New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-09
Restoration
The Word Germans Must Lea,
Spite Of Hall Cain.
To the Editor Of The Tribun.

q series Of contributions from IA.
distinguished author Of "The cbr,..;"sE
"The Msnxman," which, perhaps. "a,
accounted for by their being indi,.d ,.sqs
home of the threelegged man and u.
cat-for they surely have neith.,
tail to them-but, wherever they ori.;. u
seems to me that they are but m.,.;Ss
less echo Of the foolish doctrin. q, q.
nexstions and no indemnities" VIII,
German editors are everywhere 50 bn,a.h
seminsting.
thought that we were out 10 ,.,A
swashbuckling people that they eo,l,
commit crimes Of brutality with ina
And now Cane says, in effect, tina, n. -
have been so monstrous and IN. .ro,,.
economic damage inflicted so enormou, o..
is hopeless to expect PREPARATION. z.
such punishment would ruin Germ,,,
set her back for century. Don't W. VS..
set her back? Let US be honest! DO.r,a
deserve IL?
They VIII Cringe
When the Day of Judgment eom.,-r,
is fast approaching arrogant, s,a
buckling people, foiled in their ,nbs.'.
scheme of world conquest, beaten "a .,-,
despite their decades of cunning and ea,,,,s.
thought out preparation, outgenerall,d a,
outfought by "shopkeepers," "consuu,y,
little armies" and "bluffing Yankee,s ~
cringe at the feet Of the victors. W. a,,
hear more Of military necessity, Of how l,i,,
rumor has exaggerated the torture Of A.
GUM and the wholesale murder Of her i,h,,
tants. The massacre of Louvan will k,,,
been brought about by the shooting Of G.
man soldiers q civilian population \,
wilful destruction Of occupied French tar
tory, which has INFLICTED irreparabls tnt,,
upon the French peassntry and Is ent,rb
contrary TO international law, will b ty
accounted for under the plea Of miliur
necessity as will the sinking Of the Lusia,,
and the Sussex, the Smelling Of lifeboah en-.
tanning women and children, the slow Ca,
walton and i'll treatment Of prisoners, u,
combatants, the wholesale violation Of iii
Of tender yesrs-they will seek 10 justify 4
these abominable crimes. Are the peopl. VI,
sank hospital ships laden with wounded, VI
only lately, foiled in raid on Paris BY ant.
aircraft guns, bombed hospital, 10 esay
just punishment
Mr.. Game seems TO think the German p..
pie would never recover IL they were CO..
PEELED to right the wrongs of Belgium ~ q,
as a financial righting can go. That tr
must not be made to put Serbia, as far Z
their power lies, back 20 her former stasI
she must not be punished for the TURKS
Armenian massacres, which were melted J
her. She must not rebuild the cities 4
France and restore to her art centres Il
priceless heirlooms which are at the pres.
moment scattered as booty among the BIZ
officials of the Germanic Empire. Because
she did all this, she would be ruined-s,
could not recover. Well, the world shos
see to it that Germany does not recover; IL
people who have so abused the humsnit'
be not allowed an opportunity to again
come strong and arrogant.
MUST Restore OtOlen fEONlnCcs
Let them first restore some stolen PFC
inces, beginning with poor little Schlessv
Holstein, where the fine cows come from; z
lowing that up with Alsace-Lorraine, and 7
Island of Helgoland, which was simply 70
a coaling station when coded 10 Berlin
Downing Street. What's the matter with .
German feet? That is worth something. H
colonies are gone, and will not be hand
back, hope, even If the great outlying mer
bers Of the British Empire would permit
But there is some nice fat Rhine terrltc'
which would be gradually emancipated fro
German rule, and whose inhabitants you
hail with delight release from the thral
the iron fist. There are even some Germi'
who are not so pigheadedly tied TO sutocr''
but they would like to be free.
The Allies have spent quite a little cash
teaching the Hohenzollerns and Hspsbar;
they are not the Lords anointed, and woul
naturally, like every tutor, not be unhsFT
il they got their salary. But where IS q
money to come from? Let the French DO q
collecting, and refuse to retire from Gern'
soil until the indemnity imposed is paid
was in France when the Germans did q
very thing in 1871. As all the world know
Jean Crapaud dug down in his stocking, D
mattress, his iron pot in the barn and :,
manure pile, and paid up. Hans can DO u
same thing. The French are good collector
If you ever, Mr.. Caine, owed Frenehn,
anything, you may remember that he got
didn't he?
The determination Of the seventeen nati'r
now at war with the Central Powers
make those powers understand that they a
to be punished for their crimes. don't
lieve Mr.. Hall Caine can in any way il'
that firm determination.
AUSTIN GRANVILLE.
Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. 7, 1917.