Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-22
AN AMERICAN aRoosEvELT-PRo
FESsoR" ABOUT The WAR.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletfn. 4
Dear Sir:-In the "GoettiHg Ga
zette,7 appearing at the old University
town Of Goettingen, Germany. Thomas
|, c. Hall (New York;, Exchangeprofes
sor of the University of Berlin. voices
his opinion on the present war and
! shall be glad II you VIII kindly open
, the columns of your esteemed paper
to the following translation of PROBES
sor Halls article. - =. S
Thanking you in anticipation and
inclosing my card, / am, dear sir. IL
Yours faithfully, ]. NJ.
ct is gross ignorance to declare
that ria-Hungary and Germany
criminally kindled this terrible war.
Both countries did NOT want the
war, but Russia's inhuman aristicracy
needed the war to delay the revolution
in their own country which sooner or
later had to come. And Great Brit.
aims blind counsellors wanted the war
to hold their offices, to suppress the
labor party and to satisfy the vile
jealousy Of a contemplate, ignorant
class.
Instead OF beginning a noble com.
petition In intellectual culture and &C.
accomplishments the so-caIIed ''liberaf''
government have continued the de-
testable and narrow-minded policy of
Edward VII and have tried also with
certain success--to isolate Germany
through falsehood and political prom
ises.
go I. . 90 z.
"In vain and with a heavy heart
Kaiser wilhelm and his advisers
hoped unto the very last England
might form a lasting friendship and
restore the peace of the world.
Months ago the German govern
ment knew Of Great Britain's plans
to strike together with France through
Belgium at the Rhenish coal region
twhere the Krupp works are).
when writing this article the Ger
man army is storfning that place in
Belgium Of which the German general
stan knew that Great Britain had
stored her ammunition there.
! The maintenance of Belgium's neu-
trality is only q hypocritical pretence
The general staff knew as fact that
France had mobilized her army before
the declaration of war.
But the kaiser still would not be.
lieve that Great Britain played false
game. Germany was prepared to
spare France and Belgium on eondi.
ton that Great Britain remained neu-
trail.
"England,s refusal to lend her ear
to this proposals. is exactly such a de.
testable cTimesa s Lord WoFth's war
against the American colonies, or the
Crimean war or the Boer war
But this time the fruits Of Eng
lands crime will be much more fatal.
France deserves to be regretted. She
has been involved into a war for which
she has no enthusiasm. She will have
to pay the bills and will fall to the
ground, bloody and knocked to pieces.
Every sign OF national splintering
IN Germany has been carried away by
the waves of popular feeling. For
everybody looks at the war as a fight
for the highest possessions Of great
united nation and every man cheer.
fully offers his life to the common
fatherland. No battle has been lost
so far and all the plans Of the general
stan have been executed according
to program.
.'Irresistibly the terrible Nemesis
advances to finish once and forever
the mendacfous plot, and Germany, we
trust, viii take the lead of Europe,
united, firm and determined