Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-10-15
The Closing Chapter?

Further sensational disclosures oy
H.. State Department in Washington
ir the development OF the case against
German diplomatic chicanery are
startling yet hardly can be said to
be surprising. considering all III" ev-
td,nce heretofore made public. The
volume Of proof now in the hands OF
this government conclusivelv shows
a. the world that Germany mas un-
detStood no moral law, and that she
ha. stopped to every form OF treacn-
.rs ana deceit IN her dealings with
otLsr nations for AT least genera
ti,1 Their Is no disputinG, at this
fttEe ~ the same. that Germany has
violated etery law Of international in
ttt,curse aud has dealt with other
,vers IN aa criminal way as the
chripest criminal Of the red light dis
trtct deals with Law and deCency.
THIS H. nA true Of William Hoh"n-
zcUorn IN tho twentieth century as It
WIS of Frederick in the engnteentn
fFllIItN \ NilNFi III AiA' WV " a.
sun recalls Maoaulays story of that
period and the trcachery of the King
81 Prussia charles VI Of Austria. de-
ssrinz 10 secure his throne to his de-
see ndents in the female line, promul-
gated a law by virtue Of which Ma
ria Theresa succeeded him. This law,
Enrland. France. Spain. Russia, Po-
land Prussia. Sweden, Denmark and
the Germanic body bound themselves
rs treaty TO maintain.
From no quarter" says Macaulay,
did the young Queen OF Hungary re-
ceive stronger assurances Of friendship
and support than from the King Of
Prussia, vet he had already fully
determined upon the great crime of
violating his plightcd faith. of robbinS
the ally whom he was bound to defend
and Of plunging all Europe into long,
bloody and desolating war" Without
any declaration Of war. without any
demand for reparation. in the very act
Of pouring forth compliments and as
surances Of good will. Frederick COM
n.snced hostilities" Many thousands
Of his troops were actually IN Silesia
before the Queen Of Hungary knew
that he had set UP any claim to any
part ~ her territories. At length he
sent her a message which could be
regarded only as an insult. II she
would let him have Silesia he would.
he said stand by her against any
Power which should try TO deprive
rer ~ her other dominions: as If ne
va. not already hound to stand by
her or as II his new promise could
he ~ more value than the old one*''
The whole world spranR to arms On
the head ot Frederick is all the blood
which was shed in every quarter Of
The globe .'' The evils produced nv
his wickedncss were felt in lands
where the name Of Prussia was un-
known and in order that he might
rob a ncishhor whom n had promised
~ defend black men fought on the
coast N Coromandel and red men
scalped each other by the Great Lakes
of North America 4"
THE samc writer exolaims "Silesia
sll reads The solemn treaty changed
10 a scrap 81 paper'-the great crime
roN 'lready determined upon in 1d-
vance aS In the conference of July.
lelt-thp sudden onslaught me world
war. the new promises OF no moro
value than the old ones"
pr New"l Dwight Hills writes
The roots of this war so back to
lsSo. Al that time. Bismarck was the
outstanding rEure in Berlin. Germany
vas then an agricultural nation. hav
Ing liitle manufacturing life She had
lo ooo oto Of people. $50 oo0, 000, COO of
propert and sccond-rate position in
Europe IN $50 England led Germany
I'm the production W pig iron. steel.