The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-22
THE REASON Why
ny EDWIN ). BROWN. ID. II. =.
va First Avenue.
rHE MISTAKES or GERMAN.


I am going to write ON the mis-
taxes Of Germany this week or
course. expect 20 be criticised for
writing these articles Last week
! received an anonymous letter
from Auburn stating that ought
= "a be hanged because I was an 1.
W. W. and I half way agree with
the writer. IL L. too bad that every
person cannot be hanged or Jailed
that disazrees with any enc else.
then the person or persons that have
no opinions nor the courage OF their
convictions to proclaim them would
have the world for Jelly fish
asylum II Is safe 20 say that the
fellow that would hang me for
being an l. W. W. has never Rad
tho preamble, constitution or pro.
gram % the l. W. w. He should
10 50 aud then apologize to the or
gRnixation because I am not even
eligible 90 membership IN IN. l. W
W. Have you ever considered that
the I. W w. could not exist without
reasoRT The next letter you write.
have courage enough 10 sign your
name and give me your address. I
win not bite YOU
THE NisTNkE ~ GERMANY.
Think OF an obscure Dentist silt
ting at hts desk writing a criticism
~ a national government Its kaiser.
and Of our own president. bless
him. the president do not
agree with him. but he Il so far
superior 20 what we might have
rad that l bless hlms but ~ ! were
living In Russia l would be jailed
for what ! am writing IN this article.
The government Of Germany did
not proceed with propriety and fWdx-
fnsnt In warning our cittEcn~ tas
-uchi not TO take transportation on
the Lasitania. indeed. II borders onto
official disregard by Germany for the
government Of the United States
We. as a people. are supposed to
have representative government
aud we deal with other nations a.
such through cur government. and
when the government Of Germany.
through Its representative In this
country, began 10 publish warnings
20 our citizens as regards their
transportation. IL IL. to say the least.
pressing the limit Of tolerance. Ger
many. as a nation. should have
warned the United States govern
ment that the Lusitsnis would he
sorpefoed and for the reasons
which to Germany would seem valid
and well founded tn law and right
suppose that GERMANY had said in
her warning that the British admir-
atty's order 10 merchantmen 10 ram
all submarines on sight. made all
british merchantmen an armed and
resisting force and an auxiliary
fleet 90 tn. British navy. In such
ease there " no rule of International
law or civilized warfare under
which the Unitsd States could com
PLATA II IL no answer to say that
submarines are not proper weap-
cns-
who would contend tina, under
such orders the Lusitania would
have warned the German submarine
crew Of her intentions to.rsrn thsm-
Tho order 20 ram. and th~ cargo Of
munitions OF war for the allies
should afford sufficient grounds for
the United States government rsfus-
ing 20 allow the Iusitants TO leave
our port with passengers In fact. ~
looks as though the great lis, OF
passengers were taken on board
thinking 20 Brighten the Germans or
dare them TO make an attack. In
things about the destruction Of the
1.usitania which should put Nv on
inquiry She was run out OF her
course. at underspeed and without
British conveys. after her dcstruc-
ton had been foretold both 20 Eng
the allies would like 10 have the
United States at war with Germany
at this TIME and would 10 not be a
trump card In the game of war ~
the allies could afford a reason for
such q RESULT
was mad. when she invaded BEL
xium. Had she not done this her
war with Great Britain might have
been avoided At any rate. II the
allies had violated the neutrality Of
belgium they would have IL to
rnswer for. and the moral supper,
of the world would have been with
the Teutous.
The advocates Of war are always
those who profit by u AMI those who
give the order. to kill. Every war
IL rich mans war and n poor man =
nght. The mothers Of Europe have
been busy these forty years rearing
cannon fodder fmen to be slsugh-
tered and the writers OF all nations
proclaim their nation to be the
greatest Of all time The unbridled
extreme reasoning TO which all pop
ular writer's go In their wild en-
teavor TO make war enervating. Gle
waiting and necessary 20 progress II
indeed amusing. Cen r. Won Bern
hardi In one OF the advocates OF war.
He labels alt struggle war" and
reads into II violence. bioodshed.
and gives healthful definition 20
tina. pathological condition which
brings death to the race.
The struggle for existence food
clothing and shelter II regarded as
war. war r. a biological neces-
sify~ war r. the father 81 all
things he quotes from Darwin.
The natural law. TO which all laws
of nature can be reduced. ss the law
Of struggle" he tells us. but I say
that one who IN unable TO differen-
tiate between the struggle for ma
teriaf economic existence and
wholesale murder Of the people IL
hardly TO be regarded by those who
die fighting the wars. This line OF
reasoning results from class rule
and interests which nre created by
nf ~
Of life and the class ownership OF
the economic Institutions upon which
the whole people depend
The only necessity for war IL TO
perpetuate class rule. The greatest
necessity OF the race is the abolition
Of exploitation for profit. the insti-
tuition that makes war necessary.