TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-11

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tsrsat Mistake oi a Camanlla 81
sauf met Grey. Asquith,
Churchill and Lloyd George
las become the Great Ctipie,
not only against Germany, but
against an Europe, including
their own country. Ii is for this
reason, too, thar /, as an Amer
lean writer with a firm and i'm.
pIiciI faith Ia the justice Of
germany's cause. have not
ceased TO maintain that the
British people which in itself
had cherished no ill-will against
Germany, were as much the vic
tins and the dupes Of diplomatic
frickery as the unfortunate
B~elgians. Their hate Is some
thing a~rtihcially engendered -
heir fear and rancour have
their roots in an u%nfort2aate
and wide spread ignorance OF a
great people. Their very virtues
we're cunningly played upon in
order to enlist their sympathies
iii an evil cause. The greatest
enemies of England to-day are
those into whose dishonest and
tricky hands she con6ded her
destiny and prosperity and the
lives OF millions Of her sous.
And now these men--pressmen
md politicians-strive frantical-
81, desperately IL pile wrong
npon wrong in order to hide the
horrible initial blunder.
Surely IL the will Of the
people be still a power in Eng
and, Of II Parliament be still
infused with the spirit Of liberty
nd Tree speech, the hour has
come for England to pause and
ask. WHY and WHITTIER
The Continental Times is proud
to publish the following brilliant
and thoughtful article by an
Gnglishman, Mr.. Arthur B. Yol-
and, and it's sole regret is that
i copy OF it cannot be placed
INTO the hands Of every man and
woman in the British Empire
K. L. Onhelle.
In August, 1914, the British For
On Minister, Sir Edward Grey, re-
lived 10 plunge Great Britain and
le British Empire into the most
war the world has ever seen.
he final step-the full consequences
| which have at last become evident
, Europe and the whole human
came as a surprise to everyone
kept the unhappy few who, being
litiated into the mysteries Of Grey's
diplomacy, have to bear their
rare of responsibility for the awful
and carnage wrought by the
,hirlwind OF international hatred
into play by the heinous
liscalculation Of an insignificant
linority Of armchair politicians.
Why was the perfectly loyal pro-
osal Of Germany, communicated to
If Edward Grey by Prince Lich-
oysky before Mr.. Asquith's notori.
us philippe, branded by the latter
j Infamous? Why was it held
aek-even from the British Par
ament? Because those Immediately
ssponsible for the policy Of Great
were convinced that a more
lvourable opportunity for the over.
1row OF Germany could not well be
nagineA Yes, this was the sole
sason for the Intervention Of Greai
Iritain in a conflict which was nc
Of hers.
The reason adduced by Grey-the
reach Of Belgian neutrality by Ger.
iany-was a mere pretext, for
hanks to the diplomatic machina'
.ons Of the Entente, a coalition
rought into being by Great Britain
! an instrument for the suttocatior
( the German empire. the neutral
of Belgium was already a thing
( the past.
The watchwords employed by the
French and Russian pres:
) popuiarise the cause Of the EN-.
were chosen with a nice re-
ard for the peculiar sympathies ot
lie British public. Liberty, ma.
Ionality", the sanctity Of treaties"
and the determination TO rio
forever Of the nightmare Of
russian militarism" and to preserve
he integrity OF the Balkan states By
Iverthrowing the "Germano-Magyaf'
egemony which threatened TO en-.
uIf them, were the wills-o-the-wisI
hat enticed the flower Of Britain''
manhood into the miry swamp Of ;
enmity and rancour as deplor'
HE az thev are unreasonable.