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NOME, ALASKA. AUGUST 10, 1915
One cannot but be forcibly impressed
with the peculiar inconsistencies con
tained within that singular document
recently delivered by Germany in re
ply to the representations of the United
States relative to the sinking of the
Lusitania and the so-called submarine
warfare conducted by the German na- 1
tion in the ocean highways adjacent to
the British Isles. Viewing the repre
sentations contained as a whole it ap
pears that the document supports in
every degree the broadly biased offer
ings given to the world as justifica
f' tion of the German conduct throughout
I tie entire period of the war; all of
which have done little for the German
cause save to cast further doubt upon
both the dealings and the honesty of
purpose of that nntion. In praetieally
every argument submitted by Germany
in justification of her policies and ac
tions, there has been a singular ab
sence of what might be termed un
biased reason and she has time and
again been convicted out of her own
mouth of either a most peculiar moral
obliquity or of what may be termed
moral idiocy. Taking the note recently
delivered as an example of this pecu
liarity, analysis discloses that the prin
cipal features are nothing less than a
series of assertions of Germany’s right
to Ignore all rules of civilized warfare
and^o impose such new rules upon the)
world as will best conform to her own
desires. And the excuse for so doing
is based upon the assertion that her
enemies are compelling her to such
measures and that, whatever may he
the result of her acts, they are alone
responsible. The preamble, regardless
"f the protestations of lofti principles
and noble humanitarianism contained
in the earlier passages, expressly dis
claims all responsibility for acts com
mitted In defiance of rule and conven
tion, in the words: “If, in the present i
war, the principles which should be the 1
ideal of (he future have been trans
gressed more and more the longer Its t
duration, the German government has n
MO guilt therein." The Lusitania hor- t,
tor Is thus defended and not even an it
apology is offered for the slaughter of e
noncombatants. And this attitude Is a
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nade still plainer in the direct refer- i
'nee to that greatest of all Germany’s
blunders, wherein it is plainly stated
that “The case of the Lusitania shows
with horrible clearness to what Jeop
irdizing of human lives the manner of
.'onducting the war by our adversaries
leads.” This means nothing less than
that Germany repudiates all responsi
bility for any action she may take, re
gurdless of the right or the principle
Involved. The question of na blockade
or effective blockade: the question of
the rights of noncombatunt passenger*,
to travel on British or other unarmed
allied ships in the absence of a non
effective blockade; the difference be
tween a blockade, within the meaning
of the international law. and a marine
guerilla warfare; all these questions
embraced within the (American notes
are absolutely ignored. Even the vert
terms of the concessions offered under
the guise of friendly intention are real
ly nothing less than a further expres
sion of determination to do as she
wills on the high seas. What the terms
of the law of nations grants as a right
to the noncomhatant, Germany an
nounces she is willing to give to the
United States in the way of a con
cession. She will pass American ships
under certain conditions: tlrst, that
they carry no contraband; second, that
they be plainly marked; and third, that
she must be previously notified of their
passage into the waters of the tvar
zone. As a further concession she of
fers to permit four enemy ships to pass
under American flags, If it he necessary
I to the transportation of American pas
sengers to and from Britain. With one
exception, each and every one of those
terms are the natural right of a non
belligerent under the international law,
so Germany is, in reality, granting
nothing hut the right to sail four enemy
ships under the American flag without
molestation. The rest of the "privi
leges" are nothing more than what is
I the natural right of the non-combatant
nation, known and-recognized for years.
In offering these “privileges" as con
cessions she is denying the right of the
non-combatant to the freedom of the
seas and is thus further disclosing the
intention of doing ns she will regard
less of the forms or privileges of civi
lized warfare. In fact she assumes and
insists that she has the right to otter
and grant the privileges of the seas in
defiance of every law and customs
recognized among tlie nations.
Throughout tlie balance of the docu
ment this expression of bold defiance
to the rule of nations still persists and
that Germany intends to do as she wills
is made perfectly clear. Any means
that will aid Germany to win are
blazenly argued ns good means and the
end—that Germany shall win—justifies
all means pursued.
The reply says that the German gov
ernment would be guilty before God
if It did not do all in its power to pre
serve the lives of German subjects, “for
violations of the principles of highest
humanity which are the foundations of
national existence.” Yet, after this
lofty expression of noble sentiment, in
the very next line of the document the
sinking of the Lusitania is defended
and justified. Would they then have
been guilty before God if they would
have allowed the women and children
so shamefully massacred to get away
in the boats of the sinking vessel lie
cause "If the commander of the Ger
man submarine had caused the crew
and passengers to take to the boats
before firing a torpedo this would have
meant the destruction of his own ves- I
sel.“? If they would the “principles]
of highest humanity” then required
that they be wantonly massacred and I
thus Germany is justified before God.
[There Is not a particle of proof that
the Lusitania passengers could not
have been given a chance without
danger to the German vessel. The
picture drawn of all British merchant '
ships ordered to ram submarines, and I
thus “all distinction destroyed he- l
tween war ships and merchant ships” 1
merely shows the stubborn obliquity
if the German mind.
The note also ignores the greatest—- I
he fundamental—weakness of the Ger
man case in that it makes her Inability
o conform to the accepted rules, ow- 1
ng to the bottling up of her fleet, an I
■xcuse and a justification for casting
iside all legitimate warfaro and sub
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itltuting murder. Germany has a pow
erful fleet which could deal with ships
'arrying contraband according to in
ternational law and the rules of civi
lized warfare. Hut, this fleet is kept
iway from the scene of operations by
\ superior fleet. Is Germany’s inability
to employ this fleet then an excuse for
flying in the face of thnt law and de
fying those rules? It is the same ns
though a pugullst who found himself
blocked in every move under the rules
)f the pri2e ring should draw a knife
ind stab his opponent and claim that
le was justified. Tet this is the same
nation which justifies Its terrlblt
treatment of Belgium by saying that
the Belgium people, when their ordi
nary means of making war were de
molished, made war with the first
moans to hand, that is, by civilian at
tacks on the German army. Behold
here is Germany in Belgium, the stern
avenger of the smallest departure from
the acknowledged rules of war. And
again behold her on the coasts of Ire
land slaughtering a thousand non
combatants, Innocent women and chil
dren, because her naval power is too
weak to permit her to fight by the
rules. Just as Belgium was too weak
to fight by the. rules. The laws of war
are sacred when Belgium breaks them
—but their breach is a sacred duty
when Germany breaks them. Many
and other features of this curious doc
ument are equally as one sided and
biased as are those quoted and all lead
to that one conviction—that Germany
is going to use any means to attain
her end, regardless of laws and rules.
She does not attempt to argue the
right or wrong. Every one of her con
tributions to the world since the first
of August, one year ago, have been
one long series of assertions that she
has the right to do as she likes; that
"the principles of the highest human
ity” give her every license in order to
win and that she is bound before God
to use any and all means to win. She
gave to Belgium one answer: “We
must win." She gives the same answer
to the weeping relatives of those who
perished on the Lusitania. "We must
win.” And this is her idea of apply
ing the principles of highest human
ity. All things are justified In the at
tainment of that end. 1
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