Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-10-24

against being attacked again. II TINS
war should have been forced upon
Germany that would be a logical
statement. 1t is precisely because 1t
was not forced upon Germany, but
was forced by Germany upon Europe.
that II il the allies who must have
guarantees for further peace"
In July. 1914, no one thought Of
attacking Germany. 1t is said that
Russia was the first TO mobilize.
That, / understand. is what Is rep
resented in Germany as Justification
for the statement that the war was
not an aggressive war on Germans
part, but was forced upon her
Russia never made the mobiliza-
ton Of which Germany has COM
planned until after Germany refused
a conference, and never made 1t until
after the report appeared in Germany
that Germany had ordered mobiliza-
ton and that report had been tele-
graphed to Petrograd.
1.-THE whole plan of campaign Of
the German staff was to attack
through Belgium, and now 1t is rep
resented that they had to attack
through Belgium, because other peo-
Pile had planned to attack through
Belgium. would like nothing better
than to see those statements that
Russia's mobilization was an agrees
sive one, and that other powers, any
other powers. had trafficked in the
neutrality of Belgium or planned an
attack through Belgium. would
like to see these statements investi-
gated through any Independent. i'm
partial tribunal.
German organization is very sue
cessful in some things. but in moth
ing more successful than in pre-
venting the truth from reaching their
people and in presenting to them q
point of view which is not that Of
truth"
when England proposed a con
ference, Russia, France and Italy &C
copied the conference. And ont
power refused 1t. When four power
offered conference and one powe
refused 1t, is 1t the powers whicl
offer the conference who are forcin
the war or is 1t the power that /
refusing 1t?
"The emperor of Russia offere,
The Hague tribunal. When on SOY
ereign offers The Hague tribunal an
another refuses 1t. Is 1t the sovereign
who offers the conference to Tn
Hague which is forcing war?
ION the very eve of war Franc
gave her pledges to respect the net
trality of Belgium II Germany woul
not violate 1t. And we asked TO
such pledges Was it the powe
which asked for pledge and tn
power which gave a pledge whic
was responsible for the violation {
the neutrality of Belgium or tn
power which refused to give tn
guarantee?
Never At any time was there
suggestion that q French or Englis
soldier should enter Belgium, unles
to prevent the abolition of her me-
trality. which had been undertake
by Germany.
"All efforts to avoid war In 19l
failed, because you cannot have peat
without good will and because
Germany there was a will to war ar
not the will to peace. But lately Il
crown prince deplored the loss
life caused by this war. Yes. 1t WI
because we knew what the suffering
of war must be and how terrible
war in Europe would be that we trit
to avoid 1t In 1914. That was Il
, time to be penetrated with sen
of what war meant. 1t was becau
we knew what 1t meant that we tri,
to avoid war. and because we ha
this experience of what war do
mean we are determined that Il
/ war shall not end until we can
sure at any rate that the generation
u and the nations in the future sh,
o not be subjected to such terrib
, trial again"