The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-05

When the Kaiser sent his little ex-
petition to China he said:
when you encounter the enem,g
you Will defeat him; no quarter shall !
be given, no prisoners shall be taken. |
Let all who fall into your hands be at |
your mercy. Just as the Huns one |
thousand years ago, under the leader |
ship of Attila, gained reputation in
virtue in which they still live in his
toricai tradition, so NAV the name of
Germany become known in such 4
manner in China that no Chinaman
will ever again dare to look askance
at German.
Belgium was made an example Of
| According to the German idea she
should have accepted money and net
stood in the way of German progress.
| German military progress is allied
with German commercial progress It
| is a mistake in the conception of Ger
many that she wars for the purpose of
war or for the Developments and train
ing Of her men.
A State With No Morals.
| The first principle of German s'kuI-
| tur" as respects the state is that the
sole business CT the government is to
advance the interests of the state and,
no laws having been formulated in re-
spect to the business of Il state, the
government is without moral response
bility; that the laws applicable to in
dividual action do not apply to the
state. individuals may do wrong but
the state cannot do wrong. Individ-
uals may steal and be punished there
) for but the state cannot steal. 1t is
, its business to expand and to appro-
pirate. individuals may murder and
be punished fer the crime, but it is
the business of the state to kill for
state development or progress.
The English-speaking conception of
: morality is that that which applies 10
an individual in community applies
q 70 the aggregate of the Individuals
that the state is only the aggregate OF
the individuals, that the state is only
the aggregate of the individuals exer
: cising the natural human functions OF
f government for law and order.
5 This is entirely outside the German
e conception. In the German concep
e ton government comes down from
0 above and not up from the people. L
e is not the people who rule or govern
r but the govern ment from above rule
5. the people and the people must implic
o lilly fellow and obey; thus is nationa
;, progress and human progress.
d The whole of Germany believes il
the government of the Kaiser; tina
law and war flow down through hin
and that neither can he questioned b,
n the individual Obedience, union, ef
# ficieney, progress and progress throug
IS war, If necessary. are cardinal virtues
Germany does not desire war wit
II Russia, but German progress require
y the continuance of present tariff RI
r lations and if war is Il means to tina
n desirable end, war is divine.
al The murder of the crown prince @
is Austria was an incident furnishin
Or Germany and Austria the opportunit
re to carry out their long conceived PR
le gram for the extension of their inf,
e, en@e through the growing state {
ad Servia. -
"a A Peace Treaty Sundered. E~ +
A treaty had been arranged b
ks tween Greece and Turkey and was
v have been signed in July; which woul
a have, settled many things in respe,
n to Turkey and the Balkan states Ro
- mania and Servia were in agreemel
sttiiS ~
peaee in southeastern Europe.
When all, was ready for the fin
~ conference and the signatures, Austr
he interviewed and announced her oppos
ton Then suddenly followed Il
. bombshell, of the snltimatum to Servi
timed at the precise moment to ste
the signing of this Turkish treaty.
Austrian officials admitted priyat
lly- as follows, and / have it direct
from parties TO the negotiations:
1--WE are satisfied that Servia woQ
punish the murders of Prince Ferl
nand if we requested il. But our ali
go beyond. We demand that inste
of the proposed Turkish treaty I
Balkan states shall COME into uni
with Turkey under the influence
Austria. To accomplish this we AInu
accept no apology, but must punt
Servia. We are satisfied that Russ
is in no financial or military positi
20 interfere
Russia Without Gold or Guns.
Germany with its enormous spy $,
tenn had secured copies of the cor
Dental state papers OF the Gar a
transmitted them to Vienna. In the
were warnings, statistics and compi
tions showing all the financial a
military weakness of Russia; that |
great gold reserve had been loaned {
and was not available cash on hal
as the world had been led to belle
that it would take eighteen mont
more Of preparation to place her n
itary forces in position 10 successful
defend the country, that her arms a
the factories to build ,-sem were
ready.
The plans of Austria were to line
the Balkan states, under German
litical and trade influences. then wi