Evening journal., 1917-09-03
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1917.
HUMANITY TOWARD THE ENEMY IS AN UNKNOWN
GERMAN VIRTUE.


GERMAN VIRTUE.
THE "wot am Nlontag," a Berlin newspaper recently
printed account Of incident connected with
the sinking Of the French ship Atho about $50 miles
Of Malta last Winter
Two German prisoners were shipped from Saigon IN
Asia for France IN the Athos on February Il the ship
was torpedoed by a German submarine The prisoners
were in the lower cabin and regarded themselves lost
To their amazement the French oon-oommissioned ON
Ger. who had them in charge. ran down in the sinking
vessel, unlocked their door and set thom free
They managed 10 themselves by swimming but the
generous Frenchmsn lost his life as result Of hts hui
maniiy When the prisoners reached MarsOies they vol
unfairly signed statement In which they paid tribute
Of gratitude to their dead benesactor.
The welt am Sfontag" makes this comment:
"Huge quantities OF documents Of hate are being pub
shsd aimost daily here well as there In opposition
h is lifting 70 point out from time to time that human
y toward the enemy also puts forth its blossoms in time
of wars'
One IS forced to speculate whether blush Of shame
mantled the cheek Of the German who wrote That para
graph. So far as aware, humanity toward the
enemy is blossom that is totally unknown TO Germans
To the contrary, they have made hdeous war more hid
eous by their nhumanlty their lack Of all eoeucy and
ohivalry and fair play, their constant atrocities
They do not even display the ordinary sportsmanshp
OF the good fighter They bomb schoohouses and slay
little chlldren They fire hospitals and XIII wounded
They torpedo and sink hospital ships filled with sick
men. They make bluff at resculng men swimming IN
The water after their ship been sunk and then de-
liberaely submerge the submarine leaving the men to
drown like doomed rats In tub Of water They come
up TO the enemy with hands sloft in Of surrender
crying "kamerad,' and then when In throwing distance
squirt liquid FIRE over their foes.
There is nothing hateful nothing vile in the history OF
ho wars OF the world Of which the Germans have not
been guilty They seem deliberately to have put them
selves beyond The pale OF civilization. They reckless
OF the fact that they have placed blot upon the German
name that c'n never be wiped out and that will never
fade I'm their Inst for power in their zeal for frshfu
81 iheir belief in The efficacy OF ruthlessncss they
have LETT nothing unrled.
War with them is longer combat. i is something
more than overcoming the foe. Robbed Of all chivslry
galanry humanity practiced by the Germans is
sheer horrible murder TO achieve g. they stop al moth
ing They are bound by rules OF honor by no re-
specs for the spoken word by no regard FOR decency
RUSSIA FACING AN EXPORTED EAsT-sIDE MENACE.
T HE American government has consistently refused pass
ports to Socialists attend European conferences at
which the German game to be played. But there is
every indication in the dsqweng news from Russia that
we have unwittingy allowed plague OF trouble-makers
TO be exported from New to Perosrad-and at Ger
man expense.
One Of the last cables from tho Russian capital said
put Of over 1000 Russians who formerly lived in New York
and have returned TO their native country only one Is
openly supporting the existing government Most OF the
rest have Joined the vicious anarchlstc element seek
ing to plunge the country into a Wild maes,rom OF dis,
ORDER
The Germans are already beneattug by the breakdown
Of the Russian armies II government under the eapablr
leadership Of Kerensy IS overthrown the situation will
be dark indeed.
Win the Germans advancing upon the capital with
anarchy at home with concerning Americas part IN
the war distorted and falsned by men recently from New
York. there will be dire danger OF weary people max
ing peace with the Kaiser.
And That is probably exactly what the New Workers A.
luded to want and they paid to bring about.
1t has bee heir Triumphant announcement that ON,
Of The ihir' hey learned in America was how to con
duet a siri Apparently they ready to lead strik
against al pro-Russian so Germans may ge
peace on their eastern front.
The unanuils with which these men from New Norl
have joined he Bolshesk is suspicious Presumabi,
ihe2 left Russia because, il Impossible 10 live nnde
the adecrats Presumably they returned 10 enjoy ih
same liberty eey found ia America But If That wer
ihe case they would be doing eversl possible to ho
~ the hands Of The soYsrnmen Instead they are doin