The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
SEES WORLD LEAGUE
AGAINST GERMANY

To TUE EpiToR or THE SuN-Sir. The
Blasting OF the rocks in Hell cate. think
II took place in 1854. WAS preceded by
years of underground end un.ecn WORK
number Z engineers and hundreds Of
laborers had been at work night and day
N the tedious task of honeyc mbing the
doomed rocks with tunnels and passages
from which thousands Of holes were drilled
INTO the rocks = be- finally charged each
with q dynamite cartridge These being
connected by lot OF wires with an cleo
trio battery at a safe distance al that
was necessary to do to let loose the tire
mendous destructive bower. IN those un-
derm!ncd rocks was the pressing of lit
tie button. Nothing else. everything else
had been done before.
Now II anybody h d asserted that the
pressing OF that little button was the
cause II that terrible destruction would
not he have been very foolish and unreal
sonahlc' Yet in assigning the cause Of
the present dreadful destruction going on
In Europe. just A. foolish just AZ unreal
son HI" assertions are made ~ all the
German-hostile press In spite ~ the
absolute fact that the German Emperor
was no more the cause OF this catastruphe
than that the pressure Of that aforesa ia
button was the cause Il the blasting Of
the rocks NJ Hell Gate the German En-
pcror is accused from all sides VITA
charges that he and ne alone is guilty.
For forty wears France has prepared
openly for this war when she very soon
saw that. una !ded. she would have very
little shOW Of success she looked for help.
She chose Russia IS the ally" paying
her thousands OF millions Il br.he money
for the horrible work TO be performed at
the right time. But this right time would
not come. Germany got il" re and more
powerful, 50 powerful N fact that the two
Powers In spite OF th.ir enormous mum
81 F... 4 4,
stood the matter when a third Power,
England. commenced 20 see what nue
chance was offered 10 her by using this
dual alliance 10 crush a dangerous com
rrtit0r. the most dangerous because tho
most able one shc over had and England
commenced her underground work
The first act In this moustrous attempt
to murder competitor was Eugland's
"cntcnte" with France. 10 which Wa soon
added tho Infamous. the shameful pact
with barbarian Russia. when this WA
iccompl shed no three plotting Powers
strained all their energies. used all their
unlimited resource. to improve and IN
crease their fighting machines. so that
when tho right moment should come they
uld jump q the throat ~ their i'm
tended victim with tho least danger ~
failure. or cours. Germany knew all
about wha, was going IN around her.
She knew that her enemies were only
NNNlng Tor inc flgN' tNbfn'n' or II
Some plausible excuse for their brutal A.
tack She knew m : there was no posi-
bio way 10 avoid The fight and that her
only chance Of sure success VAS NET IN
wait and LEI tho three enemies attack hor
combined. but 70 attack them herself
and overpcwer them one after tho other,
This is exactly what Germany did. u
was tho only rational thing To do and
should require no excuses
As ono OF y'ur contemporaries accuses
the German Emperor as the pirate ~
Europe il L. on!F Just to rn1 out what
he pirated and what the others did In
this international business In the same
time.
Let us first take England. the greatest
pirate NJ all times that she rot the
most valuable parts ls only matter OF
course. The richest haul was South
Africa. with its gold and diamond mines
taken" by force from the Boers.
In addition 20 this she took Egypt with
~ inexhaustlhle cotton and corn produc-
ing soil France IN the meantime had
by degrees taken almost tho entire north.
err part ~ Africa. forming a possession
NJ millions ~ sduarc miles. added 10 her
possessions IN China. and took also the
island Of VI Madagascar Belgium got the
enormously rich country around tho basin
~ the Cdngo-and Germanv rot the le9v-
ings. with very little execution all that
part Of Africa that Germany got was 1T
lie better than " rthlces. Tho possessions
she rot elsewhere sre hardly worth mem
tioning and the Caroline ara other islands
she bought and paid for. one ~ the best
possessions she had FOR a short time" the
island of Zanzibar she had - give mp to
England I'm order 20 get possession ~
Helgoland this being such fine business
for England that a cynical Engllshm1n
described II as getting a Comnlete pair Of
trousers for trouser button.