The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-14


Z DISCOUNT BRYCE. who. be-
~ cause o. HI former position
~ Brush ambassador 70 the
United. viii 4ommrne . matg at
isnslse hearing probably than any
other ~Ensllshman. . siven cut a
report q alleged German ~barharltlss
IN Belgium which Cor wealth u hor-
rifle detail safpaanss any document
q an ofnclai or semi-ofaciai nature
thus fur circulated IN this country
BY she various forces AZ work 20
cttate public sentiment among Amer
lcana for or smother Of the bel
llEsrent nations vlsoount Bryce ~
= historian and has a record for ac-
ouracy 10 maintain His statement Is
eeid 10 have been based upon an IN
~yenilaatioh % mofe than uaua thor
oishncss. yet with these things IN
mind II viii be veil for fair-mlnded
Americans 80 take the disclosures u
alIssed acts 81 savasesy on the part
~ Germans with a grain Of aalt and
refrain from drawing final conclu-
nlons upon this matter Of outrasea
by one side or the other until this
war X ended until the fevered brains
Of the warrIns peoples have cooled
until ne blood Is ns least out Of their
eyes.
For months tho Germans through
their wen oFeaplzed press bureau
have been flooaine the United states
eth accounts o. alleged harharitien
commitiea ~ the French. tbs Rus-
aiana and the English. The Austrian
s~bysInmsns has given out a series Of
aeni-omcIai booklets upon Russian
outragea IN the eastern war tone.
They are quite az horrible. as set
iorth In these documenls. as anything
vlscount Bryce charges as having oc-
currei nm BtIeinns the Frsnch gov
ernmens seeenty permitted the pub
llcatlon and vide distribution In this
country 81 : atIni-ofnciai book COW
sring the same uround as Inc bryce
report Mes % me same alleged
Incidents sre reeounsed But IN ths
French statement. which Il semi
ofEfial. they are painted as many
tir,es more horrible. and are related
with a brutality Of detail which Is al
most sufficient to bar them from the
malls
That there have been horrible out
RACES In This war none Of IN cas-
question: that all the armies engaged
LA the war have been guilty OF out
RACES In more or less degree probably
n true.
We 80 not accept the ~outraeeou'
statements issued by the Fatherlane
and ~ associate rnbiirttrlrs; nor Dc
We believe the statement Of Dr
Dernbarg. whose suppression beglni
20 appear In the light Of a natiOna
duty. A. an historian Viscount Bryce
probably would be M Of h las
men 70 demand absolute acceptance
81 statements made by witnesses JUS
from the battlefield. the wal zone ol
the scene ~ arson and pillage ans
murder. 4 witness who has seen hi
home burned and his aged fathe
murdered ~ likely 10 see Ia his fever
ed brain a great many things tina
possibly did not occur. And the Bel
gian people certainly have no caus'
20 minimize a single German out
rage, OF IN telling 81 Il 10 detract on
bit from the extent OF Us brutality
aud horror.
But IN the last analysis war II or
Eanized murder. and arson piliago
rape aud ASSASSINATION, mutiiation ant
the butohery Of children and old mel
have accompanied u and always vii
War II barharism and Hnvagery an
cannot be siviliredi 10 discuss civ
ilzed warfare and i1s rules Is Z
waFte time upon an impossibility.
The Bryce report is a little NOR
horrible than the many Others iron
sources English. belgian and French
German. Austrian and Russian, 81
which s~iekening outrage has been al
irged IN about equal measure agains
Ell merely because We know Wis
count Bryce IN his country and re-
spees him ana his wor The spokel
or written word o. any %beiiigeren'
however. may not be taken aE ertab
lished fact AZ this time. We mus
walt. 10 repeat, until the fever ha
cooled ana the blood haze has beel
swept from before o1r eyes befor
We maj expect fact that Will atan'
AZ recorded history.
the Bryce report was Issued a.
though ready for some time past. a
the crstlcni moment when the mind
OF AmerIcan cltlasns are dinturbe'
ana 10 an eEtsni ATTAINED BY q hor