Middletown transcript., 1915-04-03
sIDDLETOwH. DEL.. APRIL 8. lSlS
BRUTAL GERMANY

brutally as Germany in this conflict
she has begun against the Allies.
Her shameful violation of the rights
of neutral Belgium was defended on
the monstrous ground of necessity.
To gain his ends a man may burn his
peaceful neighbor's house and if he re-
sist kill himl So, too, Germany's SOL
emn treaty with Belgium and the Pow
ers of Europe, was cOntemptuously
styled "a scrap of paper!
Not only has Germany won everlast-
ing infamy by thus wantOnly turning
that prosperous, peaceful land into a
bowling wilderness of devasted fields,
burned towns and cities, of slain men,
women and children and starving mil
lions, but she has added an ineffaceable
shame to these wicked acts by seeking
to defame the good name of the people
she has SO cruelty wronged.
Germany has openly, impudently
thrown to the winds every restraint of
honor, truth, justice and mercy in her
conduct of this unrighteous war of hers.
She has scoffed at and wantonly viola
ted all the recognized usages of civil
lied warfare by constantly dropping
bombs upon defenceless villages and
cities, killing men, women and children
mere acts of deliberate murder serv-
ing no military purpose whatever.
In her desperation Germany has
boastfully avowed herself a pirate and
is making cut-throat attacks upon the
commerce of all nations, even blowing
up unarmed merchant ships, and drown
ing hundreds of helpless passengers
with, ut warning or chance of escape.
On Sunday one Of these submarine
assassins sank the African liner Falaba,
and the Steamship Aguila. both bound
for Lisbon, drowning $50 persons many
of them innocent passengers. With
contemplate brutality, the Germans
fred upon the crew and passengers
killing numbers of them, as they were
seeking to escape in the boats.
To gain some dishonest advantage
German officers and consuls in thu
United States have dishonorably abuseC
our country's hospitality, by engaging
in a conspiracy to secure false pass
ports for German reservists. German
in Berlin have even had the audacity t.
to use the name of an American minis
ter there as authority for lying dis
patches on the war sent to this country
2AThelr interned ships have repeated
violated the law of nations by seeking
to escape, and even now as we write tn
German warship, Prince Eitel, that ha
the nerve to sink an American shi
without right and then steam into MOI
folk to reft, to go forth and sink som
more American ships, is dishonorabl
meditating a secret fight, and thi
feeble, grspe-juice Administration hs
despatched-but only at the last mir
ute-the warship Alabama to defes
this sharp practice.
These murderous submarines are d.
ing their best to sink one of the bi
Transatlantic liners, and we may ;
any moment hear of another awful 7
tanic sea tragedy, drowning sever
thousand innocent non-combatants, tn
time ''made in Germany" tragedy!
Does this language sound sewers
Read what the Germans themselvl
bOastfully avow: Mayor General W
Disfurth in the Hamburger Nachrichts
said:
mo object whateveris served by
taking any notice of the accusations
Of barbarity leveled against Ger
many by foreign critics. Frankly
we are and mnst be barbarians, if
by these we understand those who
wage war relentlessly to the utter
most degree.
We owe no explanations to any
one. Every act of whatever nature
committed by our troops for the
purpose of discouraging, defeating
and destroying our enemies, is a
brave act and good deed and is
fully justified.
They call US barbarians. What of it?
We scorn them and their abuse.
For my part hope that in this war
we have merited the title of barbar-
ians. Let neutral peoples Ii. e.
Americana and our enemies cease
their empty chatter which may
well be compared to the twitter of
birds. Let them cease their talk
of the Cathedral of Rheims and of
all the churches in France which
have shared their fate. These
things do not interest us. Our
troops must achieve victory. What