El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-10


! the babe. Ny men, about 100 saw
( IL and the Russian soldier died then
I and there. I won't tell how-that's
/ enough-but when We got to Pekin
and resting in our quarters, about
. 1000 American soldiers, thousands OF
Z British and others were qualified Wit
/ nesses that that babe was dfsemboyv-
! eled, caught on bayonets. the mother
outraged, and II the boys could have
added anything worse. they would have
done so.
You remember how major Waller IT
S. N. c., with his men, marched across
the island OF Samar strewins death in
his path2 Why2 Because he loved
! his men more than the enemy. tbav
chose TO poison food and water SIM
plies OF his men and he in return gave
them death A court martial fully
exonerated him because he was justi-
fled according to rules Of war.
When our beloved Capt Riley, 18th
Q. S. artillery, fell a few feet from me
on the Chin -Men-Gate Pagoda." the
fury Of my men and others was turned
loose-on What2 I will not say-but
there and then the primitive reiRned
for fully half an hour. Could I or Won
or my superior officers control those
men2 As well try to stop a tornado
with a rifle ball Were they justiffed2
No And they nobly acknowledge it to
man after they were sobered down
War is hell" Perhaps It was. because
ing company a" L. S. Marine Corps
But I'll wager there was not q more
Intelligent bunch Of equal size in any
civilian gathering
It was not the missionaries we were
fighting for in China, for a goodlv num-
Der Of the good ones were running loose
in Pel1in- It was the same real issue that
they have now in Europe. It is not
mtlitarism or navalism. It's simply
that god, commerce
a fu ~ -
person is an active enemy or some
times is found in company with an
enemy.
How about the German report Of the
terrible atrocities committed by the
RussiansE Examine our books on the
practice and usages of war OF United
States forces in the field and you will
find no great difference when IL comes
10 taking severe measures in protect
ing the men of a command. Perhaps
the German civilians were Just as gull
ty towards the Russians as the Bel
gians or French were towards the Ger
mans, hence Russian outrages.
If I should see woman firing at
my men from the top window OF a
house / would order that woman shot
she viii be safer out OF action. I
love my men, their mothers, their
sweethearts, Just a little more than
that strange woman If she be unarmed
and defenceless, she will be first to
in sS9 cases out Of 1000 she will also
get that same protection Of the men
OF other nations.
If a few Of my civilized boys should
run 2 bayOnet through the body Of
a treaeherOus civilian, it's but an ex-
preston Of that war weakness, a tenn
porary return TO the primitive and saw
age love for your own temporary
alteration OF mind caused by the he'll
lish excitement Of war.
The Is $50 Roe- women and children
who died in British concentration
camps were mostly victims Of their
own folly They, like their Belgian
sisters. hampered the operations OF an
army in the field. hence the military
necessity. Don't blame the British for
protecting their men.
War in itself is but the fiend
incarnate turned loose upon the flow
ers Of the earth The British govern
ment declares to starve to death the
mothers and babes Of Germany. Saw
ageryt The American government en-
tiers a protest; that's all Humanity
The British government replies II IS
the only weapon Savageryi
The German government comes back
and declares to the world that she will
destroy everything within her power
with her submersibles- Savageryi Our
government makes vigorous protest.
Humanity. The German government
replies. that's our only protection; our
only revenge" Savageryi
The Lusitania horror is savagery, an
exempIification OF the horror Of war,
but those 500 cases Of small arms am
munition2 What about it, II you
were in command Of a submarine and
had a love for our country, your
brothers in arms, your mothers and
babes, would you wish TO destroy this
ammunition
A soldier knows that 5,400, 900 rounds
OF ammunition is sure, at a careful
ratio, to kill $500 Of his brothers n
arms Perhaps you would, perhaps you
would not, have sunk that ship in de-
fence Of your mothers and babes, who
are just as innocent as those poor mis-
cradle, helpless people on the Lust-
tania-
We talk Of Christ and pray that this
curse may end, and yet our financiers
are boasting Of the big profits from
tating implements We ship almost daily
to the belligerant countries.
I agree with the noble and fearless !
editor of The FL PasO Herald when he |
all cant and hypocrisy. He has
been bold and fearless in presenting |
the good side OF all nations concerned !
and shows his patriotism by his warn /
ing to the nation
Yes war will do more. It will pre- ]
vent the nations of the world rom /
hiding behind international laws and |
breaking the same when it suits their |
purpose, but. above all, it will drive /
into the brain and heart OF the man I
that produces the actual wealth OF the !
world, some common sense, and in 4
measure, at least, abolish these para /
sites that gnaw at the vitals Of the 1
body polite, these parasites who tell 4
him Just how TO fight and how to sic /
the dogs Of war while they reap in /
the sheckels. It's truly amusing II Il /
we're not so horrible
The remarks about German-Ameri-
cans getting out Of the country, etc, 4
S that same old ridiculous fable. What 1
IS an Americana He, in my estimation,
IS one who comes out Of the melting 4
pot Of American institutions and 4
American justice. American liberty Of
action and thought, and we as Ameri-
ans true to our adopted ideals. hope 1
% get an ingot out OF that pot that /
hall be purer than gold, yea diamond
n the making-that shall resist the
ant end hypocricy Of this world. II
were silly enough to try to meet this
argument. I might, perhaps, say to
hose heroic Americans that gave their
ives on that III fated ship: Why did
7ou sail the North sea? II you did
lot like il, go home" Perhaps some
will accuse me Of being pro-GermanZ
Well I am of German stock, yes. but
irst. last and all the time, this coun-
~ is good enough for me
Yea. and I speak for the other mil
fo-,e Of C-aru7a an A rnprfcaug who have I