TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-01-28
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that Toward 10 aa 5 sSs eioSs s Of me : second on nI g@ssr1 Fe Of y9aF article si y you S0s sts5a
bridge The british promised not t. use n on condition that the French
would forego its destructon-'an agreement" you add faithfully kept upon
And then you ask:
Could one Imagine Germans making war in such a spirit as ns9
Think Of the old French bridge and then think Of the University Of Lou.
hat separates aa s@ civilization RnG@d q ro Ss@ ahe savage %a . zap between mem "' 81
why not think j. the exquisite Hotel de vile It Louyain, which was
ingenuity tVa Of German erm@ oBce eg W. Who i sq though %c eomrade as Of ter@ had eTl BEEN shot hot
in the back by civilians firing from atdcs and from cellar windows worked
. such good purposes that today the superb structure stands unframed?
Wv why yI nst think Of The choir stan, the paintings, and The ,, silver sco ona
5 lsgosisd and 9sm 511 m re 4 70 the - DrS San . SqgseT ma g.9 Of Lou'ain' who IN turn
which a are no not U destro ~ He You 7@"s say the theT were. but but on m a sunday "G ii in October
| saw them standing It was the library of the uni
r z1gTAM ver' aT,M which }, WAS rs DESTROYED s. Eed-., ,u,n. . un co. ..s
sTAEDlNa then think Of Of the he Cathedral %@ daTG at Re ems - ''' INV
par1ementares which the Germans sent to the French, requesting them
batteries the effect Of their fire? One Of these pahementares never came
The " men w ap w %nen s ig hm% {be ops used W Vr rs tH 5fps s6 ITT al 4 DAYS Tgg Ia t%" I
had from German officers o high rank, in whose speech I found nothing
why not think Of the art commission headed by a German phvy coun-
through Belgium from Lege to Mons to tabuiats works Of art in churches
%aafety~not places Of safety in Germany but places Of safety in in the Rue
under the control not Of German but Of Belgian eurators.
cmat tors Of a' museums r@n b" bishops, and and priest priests "% worked Loyalty and frankly IN
the cause Of art with the German commission?
possible perm was Van Dycks st Martin dividing his cloak a master,
70 the eupldty Of an invader for its money value, Q experts say is not
At the opening OF the fourth paragraph of your article you ask the
question: Can any possible term save a policy Of murder be applied to
the use Of aircraft by the Germans
AIRCRAFT You are speaking more especially now Of dropping
PHASE OF bombs on unforhfed cities by German airmen, and you
NEW WAR" say that Occasionally these men have been obHgng
enough to drop their cards as we'll as thed bombs"
And you add:
81 see no reason why these (cards) should not be used in evidence
against them. III why they should not be hanged IS murderers whey they
fall into the hands Of the allies"
/ am glad, sir, that you are not a British general, for it is my con
.vicion that if you gave orders as you write articles you would add fresh
horrors to war And also it seems strange TO me that q pubhcist who so
.passonatey extenuates the Belgian franc tTeuTs' mad defiance of the laws
of war should be so keen Of reprtsas against German afraen who have
done only what English airmen have done. For, sir, English aimen did
drop bombs on the mfortifed city Of Dusseldorf in an attempt to destroy
balloon sheds.
That attempt was only partially successful but the next morning the
Cologne Gazette described the long fight and the dropping Of the bombs
as "a brilliant feat and said that German armen would hope soon or late
to return the compliment of the visit to Dusseldorf As a sporting PROPOSE
ton the incident made an impression which was not lost on the German
mind and hearty recognition of the fact was made
war" and the world must accept them if the world is to continue warning.
The principle Of war is as we all know, to strike terror, physical and
spiritual into your enemy This the airmen do with superiauy9 success.
There Is, too, an ancient Saying that war is most mercfful when 1T is
quickest, and the operations Of airmen certainly expedite disaster and
destruction.