Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-16
On me German side.

BENNINGTON. Neb., Jan. Ito the
Editor OF The Bee: AS an interested
reader OF The Bees Letter Box" please
permit me space for a few remarks. 1
think the writer of few articles, which
appeared recently over the signature of
J. r. Weybright has made himself a fine
example OF the saying, fools rush in
where angels fear 70 tread" A sense of
fairness. ~ not OF common decenoy, re-
quires that II accusations are made, at
least an attempt to prove them should
also be made. ~. F." evidently pos
sesses neither Of these.
But not only does he not even attempt
to prove any of his awful accusations
against Germany. but II he would have
paid the least attention to current re-
ports, he might easily have seen that
many OF his assertions, intended against
Germany, lit exactly the case Of his
allies. think Mr.. George Gown. in an
article published here January has
really very ably answered ~. F's."
clumsy vituperations. But let me never
theless. call attention TO the following
glaring contradictions. GO I'm NY
searched the world I'm vain for an ally"
(by ]. F. Weybright. January 5thD
but not even ony unofficial report is
cited By him in proof of this assertion.
on the other hand. the daily newspaper
reports show the opposite to be true.
England, trembling lest she yet be
whipped with the whole pack OF her
allies, is working frantically to induce
Portugal or Greece or Roumania or Bull
garia or the United States to help her.
Having dragged all the available saw
ages of her colonies in to fight her war,
she lis said" now to be recruiting among
the suffragettes and the gorillas of the
Jungle.
Then here r. another one Of ]. Fs
driving the flower of the German nation
into the slaughter pen like cattle" Now
even Germanys enemies cannot but
marvel at the unity and heroism Of the
people. from the highest to the humblest,
old and young. In this war. forced upon
her, all eager to fight for their country.
ready to conquer or to die. On the other
hand, Austrian officers at Przemysl
repeatedly stated. that the Russian
hordes were literally driven forward by
the knout and IN England recent
speaker practically admitted. that her
young unmarried men could neither
be driven nor coaxed to fight for their
\ country" The case was most fittingly
! stated by Mr.. George Gown thus: Ger
many will fight to the last German, Eng
land will fight TO the last-ally." 1 want
to congratulate Mr.. Gown on His emin-
enty fitting statement.
! Mr.. weybright Is also wrong when he
| calls the Turks 'the most barbarous and
degraded nation" II only somewhat
conversant with recent history. he might
easily have seen. that the Turks never
committed such acts OF barbarian and
atrocity as the English in India and
South Africa, and as for his admiration
| Of Japans civilization. l hope he does
hot intend for Americans TO initiate too
much of t. for instance General Nogi $
example OF disemboweiing his wife and
himself in honor OF the dead emperor
Mutsohito.
Finally. in regard to the statement
The moral sentiment OF the world is
against Germany" let me suggest. that
Mr.. weybright verbally means THE New
York World; anyhow. his statement is
quoted verbally from recent New York
newspaper containing an article which Il
probably the dirtiest piece Of Journalism
that ever soiled daily, virtually calling
on the nearly ten millions OF Germans
In this country to turn traitors against
their fatherland and help to make It q
Russian province.
l do not believe. like Mr. Blesslns
suggests, that Mr. Weybright is Of Ger
man descent I believe he is either Z
''Hingiishman" or hopelessiy daffy, botf
Is probably the same. Probably he can
not be blamed so much for this, but
as 20 his uneharitable disposition, he
ought to ask the Lord to make his hear
as soft as his brain
E. V. NusBAUM.