The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-14

peace limited very clearly that the group Of powers,
Of which Germany Is one, stands for oppression,
and Englands group stands for defense of those
oppressed, This insinuation proves also how
neutral this society is society which once claim
ed DR.. Ernest Faber and Pastor Ktauz.
I'VE would like to ask whether it is the idea
of defending the oppressed that has enabled Eng
land to own so mucihof the earths soil And
il the oppressed are to look to England for pro-
lection, why does she not at once occupy Russia 2?
A leading editorial in The War discussing Ger
many's relations to Russia and to England be-
gins: There is particular reason why the
Americans do not regard the Germans cause
favofably 1t may be found in her failure to APP
preciate gradual development Of the present situ-
alton And SO the effect is taken for the cause
Germanys former relations to England and to-
Russia are frequently misunderstood"
Americans and the American attitude towards
the war are constantly mentioned, specifically,
and indirectly limited at in articles appearing in
practically all the German publications in the Far
East Some of the papers. spare American resi-
dents Of the Orient direct criticism, making their
attack in a general way on the attitude of the
American government.
The German papers are commenting extensively
on the failure Of the, Belgian government to win
any recent recognition from its Allies, and the
fact that Belgium was not admitted to the Eu,
ropean group which joined with Japan in urging
China to postpone its change of government. The
War says: "Of late we have but rarely heard of
Belgium, Of the Belgian king and his army. Mer-
ged into the vast military establishment of the
Allies the little strip Of country which he still
calls his own, his small band Of faithful followers
and he himself have lost their political identity.
No special importance attaches TO them any more.
Belgium seems to have lost its attraction which
| It had at the beginning as war slogan. 1t has
served the purposeof detracting peoples attention
! from the real issue and the cause of tine war at
the beginning and, as these real issues have gradu
ally been projected to the foreground and have
become paramount, Belgium is now of little con-
sequence TO the Entente powers, and at best "a
side issue to be dealt with incidentally, if occa-
sion arises The voluminous war reports of the
| Allies do not mention Belgium's little army any
more, although no doubt they have their daily
4 fight just like the rest Of them The king Of Eng
land recently visited France, but we have not
heard that he remembered his luckless brother
king in Flanders, The Belgian government re-
manned silent when lately the other Allies pro-
claimed anew their intention to stand together to
! the last E ,,.e.-@.k@ &. ~ $500.
| The same editorial then reviews at length what
Germany has done in Belgium, and says that I'M
der the direction of German officers all tillable
land has been bought under cultivation, and the
Belgium industries have beer. revived with a
better wage scale than before the war. Most inn
portant Of ALL the editorial continues, "the Ger
mans have sent all Belgian children to schools"