Evening star., 1918-06-23
The Kaiser as Samaritan.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1 have just been reading in your
issue of the 18th instant a statement by
Karl Rosner, in which he pictures the
kaiser as acting. the part of a good
Samaritan in behalf of two wounded
British soldiers, and in which he rep
resents him as using the following
language:
when the enemy is beaten we must
care for him with all the power and
means given to US. A beaten enemy
is no longer an enemy for US. II those
over yonder think and act otherwise.
that is their affair. We Germans will
preserve our conception of Christian
duty toward the i'll and wounded.
"While waging war we will also
treat those wounded in battle SO that
when this terrible business Is over,
and men again extend their hand to
one another, we may be able to recall
with a clear conscience and without
remorse every day and every act of
these hard times"
Well, Mr.. Kaiser, you. as the head
of the Prussian gang who nave cursed
the world with this the greatest and
most inhuman war known in history.
have to your credit the bombing of
hospitals (mak!ng special effort to To-
cate them for that purpose). where
lay the i'll and wounded, and by such
spark of life remaining in them after
the battle and relentlessly Staying the
brave surgeons and heroic nurses who
were trying to fan that spark and
keep it burning. Your brave soldiers
have cut the throats Of the wounded,
captured, because they would not give
you the information you wanted.
These are some of the ways in which
you have preserved your conception of
Christian duty toward the i'll and
wounded.
You have to your credit the initia-
tive in dropping bombs on unfortified
cities, killing defenseless women and
Innocent children.
You have to your credit the sinking
Of ships loaded with civilians. and
merchant vessels, all unarmed. send
ing them to the bottom. refusing to
rescue the survivors. firing upon them
in their lifeboats. and poisoning the
air with notes of fiendish glee while
they were struggling in the aeonies Of
death.
You have to your credit the hellish
crime of outragfng women in territory
for the time being held by your in
human troops.
You have to your credit the stand
Ing up against a wall to be shot to
d
and noble woman-Edith Cavell, the
brilliancy Of whose heroism will be
shining with increasing luster while
your memory will be going down the
ages loaded with infamy unsurpassed
in blackness by any that ever clung to
man, living or dead.
You and your brave and amiable
soldiers have to your credit the cut
ting off the hands of innocent chill
dren, thrusting out eyes, and can boast
the proud honor of carrying through
the streets ON their bayonets the
bleeding bodies of helpless little ones
scarcely old enough to know a friend
from a foe.
You have to your credit the total
disregard Of every international law,
and bringing about and waging a war
against humanity by means so brutal
ana inhuman as to shame the savage
In the most cruel acts of which he
was ever guilty.
Keep up, if you will. your fendish
work little while longer; the great
God. whom you have insulted by
claiming partnership with Him, will
strike a blow ere long that will end 1t
all, but in the name of all that is de-
cent don't talk about preserving
your conception of Christian duty" or
being able. with clear conscience
and without remorse. to recall" the
shameful deeds of which you are
guilty. ]. H. BARNARD.