El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01

questioning through famine wither-
ing the babies like a plague
Monumental German COneeit.
Monumental conceit for German
civilization and a moral sense blunted
to accept any deed which would seem
to help that civilization, these are
the keys to the interior situation in
Germany. They unlock the German
heart and reveal its depths Of sir
itual degradation. And yet strangely
enough this very knowledge OF the
German heart must acquit Germany
Of the national cruelty. the barbaric
hlOod-luSt the unspeaHa Bile wicked
ness with which she is accused by
the world.
Germany is not wantonly cruel.
She is merely scientific IN her war
fare-scientific without mercy, scien-
tific without the restraining Chris
tian conscience which has bound hu-
manity together i'm certain accepted
conventional llindnesses more or less
for a thousand years Germany has
abandoned the common restraints
upon barharism which the human
civil conscience has erected during
the Christian era. Germany knows
instead OF these restraints only mill
itarY necessity The military
conscience has replaced the civil
conscience iu GERMANY merely
i'm Juukfrdom but through the ma
German pacifists does not affect the
actual conduct. nor the accepted be-
liefs Of the nation.
Germany Ruthless.
So exactly does this theory OF
German eEotiStic rutnlessness fit the
facts OF the so-cailed German afro
cities that u may Ice well TO con-
slider in review fer o moment these
atrocities, not as the mad deeds Of
a blood crazed nation. but as the
scientific policy Of a logical people
unrestrained by Christian prohibit
tons against injustice and cruelty
Belgium. FOR instance. bleeched IN
der the rule OF frightfulness- Now
frightfulnesS was not an impulse.
Frightfulness was all calmly thought
out years before the war and set
down as an article in the manual OF
the German army officer The clause
commanding frightfulness is not
duplicated in the manual Of any 9TH
er army in the world. And Ger
many before the war decided that
frightfulness was the best policy.
So the German army officer was
prepared for il, and an investigator
OF the Belgian Outrages from the
Hague is responsible for the story
that he has never heard OF an authen-
ticated case Of the rape OF any
Belgian woman. not committed by
German officer. The private sol
was IL dOne2- one asks The answer
is not that the officers were drunk
The answer is that Germany de-
handed frightfulness. first TO Quen
the civilian population. second TO
snow Holland and Denmark and
scandinavian neutrais what would
happen 10 a nation which opposed
German civilization in war.
Germany's Terrible Indictment.
Herbert Hoover. who lived IN
Belgium after the orgy and rapine
and plumber and murder that came
during the first six weeks Of the war.
once declared that the world would
PLANTATION and justification Of the out
RACES than the world was shocked
by the outrages themselves. And
Germauy's explanation was terrible /
Germany admitted the charges, but /
declared thar they We're demanded .
by military necessity. The scientific 4
conscience was dominating I
Germany
Germany did not revolt: the words Z
Belgian atrocities" in Germany mean I
the dreadful things the Belgian civil 4
lans did 10 the German army The 7
history Of the past three years in I
neutral countries near Germany well 4
justifies Germany for inserting the /
frightfulness clause IN her army Of 1
ficer's manual As a scientific plan .
90 nee AA0A IN " Lf-A IT 0NE at Peace
the Belgian atrocities paid we'll; but &
they brought England and America /
into the war. Tie military con-
science did not have a forward squint 3
into the rea ction OF frignrru1uess on {
the world. Because the insane van
.ty OF Germany had ignored the rest
Of civilization.
Germany Admits Her shame.
Again let US consider the enslav-
ing Of the Belgians and the inhabi-
.ants OF Alsace and Of northern
France Germany during this month
has issued an official statement ad- .
hitting the enslavemcnt Of Alsacian
girls but denying that more than
Z per cent were. under seventeen. and
explaining that only few OF them
we're in the firing zone. The en-
slavement Of the people or Belgian
md northern France has been pub
icly justified i'm Germany time and
existence has not been denied.
When one says hundreds OF thou
.ands Of French people. the poor and
he ricn- the ignorant and the cul-
waited alike were forcibly torn from
heir homes and families in France
o Germany 20 work in German fields
md mines and factories. one is not
NaEEeratinE the number. And the
stream Of broken humanity coming
trough Switzerland every morning
md evening in the train through
Zurich to Avian. proves what kind
II treatment these slaves have en-
iured. They are eaten out with he
white plague. The children are COW
red with skin diseases that come
rom under feeding. and the curse
" the German slaye-trade is upon
he whole train.
Driven From Their Home.
Two hundred and sixty Fnnmgaud
u these repatriOts. as they are
allied, have come into France through
switzerland by train in the last six
months, and the daily stream today
s as large IS il was last June Yet
{ is no wanton cruelty that has or
Tered this enslavement Of the cap
ured population. Science tells the
ierman that without work ne can
i've longer than with work There
ore If he can get German work done
~ the slaves from the lower civiliza-
ion Of Belgium and France. which
must be blotted out. and the sooner
ne better for the world-so much the
letter off is the German. the man
aFored or Cod
More Germans will survive the
var and naturally fewer OF the
french and BelEians and Alsaciaus.
Who have no right TO live because
hey persist in loving their own
civilization. German soldiers have
'evolted at the awful science when
he slaves were taken. For when a
nan or woman goes to slavery he
goes to DEATH
But the German soldiers taking
-hese slaves at the bayonet knew
hat their revolt was chicken hearted
They knew that the enslavement was
ne best thing for the world. so they
)rodded mothers with the bayonet
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