Vol. II, No. 15—May 19th, 1915 Price 5 Cents Fatherland A Weekly armenia x DR. BERNHARD DERNBURG * WHOSE MASTERLY EXPOSITION OF GERMANY’S JUST CAUSE HAS ANGERED THE AMERICAN TORIES HOW TO SAFEGUARD AMERICAN LIVES AT SEA2 THE FATHERLAND BE FAIR TO GERMANY! W EX-CONSUL ROBT. J. THOMPSON'S BOOK England and Germany in the War LETTERS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SEND Read this remarkable book now and pass it on to your friends or lay it aside for $1.00 your children. As time goes by it will prove an increasingly valuable commentary 22 on the situation of today. This series of remarkable letters or semi-official dis- ches from Mr. ‘Thompson constitutes a new and important angle to the great war in Europe. Much has been said and waiten on the merits of the subject, but for Americans we believe this to be the first important and comprehensive digest of the situation offered. A _NEW BOOK BY PROF. HUGO MUENSTERBERG “The Peace and America” This is, Professor Hugo Muensterberg’s second book on the war. He predicts that after the end of the war, when all misr sntations of the Allies il be exposed wh important have suppressed willcome tolight, America will quickly revise its opinion of the rights ‘and the wrongs ofthe tragedy and itscon- duct, so far as Germany is concerned, and realize that its attitude toward the Father- land has been uninteligent and unjust. ‘There isan interesting chapter on "German Kultur“and a chapter devoted to a scath- ing review of English traits of diplomacy. $1.00 net. By mail, $1.12 The FATHERLAND, ¥éiiiies THE FIRST SIX MONTHS’ ISSUES OF The Fatherland (INCLUDING THE FIRST RARE NUMBER), ARE NOW BOUND TOGE THIS VOLUME MAKES ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE AND VALUABLE COLLECTIONS OF WAR LITERATURE AND DATA PUBLISHED. PER VOLUME $2.00 JUST PUBLISHED Germany's Case in the Supreme Court of Civilization By DR. KARL HELFFERICH Ts author, Dr. Helfferich, is a financial genius of the first rank and a statesman of re- ‘markable ability and distinction. He w Secretary of the Treasury for Germany tnd has writen this conclusive and biliant paper to felute compltey Me, Jesce RI CY Becks" atempt to indict the Teutonic Ales. PRICE, TEN CENTS, (a3)THE FATHERLAND Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary Edited by Gronce Svivesrer Vieneck and Frepenick F. SCHRADER Vou. II, No. 15 AST week we predicted the fate that has overtaken the Lusitania, The Fatherland did not reach the news-stands till Saturday, but the editorial in question was written several days before publication. To-day we make another prediction. Every large passenger ship bound for England is practically a swimming ar- senal, carrying vast quantities of ammunition and ex- plosives of every description. An arsenal, whether on sea or land, is not a safe place for women and children. It is not a safe place for anyone. Every now and then we read of a warship blown up by an explosion caused by spontaneous combustion, in spite of the rigid care exercised to prevent such an accident. Our passenger ships carry more explosives than the ordinary man-of- war. No innocent passenger should be allowed to em- bark on a vessel carrying explosives. It stands to reason that a fate not unlike that of the Lusitania will meet before long a passenger ship by an explosion of vast stores of ammunition within, While Germany is not bound to respect a flag of any ship carrying im- plements of murder, German submarines may discrimi te in favor of a neutral flag. Spontaneous combus- tion recognizes no international convention. Much as we regret the staggering loss of life in the disaster that startled the world, the facts in the case absolutely justify the action of the Germans. Legally and morally there is no basis for any protest on the part of the United States. The Lusitania was a British ship. British ships have been instructed by the ‘Admiralty to ram submarines and to take active meas- ures against the enemy. Hence every British ship must be considered in the light of a warship, ‘The Lusitania flew the ensign of the British Naval Reserves before the submarine warfare was initiated Since that time she has hoisted many a flag, including the Stars and Stripes. According to a statement issued by the advertising manager of the Cunard Line, the Lusitania “when torpedoed was entirely out of the con- trol of the Cunard Company and operated under the command of the British Admiralty.” ‘The Lusitania carried contraband of war from this country to England. If this contraband had reached its destination it would undoubtedly have killed far more Germans than the total number of passengers lost on the Lusitania, As a matter of fact it did actually kill the passengers by precipitating the sinking of the ship. There can be no doubt that the ship would not have sunk for hours, if explosions from within had not MAY 19, 191 WHY THE “LUSITANIA” WAS SUNK Price, 5 Cents hastened its end. Every passenger on a boat carrying contraband of war takes his life into his hands. The explosives in the hold of a ship, we repeat, constitute a graver peril to passengers than the shots of German torpedoes. It cannot be said that the Lusitania was torpedoed without warning. Ordinarily a half hour's warning is regarded sufficient. In this case the ship was warned of its fate four or five days in advance. We need only turn to the warning notice issued by the German Em- assy on the day before the Lusitania left the Harbor of New York. Instead of urging the President to take steps against Germany, we should impeach the Secretary of State for his neglect of duty in not warning all Americans of the peril of ocean traffic in the war zone, especially under the flag of a belligerent nation. If the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Mexican precedent had issued such a warning, not a single American life would have been forfeited Germany, provoked by England which established a war zone as early as November and made the importa- tion of foodstuffs into Germany practically impossible, decided upon submarine warfare as a measure of ret ation. She was forced to do so by the signal failure of the United States to protect the common rights of neutrals. When Germany determines upon a plan of action she means business. The Germans are not a na- tion of poker players. Germany does not bluff. The sinking of the Lusitania is a terrific lesson, but in order to drive home its force more fully and to safe- guard this country from further losses and from the danger of complications with Germany, the State De- partment should issue at once a formal notice admon- ishing American citizens to shun all ships flying the flag of a belligerent nation and all ships, irrespective of nationality, which carry across the sea the tools of destruction. But if we accuse the State Department of negligence, we should indict the officials of the Cunard Line for murder. They knew that the Lusitania was a floating fortress. Yet, for the sake of sordid gain, they jeopar- dized the lives of more than two thousand people. When the German Embassy issued its warning, the Cunard Line pooh-poohed the danger so as not to for- feit the shekels paid for the passage. Did the Cunard Line tell its prospective passengers that its crew was short of eighty or ninety stokers?4 THE FATHERLAND Did the Cunard Line inform its passengers that the Lusitania, as Marconi states in an interview, narrowly escaped an attack by a submarine on a previous voyage? Did they inform the passengers of the fact that one of its turbines was defective? How many of the passengers would have remained on the boat if the officials of the Cunard Line had not suppressed the truth? ‘Those innocent victims believed in the protection of the British Admiralty. The Captain of the Lusitania admits that the Admiralty “never seemed to bother” about the Lusitania, He knew that England, though she waives the rules, no longer rules the waves. He i a soldier under orders of the Admiralty. He has a right to take chances with his own life, But what right he to take chances with the lives of his crew and his two thousand passengers? REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE AMERICANS HEN an American citizen was shot and Killed on mere suspicion by a Canadian, when the Greenbrier was seized on the high seas and the American flag hauled down by English officials, when English vessels abused the American flag by hiding their identity under it, when the English placed an embargo on American exports, when an ‘American citizen was taken off an American coastwise ves- sel traveling in American waters and American citizens were arrested on neutral vessels and incarcerated in English prison camps, not a New York newspaper protested. But when an American tank steamer runs on a mine or is fouled by a torpedo, by nobody-knows-whom, the London press of New York goes into spasms of virtuous indignation against Germany and suddenly remembers that there is such a thing ‘as American rights and American citizenship. CHARGING WINDMILLS T is ludicrous to note the efforts being made in some direc- tions to scare German-Americans by creating a bugbear out of the German Ambassador's, Count Bernstorfi’s, recent note of protest to the State Department. All Americans of German blood who do not subscribe molens volens to the doctrine of surrender of American interests to England are denounced as members of a vast campaign committee fi- anced by the German Government. Bartholdt is an agent of the German Government, the editors of Tae Farier- LAND are receiving untold sums from the German Govern- ‘ment, and so on, down the line. ‘No charges are made against John Ravelstock Rathom, the native of Melbourne, Australia, who edits the Providence Journal and accuses American citizens of high treason for thinking Germany right; or Mr. Bennett, who lives in Paris and edits the New York Herald from that center of enlight- enment ; or the brother-in-law of Lord Somebody-or-other, who manages the New York Tribune; or the Scotch edi- torial writer on the New York World; or any of the other Anglo-Americans, Franco-Americans and other Little Amer- jcans, whose hyphenation inspires them to write eloquently about “the mother country,” “blood is thicker than water” and “hands across the sea.” ‘The way some of these organs of public opinion roar and bellow about “agents of the German Government,” who are corrupting the virtues of the American people, is as amus- ing as some of the jokes in the London Punch. Of course, ‘we must expect this from the cockney press of these United States, more royal than the King; presumably they know on which side their bread is buttered. But it is mighty amusin’ to see the venerable old Louisville Courier-Journal Tine up with these pseudo patriots and exploit itself in real opera bouffe style about this frightful German campaign fund and lashing itself into a rage over Count Bernstorf. The Courier-Journal, made famous by the great George D. Prentice, is, of course, edited by “Col.” Henry Watterson. We always regarded the “colonel” as an explosive but harm- less old man, who once upon a time wielded a fluent pen, wrote long-winded editorials and was a judge of good whisky. “We were also aware that he won his spurs fighting against the Union he edited the Chattanooga Rebel, and at fast accounts was still voting for Andrew Jackson. He hasn't yet heard that the Civil War is over, and like the old war horse that he is, answers to the call of the bugle with his tail up. Somebody has been telling him this tale that Count Bern- storft is spending the money of the German Government, that the country is overrun with German agents. So he sends out a solemn warning to German-Americans against the lure of the German Ambassador, who is trying to organ ize them into “blocks of four” to vote at the next election. Of course, the German-Americans will take his warning. They will begin to shout for King George andthe Cear, snd for another term for Wilson. They can't get enough of Wilson—too soon, They will simply ter under. the “colonels” clarion appeal; we know they must see the errot of their ways, recant, reform, repudiate and capitulate. We are for the “colonel” every time. He looks grand thus om horseback, like Don Quixote charging the windmill. A CONSTRUCTIVE FIRM TW Enis estar in reprinting the following denial ty the Smith Premier Company of the charge made in Germany, that the Smith Premier Works are producing orders for munitions of wart SMITH PREMIER WORKS ‘5 Brospway, New York, April 27,1915, Mr. George 8. Vieresk, 123 Broadway, New York. Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of the 24th inet, we hay fused fo couse? Orde 15 tras nad atu Bing RS Str ‘est interests to confine our plants tothe manufacture of typewriters hd typewriter part “Yours vey tay SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO, (Gigned) Mason: Waesstn Pice Prien HE FATHERLAND as ey ie toa eS ‘Tiree prs ey Manta PB 2 of ols worn eta tlt ene ae al tet seertce Si. ole ‘Seatac Genser a eh hn He ey base ae ata es és of this poll until the next issues =” * >THE FATHERLAND 5 HOW THE SHIPMENT OF ARMS CAN BE STOPPED By Franz von Briesen (Un the following article Mr. Frans von Briesen, who is an authority on corporation law, points out with irrefutable logic, how the sale of war munitions to the belligerents cam be legally stopped, We hope that our readers will carefully read Mr. von Briesen’s brief and act accordingly. yHOUGH we be removed by several generations from those fof our ancestors who migrated into America, still the fact remains that blood being thicker than water, there lingers within tus a love for that country from which we originally sprang. Now, a5 substantially all the people of this country are descendants of foreign nations, and particularly of the nations at war, it is but due to, shall we say, a subconscious working of their minds, that ‘their sympathies ‘are equally diversified, and radiate to the toll. of their nativity? And this is entirely apart from the merits of the conflict which necessarily appear different from different viewpoints and take color from the spectacles through which we look. This being so, it seems entirely out of the ques- tion that we can all unite in one view, and all agree that one particular country is right, while every other country or group of countries is wrong. But there is one thing on which we all can unite, and upon which we should be able to readily agree, more particularly so as Americans are proverbially in favor of “fair play.” This particular point is to give the combatants such fair play and let the best man win. However, this doctrine so generally insisted upon in sport, and of later years, in business, appears to have been forgotten and overlooked when it comes to our acts with relation to the nations at srar. It is said that the delivery of arms to any one country is perfectly proper, even though arms are not and cannot be delivered to another country, for the reason, gen- erally speaking, that it is mot our fault if such delivery to such ‘other country cannot be made. But is such a contention tenable from a moral or ethical standpoint, leaving for the present out of view, any legal ground? Supposing two of our friends were engaged in combat within a roped arena, and supposing that we as neutral bystanders had ac- ‘cess to the corner of one of the combatants, but not to the comer fof the other, Could it be held that it would be perfectly proper and fit for us to hand a knife over to the accessible fighter, so that hhe might, with greater ease and despatch, maim or kill the unacces- sible fighter? Surely not. ‘What of the sordid motive that impels us to hand over this in- strument of death, the motive that can be found only in the profit derived from this despicable barter, and which entirely ignores the fact that by the prolongation of the strife, millions of our own people are placed under additional taxation, and other millions are deprived of their means of livelihood? From the foregoing it is thought to be clear that moral wrong is daily committed by those concerns, who make and sell shel, powder, shot and other war materials, in this country, to be used by another country for the sole and exclusive purpose of destroy- ing the people of still another country, at peace with us, Nor can itbe said that these concerns do not know to what use their deadly instruments of warfare are put, and that their part of the business terminates with the delivery of their output to some foreign agent. ‘The “war stocks” soar to unprecedented heights on the Stock Ex- change, and the only excuse for their advance lies in the prospective increase of their dividends, owing to a hoped-for prolongation of the war. ‘The wicked purpose of the manafacture of the war materials is thus brought home to the makers: they are not to be used in the arts, in the manufacture, or in other peaceful pursuits, or in the defense of our own country, but only for the sole and avowed purpose of destroying people, not our enemies. ‘The Federal Government has declared, time and again, that it can do nothing to prevent this business, and that while our country is neutral, per se, it cannot prevent its citizens from being unneutral. ‘Assuming this to be 80, it should be borne in mind that the United ‘States possesses only those powers which have been delegated to it by the several States, and that the latter have retained, and now do 4 word to the wise is suficent.) retain, all the powers not expressly made over to the National Government. The interesting question, therefore, presents itself. Whether the States now have the power to stop the trafic in war materials, either under their criminal or civil laws. It has above been demonstrated, that the eriminal intent of the “war companies" has been clearly brought home to them, the intent to have their output used for the avowed purpose of destroying hhuman life. OF course this destruction is not to take place within four shores, but the plan is here concocted and the deadly instru- ment is here made and delivered. The case is similar to that of a concern, say in New York, delivering to a party within said State, a package of poison, with the avowed purpose that it be used for the destruction of a person, say, in Canada. In that case, the last step of the crime which relates to its physical execution has, of course, been committed in the country in which the vitim has been reached, but the first step oF root of the crime is laid in the country of its instigation. Therefore, the party making and delivering the tools necessary for the commission of crime is obviously guilty as an accessory which is defined as: “A person who, though not pres- ent, is concerned, either before or after, in the perpetration of a felony.” The laws of many of the States make accessories, accom plices, conspirators, or by whatever name they may be called, equally guilty with the principal, and convictions as accomplices are of daily occurrence in the State courts. Tt seems, therefore, clear that there is nothi hhunting down the offending concerns in their home States, and set- ting the criminal machines of such States into action for the pur~ pote of stopping their nefarious business and sending the guilty ‘ones to their doom. ‘Wisconsin has the distinction of being the first State in which to cour knowledge, actions for preventing the manufacture or sale of ‘war materials, have actually been brought. As reported by the ccarrent daily press, the Bethlehem Steel Co, as well as the Allis- Chalmers Co, were there made defendants in cates, brought for preventing the delivery of shrapnel shell. As reported, complain- ant’s counsel in the case stated that these actions were commenced under the common law, making ita crime to be an accessory before the fact to the commission of murder. The postion taken by the president of the Allis-Chalmers Co. is reported in these words: “Pursuant to the terms of our contract with the Bethlehem Steel Co. we have been making parts of articles and shipping them to the Bethlehem Steel Co. We know absolutely nothing about the fur- ther destination of these shipments nor do we have any definite information as to the purpose for which they are employe ‘The babe-ke innocence of this unsophisticated president is to be admired; he might as well have gone a step further and denied personal knowledge of any war going on. Let us hope that the fine example set by the people of Wisconsin ‘will soon find imitators, and that similar suits will soon be instituted in other States. Such proceedings would go far to obtain for us such a real neutrality as the honor of our country urgently demands. the way of WANTS WAR LITERATURE THE FATHERLAND isin reecit ofa communication from Dr. Konrad Plath librarian of the Royal Library in Berlin, calling attention to the collection of literary contributions to the war which the library is fostering with a view to preserving everything of this character bearing on the great conflict for future reference. The library is anxious to obtain any matter, press clippings, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines ,illus- trations, posteards, autographs of important personages, bulletins, letters of soldiers, whether German or Allies, etc, provided they ‘have a consistent bearing on the subject.6 THE FATHERLAND “FIELD-GRAY BERLIN” By Louis Viereck (Un the near future Mr. Louis Viereek, Berlin representa: joe of Tue Fatuentaxs, cull trove! extensively throughout Belgium and describe to the readers of Tas Faruss.sxo the prevailing conditions eavisting there, after a few mouths of German administration. -Mr- Louis Viereck is a specialist on labor problems and similar topics, and is @ sociologist of high standing. He was formerly a member of the German Reichs- tog ond is now 0 lecturer at the Humboldt Institute, Berlix. He has often lectured 0! Germon universities on merican THE cxvession “a fldaray Beri is ently usted i characterizes a unique phase of life in the German metropolis, for the number of men in Berlin wearing our uniforms of "feld- gray,” a color designed on principles of protective mimicry. has increased to a good quarter of a million. The reason for this is simple. First of all Berlin has sbout 100,000 hospital beds for wounded soldiers. These are constantly in use. Then, too, the rhumber of garrison and reserve troops including volunteers’ and recruits who have not been sent to the front, can be estimated at 150,000 men o more. To this must be added the large number of soldiers who have obtained leave of absence in order to recuperate for to attend to private affairs. It is only natural, therefore, that fone finds multitudes of able and convalescent soldiers on every street and in every public place in Berlin. Really, the boys in “feld-gray” seem to have penetrated every little nook and corner fof the great city. They are very well liked, of course, and all ‘empty seats in theatres and concert halls are placed at their disposal. Very amusing incidents frequently result from this. A. soldier belonging to the Tandsturm had been slightly wounded. He was given a ticket to “Gétterdimmerung”” His civil occupation was that of a farmhand, and he had never been to a theatre in his life before. Wagner's “musie-drama” was almost a form of physical torture to him. When he returned to his comrades again he swore that he would rather suffer three days in the trenches than sit through another such evening at the Opera House. But this opinion is certainly not voiced by those who attend the performances of moving pictures. At least half a dozen theatres have several war plays on their programs, which are changed daily, and these invari- bly attract large audiences. How the “feld-grays" do exult when they review through the periscope of a German submarine the torpedoing of an English ship or see a huge Bavarian soldier take ‘off his coat, cast away his weapon, hammer at a couple of French- ‘men with his fists and finally take them prisoner Despite the influx of a quarter of a million soldiers from the battlefront, the proportion of women to men is much larger now in Berlin than in times of peace. This also can be explained. The administrative distriet of Gross-Berlin, with a total population of 4.100.000 has already sent about 300,000 men to the colors. Incident= ally, there is every evidence that this mumber will be considerably augmented. It has been estimated that in ease of exigency, the German Empire can produce 10,000,000 men to fight for the Vater- land, Thus, in ratio to its population Berlia would be liable to a contingent of about 600,000 men, a sum almost double the amount already furnished, There is, a a consequence, great lack of work- ingmen, especially those qualified for expert labor or for the super- intendence of factories and large industrial plants. But the demand is equally imperative for men in such occupations as do not neces- sitate any previous experience. This is well proven by the fact that there are hardly enough men to run the street-cars. Another good instance is the scarcity of truckmen. There are so few of ‘them, that the rates for moving furniture, etc, have increased to ten dollars a day for each man, Still another thing has affected Berlin life quite considerably. ‘The municipal treastiry has given out enormous sums in pensions for the maintenance of the families of thote who have gone to the front. This has the primal effect of draining the common purse. It also makes it difficult to obtain women servants, because most subjects and at American universities om German cultural tel! tie nec an ime ice, hata ome {ike Country during the time that laste teas rst opened up {series of articles he torte on the old territory attracted inuch atontion, dn the campaigns of MeKintes and. Roose Wali Mie Piercck did mucho orvanice the German-cmer: fans and did porticularly toiportont cork in behalf of the latter athe request of the United States Government, Me Piertck scrote anescellent monograph on German instruction in"Americon schools) ‘of them, being the wives of soldiers receive cash payments from the municipal treasury and consequently are not obliged to seck temployment. The city of Berlin alone, which is not even one-half of the administrative district of Gross-Berlin, is supporting about 100,000 families. This fact is so well known that only a stranger could be puzzled by the jocular question—"What do you say to this? ‘There is a woman here in Berlin, whose husband, son-in-law, and six sons are all in the field. Nevertheless she receives no help whatsoever from the city government.” The answer is, that this woman is the German Empress! She, of course, has no need of ‘money, but as a wife and a mother, she is affected quite as much if not more, than many a simple and plain woman of the people, Weis relly touching 10 see the whole eared fervor with which the women ofthe upper and middle slags go about their work of practical sr. Many of them have dedicated themscves 1 the care of the sick and wounded, Others give meals to the of Coming or departing troops, Sil others disite ood. among itowe who need i Sometimes a nominal fe is asked, bt mom often the fod is given ratty. This of especial adage to such ufortnate arte and hrary men av have met wi Francia enbarrasments through te we. ‘The war has brought about many desirable changes. Former the spr of monic snbishess was Tecoming prevalent, 304 08 ladies toot ther heads over every freak sgie which came (om foreign countries. Bt these gripping times ave ated 8 282 dot against those evil. Our devotees of "les modes post femmes ave suddenly become indutins ami wsefUl women, ‘They have offered up their time. their pleasures, their fortunes vem and have fofllot ther duties gladly and resolately. Th Seem as rm in their wil to persist agnnst the tral of the preset Situation, a are the men in the trenches. And these, we KDO® Could ot be saken from thet purpose by a milion fons of alte Steel, "But the women deserve ore than mere prale. THY Soul be and ‘wil be remembered in history. Probably there is 2 food deal for them to learn, bat we must ot expect too much ht fay. Hence i Ts crcl to expect an answer of them to that fle ful question, 30 characteriac of our modern. iviization-—"Stll wre have cate at Easter ov not ‘The authorities in Berlin have strictly peobitited the people fom taking cake sine therehy the four would be nse to poor adr=- tage." Yet in Pots. for instance t may be faked witht curring a fine, and in Hamburg, the people have even been urged by the authorities to eat cake fn order tat Iss bread be ensued That reminds me of the anecdote about the unfort Mare" Antoinette. ‘When she was tld thatthe, P suflering trom a scarcity of reat she inquired, with Incomparable = why the people did not eat cake. Guite a number of “super-patriots” urged that the eating of cake be condemned as immoral and extravagant daring these times of wat. But UY soon abandoned this forish nti, forthe shosts ite tench” declared that they were fighting in order that the people at home might enjoy at least a tolerable existence. In their willingness to sacrifice for the Vaterland the people were apt to give too much. In fact the authorities were cbged to warn the people aginst hE fanatialaptton "Gold for Ion”--which had induced 50 329 of them to offer up their wedding-rings, heirlooms, and other Pe lous trinkets which coud never be related.THE FATHERLAND 7 ‘There was really no occasion for any such sacrifices. The sub- scriptions to the second war loan are considerably over two billion dollars and financiers are sure that by means of this enormous sum, the economic power of the German nation is capable of with sanding any strain for a long, long while. But if Germany wishes to achieve something definite for her future, she must learn to keep herself always in a state of athletic resistance, She must foster those qualities which are essentially German and subdue or repudiate all such foreign influences as are weakening or corrupting. I will give two instances of such—the prevalence of foreign styles and the use of foreign words and ex- pressions. The first may be combated by making the people realize the important economic significance of this prejudice against Ger- man styles; the latter will be considerably decreased by a new police order. This order demands that all foreign words and ex- pressions be removed from business signs and show-windows. Pub- Fie opinion is sympathetic to the idea, so much so, that the war had scarcely begun when the names of such cafes and places of amuse- ment as “Piccadilly,” “Cou,” “Westminster,” etc, were changed ‘The order means that now we are to get rid of other eye-tores, Robes et Manteaux.” “Costumes,” “Ondulations””. “Manicure,” “Pedicure,” and similar delicacies, will no longer’ jeer at us French. The silly prestige of a few foreign words on a shop window must have an end, and the new police order is just the thing to do it, These two instances are important, of course, but there are other situations which demand deeper consi Tn certain radical circles a trace of what might be called * fam’ is evident. Karl Liebknecht, it will be remembered, was a shyster lawyer from the suburbs of Berlin, He was the insignif- fant son of a famous man. The socialists elected him to the Reichs- tag as their representative, There, in Germany's hour of fate, he uttered a statement that was both vile and treacherous. He was well rewarded for this—the foreign press made him the hero of the day, He was given a seat of honor near his colleagues Weill and ‘Wetterle who have been evicted from the Reichstag. But the for- ign press is not solitary in this rapture. Among the socialists are certain rusty old theorists, men who have completely lost their sense of proportion as well as their consciences, They pretend to see in Liebknecht’s contemptible act an exposition of their own ideas. For the most part they are men who use the newspaper ‘columns as a vehicle for their ealumnies. At the beginning of the war, we were frequently startled by news in foreign papers that socialists had been shot down in the strets of Berlin. These stories were so absurd that we would only laugh at them, for no matter hhow despicable the actions of such socialists are, we could never be provoked to end their activities in this way. Instead we must in- struct the public mind as to the real significance of Liebknecht and his flock of sensation mongers and it will soon learn to repudiate them. Nevertheless, we cannot help experiencing a throb of righteous anger when we consider that in order to attract the wanton eyes fof ephemeral notoriety to their own little selves, they are willing to sacrifice the future of the entire German people But perhaps the best answer of all to Liebknecht’s insolent chal- lenge may be found in the Kaiser's message of thanks to the Reichs tag on the occasion of the successful passage of the second war Joan, In 1752 Friedrich der Grosse, then forty years old, formulated his famous doctrine that the sovereign should be the first servant — “le premier domestique"—of his people. Surely Wilhelm I. was rindful of this when in his message of thanks he expressed his pride “on being the first servant of such a great people.” Like “Old Frite” who guided his soldiers against a world of enemies for seven years, our own Kaiser shoulders the awful responsibility of the fate of a nation. He entered the greatest of all wars with the motto: “Party differences should be forgotten, we must stand together as Germans!” He shares the joys and sorrows of his comrades in the trenches, And it is he who works day and night for Germany's success. Could any title be more worthy or more appropriate for him than that of “frst servant to the German nation?” A QUESTION OF FACT N the Evening Post, of April 22, there is almost one column ‘devoted to the discussion of the “War Book of the German General Staff” which is an English translation of the “Kriegs- brauch im Landkriege,” the official German manual for officers in the field. With the obvious intention of showing up the depth of iniquity of German militarism, a London professor has taken the trouble of translating the said manual into English, imposing it as a sort of “psychological explanation” of the alleged German atro- cities upon a credulous public. This is the book of which George Bernard Shaw wrote in the New Statesman the following: “I declare before heaven and earth it might be one of the publications of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Tt would be perfectly in place in the Encyclopedia Britannica.” “Here may be found authority, or at least excuse, for the ‘frightfulness’ in Belgium and elsewhere, which is the charge laid against the German armies’—this is the Post's criticism about the book. Evidently, it infers, that with such a manual as a guide, one could hardly expect any better conduct from the German soldiers than that reported by the British press agencies. ‘As a matter of fact that the U. S. Army possesses an analogous ‘manual, entitled “Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Fie” a reprint of which may be found in Prof, J. B. Scott's well-known “Texts of the Peace Confer- ences” (Ginn & Co, Boston, 1908). The following passages are ‘quotations from the said Instructions. 29 (3). The more vigorously wars are pursued, the better it is for humanity. Sharp wars are brief. 14, Military necessity, as understood by modern civilized nations, consists in the necessity of those measures which are indispensable for securing the ends of the war, and which are lawful according to the modern law and usages of war. 15, Military necessity admits of all direct destruction of life or (sic) limb of armed enemies, and of other persons whose destruc- tion is incidentally unavoidable in the armed contests of the (Nore —The word “sic” in the foregoing passage is the author's ‘own insertion and corresponds with the identical insertion which the Post saw ft to make in the parallel German rule.) 27. The law of war can no more wholly dispense with retaliation than can the law of nations, of which it is a branch, Yet civilized nations acknowledge retaliation as the sternest feature of war. A reckless enemy often leaves to his opponent no other means of securing himself against the repetition of barbarous outrage. 37 (2). This rule does not interfere with the right of the vic~ torious invader to tax the people or their property, to levy forced Yoans, to billet soldiers, or to appropriate property, especially houses, Tands, boats or ships, and churches, for temporary and military uses 60. Tt is against the usage of modern war to resolve, in hatred and revenge, to give no quarter. No body of troops has the right to declare that it will not give, and therefore will not except, quarter; but a commander is permitted to direct his troops to’ give rho quarter, in great straits, when his own salvation makes it impos- sible to cumber himself with prisoners, 82, Men,‘or squads of men, who commit hostilities, whether by fighting, or inroads for destruction or plunder, or by raids of any kind, without commission, without being part and portion of the organized hostile army, and without sharing continuously in the ‘war, but who do so, with intermitting returns to their homes and vocations, of. with the occasional assumption of the semblance of peaceful pursuits, divesting themselves of the character or appear- ance of soldiers—such men, or squads of men, are not public nemies, and, therefore, if captured, are not entitled to the priv- ileges of prisoners of war, but shall be treated summarily as high- way robbers or pirates, KAR8 THE FATHERLAND SECRETARY BRYAN vs. THE HON. W. J. BRYAN By Dr. Edmund von Mach, author of “What Germany Wants.” ECRETARY BRYAN, in his note to the German Ambassador, of April 22, 1915, has fatly contradicted the Hon. W. J. Bryan, for the Democratic Text Book, 1914 (issued by the Demo- cratic Congressional Committee and the Democratic National Com- mittee, page 43). If he meant what he wrote in the Democ ‘Text Book, when he wished to win votes, his letter to the Am! sador is the most hypocritical document on record since honorable nations began to exchange notes with each other. And if he meant what he said to the Ambassador, his communication to the voters last fall is an insult to America, Secretary Bryan wrote to the Ambassador as follow: “In the third place T note, with sincere regret, that in discussing the sale and exportation of arms by citizens of the United States to the enemies of Germany, your excellency seems to be under the pression that it was within the choice of the government of the United States, notwithstanding its professed neutrality and its dil- ‘gent efforts to maintain it in other particulars to inhibit this trade, land that ite failure to do so manifested an unfair attitude towards Germany. “This government holds, as I believe your excellency land as itis constrained to hold in view of the present doctrines of international law, that any change in its own laws of neutrality during the progress of a war, which would affect unequal- ly the relations of the United States with the nations at war, would be an unjustifiable departure from the principle of strict neutrality ‘by which it has consistently sought to direct its actions, and I respectfully submit that none of the circumstances urged in your ‘excellency's memorandum alters the principle involved. The placing ff an embargo on the trade in arms at the present time would con- stitute such a change and be a direct violation of the neutrality of the United States. It will, I feel assured, be clear to your excel- lency, that, holding this view and considering itself in honor bound by it it is out of the question for this government to consider such ‘Thus wrote Secretary Bryan to the German Ambassador. But whoever takes the pains to look through, say, Moore's Digest of Internationel Law, will find no confirmation of the “indisputable doctrines” to which Mr. Bryan refers. These “doctrines” are the creation of the fertile mind of a pro-English New York editor, who first advanced them in a discussion with the writer on Friday after- noon, January 29, 1915. ‘Suppose America had a shortage of horses—as she may have soon, for no country can be drained of 100,000 horses within a few ‘months without feeling it—and suppose the economic conditions of the country made an embargo on the export of horses imperative, ‘does Secretary Bryan claim that America could not decree such an ‘embargo without violating her neutrality? (Or does he really claim that no advance in the moral under- standing of a nation ean find expression in law, so far as its inter~ national relations are concerned, during the progress of a war? ‘Secretary Bryan claims both these things in his letter to the German Ambassador. Hon. W. J. Bryan disclaimed both of them i the Democratic Text Book of 1914, for he there wrote as follows: “The announcement made by this Government that it regards the making of loans by American citizens to the governments of nations engaged in war as inconsistent with the spirit of neutrality, has created a profound impression throughout the world. It is the first time that a great nation has taken this stand om the subject of war foans. The matter has been discussed at The Hague and at peace conferences, but it encountered so much opposition that nothing tangible has resulted. THE PRESIDENT, THERE- FORE, BLAZES A NEW WAY WHEN, WITHOUT CON- FERENCE WITH OTHER NATIONS, AND WITHOUT SUP- PORT FROM CONVENTIONS, HE COMMITS THIS NA- TION TO THIS POLICY. ‘IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF NEU- ‘TRALITY FOR A NEUTRAL NATION TO MAKE LOANS TO BELLIGERENT NATIONS, FOR MONEY IS THE WORST: OF CONTRABANDS—it commands all other things. ‘A very forcible illustration has been used in support of this prop- sition, namely, that as a neutral government does all to discourage its citizens from enlisting in the armies of other countries, t should discourage those who, by loaning money, would ‘do more than they could do by enlisting. The government wi draws the protection of citizenship from those who do enlist under other flags—why should it give protection to money when it enters into foreign military service? There is only one answer.” Hon, W. J. Bryan himself calls money the worst of contraband It is, therefore, permissible to substitute the word “contraband” for “money” wherever the latter occurs in these two pargraphs and when this is done the strongest argument in favor of an em- argo on the trade in contraband results ‘And more! The right, nay, the duty of the President is here proclaimed “to blaze a new way" and to “commit the nation” to 4 policy of higher morality, even if there are no precedents Hon. W. J. Bryan in the Democratic Text Book spoke as an ‘American, As such he was concerned with the “spirit of ‘neu tral.” and was truly an honorable man, In his note to the German Ambassador, Secretary Bryan spoke as the vassal of England, and as such was concerned only with the leter of the law; and in true English governmental fashion hhad to twist even this letter, that it might conform to the course which he himself had portrayed as dishonorable, when he addresed the American voters fast fal ‘Americans hold many diferent views in home and foreign politics, and in this war ther sympathies are divided. In one respect how fever, they are united; for they demand mental honesty on the part of their servants. ‘Unless Mr. Bryan can explain the discrepancies between his letter to the German Ambassador and his article in the Democratic Text Book, both documents run the danger of appearing to be manifesa- tions of lamentable bad faith ‘The country wishes to have honorable dealings with all other nations. Quousque tandem, as Cicero hurled at Catiline, “How Tong, oh, William Jennings Bryan, will you abuse the patience and misrepresent the temper of your countrymen?” Ceterum censeo, “Moreover, I am of the opinion” that the €x- portation of arms should ceaset “GERMAN MILITARISM” FT HE accommodating fiction about "German militaria” is be sinning to assume a humorous aspect; for we read in a cot- respondence from Tokio printed in the N.Y. Evening Post: “In fact, Japan has the same determination as Britain, France, and ‘Russia to insure once and for all the vanguishment of Teutonic militarism.” Think of itt Britain, paying 60 per cent. per capt ‘more for her army alone than Germany, France with an army as large as Germany's with a population 25,000,000 less than her Teuton neighbor, Russia with the largest army in the world, and Japan until recently sending her men to Berlin to receive * military education on German fines. THE BRITISH LOBSTER }O SOON as the British lobster hacks off one of its German claws, another grows in its place When Britain pt all bet Germans in detention camps, she found she had curbed leadert in her commerce and industry. When she segregated all Ge man-torn citizen, she made their English wives and children face staration, When she prohibited Englishmen from dois business with banks that have German partners, she found that her own financial leaders were Germans, sit Ernest Case, Sit Felix Schuster, Sir Edgar Speer, ete." When barnacles begs® to grow onthe btm of her incompetent fe, he fred Be resignation of the "German Spy.” her Fis of the retin Spy" her First Sea Lord ‘Make a clean job of it, Johnny Bull, Put King George's head om the block. Tat he one ofthe Hanoverian Germans wo bat? Always Torded it over the British race?THE FATHERLAND 9 WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE GERMANISTIC SOCIETY ? IN the 26th of October, 1914, Tue Farmmuann addressed sev- cal questions tothe Germanistie Society of New York, asking ‘cto explain its mysterious inactivity since the war. These questions have not been answered, nor has the Germanistic Society evinced the slightest sign that it is awake to its responsibilities, ‘The by- Jaws of the Germanistic Society state its purpose a8 follows: ‘The object of the Society is to promote and st of Ceram cident in Dane and ef Aumann ritetion fh Germany, by supporting university astraction on these Subjects by arranging public lectures, by publishing and distributing, document iy seta intercourse, and by other means adapted to the ends for which the Society is established. ‘What has the Germanistc Society done in this year of all years “to promote the knowledge and study of German civilization in America?” ‘What has the Germanistie Society done to promote “the knowl cdg and study of American civilization in Germany?” Tn what way has the Society “supported University instruction on these subjects?” ‘What “public lectures Society? ‘What “documents were published and distributed by the Ger- smaniatic Society? Tn what way has the Socity furthered its objects by “socal in- tercourse and other means adapted to its ends?” ‘What excuse has the Germanistic Society for its continued exist- ‘Though the Society itself has not answered our questions, these ‘questions are answered in its reeent quarterly report. The Ger- tranistie Society has done nothing to justify its existence. ‘Under the pretext of observing “strict impartiality” the Society has practically suspended its work Last year the Society arranged for no less than thirty lectures. That was before the war. Since the war the Society has arranged only three Iectures. Last year, such subjects as German culture, Bismarck, Goethe, Church and State in Germany, the Political Development of Austria, a Century were arranged by the Germanistic ‘of German Economics, How the German Republic is Governed, Sudermann and Richard Wagner, were taken up. Of the three lectures given this year, one dealt with Irish literature. ‘The other two were devoted to excavations in Asia, It is true that Otto Ernst, whom the Society invited as an “Ex- ‘change Poet,” failed to come, but what honest effort was made to ‘obtain other lecturers, either here or abroad, with the exception of Mr. Hesse-Warteg? Emanuel Reicher and Hanns Heinz Ewers were willing to lecture for the Society, but were ignominiously turned down. Mr. Merz, of the Elisabeth Duncan School, likewise offered his services, but he, too, was promptly refused a hearing. If the Society experienced’ difficulties in obtaining lecturers from abroad, there was no reason why the services of such men as Muensterberg, Shepherd, Francke, Trent, von Klenze, von Mach and others were not enlisted. It is dificult to avoid the conclusion that the inactivity of the Society is due to the deliberate strategy of its anti-German members. At least three of its officers are distinctly provally. Tt would be teresting to obtain the views of the war of Nicholas Murray Butler. Prof. W. R. Carpenter and Mr. Oswald Villard. The Secretary of| the Society is a German-Canadian, whose sympathies, to say the least, ae divided. “Among the members are such men as Mr. Adofoh Ochs, publisher of The Times, and Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. Nevertheless the pro-German members are in the majority. They must bear the responsiblity if they permit the Germanistie Society to stand aside in Germany's Hour of Destiny. We suggest that twenty of the pro-German members call a special meeting in accordance with the by-laws to compel the officers of the Society to show color or resign. We further suggest that the Society pass a resolution condemning the murderous trafic in arms Such a protest, based on purely humanitarian and cultural grounds could not be construed as unneutral, It would be a valuable con- tribution to “the study of American civilization in Germany.” Tt would convince Germany that the voice of civilization is not dead in America. THE JEWS OF POLAND By Adele Lewisohn TW HY only Betram? Why not als the Jems in Poland? The whole sympathy of the whole world is directed in the same single direction: to help the country that was the first sacrificed in the European war—not taking part in the war, but taking part in the misfortunes that it ereated. ‘The neutral States have turned the love toward Belgium. Open arms have been extended to her. Soft ‘words have soothed her pain. In Holland and in Denmark they ‘were welcomed, Italy, Africa, and Australia sent them clothes. Parliaments greeted them, Poets lauded them. Millions and mil- tions have been sent {0 them. One of the Vanderbilts is supposed to have promised one million dollars a month; but even the very poorest have swelled up the sums they had to give them. Not only in Paris and London, but also in neutral countries the artists have sung for Belgium, The actor played for Belgium; and the poets dedicated poems to Belgium. Women went from door to door with Belgium bands and flags. And, of all of the list, Germany who was obliged to enter the Belgian country as an enemy, has many thou sind times attempted to help. ‘One would be delighted at all this pure friendly sympathy, were not for the fact that this sympathy was wielded into a sword to hit others, to create hate, while it should be love; and above all, spread as'a veil to help pain, I do not want to take one bit of the hhuman sympathy from Belgium. All T want is to ask one question. ‘And T want to address this to all neutral countries; one perfectly natural question, but so seldom asked. A question that does not want to take away, from this sympathy, but on the contrary to widen it and heighten it. Perhaps the most important question of the time~Is there no sympathy left for any other country in the midst of these warring people? Is there no other people that suffer quite as much, who have the same fear and horror, and who also quite innocently walk in strange houses and in strange streets? ‘These other people whose martyrdom is suppressed in a wonderful way, and about whose destinies few of the neutrals seem to be in- terested-their voices do not reach into the distance. I need not mention their name, and still everybody knows, even those who do ‘not want to know. It is the martyred land of the present, bearing a living spirit and a glowing soul in spite of all wounds and op- pression. Their liberty has not been taken away from them, they ad none. ‘They have teen forced to ther nes but ther sprit ‘The Jews of Poland have suffered all that a people could suffer. ‘And the same world that has wept for Belgium has been deaf to ‘the Jewish sorrows in Poland. The hour has not come to write the whole history of their martyrdom. The world knows—she must know of the sufferings of the Jews in Poland. But T ask ‘why nobody speaks of them? Nobody dares. Nobody has strong ‘enough interest. Nobody in the neutral countries is so innocent to believe that Cossacks are more tender than German “barbarians.” It is not necessary to talk of their destiny by reciting a story of the horrors they have endured; or to have had any imagination to know what these people must have suffered. It is quite enough to tell them that for eight months Poland has been the central theatre for millions of soldiers.10 Tue FATHERLAND Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary 19, 1915 HE German-Americans stand where all good Amer icans stand. In case a foreign power were to tack the United States, justly or unjustly, they would rally to the defense of their country. If the United States were to attack a foreign power for good and sufficient reason, they would be ready to shed their blood for the country of their adoption. But they will not permit a small clique of disappointed Oyster Bay politicians and pink editors to jockey this country into an unjust war. WHAT TO.DO ABOUT IT LL Etats Devan of Comers at once issue an order forbidding any ship carrying ammunitions of war to re- ceive passengers. Let no passenger ship depart from the harbor of New York unless she can show a certificate signed by the German Consul General to the effect that she carries no implements of destruction. Our ships at present carry certificates from British Con- suls to the effect that they carry no contrabrand of war, and no foodstuffs for Germany. ‘What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Why not apply the rule both ways and thus permanently insure the safety of all American passengers embarking for Europe. PULLING ENGLAND'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE CL tage dmerican phases fin the press hypo- critically exhort the country to be “calm.” As a matter of fact, the only people who suffer from hysteria are the gentlemen in the newspaper offices. The-man in the street agrees with such American patriots as Senator Stone, Speaker Champ Clark, Senator Vardaman, of Mis- sissippi; Senator Walsh, Senator Hoke Smith, Congressman Hobson, and the Hon. Charles F. Nagel, that the Lusitania, after the official warning of the German Embassy, was no place for American citizens. England is unwilling to risk her own navy for the protection of passenger ships and her merchantmen. But England and her American spokesmen would be very glad.to fight Germany to the last American dreadnaught. The American people politely decline to pull England's chestnuts out of the fire. ‘THEODORE ROOSEVELT DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY EELING extremely annoyed because the Lusitania was blown up, just when he was being sued by a fellow politician, Theodore Roosevelt has declared war on Ger- many. But let Mr. Roosevelt be consistent. Let him join the English army. We are sure that General French would gladly give him a commission. The Colonel might be very useful in combating the famous German gases. Perhaps ‘on the theory that it takes like to catch like. THE FATHERLAND FAIR PLAY FOR GERMANY’S SPOKESMAN ENGEANDS Altice with Russia is Russianizing the British Press. Shall it also: Russianize the United States? The allied press hysterically demands that the right of free speech be denied to Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, the most eloquent exponent of the German cause in the United States. Because they cannot answer his arguments, they would send him into exile. Because he has told them the truth, manfully and forcefully, they would throw him to the lions. Is this the United States or is it Russia? Is Jefferson forgotten? Has “fair play” lost its meaning? Cut off, her wires severed, Germany was without a spokesman in the United States. Her able Ambassador, gagged and bound by the red tape of office, was not in the position to break anew from day to day the web of deceit spun by the British spider. Mr. Herman Ridder and other Americans of German descent could speak for themselves, they could speak for twenty million Germans and Americans in the United States; they could not speak for Germany. Dr. Bernhard Dernburg was the only man who could present the case of the German people to the American people. He, Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, still is the only German spokesman, not bound by diplomatic etiquette, whose voice is heard, For still the cables are cut. Still the American Government unneutrally exercises a censor- ship over the German wireless while placing no restric- tion whatsoever upon British cables. Still British war- ships, contrary to the laws of nations, stop German mails to this country. Even at this moment emissaries of the Allies are at- ‘tempting by legal means to close the two German wire- less stations. If they succeed, and they may succeed, not even the spark that leaps across the ocean to Say- ville and Tuckerton, will be able to smash the wall of falsehood raised in this country by Great Britain and her American Allies to shut out the truth from the American people. If we have silenced the one man who can speak freely yet with authority in our midst, who knows into what unwise action, in spite of the wise restraint of Presi- dent Wilson, the people of the United States may be led by false information? Then, if mischief happens how shall the German people ever forgive the United ~ States, who choked the voice of Germany's only spokes- man, in the supreme crisis that has faced her since she was cradled in blood and iron? ‘How shall Americans with German sympathies evet forgive so foul a blow to their feelings and to the best interests of the United States? How shall the Ameri- can people ever forgive themselves for having so wan - betrayed their own traditions of free speech and fair play? President Wilson in his fine s adelphia, has urged American citizens not to think of themselves in “groups.” His warning should be ad= dressed primarily to American champions of Great Britain. No pro-German ever proposed the incorpors tion of the United States into the German Empire. + The British propaganda distinctly avows that such isTHE its ultimate object. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has dis- tinetly said so. Professor Beer, writing in the Forum for this month, makes a similar admission Professor Usher, author of Pan-Germanism, has stated again and again, over his signature, that an “understanding” with the Allies against Germany ex- isted at the time of the Spanish-American war. Shall wwe be led to suspect that such an understanding exists now? Or why should we throttle Germany's right of free speech, exercised with extreme moderation and severe restraint by Dr. Dernburg, while opening every avenue of communication to billingsgate from London? ‘Who put the hyphen in German-American except the rabid pro-Allies and their American propaganda? Shall the rift in our citizenship, already serious, be made irreparable by an act of wanton injustice? Fortunately, the destinies of this country are in safer hands than in those of erratic third-term demagogues and irrespon- sible scribblers. GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK. THE JAPANESE PERIL HE legions of Nippon must be near our gate, if the New York Times is forced to admit the Japanese danger. Frederick McCormick, in an article on “Japan's Game in the Far East,” published Sunday, May 2nd, re- veals the fact that the Associated Press received news so grave that it was afraid to place it before the American people. The Administration likewise feared the effect of the announcement on public opinion, because it realized that it would strengthen the position of those who cannot forget that England is the ally of Nippon. England’s treason to the white race, abetted by Washington, has borne bitter fruit. “Diplomacy,” Mr. McCormick declares, “has taken up its abode in Tokio. The world is witnessing the remak- ing of the Pacific and of East Asia.” To quote further: “The news fell unheard and unappreciated upon a ted eo So amt at eter eet St New York, the London Times, and The Chicago Daily News Were offered the ‘scoop of the great news of Japan's demands upon Gina: ‘The London Times printed a brief summary, ‘The Asso. Gated Press was afraid to offer the news to the hyphenated, and eid‘ up a weeks and in all the world only The Chicago #eralg, Fok dn'tas old enough 0 prin the txt of Japan's demands” Te TAR ote Gr hae or nea Goverbment” se’ Washington, placed taboo on the subject and buried fe We have no right f0 know.” Meanwhile we are furnishing munitions of war to Eng- land as well as to her ally in the near East. We are be- traying Germany, which is striving to save the white race, for so many pieces of silver. The English gold that we receive for our implements of murder may yet turn out to be a rope for our necks. SHAW, VIERECK AND FRANK HARRIS INDICTED JHE English poet Alfred Noyes, chiefly known in this a country as the protege of Andrew Camegie, in a speech that was at once violent and unneutral bitterly as- sailed Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris and George Sylvester Viereck, for daring to speak the truth about the European conflict. Mr. Viereck answered Alfred Noyes in a statement which he issued at the request of several newspapers. FATHERLAND u THE CARTOON OF THE WEEK ‘oe Allens "Ou De’ ou Kav We Te be Ofene™ rom the NV Bee “At present” declared Mr. Viereck, “Mr. Noyes is can- vassing this country as an agent of the secret propaganda of the English Press Bureau whose ultimate aim it isto destroy the autonomy of the United States. Andrew Carnegie open ly proctaimed that such was his object. . . . Evidently, Mr. Noyes already regards the United States as an English col- ony or he would not have the impudence to advise us on the Monroe Doctrine and other policies upon which we alone must decide. A wolf in lambskin, he worms himself into literary societies and church meetings. But fortunately not a very dangerous wolf. Mr. Noyes's attack on me is exactly what I would expect from a mincing poetster. It is neither straightforward nor manly. But I refuse to descend to petty personalities, least of all with Mr. Noyes. One does not tse 42-centimeter guns to shoot at sparrows or crickets’ Among other misstatements made by Mr. Noyes was one particularly glaring in its presumption of American gulli- bility. Said Mr. Noyes in substance that a German map recently published indicated German colonies in South America, Mr. Noyes laid very great stress upon this item as an example of German perfidy. As a matter of fact the map published by a reliable and responsible publisher— Perthes—merely denotes those regions on the American continent where the settlers are of German origin. Every school boy knows that this country is practically made up of colonies. Even New York City has countless colonies. There are the English, Irish, Italian, Greek, German col conies, not to mention a host of others. These colonies taken together constitute American life and the inhabitants of these colonies make our finest citizens. Noyes knew this when he made his remarks about the innocent map pub- lished by Perthes and deceived no one who heard him. No man in England takes Noyes seriously. Let no one in America do so!12 OM Tea S NN ‘The DREAD of DENTISTRY is PYORRHEA ‘Somer ae Deer ese gare) dg See ae 1 YOU KNOW tat 0 por ctf the prope ove Wie ha nd oe ‘D0 YOU KNOW what emai gr know wine ata Seta eur Sale ‘ovate pie atari pet Pr SEND ME YOUR NAME pire doateiiotet Boge Gatien ticend icttae pu intel winacnd Sogn ete ebatt Eee Dr. F. W. Willard, C819 Power Bldg, Chicago, ML Deutsches Theater DIREKTION RUDOLF CHRISTIANS IRVING PLACE, NEW YORK CITY ‘Yom Mittwoch den 12. Mai und jeden folgenden Tag 777:10 ein Schwank in 3 Akten ‘von Otto Schwab und Karl Matern HEADQUARTERS 48 East 34th St, New York, N.Y. SCHLITZ HOTEL $1.00 up: Double, $1.50 up WWitias Sge81 Su: Dole 5 Be Ocean Fret Room for vo. om? i Bh AO “Same Rates throughout the Year"* ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THE FATHERLAND NEWS FROM GERMANY Central European Customs-Union JZ is, most nlkely that the “seven wicked” Allies will be able to crush the two Central Powers. The war has much rather resulted in creating a Customs-Union (Zollvercin) between the two Central Powers and harmonizing their economic conditions. At the suggestion of the great economist, Frederick Ligst, the German States, save Austria, combined to a Zoll- verein on New Year's Day, 1854 That was the work of Prussia and an anticipa- tion of a united German Empire under her leadership. No community of States can endure without a common economic basis. ‘The Dual Monarchy having been shut out from the Zollvercin in 1854 effected ite political separation from Germany in 1866. During the subsequent 50 years (1866-1914) the German element of Austria-Hungary ‘was unfortunately alienated from Germany, the intimate racial connection was broken, [But now that the Germans of the two allied Central Powers have become statinch broth- ervinarms the feeling grows in both countries that the German-speaking lands which were torn asunder in 1854 and 1866 aust be re-united before the year 1916 has passed into history. Dr. Eugene v. Phile oppovich, Professor at the University of Vienna, isa prominent Austrian statesman, and enjoys the same authority as State Councillor of Austria as Louis Brentano and Adolf Wagner do in Germany. Phil. ‘oppovich has recently published a pamphlet ‘entitled “Zollverein and Economie Union between Germany and Austria-Hungary” (S. Hirzel, Leipzig). The pamphlet ree- ‘ommends a close union between the two Central Powers, and suggests that Belgium, perhaps in the form of a “Protectorate,” might be joined to that economic body. ‘The result would be an economic com- munity of nearly 130 millions of people who could take part in the world's con- merce from the North Sea and Baltic as well as from the Adriatic Sea. Philoppo- vich assures us that his idea has been dis- cussed by the Society of Austrian Econ- comists for 30 years, and that most dastrials, more particularly the various Austrian Chambers of Commerce, have been favorable to it. That idea may soon be actually realized. An “Austro-German Zollverein” would be a solid nucleus for a future “United States of Europe,” and re- organized Turkey, the present ally of the Central Powers, might be appropriately affiliated with the United States of Europe International Intelligence Service and the Wor D. FISCHER, the author of an inter- esting treatise entitled “International Intelligence Service and the War” (pub- lished in “Zwischen Krieg and Frieden,” S. Hirzel, Leipzig), mentions among other things the disadvantages under which the Central European Powers are laboring on account of the control exercised by Eng. land. Says Mr. Fischer WISSNER PIANOS acethe bet that moder sil progreive fort od capital can produce. Their parity of tone and responsive: ress to touch inspire the musician, ‘isi the teacher, ancourage the papi ‘and captioate all who hear them. ‘Seldon Eaey Monthy Permenta WISSNER PLAYER PIANOS aia rn ee ma LUST’S °anand*? Wet BREAD wnt Wl What Eos at mae tes ental ported i et from the whole stra ground pris, frabig & count foun sad edersce daily Sieh i ne Zi 7 grad Fan Bod eee Ask fr Arm leet Lust’s Health Food Bakery ‘S.E.Comer 105th Street and Park Avene NEW YORK CTY LANDERZIEHUNGSHEIM ‘THE INTERLAKEN SCHOOL—ON A FARIS “Summ! 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It is only necessary to recall that the leaders of our settlements in West and East Africa, in the South-Sea and in Shantung, all of a sudden have been THE FATHERLAND the Woermann Line, ete, had no means whatsoever to get in connection with their mail and freight steamers on the high seas or in the ports abroad. ‘The farming and trading companies of enterprising Ger rman merchants om the coast of Guinea, East Africa, and on the South Sea Islands, and the German Banks which had estab- Tished branches at the different places were cut off altogether, “It is also, from the econamie viewpoint. 1s “Any delay however, in the mail destined for the neutrals, is of course, a great ad vantage to our enemies, who are trying to the best of th ‘man competi ability to exelude the Ger- Bitter complaint is made that especially the English, by means of confiseations in the German Colonies and by the retention of German letters taken from neutral ships in the most reckless manner are trying to exclude the Germans from the world-market, fall communication with their enterprises and establishments, where for many years they have spent all their money and eneruy. ‘The great German shipping concerns, the Hamburg American Line, the North German Lloyd, the Cosmos Line, Go OUR READERS —ALso— Their Sons and Daughters a great de this service ceased with those countries at war with us must, of course, be accepted by us as a natural result of the war. which are greatly praised by the British Press. | GERMANY’S MAN OF THE HOUR fd CONVERT YOUR SPARE TIME INTO DOLLARS @ The Fatherland wants bright and aggressive men and women, boys and girls, in every community throughout the country, to handle its subscription business, @ We need a whole lot of people to help us in our work. 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The «a: lant hero was in the thick of the attack made by the Hanseatic Infantry Regimest 7. “On the declaration of war in 1870, Bs nephew, Emil von Francois, entered, 3 Unrer-Lieutenant the “Leb-Regien” & He was one of the ist in his regen hat was struck by a French bullet. The moral Temains of his uncle, who had died during bis transportation to" the City Howital wrere aid out on a bier in the Manica! Schoo! House, and were interred with doe military honors in the soldier's cone Known as ‘Vale of Honor’ (Ehren) “Very soon ater on the evening of Ast Gi, the nephew followed his ancl bt survived, Emil von Francie was not co ‘eyed to one of the 12 schoo! rooms whic were overcrowded with wounded soles nd the floors of which were covered nih Sack filed with straw, ft was ati 2 private ronm of the adjoining teaches Syarmen-cthe very room where 1 Wl T'then was a schoolboy about 12 yeas of age, and was entrusted with the unasce tomed duty, of mursing and tending te young Hiewenant (he was only 7 yeas 7 Senior) under” the doctor's medical i THE WORLD ON FIRE: oF ENGLAND'S ‘OWN INFERNO Bre Merten And ne seng ince merci ay meni wero ising peor ‘Rvenue B aa Sect ‘Maurce Bloc ME "Prone, LENOX 8796 Aschenbroedel Restaurant 164.166 East 86th St, near Les First Class Restaurant austc AND DANCING JS, PARTIES. 2Lane ne ‘When Answering Advertisements Please Mention Tax Farwextanostructions. A shot through the left shoul- der near the joint and an abscess delayed a speedy cure. Yet, the patriotic officer left on Oct. 18, 1870, and finished his eure at home, “The March (17th) number of THe Fqrieaaxn suddenly and vividly recalled to my mind the above facts, My eyes and ‘memory were surprised and delighted. The picture reproduced on the cover no doubt represents the former Lieutenant, Emil von Frangois” ENGLAND HY God is Trade. The ties of race ‘And faith to thee are less than naught; ‘The smirk of eant is on thy face, ‘And with deceit thy heart is fraught. ‘Thou hast struck hands with sly Japan ‘Across the subjugated seas, Promoting thus thy pirate plan, ‘To bring the world upon its knees. Protectress of small peoples?—thou? Was ever such preposterous claim, Since Torquemada took the vow, ‘And saved poor heretics by fame? ‘Thy victims lie about the world, Where'er thy tyrant fleets have sailed, Where'er thy fag has been unfurled, Whereer thy goods have been untated. 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