The Snowflake herald., 1918-02-08

German soldier on the easto.
Russian Poland, Decembos "a u h@t,
"In the name of Christian d Il
you these words. ''y SEM
wounded Russians arc ,.,,,
the bayonet according to ors r1ed NS
"And Russians who have uerS e,
ed are often shot down in SurfeDds
cording to orders, in spite 'asse' IS a,
heart-rending prayers. VI Ha
"In the hope that you. as a.
sentative of a Christian sto. tnt feNs
protest against this, l sign r, 1ya'e WI
"A GERMAN SOLDIER NLIySef
TIAN." D CHRS
The third letter, from tbo
front, shows the same borro. WeSeo
system of which the writer na ,Us Of d
ness. "" AMI
"To the American Goro.
Washington, U. S. A. '''paa
"Englishmen who have sn,,,.
are shot down in small grora. .'uoe'a
the French one is more consde,,.N ID
ask, whether men let tbemso,'
taken prisoner in order 70 ''S b
armed and shot down afterw,rs,
that chivalry in battle? Ttisna
a secret among the peopIe. on ~ 9'' %
everywhere that few prisons S u'
taken; they are shot down !. "
groups. They say naiveIv. cw.
want any unnecessary months
Where there is no one TO onta.
plaint, there is no judge L
then no power in the world vbia
put an end to these murders or1 %
cue the victims? Where io N
tianity? Where is right? mS Sa'
right.
"a SOLDIER AND A MAN Wuo
NO BARBARIAN"
Socialists Oppose System
Many of the Germans. as bo,
already indicated, do not beror, "
reports of the atrocities commit,
the Belgian civilians and re1sp h
cept the system of frightfuhen n.y.
VOrwaerts, the leading Soclspa ,.a, |
which has a very wide circle a ,'.,
ers, has opposed the policy Of ftS
fulness. All honor to its edIhN IA,
have so courageOusly opposed hmn
erful military authority! It's eA.1
entitled sour Foes" published .rs
%, 1914, reads as follows:
"What should one say when n,
such an organ as the Deutschg "A
zier-Blatt expresses its sympahv M
a demand that the beasts vba !,
taken as francs-tireurS should m
killed, but only wounded 50 that M
may then be left to a fate whchms
any help impOssibleY Or what Sm
we say when the DeutsCheS ORts
Blatt states that "a punitive desr
ton even of whole regions cannot
ford full recOmpense for the bmgd
single murdered Pomeranian ga
| dierY Those are the desires Of ko
thirsty fanatics and we are thonUt
ashamed of ourselves because It
possible that there are people ana
us who urge such things"
"Barbarism," Declares Vo@at
On the following day, August
1914, the Vorwaerts returned 10 d
attack in an editorial "Agaila R
barism."
zone might, in the tr
place. possibly believe that suhl
mand for q bloody vengeance Lagn
alleged Belgian outrageSl enal
from a single disease-racked rl
but it appears that whole gN
among certain classes who rfs
German kultur want to indulge ID
gies of barbarism and to devise
whole system for the purpose
ganizing "a war of revenge
"What of law and CUSTOM Ny
thoughts do not stir a great lal
Thus in a leading article Of the p
liner Neueste Nachrichten tR
mand is made that all the aulhN'
in Brussels-one, the second Oug
ter, is generously eXCepted-SnOu.
Immediately seized and suOPo"
trial in order to eXpiate tne WV"
which, according to fragmenISp
highly uncertain reports, were Su
have been committed by the p0p
They demand that the capnTi
should Immediately pay Ineu%
100000 marks; that all stores
conquered territory be reQliSl.
without paying the inhabitants S~
penny for them"
Vorwaerts in Protest
Three years later, August ~ n,
the Vorwaerts quoted the lo% -
passage from the Deutsche I'''
tung:
"We have a ring of politlcI'o~s oss
hold that might makes rlgn' ~
politiker), who despise the Lu.
the inner life and believe Dn
must eliminate all ethical pI
view from foreign au'
politics. For them, GERMANY
present and of the future IS ~'
try of the Krupps and BOISlsS
Zeppelins and the U-boatS' ,as, nn
of a connection between pun