New Britain herald., 1918-02-28
Gcrmany's Bitter Charge

It is from the eRheinisch Westfael ische Zeitung, as quoted by the London Press, that the following conan ent, cal bled to this country by the New York Worlds London correspondents is taken:
 Had not the hundred million
 inhabitants of the United States
 occupied themselves with such
 feverish ardor in dispatching
 masses of death-dea ling wares to
 Liverpool and Hayre, the stock of
 war munitions would have been
 exhausted by now and peace
 would have been possible.
 The responsi biity before God
 for the frghtful holocaust of hu-
 man life lies on America and this
 sinful burden becomes heavier
 day by day. The United States
 hold the peace of the world in the
 hollow of their hands, but their
 greed holds them back from ac-
 ton, and without America no
 other neutral state is able to
 move.
 America can make an end of
 the miSery-Amer can oppose
 power for peace against the
 power for war and massacre, but
 IAillCi 1tcL hStpo 7f1Silt SftC IoFSS
 money only.
 Thanks to John Bulls teaching,
 she has reduced her Christianity
 to the Christianity of dollars,
 This is strongly put and rashly put, It takes no account of tho tremendous production of Japanese and Canadian munitions plants which has been brought into pla3'--pIants in enemy countries and plants which have not even drawn on American labor, but which have been keen and highly sue cessful competitors Of American con- cerns engaged in munitions production. It takes no account either of the justi- hcation that the Allies had for appeal ing to Am erica in the fact that some of their own plants and the plants of neutral Belgium were seized by the Germans and turned into German ma- chimes of warfare. It takes no &C., count of the fact that the Germans also. as long as they were able to do so, drew on the plants of the United States for supplies that were neces- sary to their munitions industries and were permitted to buy and secure great qua ntities of materials during the carly days of the war. It takes no account of the quantities Of goods shipped to the German and neutral cities as long as the paths were open. Nor does it take account of the fact that, but for the generosity of the American people, the armies of all the belligerents might today be langush- ing in the throes of deadly plaques and that the countries at war might be more terribly devastated by disease and starvation than they have been by war ma chimes.
 America is only one of several countries that have benefited greatly by the strife and the conditions ere atcd by it in all the industries of the wrrld and it would be useless to mo- 70 such comments if it were not true hat Germans right here at home who are themselves taking heavy profits out of the world-wide conditions ere ated by the war and carefully hus- banding opportunities to reap greater profits sometimes speak out against the United States in similar language.
 Germans and Germany need give no thanks to John Bulls teaching for it's effect on American Christianity, for the conduct of their leaders has com pletely disqualified them as judges or advocates of Christianity in the eyes Of the entire Christian world.