Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-03-31
GREAT BRITAIN CAN STOP THIS
HUMAN SLAUGHTER.


There is no race to which des-
tructiOn Of human life is more abb
| horrent than to the races which in
habit Great Britain and Ireland, =
says tho Washington Post. That
journal than continues
There exists no people who have
greater love and affection for their
own relatives than the people OF the
British Isles
There is no religious, no political,
no racial cnmitY between those peo-
pie and the people of Germany and
Austria.
That has been demonstrated by
British alliances with Germany and
with Austria Tor centuries in the
past and but decades distant from
the present hour.
Commercial competition. indus
trial rivalry, trade antagonism never
did justify war between nations,
and never viii such war stand the
test Of morality, the scrutiny of JUS
tice, nor be approved by calm and
collected public opinion OF the
world.
The thin tissue Of protecting the
neutrality Of another nation has
been torn to shreds by the deliberate
breaking OF the neutrality Of Chile
and by the denying of the freedom Of
the seas to neutral nations like
Holland, Norway sweden, Denmark,
and the United States.
Great Britain now justifies in
vasion OF neutrals' rights by neces-
sity as did Germany with Belgium
last August
Premier Asquith and Mr. Balfour
now know no law in dealing with
neutral nations.
They but plead Great Britain's
necessities.
It was Great Britain's necessity
that caused the sacrifice of IS, 900
British soldiers at st. Eloi and
Neuye Chapelle
This human holocaust has caused
a thrill Of horror to run through
the British Isles, and that horror
grows as tho people realize that but
"a of n mile advance along q dist
ance of / - miles in length was the
extent OF French territory gained by
this loss Of Britains bravest sons.
The British people are paying too
great Q price for a commercial rank.
for trade dominancy for a finan-
cial or Industrial advantage.
The Indians, the Africans, tho
Japanese, the French or the Rus
slams cannot do the work Great
Britain has set out to do.
1t demands the sacrifice az hum
dreds Of thousands Of Great Brit
aims own best ana bravest sons, ana
the British people stand aghast at
the slaughter that must come to
their dear ones during the next so
days OF the war
Great Britain should never have
entered upon such a war.
Great Britain can stop this war
within weeks time and bring peace
to the world
Belgium is devasted and in
ruins.
Northern France is destroyed, end
the remainder OF France is a huge
hospital and cemetery.
The plains Of Poland. OF Galicia
and Of East Prussia are soaked with
human blood.
Great Britain's fleet are as strong
as when the war commenced.
Her armies have had small losses
as compared with those Of any one
OF the other belliGerents
Her territories are intact
She is in full exercise OF her SOW
ereignity Of the seas, and dares to
treat all other nations as her vassals
upon the waves
She issues orders to all neutrals
as to what their vessels shall carry
and shall not carry
She orders them where to go and
where not to 80.
Surely Great Britain has exhibited
her power upon all the continents,
upon all the seas to an extent that
no other nation on the rolls Of Time
has done
Why, then, consign to untimely
caves more of her own brave sons
or their equally brave foemen?
Why send the hundreds of thous-
ands Of her soldiers to be moved
down by shot, shell and steel as at
81. Eloi and Neuye Chapelle, and
thereby cause woe and lamentation
to enter every British household?
This human slaughter should cease
at once.
The British cabinet can stop ii
within the next fortnight
AS long as the slaughter was con-
fined to Germans. Austrians, Hun
garians. Russians, French and Bel
gians, It was not so horrible, and it
was even right that America should
furnish the implements with which
to accomplish the wholesale human
slaughter. But when "the Africans.
the Japanese. the French or the
Russians cannot dc the work Great
Britain has set Out to do" in other
words, when Great Britain has to do
some fighting herself. when some
precious British blood has to be
spilled, when sorrow is to enter also
thousands OF homes on the British
isles ~ than the Anglo-American
newspapers cry out in horror:
stop it, Stop itl'
OF course, it would be q great
blessing to all the world, if this war
Of wars could be stopped soon But
we doubt very much if Germany
would consent to peace as long as
Great Britain maintains tho fright"
tc treat all nations as her vassals
upon the waves" Germany is fight
inc for tho frnQIOlO of All nafinne.