The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-03

essary to his existence. One has no
right TO demand NJ him anything super.
husIan." "The great good In war Is
that IL should be- ended quickly. In
view of this, every means. except those
which are positively conference.-the.
must he permitted. ! cannot, In any
way. agree with the declaration Of 81.
Petersburg when II prctcnds that the
weakening VI the military forces ~ the
enemy constitutes the only Legitimate
method of procedure In war. No. one
must attack all the resources ~ the
enemy government, his finances. his
railroads. his stock Of provisions and
even his prestige. d. :"
Many other examples might he cited
from tn" writings Of German generals.
The very best illustration NJ this altl.
tudo, however. Is to be found In the
cmporor's various speeches. and cspc
clnlly In his speech to his soldiers on
the eve OF their departure FOR china IN
1000. On July - the kaiser went TO
Rrcmcrhnvon Ia bid farewell to the
German troops. As they were drawn
up, ready to embark for China. he nd
dressed 10 them n last official message
from IA" fHth"rlnnh. The local npTS
paper reported his speech in full, IT.
Il appeared this udyirc and udmonitinu
from the emperor. The commander IN
ch'"f or the army, the head Of all Ger.
many:
Soldiers Told to Be Merciiess.
\ SOon IS yuu come to blows with
IN" enemy he win hr hcntcn. 80 mercy
win bo shown! No prisoners will be
taken As the Huns, under King A.
lila, made II name for themselves.
which Is still mighty In traditions and
legends today. m"y the nnin" of Ger.
man b" =" fixed IN china by your deeds
that "a Chinese shull ever again dare
even Il" look N u G"rmnu askancc.
open the way FOR kultur once for nll."
Even the imperial councillors seem I"
have been shuchcd ut the cmpornr's
>p""oh. ana efforts were promptly
made To- suppress the circulation Of hi,
"Nact words. The efforts were only
partly successful. 4 few weeks later
when the letters from the German sol
hicrS in China were being published.
In local German papers, the l"adi..
socialist newspaper. N~urwarrts. ~.
r"rptch from them reports Of ptrrri.
ties under the title Letters of the
Huns" Many Of the leaders in III"
%r"lChStag felt very kccnly III" brutality
- H., .,n,-.,'. .,.T. nj. .t,L.,
iorIs word "lluuS' had excited almost
universal condemnation. When the
rcichstng mot. IN November. the speech
was openly discussed. Herr Ii"hcr of
the center Catholic parity. after quot.
ing til" mo mercy" portion uf the
speech, uddcd. There nrp. alas, In Ger,
many groups enough who have regard
ell the atrocities told IN the letters
which have been published rs the duti
full response Of soldiers So addressed
and encouraged" The leader of III,
social democrats. Herr l,rhcl. SPOKE
even more point"dly. Toward the ent
uf u two-hour address on the atrocitic'
committed by the German soldiers It
China and on the speech OF the EN-
poror, he said:
III Germany wishes TO he the bearer
OF civilization to tho world. we vii
follow without contradiction. But til,
ways and means in which this worl,
policy has been carried m thus far, 1t
which 1t has been defined 10y the en-
pcror are not. In ON opinion
the way Ia preserve the world position
~ Germany. to gain for Germany tn,
respect of tn" world"
The consequences OF the emperor
speech Bohcl aptly described:
"By II the signal was given. garbc,
IN the highest authority of the German
empire. which must have most weight,
consequences. not only for n" troop
who went to China but also for th"S'
who stayed Mt home. An expedition
Of revenge 50 bnrhnrous as this ln.
never occurred in the last hundrc,
Years ana not often in history u
least, nothing worse than this has hap
:, pencd Ia history, either done by III
N Huns. by III" Vandnls. by Gcnghi'
nj Khan, by Tamcrlanr. or even by Till,
a when he sacked Magdoburg."
a Atrocities in China.
il, These atrocities In China or Letter
~. of the Huns continued to h" puhliSh"'
., in the NorwaPrts for several years N
90 npI cared internationally In III" debate
|, ~ tn" rcichStng ms late ms 1905. \
Inthat time the socialist. Herr kunert
.otrrvlcwing the procedure In n trial o
which he had been the victim In III,
csproyious summer stated that h" haI
yoffersd To prove Tint German soldier
min China had engaged In wanton an
lu.hrutHl rnvnging; That p'under, pillag'
abortion. robbery, ms well as rape ant
ed ,cNunl abuses al III" worst Kind, hn'
r. occurred on II very large scale and rhn
M. ;crmnn soldiers had participated II
! " hem" lie bud not been given mn oI
,Iy ,uriunity Ia prove his allegations. In
die nd been sentenced to prison for tarP
~. lonIhS for uSSniling the honor of ia
whole German army" The Out
90 h~gcuuSncsS az this sentence was mad
n lear hy the revelations. made In III
m, lIrhsrug sh0rtly afterwards, Of SIM
ire Ir uirucIiicS committed 10y German
an Irlnls md soldiers In Africa In III
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