The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-25

 for the existence of international law and proudly boasts that her treaties with other nations are only good so long as other nations have the power to enforce them by force of arms.
 In order that we may better un. derstand the German attitude, let us deviate from the study of Treit schke and Bernhardi and see what other German leaders think of the var and methods of making war. Major General Won Disfurth says: No object whatever is served by taking any notice of the accusations of barbarity leveled at Germany by her foreign critics. Frankly we are and must be barbarians. We owe no explanation to anyone. There is nothing for us to justify or explain away. Every act of whatsoever na- ture committed by our troops for tile purpose of discouraging, defeat ing and destroying our enemies is blave act and good deed fully justifiable. They call us barbarians. What of 1t? For my part I hope in this war we have merited the title of barbarians. Let them cease thei talk of the cathedral at Rheims and all of the castles and churches oi France. These things do not inter est us. Our troops must achieve victory. What else matters?
 This is the spirit of the German military class, and to what extent it represents the people as a whol, we can best judge by the murdered mothers and ravished women of Bel gium.
 Dr. Fuchs, noted German scien tist, says: We must not hesitate to announce, to us is given faith, hope and hatred, but hatred is tht greatest among them"
 Maximilian Harden, an influentia, journalist and intimate friend of tn kaiser. says: "Let us drop our misel able attempt to excuse Germany actions. Not against our will ana as nation taken by surprise did we hurl ourselves into this gigantic venture. We willed it; we had to will 1t. We do not stand before the judgment seat of Europe. W, acknowledge no such jurisdiction. Il is Germany that strikes. Our might shall create a new law in Europe
 Since there are some who call themselves Socialists that apparently sympathize with Germany, I wish to ask or what ground they can for on instant assume favorable or sympa thetic attitude to that which is dia opposed to the fundamenl, al principles of Scientific Socialism Socialism teaches that war is moral. ly wrong German militarism teach. es that peace is immoral and a sign of decay. Socialism teaches that the weak shall have the right to live. German militarism teaches that the strong shall by divine right eliminate the weak from the faco of the earth.
 Let the slogan of "agitate and educate" be applied inwardly as well as outwardly. Let us educate our selves as to the real Germany. Let us learn that although German nolls a great Socialist vote that thr Socialists in Germany are no more the policies of Germany than are the people of Alaska.
 We are not fighting Socialism This Is not a war between capita, and labor, but a war between right and wrong.
 Let us support those who have so nobly gone forth to fight for our national ideals. Let us exhort them to wage war to the bitter end, not by murdering innocent babies, no by defiling young womanhood. bu let them go forth to battle as men not as beasts, not as vultures, not that we may assert our intellectual but that right may pre- vail, that protection for the weak may be guaranteed. With this end in view we can approach with un- faltering steps" that destiny which awaits us and realize the really ,lean~ing effect of war in that il will rid us of those lovers of wa and hate.