TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-03-16
SHAW DENoUNCEs STARVATION
POLICY.

fOLll L.
New York. = In q review Of q
translation OF the German war book
"The Usages Of War on Land,p repub.
lished from the New Statesman OF
London. George Bernard Shaw declares
that in attempting to starvc Germany
England has resorted to "the last and
meanest atrocity Of war" The article
follows:
u must really as an honest reviewer
warn the public against the pretenses
on which this book has been placed on
the market. opened IL with eager
snticipations Of having my blood rails
ed 10 the boiling point by q manual Of
such cynical perfidy and cruelty Ms only
the stony heart and brazen forehead OF
a Prussian could set down in print for
Tie horror and execration OF all good
Brltons. And what did ] flndf
Suppose a policeman were TO wake
you up at night and tell you he had
found burglar Of most repuisive ap-
pesrance, crime stained, cross eyed and
bull mouthed, crouching In your coal
cellar, anr suppose on Fastening down
stairs to give the. loathsome rufiian in
charge you found the dean Of West
minister irreproachably dressed and
waiting in your drawing room.
Saint War Regulations
"That will give an idea OF how COM
pletely sold | was when ] read this
German war book. / declare before
heaven and earth il might be one OF
the publications Of the Society For the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. IT
would be perfectly In place in the En-.
eyclopaedia Britannica.
"The book is open to one criticism
only. Until we have armies OF angels,
differed by saints and commanded by
prophets and martyrs, the chances of
its pious injunctions ever receiving
much attention In actual warfare are
hardly worth considering. They will
most certainly not be carried out by
us, and the Germans themselves have
had to give them up as bad job.
"The truth is that war as between
belligerents is the suspension Of mo-
rality, religion and ethical and social
and this German war
book makes the best OF II without dis
honestly attempting to conceal the
worst Of IL.
"The shrieks It has provoked only
prove that many Of our journalists have
not the least notion OF what war really
Is. They conceive 1t quite simply as "a
state in which il is glorious and heroic
ior Englishmen TO shoot foreigner, but
iastardly and murderous for foreigners
10 shoot Englishmen.
Eng and DIS Meanest Atrocity.
Il will not say ] wish belligerents
'ould learn to fight like gentlemen, for
i we fight like gentlemen and sports
men we will be beaten by any nation
which makes a serioua business Of killing
Is. That is how the French were beaten
It Crecy and Poitiers We at present
ire being driven to the last and meanest
,troeity, and we have driven the enemy |
o the villainy Of hiding in depths of
he sea. torpedoing every keel that
,asses above.
Awhen it comes to that We have both !
lot pretty well down on the raw OF
necessity and self preservation. But,
Il least, l can express the wish that
williams on both sides would fight with
'ens as eleanly, good humoredly and
'ravely as soldiers do with their guns
nd bayonets.
Turned Into Cads.
"Not the least Of the horrors of this
Tar has been degradation Of that ma