El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-27
GERMANS BITTER
TOWARD AMERICA
Feel They Have Been Dis
eliminated Against; Now
Fight to End Blockade.

Berlin, Germany, feO- Zt--NDE wiz
less via Tuckerton. y 1.-THE German
people feel bitter toward the United
States. believing the American gov
eminent has Disseminated against
them, according to professor Hans Del
brueck. head Of the department of his
tory in Berlin university and also an
Influential publicist with a large fol-
lowing in his capacity as editor OF the
Preussische Jahrbuecher. Discussing
the submarine situation in response 10
a request by the Associated Press ne
said
For the great body of the German
peoDles." he said, the intensified SUD
marine warfare has never been any
thing but a terrible weapon OF deiehce
against the enemy's wanton breach u
the law
plied by America to both the German
and English claims for acting only IN
reprisal. The joint note OF FEBRUARY
1915, asked both TO forego the pTdc-
tees Germany responded TO the test
by declaring her willingness; England
refused. Had England accepted; mere
never would nave Gleo q slIsIe mn
cOmbatant by starvation in Germany,
nor would any have lost their lives on
the high seas through a German SUD
marine
Would End U-BOat War.
"Dou Won believe that the intensified
U-bOat campaign would cease II Ehs
land discontinued these illegalltleS 10
which YOU refer" Herr Delbrueck was
asked, and he replied:
We know that international com
IT cree viii automatically resume JusI
as soon as the unlawful British block
ade is raised. The blockade seems less
frightful to you than the submarine
| warfare: it is farther away and less
..Tf .La-a bad baen any outlook for
peace on the lines suggested IN preSl-
! dent Wilson's address. our decision
would have been different professor
Delbrueck continued But We were
| confronted. under the entente terms,
with dishonor and dismemberment- Inc
rights of non COMPLAINTS at sea can
| only be respected if they themselves
represent their duties as non combat
ants.
False Reports Reaching Germany.
4 will now speak OF something
! which causes US uneaSlnesS- Many
statements have been cabled to GER
many about hostile acts committed
I or about 10 be committed by your gov
eminent against German subjects and
German ships We were glad to learn
finally that these were based upon fall
sified news dispatches originating in
entente sources.
'Iisstatements repeatedly are reach
ing you through the same channels /
feel I ought to state very frankly how
.
at this moment
Germans Feel Bitter
They feel bitterness and believe they
have been wrOnged. Hundreds OF thou
sands have lost fathers. husbands and
sons through American ammunition
Hundreds Of thousands Of young men
of Germany have been MANNED for life
with American ammunition
We were to receive from you bread
for our non combatants. our enemies
! interfered- You said their interference
was illegal. but you did not make your
protest effective
Our people are asking with growing
bitterness the reason for this discrimi
nation. We have been told time and
again that the principle OF the freedom
of the seas is deeply rooted IN your
race Again and again we have heard
repeated your presidents words: i viii
contend for the freedom OF the seas
from whatever quarter II is violated
and without compromise
Germany Waited In Vain.
our people were told that the prin-
I ciple of the freedom Of the seas de-
/ be so conducted that non combatants
| on sea or land would be spared the suf-
| ferings of war. Thus our people pa
! tiently looked on. month after month
! while a continuous stream Of American
1 ammunition poured into England and
! Russia, unchecked by our submarines
! Now We are going to fight out this
| battle. The German peoples had wished
/ that it might be fought out as Other
wars had been-between enemy and
! enemy"