New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
SOMF GERMAN WAR DlAKlEo
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"@"''"' Prisoners An of Nation

TUo violations Of the rights o. non CON.
batants arc in that order the requisilonins
Of inhabitants on military work where they
mr.. exposed 20 the fire Of their own nation;
"ni.iless severity" applied to every non-eom-
blatant on the least suspicion OF hostile act
Actually the state, which the simple sol.
diers obey 80 utterly, Is an inner Clique o.
landed proprietors, captains OF industry and
officers Of the army-men OF ruthIess purpo"
and vast ambitions. The 6o'OVV'VVV OF dociie
peasants. clerks, artisans and petty oHeisls
are tools for this inner clique
The theories Of the German philosopher
and public men are Of one piece win the CO...
Iec,ive acts Of tho German soldiers. Tn.
pages Of the Pan-German writers are pro
rhetic. They are not 30 much the precursors
a. tho results. the echoes OF q something I'M.
personal that il yaster than their own voice
ue,e we have acted out the cult OF force
creator Of right, praetised since rs dim orr
Gins by Prussia, defended philosophically b.
Tasson. scientifically b. Haeckel and OSWALD
nolitically by Treitschhe, and IN a military
way By General Won Bernhard
The German People 0bsessed.
The modern Germany is inc victim Of an
oh.ession Under IFS sentimental domestic
life, its placid beer-garden recreation, iis
methodical activities, .ts reyeries, lis emo
Itional layity fed on music, i was generating
do.tyuctive forces. Year by year 10 was
thinking the thoughts inculcated by us
famous teachers. until those IDEAS pushed
deem down into the subconscious, became an
overmastering desire, a dream o. world
grandeur. For, once an idea penetrstes
through 20 the subconscious, y becomes
touched with emotional life, later TO leap
back into the light OF day IN uncontrolled
action.
| can produce one Of the Original bills
posted on the walls Of Liege oy General Won
Bilow. Here is the way il reads;
0rdre.
la population Liegeoise.
La population d'Andenne, apres AVER
temoigns des intentions pacfques regard
de nos troupes. les a sttaquees de Ia faeon Ia
Mus traitresse Ayec mon sutorsation, le
General aui commandait ces troupes mis- "a
Vile en- cendres ct fat fusiller 10 per-
sonnes Je porte &c fat la connaissance ds
Ia Vile de Liege, pour que ses haoltanis
sachent a quel sort Us peuyent sattendre
sTls prennent une attitude semblable.
Liege, lie % Aout 1914.
General Won Bulow
"Tbe inhabitants Of the town of Andenne
after having testified their peaceful inten-
tions in regard 10 our troops, attacked them
in a fashion the most treacherous. b. ny
authorization, the General who commanded
the troops, has burned the town % ashes
and has shot 10 people.
81 bring this 20 the knowledge OF the town
Of Liege, in order that the inhabitants may
know what fate they invite II they take
like attitude"
A Durable Mania.
1t is only in victorious conquest that me
German is anendurable. When ne was
trounced az the Battle OF the Marine ne
ceased his wholesale burninsS and massacre
throughout that district, and continued MS
campaign % frightfUlness only IN those sec
tions Of Belgium around Antwerp where ne
was still conquering new territory. HIS dream
Of world conquest will die IN day, "neh
the day comes that sends him home. In de-
feat ne is simple, kindly, surprised al hu-
name treatment He ceases 20 be super
man at the touch Of failure. All his blown
ND grandeur collapses, and he shrinks TO ms
tue stature.
This return to Vhoiesomeness is depend
ent on two things; a thorough defeat m ms
war. so that the German people will sec that
q machine fails when II seeks TO crush the
human spirit. and an internal revolution ~
the conception Of individual duty IN relation
70 the state, so that they will regain the Writ
ues Of common humanity. The water-tlgnt
COMMITMENTS which they have built up be-
tween the inner voice OF conscience IN the
Individual life and the outer compulslon o.
the state must be broken through.
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