The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-05-26
GERMANY's GREATEST EDITOR
SPEAKS OUT FOR HUMANITY
Harden Astonishes The
World With Whirlwind Attack
ON War Fiends.

Herr Harden has long been accord
ed chief place among the rulers of
German opinion. In his striking arti-
Gle entitled, IF / were Wilson" he
shows American editors how to stand
fast for humanity's rights and for
the protection of neutrals, and he
also furnishes an example of fine,
heroic style in language; simple,
strong and logical.
The article is addressed to the Ger
man people and begins:
Listen, mankind, to the message
of a man." and then in the imagin-
airy role of our President he states
Americas case against the militar-
lists. Following are some quotations
as given by the Salt Lake Tribune.
Germany accuses us of helping her
enemies with war material. We have
right to do it. 1t is not our fault
that Germany cannot be client. Ger
man industry in all modern wars, not
withstanding her neutrality, delivered
to one party and often to both, weap-
ons and ammunition. The use of
these undoubted rights of our manu-
facturers has brought bitter reproach
from the Germans. Many OF these
have thought they must revenge them
selves for a supposed wrong done the
fatherland. Proofs of the favoring
of these criminal actions lie in our
archives.
Cites Parallel Case
81 only ask would Germany have
allowed, during the Manchurian war
Japanese agents to work in Prussian
Poland and by agitations and endan-
gering munition factories brighten
Germany into enmity against Russia?
lis our demand of rights not equal
to that of Germany? | demand that
Germany publicly disassociate herself
from every comment of the foolish
patriots who misuse our hospitality
to upset civil peace.
81 demand that Germany shall with
out reserve protect the life and prop
erty of American citizens at sea.
mo longer may the question OF
whether two great peoples shall live
in friendship or enmity depend upon
the whim or nerve of a young sub
marine commander who wishes to
serve the fatherland and who only
listens to conscience when 1t says
down with everything | can eaten.
TO Yield Would not be Weak
"To give way would not be reckon
ed on either side as weakness, but
only the expression of the reasonable
wish of two peoples to preserve friend
lv intercourse. The result of breach
would be that our whole hemisphere
north and south, would be made enc
mics of Germany, and not only Tor
the duration of the war.
Germany would lose all her ships
lying in American harbors and have
to reckon with a considerable increase
in the enemy's tonnage. From the
dav of the breach she would have to
provision Belgium herself. The whole
of Holland and Scandinavia could
scarcely hope for more supplies by
sea and would become in need them
selves and give nothing more to
strangers.
#"Whether at such a high price the
loss of power to England by lack
of food and shipping could be pought
Germany alone must decide.
THAT the end of the war would
then depart into the dim distance is
certain.
"At that moment, too, we should
have united front in America. The
Germans, Irish and Austro Hungar-
ians in our land would at once forget
everything except that they were one
under the stars and stripes"
Editor Harden is great force in
Germany, and now that he has so re-
markably aligned himself with the
humanitarians, it is easier to believe
the rumors that are current about
lar~e and influential peace party in
Germany. If all countries might have
editors and statesmen of Herr Hard
ems calibre no doubt all war could
speedily be abolished, and good sense
and uprightness win the day for all
time