The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-20
THE GERMANS SIDE
View of the War From Correspon-
dent of the Free Press.

|
Union" has been sent to me by Mis-
Ormsbee of Brandon. together will
the request that | try to have hel
article entitled "A Communication
published in the Free Press"
should like to suggest the title of "A
Communication concerning Germany
from the Brandon Union
Mr.. Sprina, a son of the lady men
toned is student at the University
and is very willing that | should ash
you to publish this. and to use his
mothers name.
AS far as the material of the ar
ticle is concerned, | wish to say that
every word of it is true and, that
am able to bring proof for all that is
stated therein
AS this article is composed entire
" of facts, and as there is so little
opportunity to place the German
side of the war before the public,
hope that the columns of the Free
Press" will not be closed to it
Very truly yours.
Anton Appelman.
April 10. 1915.
The lecturer of Friday evening
| March 10 stated that the responsible
ty of the present war was to be laid
| upon the Servian assassin indirectly
| therefore it was not to be laid upon
the Emperor OF Germany. Has the
| world now unreservedly determined
to deny to him for all time the ever
| lasting honor" in which in 1911 be-
fore the Mohonk Arbitration Confer
ence Nicholas Murray Butler said he
| was to be held?
In his introduction to Fried's The
| German Emperor and the Peace of
the World" Norman Angel, the
great English Journalist and author
said "Fried's testimony should
once and for all destroy the legend
that the ruler of the nation. which al
most alone of all great nations Of the
world has consistently maintained
the peace for forty years, is the dis
turbing element in the world peace
which ignorance has so long repre-
sented him to be-"
The Emperor's own words TO Prof
Mabilleau in 1908 were: What good
TO me is one province more acquired
by destruction, hatred and misery?
Germany can gain nothing by break
ing the peace which has brought her
only blessings during the last q
years. and that only when honor
and existence were at stake should
resort be made to force. only when
European coalition should threaten
the liberty of Germany and the well
fare of her people should she engage
in war.
In 1911 Norman Angel, using Ger
many to illustrate the success of
nonwarlike nation wrote: Despite
the common idea to the contrary
Germany has known how to keep
this fatal hypnotism at bay and far
from allowing her military activities
to absorb her industrial, it is precise
ly the military activities (which are
in fair way now of being absorbed
by the industrial and commercial"
Surely only non-miltaristic nations
should look SO. seriously at the offend
ing mote in a brothers eye. Angel
continues France has seen infinitely
more of actual fighting. The popula-
tion Of France is much more mill
tarized than the German, so per cent
more In fact, since in order to main
tain from a population of 40 million
the same military effective as Ger
many does with 60 millions, 1-2 per
cent of the French population is un-
der arms as against ! per cent of the
German and of the German army
some fraction too small to be esti-
mated as actually been engaged in
war What chance can the ideal and
tradition represented by 1 per cent
or some fractional percentage have
against interests and activities rep
resented by 80 per cent?
In the English House Of Commons
in March 1914 Philip Snowden, NJ. p,
made this statement: I'VE are the
most heavily taxed nation for war
purposes in Europe The only com
parative figures | have been able tc
obtain are for 1912. In that year the
expenditure upon the army and navy
in the United Kingdom worked out
just under 32s per head. The next
highest is France with 24s, i'd, then
comes Germany with lis, 3d." The
English navy is four times the size of
the German and the English increase
is yearly to determined upon in
the latter's program.
In our advocate of peace G. w Mas
myth, who was in Europe at the out
break of the war wrote: During the
past three years ! have been in all of
the countries engaged in the struggle
and | have found militarists and i'm
pelialsts in all of them. Each has
its own national type. In Germany
the social democratic Party had been
making rapid strides and with the
progressive peoples party had look
ed forward in all confidence to gain.
ing the control of the government
through the Reichstag or congress in
1917. These men declared to Mr..
Nasmyth that "Militarism is the
worst possible way to fight mititar-
ISM" and he asks, what will be the
result? From what | saw in Ger
many ! should say that if Germany is
crushed and humiliated in this war
the overthrow of Prussianism and
militarism in Germany will be SCI
back for half a century Prussian-
ism must be destroyed but the only
people who can destroy it are the
German people" All Social Demo.
Gratis voted for this war and every
red flag was burned to show their
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