Evening star., 1922-12-10

To the Editor of The Star:
| read with much interest and a
great deal of sympathy DIR. Kober's
3. The sentiments he expressed in
regard to the suffering in Germany
do credit both to his head and heart.
Perhaps VIC have no citizen in Wash
ington who has given more insistent
service to the public good than DIR.
Kober, and I know of no one among
my friends whom ] value more high
ly than him. His father was a Ger
man patriot in 1S4S and. doubtless,
his children and his relations all
shared in his patriotic devotion to
freedom and hatred of monarchy.
Unfortunately, that part of the Ger
man people who shared his views was
inconsiderable in number.
think that DIR. Kober rather mis-
takes the general attitude of the
German people, not the late reigning
house nor the aristocracy only. but
the real people. in regard to the late
war. Thousands of medals COM
memorating the sinking of the Lusi-
tdnld were StFuck olI anu solu "
German citizens. who joyfully cele-
brated this event.
No act Of war. no atrocity of his
tory, earthquake or famine ever pro-
duceq such a deep feeling of revul-
sion in our country as the sinking
of the Lusitania. At an indignation
mass meeting. held in fremont Tenn
pie. Boston, a few days after this
outrage on humanity, Prof. Royce of
Harvard said: 'In the service of
mankind we owe an answering
sympathy, not to one or another. but
to all of the present allied enemies
of Germany" This. remember. was
many.
The historical facts show that the
German people stood practically a
unit in favor of the method Of prose-
cutting the war adopted by the i'm
perial. military and naval authorities.
ship. not alone the Lusitania. but
every one that went down. They
believed in the justice and wisdom
of overrunning Belgium and making
of the treaty to respect its SOW
ereignty a scrap of paper.
They made no protest when Edith
Cavell. a worker after DR.. Kober's 8
own heart for the sick and the needy,
was stood up against q brick wall
and shot to death by order Of the
German COmmanQcI.
We cannot forget the devastation
which they wreaked upon the occu-
pied part Of France.
We cannot forget the indignities to
non-combatants, especially women
and children, and the marching of
cultural activities, into a German
We cannot forget that hundreds of
thousands of children were separated
from their parents by the order of
German authorities.
London ard Paris. as we'll as other
cities that were not military posts,
were bombarded and innocent citi-
zens-men, women and chfldren-even
while worshiping at church, were
slaughtered.
of this war, started by Germany,
100000 people lost their lives.
We cannot forget that the present
socialistfc government is still called
the imperial government and that the
spirit of Imperialism still prevades
over its people.
We cannot forget that the intel
lectuals Of Germany, especially the
scientific intellectuals, signed a round
robin approving of the war and of
all the steps which the German gov
ernment had taken to bring it to a
unheard of in war. such as subma-
rines and aerial warfare and the in
PRODUCTION of poisonous gasses.
We cannot forget that we have
among our own allies, the suffering
Armenians. more dismal and threat
ening disasters than among those who
were allied against us.
We cannot forget that the imperial
German government, in its ambition to
extend its power from Berlin to Bag
and Turkey to aid her In her attempt
at world dominion, and that one of
these nations IL now again threaten
ing the peace Of Europe.