Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-30


London. July 29-The man who was
more instrumental than any one else in
oyerthrowing the old British cabinet
and in causing the formation Oh the
present coalition government mas
written an article respecting the wal
and Americas connection with it fol
the American public That man is Lord
Northcliffe, the publisher of the Times
and the Daily Mail.
He speaks of the British fleet. the
British army, the armies Of Great Brit
aims allies the hindering part that the
politicians have played in England and
of the organized military tyranny
which seeks to dominate the world.
AS for America, he fails to see why
the official German press has been sc
anti-American unless "such second
rate and initiative races as the Prus-
slams. Saxons and Bavarians" are try
ing to scare America into docility.
First. l DESIRE" says Lord North
ctiffe, ito give credit to the Russians,
who enabled non-military and unpre-
pared nation like ourselves to hold off
colossal German attacks at the begin
ming of the war.
Second, I desire to say that the
efforts Of France are insufficiently ap-
preciated in the United States. and to
a lesser extent in Great Britain.
Owing to the efforts Of Socialistic
politicians and professional peace
mongers, France was not prepared for
ell no n .
pulled herself together in marvellous
fashion and her army today is the best
in the world. Her losses, nobly borne,
amount, believe, to nearly million
and half killed, wounded and miss
ing.
Summarizing may increase but So.
1 may say without revealing secrets,
are our means of counteractlng the
submarines. Our fleet has not been so
badly muddled by politicians as has
our army. One of our great seamen,
Fisher, resigned because of political
interference in a certain portion of the
sea war.
IF any one who reads these lines
remembers my previous communica-
ton to the American press he will
NV belief that the present world up
heaval will be of long duration. Nor
have l ever altered my belief that it
will have one ending-the smashing of
the organized military tyranny which
seeks to dominate the world.
MiIitarism Doomed
What Bismarck called the nation
of house servants" always obident to
word of command, has been provided
with most Of the inventions Of Amer
lean ingenuity-the areoplane, the ma
chine gun and the like. 1t is not pos
sible, however, whatever may be the
fiuctuating fortunes of war, that ma
tons composed of free men and indi-
viduals shall be ruled by such second
rate and initiative races as the Prus-
slams, Saxons and Bavarians. 1 have
always held that this massed attempt
Of the second rate to dominate the
world will fall, because it is unjust
and engineered by the second rate. ]
believe that the free races Of Europe
will undergo far greater tribulation at
the hands of the organized servants
than they have yet endured, but the
end is just as certain as it was in 1915,
when instead of massed mediocrity the
world was fighting the individual gent
us Of Napoleon.
Expectations as to whether the United
States can or should enter the fight or
whether they will be bullied into it do
not bulk as largely here as they are
made to do in the newspapers Of the
United States. We know that we have
the sympathy of the vast proportion of
Americans. We know that the Allies can
finish this fight by themselves. The re-
sponsibility Of entering into the bloodiest
conflict in the history Of the world is
zone for the American people themselves
to decide. My own opinion Is that they
have been we'll led in this matter up to
the present.
,tufe Of the war than have said on pre-
svioust occasions. The war stands very
tmuchT where It did, with this difference.
Hhath whereas a, great many Germans
have beentkilled.' the Allies have not yet
reached their fun strength in men, Our
politicians have done very much what
your politicians did in the early days
ion the Civil War. Politicians are about
the sameg ali, the world over. We have
,noe1produced our Lincoln or our Grant
Excellent British names both-but have
mo doubt that we SHALL"
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