The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-02
SHAW is HATED
FOR OPINIONS
Great English Writer Attacks SIR
Edward Grey, Sccret Diplomacy
and Alliance With Russia.

The most hated man in England Is
probably Bernard Shaw, the well
known drsmsust, who has been at
tackled by the whole Of the English
press on account Of his article about
Sir Edward Grey and the British
government SHAW, however, viii
not allow himself to be cOrnered and
defends hls opinions Of the war In an
open letter directed 10 The New
Statesman In this article he says /.
~ do not conceal the fact that my
treatment Of Sir Edward Grey Is
neither gentle nor sentimental If IL
quite true that l could just AZ easily
have depicted sangulnary picture
Ot the whole Of his previous career,
which might have commenced with
his lOathsome treason In the Panian
affair. The manner In which our dl.
plomaCy has gone 10 work, both dur
ing the war and before 1t, is simple
Acknowledged fact But It would be
Il fatal mistake to asGibe this 10 the
personal business Instincts Of the for
eign secretary alone No, direct my
attacks against the entire British
autocraic and secret diplomacy, Of
which look upon Grey m the father
"Only consider, that secret diplom-
Rcy cannot but develop into a menda
clous diplomacy, nv long as certain
questions are allowed I'm the catiuet :.
for II is easy TO put a question I'm such
form that II must be answered 10
the satisfaction OF the government
Lord Roberts has spent all his life In
making II clear 10 NJ that Russia Il
our bltterest enemy and Rudyard
KipllnR has warned us NJ Russia In
lnnumerable poems and stories, and
has eIhOrted us over and over again
never TO put our trust I'm Russia
And now we are shedding our blood
in order 10 make Russia the most
powerful miutady Rutocrat IN Eu.
rope.
Have we forgotten that Austria
Hungary stood between us and the
Turks centuries after the Hun dan
ger was over2 Have we forgotten
Soblesh, but for whom we might have
been sitting AZ slaves In TripOlis or
Algeria And still We are waglng
war against Austria Hungary Yes,
We are hopeless people and fall from
one ingratitude 10 another,
And how are we conducting our.
selves toward the Germansl Have
We forgotten all the brave HessianH
who won 20 many lAurels for us from
Marlborough TO BourgOyne2 And
what would have become Of our Pro
testant religion IN England, II the
German Luther had never seen the
light Of the worldl Our proceedings
will remain a lasting disgrace at
which we ought 10 blush for shame.
II Professor Ramsay Muir reprOsches
me with abstruseness and contra
dlctoriness In my opinions Of the war,
| can only reply that he is mistaken,
| said that the treaty Of 1899 (the
treaty about Belgian's neutrality }
was not worth the paper II was writ.
ten upon and that we should have de
!
existed. But now l will even gC
further and declare that Great Britain
would have declared war even H. Tor
instance, there had been sacred
| promise In the treaty never 10 draw
the sword against Germany. | state
seriously that the English nation
agreed TO Sir Edward Grey's declara
tion Of war, simply because they did
not wish France 10 be crushed by
Germany and by no means because
they took the slightest notice Of 4
scrap Of paper And then l make 9
further statement which will natur
ally meet with some resistance thai
we English people have a big debt e
pay to Belgium.
"of course the insular Englishmar
will never be able to picture TO him
self that an EnglishmAn ever coulC
have duty toward a mere foreigner
but the members OF the lower as vel
A the upper house have considered
the question OF enough Importance 4
warrant debate In the house Of parlia
ment. II seems TO be taken fol
granted that the entire civil populs
ton will defend itself In the struggl,
against the intruder, and has mad,
inquiries Of the government regardln,
the measures TO be employed in car
rying out this purpose.
The government has Issued .
declaration In both houses In accord
ance with which particulars regnriln,
the manipulation Of this resistanc,
are not TO reach the public, but IN,
fact that such opposition has beer
planned war 10 the knife, - openl,
admitted. II Ia Of general interest /,
mention that the English government
intends TO bring the adjustmeht OF thl
combat OF the people into accord viii
the demands Of international law
According to the statement OF the lor,
prime minister OF the upper house
should the English people take NJ
arms, they viii carry on legitimat
warfare and not unipers war"
The English government then refer