The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-18

thru the Black Sea, the channel into
the Mediterranean Sea; will India re-
main passive when her returning sons
will tell around the firesides of their
ancestors that England's boast Of SUI
premacy has proven failure; or will
India in it's awakening throw off the
hated yoke? Has England lasting
guarantee that Austria and Canada
will remain true to the motherland. or
is it not barely possible that this war
will produce a second Geo. Washington
who will strike the shackles from the
wrists of his countrymen?
Iadvocate peace and hope the day
is not far away when the weapons of
warfare shall be turned into tools of
peaceful pursuit; still am a little
pessimistic and believe that arma-
ments will go on and nations rise
against nations ,as long as a national
honor is endangered. Does the de-
struction of nations army and navy
spell obliteration I think not, for ma
tional ambition will survive and con-
quered Germany shall rise, phoenix
like to take her place among the world
powers. Should England and France
be conquered in this strife, does it
seem at all reasonable that forever
these lands will mourn their past
glory, and like Israel of old, hang
their harps upon the willows and
weep when they remember the glori-
GUS past?
What has been the outcome of con-
quest? The combined power of Ger
many, Austria and Russia has not
been able to crush Polish nationality,
and the name of Sobiesky is as much
an inspiration today as it was in the
days of Polish independence. Short
of miracle or massacre nations in
the present age can not be blotted out;
thus after the war there will still be
a Germany, Austria, Russia, England
and France and perhaps many little
principalities and powers to go on
plotting; in the mean time the car
mage goes on and humanity is stagger-
ed at the tremendous loss of life and
unwarranted destruction of property
The present war was an impossi-
bility under the rule of Queen Vic
toria. England remained strictly neu-
trail in the Franco-Prussian war, and
if there was any sympathy in the is
land kingdom it was rather on the
side of Germany, not only because the
ruling houses are intimately related,
but the English and German people
are akin in religion blood and civiliza-
tion. The latter days of Bismark's
rule in German politics plainly show
the growing desire to overthrow Eng
lish rule Of the sea and cripple her
foreign commerce for the benefit of
Germany, which had become a competi
tor of England in her over sea trade
and colonial possessions. Her indus
tries are the rival of the world; it was
this which created the desire for Ger
Z man colonization at the expense OF
other nations; at the same time it has
! been Shown that Germany as a coloni-
ger is a complete failure, as shown by
her African and Chinese possessions
German militarism and brute force is
wrong spirit in which to subdue and
colonize people accustomed to be free
and independent 1t is hence out of the
' question that the close of the war will
!. find Germany enlarging he rborder:
at the expense of conquered nations
f should she be the victor; her bruta
t treatment of the Rhine provinces hav'
h shown to all the world her inabilit!
: to rule except by force. l need onl!
4 refer to the Zabern incident last yea
II in Alsace-Lorain to point out her ute
disregard of colonial rights; hence
should Germany carry this war to ;
i successful issue and annex, as SOM
:, seem inclined to think, the kingdom o
. the Belgiums, she never will be able t
! subdue the spirit of this heoric natior
: and the annexation of Belgium mus
j. of necessity bring to her great respon
r sibilities. l rather think the future O
IS Belgium will in measure be indepen
:; dent of the issues of the present wal
re No matter who wins in the end tn
rs little Belgium kingdom will have lear
" ed lessons never to be forgotten an
will have won eternal glory for he
20 20 undaunted courage and reroism; 8
40 the same time am confident that Gel
n many, despite the wonderful efficienc
ly of her great army organization, tt
de sublime heroism of her soldiers, a
BY most bordering on fatalism, Il
Sc enormous sacrifices in men and none
ne unequaled by any age, will forever
's' branded as inhuman and dishonort
r. for her brutality and disregard of Il
ny ny rights of nations.
FL | stated before that this war w
he being carried on under different rul
nd than the war of II; naturally prop
ty ty will be destroyed and individu
RI rights challenged in any war, but t
wholesale disregard of all existing
aIe aie ternational laws has branded Germal
nv nv in this struggle as an outlaw amol
,st nations. l can only briefly refer to t
his destruction of Belgium, the vand'
FOR ism practiced in her fine cd cities, t
re- sinking of unarmed merchantmen a
M, passenger steamers, the disregard
a.. the sacred rights of the Red Cross
2 OF ciety, the use Of poisonous gases
au- tha trenches, which stands on the sal