GERMAN CONDUCT OF WAR
UPHELD BY CHANCELLOR
BERLIN.—The imperial chancellor,
Ur. von Bethmann-Hollweg, received
a correspondent of the Associated
Press and spoke openly on the Belgian
relief situation, the question of con
traband, the way in which industrial
Germany has adapted Itself to war
conditions, the sentiment of Germany
toward Its enemies, and toward Amer
ica, and on the responsibility for the
war, which tie .attributed to Grea/
Britain. Economically and financially
Germany Is prepared as long as the
war lasts, he declared.
“I did not want tliis war,” was one
of his phrases. “We Germans do not
• berlsh hate,” was another, occurring
in a discussion of the attitude of the
Germans toward tlie French soldiers
and people.
Four months and a half of war have
not passed lightly over the chancellor
in ids uniform of lieutenant-general. I
with grizzled, close cropped beard and ;
Iron crosses, first and second class, he
seemed much older than the scholarly,
frock-coated statesman of reichstag
debates. Knee and eyes showed signs
of the strain of the last few months.
lie spoke with confidence of ullimali
German victory, although a weary, ex
pressive shrug of the shoulder* was
his answer to a query as to the possible
duration of the war.
The conversation turned Ural to
news conditions and the difficulties of
presenting the German side of the sit- i
uation to American readers. The
chancellor regretted iliut owing to -the
British and French censorship and
control of the cables tile German point
of View ht^U not been adequately pre- 1
seated in the United Biutes. lie fell
Ctua ip be a great Injustice.
‘Since the English hate the possi
bility of gulling the truth about them
selves and their allies out," lie usked.
"why should they object to letting a
little truth out about Germany?”
"We shall shortly issue full reports
of the earlier battles, as for example,
the battle of Tcuuenberg, mat on the
Masurian lakes and the battle on me,
Marne.” To u remark on how little
was known abroad concerning Tun
nenberg, he rejoined quickly: “One ol
the greatest battles in history, one of
the greatest? The greatest, 1 should
say.”
"Is there any truth," he was asked,
"In the intimations that Germany is
hampering the shipment of provisions
to the population of Belgium, and what
is the attitude of your government to
ward the American relief work for the
Belgians?”
"On the contrary, we arc doing
| everything we can to assist it and are
!giving our own supplies." he said "We
joi'e very grateful to the Americans for
it. Wo are very sorry for the Belgians.
As to our attitude on the question of
Belgian neutrality, you have seen the
documents published in the North Ger
man Gazette whic h show that Belgium
had abandoned its own neutralitv and
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| that England and France It.ul urrang
jed to \ lolate Belgian neutralitv long
j before the war."
As to the British Interpretation of
^contraband, the chancellor maintained
that Great Britain had been directing
Its contraband regulations not so much
as absolute contraband in war mater
ials as at raw stuffs for the German
industries and at provisions with the
idea of starving out and ruining Ger
many economically. But Germany
was prepared, he said, to meet the sit
uation.
“You have been here and have seen
conditions," lie continued. "We have
enough. We can get along Copper,
oil, rubber—we shall have enough of
all. The British restrictions on trade
are hurting the neutral states more
than they are Germany.
"They have affected the I'nited
States, have thev not • One of the re
markable features 'if the war has been
the adaptubllits of German industries
You have seen the wu\ in which Gcr
many lias been readjusting its Indus
ties from pee • purposes \ those
! war."
“Whut about tlnaneng lit* war""
"Thera is no trouble about that
You have noticed how libera 11 > the
first war loan was .subscribed, and it
will be the same with the next We
shall have funds enough to continue
jt he war to the end."
“And when do you think that will
bo?"
A shrug of the shoulders and a mo
ment's hesitation preceded the answer
“Impossible to say. 1 hope it will
imt bo long. We have good news from
the eastern front The situation fheiv
j is favorable.'*
The conversation then turned in tin
sentiment of the Qermnns toward tin
various nations with which they are
at war The chancellor said there
seemed to he very little ill feeling to
ward the French On the contrary
the men at the front get on almost
friendly terms with the French soldiers
opposite them.
"But we Oermans do not cherish
hate." he finld "To hate Is not a Oer
manic trait The vendetta belongs to
the Batin races.”
"I did not want this war,'* he contin
I ued with emphasis "For the five
| years that I have sat here,*' he said
I touching the desk before him. "I have
labored steadily to develop a good tin
i derstandlng with England In my
1 speech In the reiehstag the other day
I told of these efforts But all came
to naught, and not through my fault”
The chancellor then went on to dis
cuss how the attitude of the British
government, by steadily encouraging
the Russian war party with the neces
sary confidence In ultimate British
support, had brought the war nearer
and nearer
Before leaving for an audience with
the Kaiser, the chancellor discussed
the feeling in Germany toward Ameri
! cans. There had been, pet haps, n few
incidents in whi< h Americans had suf
fered annoyance. he acknowledged.
. particularly in the early days of the
war, and some Germans were not
I quick to realize that the language of
tli* English is also spoken by a hun
dred million of neutral Americans
"But war is war.*' he said, “and re
g rot table mistakes occasion,illy will o>
< 11r But the feeling of the government
and the people here is friendly to
Americans, and we hope they will tin
del-stand that thev are welcome
guests.”
Then, referring to charges ..f brutal
ity against the German soldiers, he
concluded:
“Our boys are not bad hoys Thev
do not do such things'*
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FIGHTS ALIMONY ACCUSING
WIFE OF COLLUSION
NEW YORK- A remarkable case of
alleged collusion in a divorce notion,
supported by affidavits, has been pro
sonted to Justice Goff by William .1
Thomas, a contractor, in opposition to
his wife’s application for alimony
pending trial.
Thomas declares his domestic trou
ble has been caused by his mother-in
law, because his wife has not been sup
ported in the luxurious manner to
which she had been accustomed. Itc
says his wife abandoned him in lflll
and tried to get a separation, but tlie
action was dismissed
Last September, lie told tlie Court, a
lawyer for his wife proposed a scheme
which would give his wife evidence for
a divorce without involving wrong do
ing on her husband’s part. Thomas
said the lawyer emphatically told him
his wife would ask for no alimony.
"I told the lawyer,” Thomas added.
"I wouldn't violate the statute for any
body, but if the appearance would lie
sufficient, and I could rely on the prom
ise that my wife would not ask alimony
and council foes, 1 was willing to go
through a mock transgression of the
law to give her what she wanted lo
get rid of me.
Thomas then told of explaining the
situation to Alias Anna AlsDonald, who
became a party to an innocent meeting
which led to thn wife's suit Miss ATe
Donnld corroborated him.
Josephine Colbert informed the Court
that in If>lX Mrs Thomas offered her
JUG to trap Thomas by going into tiis
apartment upon the pretense of demon
strating a household utensil she de
clined. she testified.
Airs. Thomas denied her husband's
charges, hut Justice Goff referred the
ease to Henrc Oildersloeve niXletut re
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—
Results ho fur of the great war are
aa follows:
1. More men killed than in any other
war in history. ‘‘The death roll,"
writes Herbert Corey, “when it is fin
ally mado public will be absolutely ap
palling.”
2. Moro men wounded. Wounds
more terrible and painful.
3. More heartbroken women. More
children left fatherless. More than in
any previous conflict.
4. More ruthless brutality. Real or
fancied offenses by non-combatant
citizens being met by the fiercest re
taliation.
5. Destruction of property and of hu
man life upon a scale of magnitude and
with circumstances of horror never be
fore dreamed of. Raymond Swing tells
of viewing the ruins of Fort T-onein, at
I-lege. where a Krupp gun projectile,
tired from a. distance of five and n half
miles, by a lucky strike bore its way
dowft the air shaft of the Fort's maga
zine, thero exploded, "and in one sec
ond converted this excellent fortifica
tion into a heap of ghastly ruins, bury
ing over 300 men under Ions of mas
onry."
ti. Masses of men sacrificed with
more reckless disregard for human life
than I he world ever before has seen
exhibited. Witness the continual ad
vance in close' formation against the
machine guns.
7. The most pitiable, childish boast
ing and braggadocio on all sides.
8. Systematic lying officially carried
on. at Berlin, at Bordeaux and at f.on
don.
0. Suppression of the real facts, both
by prohibiting press representatives at
the front, and by censorship by the
government.
10. A luxuriant growth of a crop of
spiritual weeds never before equalled;
for when were ever displayed such vio
lence of race hate, such intolerance of
opinion, such rabid dispute, such will
ingness to resort to any means however
abhorrent in order to Insure victory,
such pitiful prating of "honor." such
indifference to suffering, such mad lust
to kill?
11. World wide suffering to a degree
never before known. Business paraly
sis in America. All investments
threatened with ruin. Petty wars In
Africa. "Syria,” according to the re
port of tho Presbyterian Missionary
Society, “engulfed by utter hopeless
ness; Persia In financial choas; the in
dustries of Chili prostrate: Guatemala
driven lo the hunger polnfcj Japan, al
ready debt laden, ugain under arms.
China in anxiety" The noxious gases j
of the European explosion no asphyx
iating the world.
12. Tito development of the militar
istic illusion in the T’nited States,
where there ane not wanting those
who urge our country to increase its
armament, thus preparing itself to
plunge sooner or later into the same
vortex of ruin.
If there be immortal gods who con- |
trol the dostinles of men, and who wish;
their destruction, they certainly seem;
to bo preparing them for that doom j
by first making them mad.
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