South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30

they could either raise few hundred
pounds on it by selling il 10 one OF
the American newspapers. or. if ther
thought tit, they could let il be pub
lished generally in America without
charge. relying on the result OF the
appeal. Thel chose the latter course.
and 1 believe have done we'll or it.
Says Pose l. HypoCritical.
Mr.. Shaw AT great length on the
cause and conduct of the especially
the attitude OF neUtrals. and criticised
severely what he calls the hpocrit-
zeal pose of the British government
in relation TO the invasion of Belgium
by the Germans. Most of what he
said has already been published
broadcast lie holds there is no such
thing as neutrality" and that the
British plea Of embarking on the war
because of the German invasion Of
Belgium Is utter bosh." He thinks
thta England could have prevented
the war by going 10 Germany and
frankly telling her that If she in
vaded France. England would join
with France against her. and similarly
telling France that If she invaded
Germany England would fight with
Germany.
II don't say that France and Ger
many would both have accepted this
ultimatum. although 7 believe thev
would, but / do say that II German
had been told frankly by England
that England would fight with France
i'm the event Of Germany making war
on France Germany would never
have gone TO war and would have seen
that Austria modified her demands to
Seryia IN this way the peace of
western Europe would have been as
sured."
In regard to Russia. Mr.. shaw is
l.F.. d Il H..H aHr.r-
government for allying itself TO the
c2ar He says that Prusian militar-
ism is "a mere infant compared with
Russian militarism as the world viii
find out 70 its cost one day lie looks
on Russia as being responsible for the
war. which would never have been
begun If England had only spoken
frankly along the lines 1 have indi-
Gated. as It would have meant the
whole of western Europe against Rus
sia and Russia is no fool"
Is with Allies.
But being things as they are. Mr..
Shaw is whole heartedly with the al
lies. anyway so far as France and
England are concerned. He wants TO
see "Prussian militarism" crushed
eternally. although he opines il viii
words he says. ct is as though the
battle OF Waterloo is still raging with
Napoleon and Wellington seAlirg
back home every six weeks for an ad-
ditional hundred thousand men for
fuel" He believes il will end with
victory for the aids that can AFFORD
the biggest butchers bill'' which. TO
his mind is an open question so far
He has nothing but praise for the
pluck and patriotism Of the German
soldier. which he describes as superb.
and as meriting the admiration or
everyone He thinks the kaiser strove
might and main for peace and that
it was his own ambition 10 go down
TO his grave as william, the Peace
Keeper" but that circumstances and
English hypocrisy beat him.
AS 10 the British army Mr.. Shaw
is fulsOme in his praise Of IL. he
thinks, too. that the eGrmans have,
by this time. come To alter their OIcn-
ion Of IT, The Germans could not
conceive that the "mercenary British
army" could be anything but the
sOftest thing for them 20 face" ne
said They could not realize that
patriotism such as their own imbued
ne paid British Tommy and they
thought IL would be the easiest thing
in the world 10 break through the
British lines For this reason they
nut the over of the German army ia
front Of the British AT Yprcs and only
after repeated attempts and as many
failures 10 break through did they
learn a lesson Although the British
form only a small part of the whole
front vet their magnificent stand at
Ypres will live forever" said NJ.
Shaw This too is responsible IN
large measure for the so-called
hatred Of the English In Germany to-
day. but 7 take this as rather The
revenue myself for there is always
"a link between intense hafref and
love-