Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-13
Monday, September 10, 1915.
The darkest hour In the life
: of a young man is when he
studies how to get money with
out honestly earning THOR
ace Greedy.
The World Will Not Forget.

The rest Of the world will hardly be
surprised that every loyal British sub
ject has been enraged almost beyond
control by the Zeppelin raids on Lon
don. which have resulted in a large
number Of deaths of women and chill
dren and other non combatants, with
jury to anyone connected with the
British army. The comments Of the
London press are exceedingly bitter
and some Of them even demand re-
taiiation by British air fleets upon
German cities. after every such exer-
else of frightfulness as was inflicted
upon the citizens of London on Tues
day and Wednesday nights. The Lon
don Globe reminds the war department
that such German cities as Cologne.
Straasburg. Karlsruhe and Dusseldorf
are within easy reach from Belfast.
France, and that 1T is time this
supersqueamishness was gone'
While no one can blame the British
press and public for such indignation
as expressed by the Globe. the calmer
judgment of the world at large would
council against such inhuman acts OF
retaliation as raids upon the helpless
and innocent of the cities of Germany,
A,1St ria Tur Nd
strongest result of these inhumanly
stupid raids by the German air fleet
: undoubtedly ordered by the German
government as was the likewise in
human and stupid campaign of Ger
man submarines upon neutral COM
merce and the passengers of ocean
going steamers) has been great num-
bers OF volunteers to the colors of the
allies, each and every man actuated
by righteous indignation if not by the
personal grief and hatred inspired by
the loss Of innocents dear to them
That any civilized nation could have
become so lost to every humane in
stinct is almost beyond the conception
Of the rest Of humanity, and aside
from its enormity these inhuman raid.
indicate a giving away to blind and
gree Of stupidity unlocked for in a ma
ton Of the boosted intelligence Of
Germany.
We cannot comprehend by what
process Of reasoning the German gov
eminent concludes that by numbering
powerless non combatants, in mid
night attacks from the sky. it can
conquer the armies of brave and de-
termined antagonist. We cannot con-
ceive of any process of reasoning by
which the Kaiser and his advisers can
have convinced themselves that such
attacks upon the helpless citizenry Of
a city of an opponent could accom-
plish other than to arouse the war
spirit Of every loyal citizen of that
people. and hasten the enlistment un-
der the colors Of every man with red
blood in his veins.
Nothing in the thirteen months of
war has done so much to prompt
every Briton to rally to the defence
Of his loved ones as did the Zeppelin
raids Of last Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. The inhumanity of these acts
is only equalled by their monstrous
stupidity and evidence Of unreasoning
hatred. Their inspiration is more
devilish than that which has prompted
the submarine. horrors. and will be
longer remembered against Germany
by the world. "Murderers Of sleeping
babes" will long cling to the German
war departments.