Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
MISTAKES Of BOTH
SIDES IN THE WAR
Of Fortnightly Literary
Club Discuss Errors Made in
Connection With World Conflict

airy club on Friday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cole.
In his Introductory Mr.. Griggs said
that at the colse of the war the cur
tain would fall on world never seen
before, but he believed there would
arise on the ruin new order Of things
for the betterment of mankind AS to
the mistakes of the allies, among 9th
ers he mentioned:
1. The failure of England to build
up an army as she had navy She
was caught mapping, for all thought
the kaiser's efforts, as planned, were
, dream.
2. The laundering of the allies in
the Balkan treaty.
3. The failure Of the United States
to make preparations before she did.
Germany played bluff, and this coun-
try accepting the pledges of Germany
was a mistake She did not keep her
pledges.
f. The speaker had always ad-
mired Robert NJ. La Toilette, had TAX
en- his magazine from the beginning,
but could not agree with him on his
stand in regard to the war. Since La
Toilette has been accused of criticiz-
ing the government Mr. Griggs said
he had looked through his magazine,
thinking il there had been mistakes
made by this country that Bob would
surely have found them out. He said
that La Toilette believed by increas-
ing the military forces in the United
States, democracy had been set back
to such an extent that the repair
could not be made in 25 years. Bob
was calling for the United States to
tell her object. The embargo was al
so discussed.
s. The speaker hoped the allies
w sid never make the mistake that
Germany had done in bombarding cit
les and sinking boats, causing the
deaths Of women and children.
6. In the discussion, the failure Of
the allied campaign at the Darda-
nelles, the failurs to assist the Italians
when they asked for help, the failure
Of the allies to work together, and
other phases were discussed
| Mistakes of Germany
Mrs. English summed up her paper
with the following mistakes of Ger
many:
! 1. The first mistake Of the Prus-
sian government was in encouraging
the teaching Of national aggrandize-
ment instead of the love of humanity.
2. In maintaining such a great
military organization and making the
military party supreme.
8 In fearing her neighbors, who
had no designs on her.
A. In not submitting any grievance
which she felt she had to The Hague
tribunal.
5: In her invasion of Belgium, thus
violating treaties which bound her to
respect her neutrality and which she
now declared to be only "a scrap Of
paper" BY this act she brought on
herself the disapproval and distrust
Of unlocking humanity.
g. In thinking that the other mem
bers of the treaty would allow such
violation.
Z. In taking the unspeakable Turk
as an ally.
! g. In expecting England's colonies
to desert her in her trouble.
{ g. In her treacherous operations in
neutral countries, especially the Unit
! ed States.
! TO- In violating the treaty. entered
into by A civilized states, of the laws
and customs of war on land, and sol
emnly signed by them at The Hague
convention, June Is, 1907
II. In the abuse Of prisoners of
war.
! IL. In the barbarous treatment Of
the civilian population Of conquered
territory.
! 13. In air raids on defenseless civ
ilized centers.
/ IA. In attacks on Red Cross hos
pitfalls, which extend mercy to friend
and foe alike.
| Is. In the ruthless and inhuman
method of conducting her submarine
warfare.
| Is. In claiming that state Of war
| justified her in all the crimes she COM
mitted.
! II. Her great mistake lies in not
realizing that she is behind the march
of the times, and by her barbarous
methods is rousing fear and indigna-
ton of all nations.
Discussion followed.
The next meeting of the club will
be with Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Kingsford,
and the Colombian question will be
presented by Mr. Kingsford and Mrs.
Maude Newell Williams.