Evening journal., 1918-01-28
WORLD WAR BLAMED
on HUN WAR Lords
Judge Gray Tells Delaware
College Men Kaiser
Plotted Horror
MANY ALUMNI AT
REUNION DINNER

Inc MdI spLll PltupulludttA az Air
annual reunion Of the alumni Of Della
ware College. representing classes from
1873 TO 1917. held in the City Club
rooms on Saturday night Judge
George Gray was the orator Of the
evening. Other speakers were Dr..
Samuel Chiles Mitchell. president Of
the college; Henry b. Thompson, presi-
dent Of The board Of trustees, and John
:. McMasters.
Judge Gray's address touched every
one who heard him. He charged the
German war lords with having long
ago deliberately plotted the war with
the object Of dominating the world
through brute force. The jurist sup
ported his assertions with words OF
the Kaiser and from the writings and
speeches Of other German war lords
That the war was well laid out long
before the outbreak of 1914, between
Servia and Austria, was brought out IN
the address, bearing on one of Judge
Gray's statements.
1--WE know now that, for years prior
10 August I, 1914, the German Military
Glass had been preparing for this war
and only were waiting for a pretext to
|
been indoctrinated with a false philo-
sophy that the will TO power iustifies
all that Is done 10 achieve its object
/ The war lust of her military and govern
| ing class had permeated the whole peo-
pie, and their arrogant belief in the
superiority of themselves over all other
peoples, and their insane belief that IL
was their mission 10 impose their SO
called "kultur" upon the rest Of the
world, had driven them 10 a blind sup
port Of their Kaiser. This false philo-
sophy has been preached from their pull
pits and taught in their schools and uni
versities, and has obsessed the popular
mind Of Germany.
Listen TO this speech Of the Kaiser to
his Army, at the outbreak OF the war;
Remember that the German
people are the chosen of God. On
me, as German Emperor, the spirit
Of God has descended. am His
weapon; His sword; His yice-regent.
Woe to The disobedientl Death 10
towards and unbelieversl'
THAT this was no sudden manifesto
tion Of the German spirit, occasioned by
entrance into the present war, we have
proof in the instructions he gave several
years before, TO his troops about to EN-
bark for China;
"'When you encounter the enemy
YOU will defeat him. No quarter
shall be given, no prisoners shall be
taken. Let all who fall into your
hands be at your mercy. just as
the Huns a thousand years ago, un-
der the leadership of Attila, gained
a reputation in virtue of which they
still live in historical tradition, 80
may the name Of Germany become
known in such a manner in China,
that no Chinaman will ever again
ever dsr 10 look askance at a Ger
man.
Here is an extract from a Week.,
Paper for the Youth Of Germany dated
the 25th of January, 1875
"'War Is the most august and
sacred of human activities
For us, too, the great, joyful hour
of battle will one day strike
The openly expressed longing for
war often degenerates into vain
bossting and ludicrous sabre-rat-
Ting. But still and deep in the Ger
man heart must the Joy in war and
the longing for war endure
Here is something from the pen OF
General Bernhard, a prominent member
of the Militarv staff in Germany, writ
ten Just before the war;
Let il be the task of our diplomacy
so 10 shuttle the cards that we may be
attacked by France, for then there would
be reasonable prospect that Russia for
a time would remain neutral But
we must not hope 10 bring about this
attack in order 10 further their inter
ests. If we wish to bring about
an attack by our opponents, we must
initiate an active policy which, without
attacking France will so prejudice her
interests or those of England, that both
these States would feel themselves COM
PEELED to attack us. Opportunities for
such procedure are offered both in
Africa and in Europe"
"These, mark you, and many others
were all before the present war and
during the period when the German mind
was being prepared to support the wal
lust of the military class. Here i;
another gem from one Of Germany
intellectualsi
"What does right matter to mel
have no need of il. What / can acquir,
by force, that l possess and enjoyi what
/ cannot obtain, l renounce, and l sci
/ have the right TO do what !
have the power to do
ut seems almost unbelievable thai
, whole people could so give themselves
over to the bestiality Of such a propa
ganda as this. OF course, war, at the
first opportunity when preparation wai
I complete and a preteNt was offered, wal
} inevitable With such preparation
} for war, we need not be surprised that
} IL was to be accomplished by q ruthless
disregard of restraints that civilization
, and our common humanity have i'm
posed upon the conduct Of war. The
policy Of frightfulness has been devel
oped as it was never developed be
fore. The scientific barbarism Of the
, German onslaught has surpassed The
, primitive barbarism of their savage an
/, cestors, the Huns, and of the Nortl
! American Indians. What they call thei
policy of frightfulness' has shocked th'
world, and the terrors of their occupa
tion of peaceful Belgium and the north
ern provinces Of France have writer
new chapter in the bloodiest Rnnal
of history. These people boast Of tn
recrudescence of savage warfare, ans
exhibit themselves as people mad will
cruelty and lust.
"Whoever cannot prevail upon him
self TO approve from the bottom Of hi
9 heart the sinking Of the Lusitania'-
< whoever cannot conquer his sense Of tn
: gigantic cruelty 10 unnumbered per
: fectly innocent victims, and Civ
5 himself up TO honest delight at thi
r. victorious exploit of German defensiv
e power-him We judge to be no true Ger