Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11

power and a second class power or be
tween any OF the lesser powers viii
be arbItrated.
10. Abolition OF death sentence of
alleged spies to be insisted upon.
4 IA. Whereas the practise OF throw
ing bombs into cities or places endan-
gers the lives of non-combatants. such
practise should be prohibited.
Is. Whereas lives and property Of
non-combatants have been constantly
endangered by floating mines, since
they have become factors in maritime
i warfare, the use of marine mines for
the protection of harbors, straits or
rivers should be prohibited.
IS Whereas the Monroe Doctrine is
obnoxious TO both European and South
American countries. and therefore will
create, sooner or later, international
questions or cause serious complica-
| tions, II is advisable to abrogate the
same.
Letters Are Answered
At about the same time that the let
ter was sent TO President Wilson, a
letter containing the same proposals
for peace was sent to the doctors
father in Germany, a man Sc years
the emperor. served as instructor In
modern languages in the imperial
schools of Germany.
The presidents reply to the pro
pcsals was received in due time, and
almost 10 the surprise. certainly to
the great JOY of the doctor seemed
to favor the suggestions which the
plans carried The first letter from.
the presidents secretary is printed
here. Others received from him are OF
such nature that the doctor feels he
would be violating sacred confidence
IL he allowed them to be printed at
the present time.
Department of State,
Washington, ID. G.
November IA, 1914
Doctor F. Schurman,
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
Sir: The Secretary of State directs
me to acknowledge the receipt, by ref
erence from the White House, of your
letter Of October 18th, and In reply to
inform you that your suggestions for
the permanent establishment of peace
have received the attention of the De-
partment.
| am, Sir,
Your obedient servant.
(Signed) e. G. SWEET,
Confidential Clerk.
THE letter which came to me later
from my father" says DR.. Schurmann.
was the hardest blow have ever re-
ceived had presumed up to the time
when Ireceived 1t that all the Ger
man people were wanting to see the
war brought to an end and / had sup
posed that my father would fairly snap
up any proposals of the sort which
should make
q con the other hand, his message to
me was one of scorn, that ! should |
think of offering such proposals for
peace when the country was engaged |
In war which he felt could not re-
suit otherwise than with a final good
for Germany and for the world.
1--WE shall never conclude peace, he
wrote, until Russia is driven back |
across her own country, until France
Is On her knees begging for mercy,
and Great Britain is sunk beneath the
ocean. Already we hear the death rat
tie in Great Britain's throat.
DR.. Schurmann says that this was /
the first letter that told him how great
ly the martial spirit had sunk into the
very heart of Germany.
IN every letter since that time,
he says, my father and mother write.
begging me to come back and fight
for the Fatherland, and l suppose
should do so even yet were my
strength to come entirely back to me.
I have three brothers fighting in the
war. also three brothers-iR-law, and OF |
my near relatives, so are at the front.
Writes Secretary Bryan
Following the receipt Of the favor
able letter from Washington, Dr..
Schurmann immediately wrote again
to Secretary Bryan as follows:
Honolulu, T. H.. Jan. Is, 1915.
The Secretary of State,
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Sir
The reply to my letter of October Id
reached me November Is, and | am
greatly pleased to know that my sug-
gestions we're deemed worthy of con-
&c Carefuily watching developments.
am more than ever impressed with
the feasibility of my thoughts and
have yentured to further my plans by /
writing to the chief magistrates of
ten other neutral countries. A copy
Of such a letter is herein enclosed i
and is self-explanatory.
On one point, that is clause in A /
For the establishment of peace be-
tween the warning nations" mention
ing the incorporation of-"The Meth
eriands and her possessions with Ger
many" we must not lose sight of the /
fact that the Hollanders have never
forgotten their struggle with England
for naval supremacy: that Van Tromp
and De Ruyter are still their greatest |
heroes; that the wiping out of the |
two Dutch Republics in South Africa
is fresh in their memories; and that |
10000 young Hollanders emigrate
yearly to Germany in order to better
their conditions-becoming Germans
in fact.
| have sounded hundreds of Hol-
landers and 1 have not found one who
did not realize that an amalgamation |
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