Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-20
GERMANY GUILTY
Or BARbARITEs
IhHAR CONDUCT
ssfoeiesss Treatment al Ire tsesp
less part ii Campaign paas
of 1sifsafY Leaders
Policy OF Fal6HTFula NESS


\ ra'sps,lst Iass sssaea ny sise ceset
sslssse Or Public Insexveatisa sslls es
shs Asefeors dsiihssassly ard sYssswsa9
tcaaIY lnfslstss upen ssae psopse "a se1
elpm hy the German ssaa5sra. u.ass
ste orders Of their commanding esse
GERS. euasas'oHs given &ee ffaeas sfsssu.
fnsnts already nsase pphlsc ef IL ssse
nsshsesslan ct the government al w aKh.
ineten
AWs saany yssrs leaders sst eyeYy e4s
ilire3 natien have been sryfng to niase
w'asfare ieSa brutal The great lafst3,
marks ln this movement are t3se Ges
/ neva and Hasne conventions. The fos.
si1er meade Fties as 20 the care 81 sile
lEiek ard wounded ard established slsp
Red t'Fess, Al slip first meeting SIT lie.
neyas In 1864, II was agreed, aad pufiI
the present @ng il has been taken fer
/ granted. ti4af the sveaaasi. nnti tiie dec
tors aud nurses wflo cared far tEse;ss
woaM be safe from all attacks by tsle
enemy. The Hague conventions
drawn MP In 1889 end 1907. natie saii
tianai rifles TO soften The usages of war
atsi especially ts protect nonengnhat-
ants and conquered lands. Germany
took prominent part la these meet
Tugs and With The other nations sol
enitlls pledged her faith SO keep all the
rules except eFae article IN TIE Hague
regulations, This was article A
which forbade the conqueror 70 force
aay Of the conquered 10 give tsfurma
ton All the other rules and reguia.
items she accepted Ia the most binding
manner
Rat Germany's military leaders had
M intention Of keeping these solemn
promises They had been trained
along different lines. I'heir lending
sanerals for many years Lad been nFg-
ing g poiicy of frsghtfulness. IN The
middle Of the nineteenth century Ven
. fiausewitz was looked upon as tho
greatest military authority, and tho
methods which he advocated were used
| ey the prussian army in its successful
,1y The Prlssian army In its successful
| cause these wars had been successful
! the wisdom of yon Clausewitz' meth,
ods seemed to the Prassian erfny to bs
fully proved.
Policy Of Frjnntfuiness.
Now. the essence of Won CaanseWitz
, teachings was that successful war IN
; Wolves the ruthless application Of force
, In the opening chapter OF his master
! work. 'yoIn Kriege' t..On WARY. hs
, says:
i violence arms itself will, the inyen
tions of art and science. Self
!. imposed restrictions, almost impercep
! title and hardly worth mentioning
! termed 1sages OF international law
accompany IT without essentially i'm
. pairing It's power, Now. philan
tfiropic souls might easily imagine tha
/ ! there is a s'illfui method Of disarnl
Ing or suhduing an enemy wlfhan
! causing too much bioodshed. and tina
! this Is the true tendency of the art q
war. However plausible this may aI
! near. still il IS an error which must b
destroyed for In such dangeroti
things as war, the errors which pro
ceed from a spirit of good -natured
ness, are precisely the worst. As tn
use of physical force to the utmost es
tent by no means excludes the C
operation of Tie intelligence, 1t follow
= that he who uses force ruthiessly. witt
out regard to bloodshed, must obtai
a superiority II his enemy does nc
30 use t.
In 1sT7-TS, fu the course Of a scrie
lt OF articles upon Military NecessIt
n and Humanity. General Won Hartman
i wrote. ia tile same spirit as Won CiaT
, sesyItz::
y .srhe enemy state must net be spare
q the want and wretchedness of war
= these are particularly usefsl In sha
u tering its energy and suhining its Will.
Is sInsaiyidual persons may be harshi
E dealt with when an example is mad
e of them. intended to serve as a wnr!
3 ing. Whenever national va
breaks ont, terrorism becomes me-
essary military principle Tt is
Srafditons illusion TO suppose ths
modern war does not demand far MOI
tg brutality. far more violence. and a
action far more general than was 70
n rnesly the case. When internationi
sa war has burst upon US. terrorism b
comes q principle made necessary !
q military considerations"
AsNar Established by Cod
Ss gs IN 1881 Won Moltke who had bee
C commander In chief of the Prussia
x. rtv,s- rs5ti,e Franco F,rugsian war. q
& e clared
perpetual peace is a dream and NJ
even d beautiful dream. War is an ell
q. nent In the order Of the world estal
issfed by God. BY 1t the most mob
=, virtues OF man are developed, couraf
and rennnc.ation, fidelity TO duty an
:, the spirit OF sacrifi the soldier Civ
b. Ms life. Without war. the world won
degenerate and lose itself in nateria
is Ism |. .-1he soldier who endures So
S. Yerfng, sprivation end fatigue, vi
courts dangers. cannot take only u
v- proportion to the resources Of Il
corntry He must take III that = ne