The sun., 1918-11-02
The Story Of a Telegram TO President
Wilson.

To THE ENRON OF THE SUN-Str: !
cannot resist congratulating you on the
leader in yesterdays Sun. 1t Is the
most convincing and mastery presenta-
ton of the attitude OF our Jekyll and
Hyde Representative that has been pre-
scented during the campaign. AT last his
mask Is on and those who have been
hoodwinked before can now see his real
character in its full effulgence.
am enclosing copy Of my pamphlet
on THE Crucifx!on OF Belgium" reprint
ed in the Congressional Record at the
request OF the one Republican Congress
man whose patriotism led him to resign
his seat and enter the army, and who
has since given his life for the great
cause.-the Hon. Augustus +. Gardner.
The following extracts written over
four years ago are interesting. for 1t
cannot now be denied that had adequate
preparation been made for what every
student OF history must have then seen
was inevitable the war would have long
since been finished, millions and millions
OF precious lives would have been saved.
and enormous destruction OF property
and indie scribable sufferings would have
been avoided.
On August %. 1914. when the recru-
descence OF barbarisp now devastating
Europe had shocked The civilized world
I sent the following cablegram from Ant
werp to President Wilson. 1t had the in
dorsement OF the Belgian military authori-
ties and every word in II has since been
| verified by viscount Bryce in his report
to Parliament 1t Is as follows;
NJ, DEAN Mr., President; Unless the
barbarian OF the German Kaiser ceases.
the civilization of Europe will be set back
a century. The rules OF The Hague tribu-
nal have been grossly ignored. Innocent
women and children have been bayoneted.
Old men and noncombstants have been
shot The white nag and Red Cross am
balances have been fred upon. A Bel
sian Red Cross officer was shot while as
sisting at the burial OF a dead German.
villages OF noncombatants have been
burned and historic monuments desecrated.
Churches have been sacked and hostages
murdered. This snorning bombs dropped
from Zeppelin In an attempt to assassi-
nate the royal family, killed eleven citl-
| gems and desperately wounded many more.
! This is not war but murder,
As Vice President of the Peace and
| Arbitration League of tho United States, I
| implore you In the name OF humanity and
| justice to back American protest so Wig
| orously that German vandalism must
! cease and the future disarmament OF Eu-
| rope made possible.
Louis LIVINGSTON SEAMAN
Mr.. Wilson at that time had every on
portunity 10 prove the truth OF my report,
but 1t was disresarded. and he failed 10
protest against the greatest crime of his
tory-the monstrous infringement on In
| ternational law and the fundame nj al
! rights OF humanity. Had he then pro
tested In the name of The Hague tribunal
and civilization-and made immediate
| preparations to enforce his protest, his
name would have gone down to history
| coupled with that OF Washington and
Lincoln. Instead, Il is more likely to be
coupled with that OF DR.. Jekyil and Mr..
Hyde, There would have been no Lust
tania and Arabic murders to commence
rate. and no Belgian deportations to shock
! the world, and America would have main
! tanned the ideals for which our forsbesr.
since the days OF Magma Charta were NO,
too proud TO night"
, Now let the responsibility for subse-
quent events be placed where Il belong.
and let there DO no peace without un-
conditional surrender.
Louis LIVINGSTON SEAMAN, NJ D.,
Late Surgeon Major. U. s. v.
NEW York. October 81.