The sun., 1916-12-16
GERMANS FLAYED
FOR SLAVE RAIDS
Continued from, First Page.

transplanting of 100000 Belgian men
into a condition OF State slavery In Ger
many. where their labor Is to be used In
the conquest Of their fellow countrymen.
Similar transplantings Of civilian non
combatants. both men and women. into
slavery In Germany have already oc-
Cured in northern France.
This action Is paralleled by the ac-
ton of the Assyran conquerors OF Syria
and Palestine |; but until the present war
broke out II was supposed that such
hdeous infamies were effectively checked
by the system OF international law which
has grown UP under modern Christian
civilization. But Germany has tramped
under foot every device OF international
law for securing the protection of the
weak and the unofYending. She has
shown an utter disregard Of all consld-
erations OF pity. mercy. humanity and In
ternationai morality. She has counted
upon the terror inspired by her ruthless
brutality to protect her from retaliation
or interference.
Murder of Americans.
The outrages committed on our own
people have been such as the United
States has never before been forced to
endure. and have included the repeated
killing Of our men. women and children.
The sinking OF the Marina and the Che
munE the other day. with the attendant
murder Of six Americans. was the most
recent In an unbroken chain Of injuries
and insults which by comparison makes
mere wrong to our property interests
sink into absolute insigniicance.
AS long as neutrals keep silent or
| speak apologetically or take refuge In
the utilities OF the professional pacifists
there will be no cessation In these hru-
Ia asfi nd
crownng brutality. which amounts to
the imposition OF a cruel form OF state
slavery on helpless and unoffending
conquered nation, must make our people
realize that they peril their own souls
that they degrade their own manhood
| II they do not bear emphatic testimony
against the preparation OF such iniauity
| am glad to he one among the Amer
leans who thus bear testimony"
Joseph II. Choate wrote that he was
| sorry he could not be present 80 as to
protest against one Of the most cruel
and barbarous atrocities known to his
tory" He disagreed with Secretary
Lansing in tho point OF view that the
Government has exhausted its means OF
diplomacy. lie did not believe that We
were bound TO continue diplomatic rela-
tions with "A nation that persisted in such
brutal outrages.
"Frivolous Pleas" Says Choate.
Mr.. Choate referred 10 the frivolous
pleas and excavations made by German
officials and concluded that Germany has
deliberately violated international law
| and the principles of humanity.
81 trust" he wrote. that your meeting
will be great success and will be fol-
| lowed by other meetings throughout the
land IN the same spirit, So as to guide
Z slz I'll l.. f..r
ther conduct OF this awful business"
Alton r. Parker said that the United
States cannot hope to stop the war. but
| that II can protest both with passion and
| effect against its abuses.
We insist" he said, that neither
under the pretext OF necessity nor In the
assertion OF brute force shall patriotism
be rewarded with enslavemcnt nor the
innocent punished by methods no more
to be excused In time OF war than in
time OF peace We hope this protest
will he nationwide. 1t is the one urgent
world question of the day. II war is to
be waged here and now with the purpose
OF making human slavery again a part of
, II, il will not make much difference In
| the future Of tine world whether pro-
visions are made for the preservation or
| restoration of peace as proposed or not"
James NJ Beck characterized Ger
] y
murder" II the people Of the United
| States did not protest. he added. the
very stones of the streets would cry out
against us
"lf I do not msinterrret the sen,i-
ment OF the American people" said Mr.
! Beck. then it believes that any reace
| that would leave the rights Of Belgium
without vindication and their wrongs
| without reparation would he infinitely
more mischevous than n continuation
Of the war. Rcparation. do | say? Can
| tho dead he restored TO life" Can hap
p.ncss bc restored to those who have
been plunged into unendihr misery
Vengeance there may be. ~paration
| there can never be-
The three most COURAGEOUS men NJ
/ history he believed. were. Kari I.ieh-
/ kuecht Of Germany. King Albert of the
Bclgians and Cardinal Mcrcier. Prus-
sia's course toward Belgium he described
as ono Of fraud and troachory, brutality
! and systematic robbery
| The question IL not what Germany
is doing hut what the rest of the world
| proposes to do. and above all what the
| United States as the greatest Of the neu-
tral Powers proposes to do. We went
10 war against Spain for an offence
| which by comparison was trivial,
| namely, tho gathering of tho non-com-
hatants Of cuba into the concentration
camps to facilitate the operations OF tho
| Spanish army.
An That is necessary is for the rre l.
dent to notify the German Government
that unless II gives a prompt assurance
that tho forcihlc deportation or Rclgiaus
I" Germany shall Immediately cease the
German Ambassador vii, hr given his
passports" said Mr.. Beck
Resolutions requesting the United
states Government To ''protcst with all
itS fore" and carnestncss" against ,h.
deportation by Germany Of thousands of
Nclgums MOn-comhatant nonulatinn