El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-27
ASSERTS ALLIES
SHOW BRUTALITY
German Chancellor Arraigns
Methods of Warfare EN-
ployed by Enemies.

Berlin, Germany, Jan. En- the
future, no one will be deceived BY
England's magnanimous promises in
the name Of Civiliza ton and humanity"
said DR.. Theobald Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, the German imperial chan
celOr, after reviewing methods of war
fare which he said had been adopted
by Great Britain and her allies. The
chancelOr's statement was made to
representative of the Associated Press
at the German field army headquarters
at a town in northern France. The
chancclor and the foreign minister,
Gottlieb Won JagOW were seated in a
villa which serves as the office and
dwelling for themselves and for the
members Of the officers accompanying
emperor William afield.
Speaks on Food Question.
The correspondent sought to obtain
the views OF the chancellor and foreign
minister on AnglO-AmeTican relations,
with particular reference to British in
preference with American shipping. No
official information had been given
concerning the contents of the British
reply to the American note, so they
were unwilling TO discuss the British
statement in detail One section OF the
note, as given in newspaper dispatches,
made a particular impression, however,
on the chancellor. It was the paragraph
in which Great Britain indicated that
she had been acting on the principle
that foodstuffs were conditional con-
traband and that England had not in
terfered with shipments of fOodstuffs
not intended for the armed forces Of
an enemy or for a hostile government.
In this connection the chancellor pointed
out that no shipments of grain or other
provisions had reached Germany from
America during the war
ChanceIOr's Statement.
chancellor fT1ar rT,aGa III. foil NV
ing statement:
7 shall not comment on the British
note Of Jan. Z, as far as facts and
questions concerning trade are con-
cerned Sir Edward Grey, however,
considered it appropriate to add to it
statements intended to carry weight
far beyond the scope of this particular
interchange of notes. / mean the para
graph wherein he speaks of leaving
open the question of permitting ship
ments Of food supplies not intended for
the enemy's army or government and
his sluIs upon US. stating that we had
abandoned the rules Of civilization and
humanity
"EnEIand Would Starve U.s.
1T should not be forgotten that in
this year England set out to starve over
65,900.O00 people; directly, by cutting
off their food; indirectly, by closing
the arteries of their commerce. In at
tempting this she did not refrain from
y
trade of neutral nations. Now it is
beginning to dawn on Great Britain
that she cannot force us TO submission
by these methods.
Fir Edward Grey inserted the SEN
fences in question in order that the re-
ply might stand as a document which
would show England's magnanim1ry-
which actually never existed Sir Ed
ward Grey thus attempts to mold from
his note a precedent wherein England
may some day fall back. when she may
cease to hold the whip hand of control
Of the maritime avenues Of supply. 1t
will be we'll then to remember with
what brutal means England tried 10
throttle us
Russia's Alleged brutality.
''Nor does Great Britain show so very
delicate sentiment as to the actions OF
its allies. Britain claims to fight for
the liberty of the earth's peoples, but
does not interfere with Russia, which
even now is adopting in its own prov
inces in Poland. Finland and the Bal
Tics, and against the Jews, a policy
of terrorism rarely equaled in history
England's other ally. France, time and
again has sent aviatOrs to lombard
towns which have no Notifications
whatever, and no Importance from
military viewpoint, of which the most
prominent are Luxembourg and Frei-
burg, in the Black forest
Germans MaItreated in France.
thousands Of German women and
children and few old men have now
from France-many are still
there-whO for months and months
have suffered in French Concentration
camps conditions that are so inhuman
as to almost beEgar description. Most
of them received only bread and water
daily for weeks. Others had nothing
at all for days at a time. The sanitary
cannot be discussed in
public, they were so indecent and
filthy For months men, women and
were forced to sleep in tents
or straw strewn on bare soil. When it
they slept in the wet. They
were maltreated in the vilest manner.
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