Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-03
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which the Gcrmanic powers bavo or,
"afkHd- The alternative for all their
i.e'eh pors * crush or he crushed The
Kaiser himself has lately put tina, in
50 many words
Nowhcr" has tho truth been mora
plainly .nunciated than in the columns
OF 'Hs New York Times; none are bet.
ter Informed as To tho roal stat. or tn,
cas-" than American Socialists ~
. !'Hrh many facts about the campaigp
which ar" carefully kept from us Enc
.iHIi. am amazed, therefore, 10 nud
lAat MAN. Of them who ar. not Of
Z 't'finaH oirth stii uphold the cause Of
"a" G"irnar!c powers AGAINST tho alliov
ana ar" anxious to saw. them from ,hn,
complete defeat which sooner or later
must surely come. Happily. the Bal
E!anS, the S"rh!ans, the French ,b.
English, the Russians. the Italians onn
an" an declare that. under no circriin-
stances wil! they conclude a senara,o
pcace with tn" ravagers and nira,.q
who have entered upon the creates,
war OF all time. and that no collective.
leacc VIII be considered until Belgium
ana France have been cleared Of Tho
'h''HE ara Prnssian mI!ltarism mas
been completely defeated.
"IimItur" Mus, lie Dr>tro,cd.
| say happily" for it would indeed
b" deplorahlc If Germany had con,p.ll.d
her opponents TO incur these tcrrih!.
losses az men and vast destruction Of
wealth merely 10 bring abou, an in
CYi'sI.siN" issue. leaving her In po-
S.'.Dh !" F"e"mnence her struggle for
supremacy within "a few years ..Kul-
tUT as understood by prussiIn r,iIt
iarlSts, must b" DESTROYED in Tho in
t"r"sis or national Development noit,I
ca progress and economic freedom The
overthrow OF tn" dcspot!sm Of the sahcr
w!ll be OF lasting benefit to T.rrna,iy-
h'FEe!f. and II Is greatly 10 he regretted
mat our Socialist comrades in mo
fa'h"T.ard failed to recognize ,his
from tho nrst. 1t is FOR them. nov ma,
they have learned what il all means
"o' 70 cry for peace on hcnalf az their
own enemies, ,hc Junkcrs but Ia do
,"'' pest c.cn thus lat" in the dan. 10
hamper the policy which. partly By
'H'!i own sad betrayal. has mad. rhcir
country N" enemy Of the human race
mere Recommendations Of Russian or or
HnS!!SA mlsdoings in the past arc no,
arguments IN favor OF Germanv's mai
'.hShnceS ana atrocities to-day. I cnn
claim that no EnElishman has done
more 10 withstand British dcspottsn, In
lhoia' or ran more risks in opposing
"ur own infamous Boer War. than The
writer OF this letter am a Nfnlnng
opponent O! imperialism and milj,ar-
Ism IN my own country as elsewhere 7
regard u rs one Of tho greatest privi-
!cSeS o; my life that / have been able
10 number among my intimate friends.
LOT '!!c paSt nifty years and more. the
fchch, Russian, Italian. Hungarian and
lh"!an patriots who have stood up for
the freedom OF their people against
p"Hfca! military and economic OPP
preston For that very reason I am
entitled TO stand by my own country.
which has done much good as we'll as
much evil in the world when She is
engaged in litc-and-dcath struggle 10
maintain her own independence as we'll
as 1" uphold liberty and nationality on
the Continent OF Europe. | have th..
right, also. ] think, 10 appeal again TO
my fellow Socialists across the Al
lantic not To side with the enemies of
peace and progress in the greatest war
the world has ever seen