!sts covet some
thing from almost every nation in th'
world. They Covet and they take and
when the victims protest and resist the
Kaiser clicks his spurs and threatens t,
hurl his hordes against those enemies
Jealous OF the great and pacific Germany.
Now France with England and Belgium
has the burden Of them Let us hope tina
tho Russian army VIII soon he able q
bring It's men into the struggle 20 hell
| check once and forever the criminal FOLLY
OF n people blinded and hypnotized by Al
ambitious and vain plutocracy
PHILIPPE ORTIZ.
New YORK. August 20.