The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
GERMANY AND HER FOES.
4 Loyal American OF German Origin
Replies TO Dr. RainsfOfd.


ton Of all the crimes and sins In tho cal
endar. In place OF proving his case with
facts, he merely uses personal opinion
and bias mixed with invective. His sym
patty conquered his cool judgment.
The doctor. educated as he Ia. has yet
to learn that assertion In no proof" also
that zone fact IL worth n shipload OF ar
gunent" Good old proverbs. made In
England" the home OF Or. Rainsfords
ancestors.
In presenting his case against Germany
he acts as eccuser. witness, judge and
Jury. and We feel after reading his first
lines that the poor defendant will surely
be hung, for he Is guilty. thunders Prose
cutor Rainsford.
There is neither Justice nor mercy here.
The spirit OF American fair play. ex-
pressed In the words "the accused is not
guilty TIL he Is convicted" does not apply
In this case. Or. Ralnsford has made UP
his mind. That Is sufficient evidence for
the man who probably believes in the
teachings Of the Prince of Peace. who has
said Judge not. that We be not judged"
Here Is the gist OF the accusation as
made by DIR. Rainsford in THE SUN:
1. The allies are fighting for us Ameri-
cans.
9. Our Constitution and form OF gov
eminent are held up TO scorn by Germany.
3. Weak nations have no right In the
eyes OF the Germans
I. No engagements. however sacred, are
Of any meaning or value to these barba-
rians.
:. Englands fight Is the fight Of civil
Z lie. NfaV. .4s4aH
Should Germany win this war America IS
IN danger from this unprinclpled brute.
&. German soldiers. famished with hun
ger and drunk with wine, have been
guilty OF harbarlties unknown since the
} seventeenth century. Children are horri-
bly, mutllated.
l. Those who rule Germany ana those
who teach her children have lost every
moral scruple
3. Their amazing ef1ciency IL only
equalled by their moral corruption
Q. The teaching OF every good German
mother Is poisoned ny these leaders and
teachers, who say Might Ia right" The
end tusthes the means; Let US do evil
that good may come" Truth. honor and
| civilization. law. Justice. all are mockc
by these leaders OF a degraded. unre-
pentant German nation.
This II the case as presented by DR.
| Rainsford.
lie submits no legal proof or history.
| Assertion accusation and argument or
| sympathy for England are not facts or
proof Bias and prejudice are poor
weapons for a doctor OF divinity.
American fair play will let time. Jus
| tce and history place the blame for the
| awful world war.
with only one side heard from over the
! English cable Just men will wait for n
| hearing OF the other side the under dog
/ who has not yet had his day.
m paE
! questions, based on past history. shall
seek 10 turn your own accusations against
| you one by one:
/. Are tho allies tEngland) fighting
| for us Americans when they seize three
! American ships the John u Rockefeller.
Brindilla and Platuria. all American ships
bound for neutral Denmark why are
Dutch and Swedish ships held up? Are
| they not neutral States
.. You say our Constitution and form
~ government In held up to scorn by
| Germany.
why did England defy our Monroe
! Doctrine I'm 1889 in Venezuela?
why did Sir Lionel Garden. British
Ambassador, insult President Wilson's
Mexican policy
why did England help the South in
| 1S61-1s65?
Who built the Alabama'
Why did England ask us not TO fortify
| the Panama Canal"
What nation fought us IN 1922
who burned Washington, n. C?
Did you read OF 1875. when England
armed the Indians to murder and scalp
settlers Of the far West?
2 Weak nations have no right, IS Ger
man principle, YOU affirm.
why did England take Persia, india
Egypt. and also take Gibraltar from
| SPAIN
why did she crush the freedom Of the
Boer States? Are there gold and diamond
mines in the Transvaal?
Why has she oppressed ireland for cen
turtles?
Is she really the protector OF the little
nations fright TO live?
4 Why did England break her solemn
treaty with Denmark and lombard Copcn-
| hagen in 1872?
Why was England called "Perfidious
| Albion" by the French?
Does past history show that her word
Is sacred?
5. Did England stand for civilization IN
the Indian mutlny In 1857, when she tied
Hindus to cannons and blew them "a
manged pieces?
Did not the Poer General Beyer state
that every Boer farm and homestead was
another Louvain?
Did England stand for civilization wher
her Scotch Borderers shot four Irishmer
to death In Dublin
Did not these men only ask for home
rule?
Articles s, Z, and 2 require no answer
They are merely abuse OF the Kaiser. the
German political and educational leaders
and lastly. OF the whole people
The only admission Or. RainsfOrd makes
In that there are a few good mothers left
In Germany, but her rulers and educators
have no moral scruples, &c,
The history OF the last forty years
proves this Germany has kept the peace
for forty-four years. In this time every
large nation OF Europe has been in war.
Of greed England France. Russia anc
others.
In peace Germany has grown powerful
In commerce, In art. science and civic at
tainments In educational matters dowr
To kindergarten work she leads the world
She Is the only nation that has old age
insurance the widow and the orphan are
protected.
Such articles by prominent men. par
ticularly clergymen. are deplorable ant
sad. They create pain and bitter resent
ment and recriminaton. why should any
man here In America insult the German
nation, when this nation has always showr
nothing but good will TO America? Why
deeply wound millions OF loyal American,
who love and respect the land OF thell
ancestors? CHARLES A. GEHnfE.
SOUTH ORANGE, " j. October 81.
part icularIy Addressed In Mr. HaroI,