The sun., 1916-09-17

ITO achieve this B%yitannils d p!o-
macy has labored for years. as has re-
Gently been admitted by English ncws-
papers with unparalleled cynicism Eng
land. therefore. Is the enemy. On tc!s
point all the States in the German I'm
p,rc are agreed.
UNFORTUNATELY. however. they have
only too good grounds for not be'rg IN
agreement as to the fact that the war -
carried on with adequate ruthlessncss
againat England. In heavens name. le'
US cease considering this grave matter
IS a party question.
"Cnless We can %. n real" united M
ton on the question Of employing our
most effective weapons with the most
utter ruthlcssness against England we
shall lose our independence as an eri-
Dire. and We shall have deserved TO lose
IT,"
The following cx'rac. from tire Ham
burger Ndehricttcn Is typical Of the feel
Ing prevailing in Germany:
1cWhen will 1t occur to our city au-
thoritfes 10 remove = deadly eyesorr
from our midst? To the disgust of all
citizens there is still to be seen IN Al
tona. in al! the pride % glittcring brazon
letters. the inscription 'Altonaer Water
works and beneath this legend tho word
COI'tfdtbct luttt icIIpNS Az FsIsllNti
name.
This inscription dates from the time
whom we were still grooming in industrial
sorvitude to England and when We had
to send across .hc Channel whcncyer W.
required any work OF public utility to bc
undertaken.
".As 1; is the thoroughly English ar
rogance and shamelessness that strike
everybody In the eye on meeting this
announcement are causing lI,ense irrita-
ton among US. The authorities would
therefore ne we'll advised TO hesitate nc
longer and remove this free advertise
ment for an English firm. Otherwise
the people OF Altoona may take the mat
ter In their own hands,
B%ritain's Allies "B1tnd."
The same paper declares thar the
other allies OF Great Britain still re.
main blind as 10 the true state OF things.
Il Gays:
w place but scnp value on the ely
culation OF statements to contradict AS
Quith's sermons on the predisposing
causes Of the war. Among ourselves all
the facts are perfectly we'll known and
we have long since abandoned all at
tempts to enlighten the lying foreign
statesmen. their press and their credu-
o audiences and readers AS being on
tirely futile.
TT may do no harm II in ~author.ta-
tive circles and In the interests Of ru-
turc history the constantly recurring
faischoods are denied. bu' T. is non
scnsical to assume that such ran have
any great utility for the time bcing.
5 long as entire nations Ike the
Russians, French and English relnai n
Atr!rksn with ItinInAGa a,Ll .r -,- -
they refuse either to sec or to hear. the
one sole means TO convince them tina.
they are wrong IL to hammer AT tn IN
with all our might and main. That Is
the only way to beat into their stupefcd
brains an inkling Of the true state OF
things
In another editorial the Ham burgc,
Nachrichtem thus discusses the British
threats or repr'sals:
with respect to Lord Crawe's threats
about the punishment which they in
E to me.e out to the German Empire
the noble Lord is quite right, Such tai.
leaves US cool. and should tho English
attempt, either now or after the wa. to
exercise this punishment in whntoy Vel
form 1t be tina, attempt would leave all
Germans az cool as the threats th,m.
selves.
"PsycholoEical,y conside rcd this mas.
Univ III winch Inc rouse or Lords has
INDUCED IL very instructive, II demon.
strates not only the lmlnoasurabl. Eng.
l'sh Ignorance bu' also the cunning l,,
%inpotent deHirc to react by means Of
such mciaces and i~nsinuations on III.
German warfare In such y way. To-, in
stance. that the German conduct or IN.
war at sea shall not again give Groa,
Britain aud her allies cause for dir
agreeable self-reproach."
Discussing III" same subject. the NorI
dcnfsch' i~NDtm',ne /"itnrD says:
1.-THE English Primo Minipter ,praar,
10 imhvlne that ono" peace IL Conriudo,
S>sorlc IN Germany VIII be burning witt
iH'Fiti"nc. 20 sec an English reprcsen
tntive among them ono. more.
"Mr Asuuith Is mistaken. In Ger
many -" idea Is not cn,e .,ainrd witt
enthusiasm Of rcsuming diplomatic re,
Iatlors with a country whose s.a,rsIne,
ana pres vie with each other In insult,
ing and s'andering Germany and who II
Swing expression TO their thoughts man
ifGst n lack Of dccency tina is unparal
ie'cd since the world began"