Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-02-11
TuE BABY KlLLilRs.


Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver who
went to Europe with the Ford Peace
| Expedition, has Travelled In Germany
quite extensively and studied The
conditions in the Empire. In an in
teryiew which Judge Lindsey gave to
representative Of the New York
World he places the British Govern
ment in the light OF deliberate
"Baby Killers" The correspondent
Of the World writes;
The only effect Of the English
blockade and starvation policy, as /
see 1t, as an impartial American and
neutral citizen, is not to make war
on the German people but upon Ger
man babies" Judge Ben Lindey de-
clared to me as he took a train this
morning for Amsterdam, where he
viii lecture at the university prior to
sailing for New York this week.
England cannot starye out the
German people. Her starvation
policy is not having, and has no pro
spcct Of having, such an effect on the
adult population as to be able to
justify it on the ground Of military
advantage or effect. That is my firm
opinion after what / have seen in
| some Weeks III GSIlnduy.
England by her Illegal stopping
Of non-contraband in contravention
Of international law viii have q
really serious effect on but one class,
and that class which appeals to
every human namely, the
babies
"England's policy may mean death
or life without health to thousands
OF German babies There's one thing
every baby needs and must have, and
| for which science has found no ade-
! quate ubstitute-that's milk Tho
greatest food shortage we have found
here is in milk and butter. Adults
can live for years without them, but
tho little ones cannot.
Every time England stops ship
ments of milk, she is striking blow
at the German babies and no ono
claims that they are party to this
waI. England cannot even claim
that, as in the case OF q besieged and
bombarded city, she is getting tho
adults with the babies, because she
is not.
- believe can cOnscientiously
say TINT I am neutral ! have no
feelings one way or the other about
this war. Accompanied by my wife,
came to Germany to study the con-
ditions OF the children and food
question. What | saw appeals 20 mo
strongly in behalf OF the Httle ones.
i have seen hundreds of babies in
various places, where they were
brought for milk or to be taken caro-
OF, and where small rations Of milk
were doled out have seen lines
one or two blocks in length Of women
and children, patiently standing for
hours awaiting their turn to get q
small piece Of butter.
aside from this I've found no
real shortage OF food anywhere.
visited small towns and villages and
found the people had sufficient 10
cat, and the prices considerably
lower than in places of correspond
ing size in America. 1 spent two
days visiting markets of Berlin, OBJ
serving buying and pricing foods,
which find greatly increased, but as
that considerably less than in Dem
YER.
Aside from the lines at the milk
/ and butter deDots, there were neither
riots nor even crowds. Women were
buying carefully and closely making
every cent count, but there was
! plenty for everybody. l heard but
one complaint everywhere; that was
Of the shortage OF butter and the in
! ability to obtain sufficient milk for
babies and children.
Commercially, the greatest scare
ity is Of rubber II England believes
I the starvation policy will cause Of
materially aid the defeat of Ger
many, my belief is she will be
! doomed to a bitter disappointment
/ don't believe IL car be done in ten
years, and il is now only intlicting
suffering, misery and death on the
unfortunate children.
England, in my Judgment, is not
/ and cannot possibly accomplish what
! she expects by this form of warfare,
and If she could only SEQ the utter
futility OF it, she would think long
before inhicting ill-health, suffering
and death upon the most innocent OF
all, which is getting England no
where"
Judge Lindsey declared that upon
the return of himself and his wife
I he would work for the relief Of tho
babies in the form of shipments Of
milk
'If France and England" he said,
''endcavor TO stop such shipments,
I Let them Justify il before the world
and history. / am taking no sides in
: this war one way or another but
am for saving the babies Of all coun-
I tries. The future will need them.
The babies of England, France and
Italy have the world to draw upon.
The babies of Germany, Austria
Hungary and Poland are cut of from
! reiief. They haye the same right to
receive help as the others"
Judge Lindsey said the stories Of
tho destitution and suffering of tho
women and children OF Poland he
had heard from Americans were
heartrending. He is sailing on the
Nieuw Amsterdam.
This, then, Is the war for liberty,
civilization and humanity" which
Grpat Rtjfain ig Waginp agaiuet Ger