Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-24
TO the editor of The evening star:

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
1t has been the claim of the allies
and their American supporters that
France, England and Russia wanted
peace at any price. They stated that
the kaiser and his military leaders
provoked the war upon mere pre-
text for the purpose of world mas
terry and conquest
The accusation was made that the
people of the German empire were
not in sympathy with the kaiser's
mad desire for conquest and glory.
There is always a cause for an eff
rect. The causes of the world-war are
three-fold Firstly, France has lived
Tor forty-four years in a deep spirit
of revanche." 1t was taught her
children in the schools and at home.
For forty-four years the Strassburg
monument in Paris has been draped
In mourning, and every loyal French
man prayed for the day of recovery
by arms of lost provinces" The
present German emperor made many
futile attempts to regain the friend
ship and good will of France. He
was rudely repulsed by the French
nation.
France lived for revenge, and this
bitter feeling is one of the first and
ter.
Samuel G. Blythe, American writer,
states that he was in Paris several
days previous to the declaration of
war between Germany and France
The cry of Paris was IA bas fAll-
magne" down with the Germans).
The feeling against Germany was one
of hatred before there was any decla-
ration of formal war.
portunity to regain Alsace-Lorraine
War meant the realization of her
dearest wish, and she chose war The
history of all nations proves that
ill-will, jealousy and revenge lead in
eVitably to war.
The German emperor sought to re-
move this danger to Europe's peace
by friendly advances.
The French press then dubbed him
William the Timid''
Sarcasm was the only reward of
this effort for future peace.
The French premier Clemenceau adj
rnits in public statement that
friendly proposals had been made by
the German government in the past.
Such is the record of history.
The present French declaration that
she sought peace and hated the
thought of war is merely q hypocrit-
ical attempt to arouse sympathy in
the United States and other neutral
countries.
Germany bore France no ill-will
either before or since the war.
Reports coming from French battle
fields and hospitals tell the utter alb
sence of bitterness or hatred on the
part of German troops to the French
soldier or peasant. These reports
1,rr ttoe
way of Paris.
Let the reader now draw his own
conclusions as to France.
Did France honestly seek peace?
Second, German fear of Russian
aggression.
Since Japan, with the aid of Eng
I1sh capital ($500, ,000), stopped
Russia's grab of Manchuria, the
russian effort has again been di-
Verted to the Balkan States, Austria
and Turkey. Here is the natural
outlet for Russian commerce and
trade. BY reason of her enormous
resources in men and material she
has become a menace to the rest OF
Europe Her peculiar semi civiliza-
ton, her brutal form of government,
her religious prosecutions make her
an added danger to the German,
English and French idea of civiliza-
biOit. AISIG u d real oldV InenhCes
Did not England, France and Turkey
fight the Crimean war to prevent
Russia from over-running Europe?
The danger today to the Germanic
race is far greater than it was at
any time Of the past.
Russia's diplomacy has always been
crafty. She does not play the game
in the open. Her attempt to disrupt
Austria, through Servian revolution
4rtr sntpgs1 10
German empire. Germany knew that
a war with Russia was unavoidable
She took the bull by the HORNS" and
had good reasons for doing so.
Here ! submit few reasons given
to the press by an American, Calvin
u. Brown, special United States
commissioner of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition. He addressed the New
ark Board of Trade, November ii,
1914
About a year before the war, Mr..
Brown said, General Joffre, of the
French army, visited Russia, and in
company with members OF the Rus
sian general staff inspected the for
tificatiOns on the Russian western
boundary line. The German papers,
Mr.. Brown said, asked what for?"
The second incident was the &C
ton of the Russian Duma last year
in voting to accept a loan of $780,
100000 from the French government
for the reorganization of the Russian
army, and German newspapers again
asked What for?' since no country
was more free from the possibility of
invasion than Russia
The third incident was the voting
by the same Duma of an immense APP
preparation for the building of three
strategic roads," having for their
on'v nurpose the bringing of st.
Petersburg (Mr. Brown didn't say
"Petrograd") three days nearer TO
the German border.
No country, Mr.. Brown said,