Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 286, 12 October 1914 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, OCT. 12, 1914

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VEbni J)udley Foclke Writes Last of Series of Articks Tells of Kaiser's Refusal to Accede to England's Prcpcsal for a Conference of Impartial Powers.

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The Germans hold a very high rank In the intellectual -world. The scholarship, in music and in many branches Of science" they are unequalled. Their social institutions are admirable. The organization of the empire and of the various cities therein and of that wonierful army which is now fighing the battles for the fatherland is greatly superior to similar organizations in other countries. And yet supreme as the Germans are in the art of government and in the art of war they are lamentably defective in diplomacy and tn the higher elements of statesmanship.

They seek to carry out their purposes by brute force and apparently have Utile knowledge of the human heart and very little power Of putting themselves in the place of the other man or of the impartial observer. Their behaviour toward others 'for many years past has been characterized more by ' the arrogance that so often accompanies the -consckraaaess of physical prowess than by the spirit of fair play and -kindness, wbich tdees not simply coerce .men's actions . but wins their hearts. Compare for instance the conduct of Germany at the outbreak of this 'war "With the conduct

of Abraham Iinoom at the outbreak of the Civil war in our own country. Germany determined to support Austria in .an overbearing ultimatum to a feeble adversary. - Refuse Confer!. She refused to join in I proposals made by England f or4 . 4 Terence of the impartial nations. She demanded that Russia should recall her mobilization -within twelve hours. . She demanded that -France within . eighteen hours should assure her of French neutrality. She demanded of Belgium the right to march across neutral territory and Belgium must answer immediately. She calls this war a war of . defense but begins it by invading territory of a . small weak -neighbor who has done her no harm and also by invasion of France which ordered Its troops to remain ten kilometers behind the frontier in order not to be guilty of the first aggression. It is not clear "enough that by such a course she multiplied the number of her adversaries and diminished the number of her friends? If Germany had been willing to forego the small military advantage of striking the first blow and had confined herself at least during the first period of the '-war to the actual defense of her own territory how differently the world iwould have felt l.i

regard to her. She lacked the moral greatness ; to -put her enemies rbolry in the wrong by the moderation and justice of her conduct. As her chancellor said, 'she determined to "hack her way through" to victory-and conquest undeterred by any I'scrap of paner." How different ( from i the course of Abraham Lincoln! Listen to his first Inaugural address to those who were then arming for rebellion. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, .and not in "mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. .The government will not assail you. VYou can have no conflict, -without being yourselves! the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to ' detroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect and defend it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, Avben again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." T- prcrrHtiPce with these, sentiments Lincoln refrained from attacking ven

those who had seised ' government property in - the - seceding -states. -He acted strictly on- the defensive.- When, the garrison in Fort ttumter lacked food he -sent an -unarmed -tiih! to supply. it and the Star of the, West was fired upon. This was the" commencement of i hostilities. Major -Anderson - -was simply to defend ats position in the beleagured ort and when Sumpter was attacked and 'fell, the Confederacy by tats act had. placed Itself completely in -.the wrong. If there had been a Lincoln today on the throne of the German empire, Germany would not have found herself surrounded by enemies. As it was, Italy, seeing that .'Austria, ' upheld by Germany, -was the aggressor in ' the war, very properly refused to take part in the struggle as her treaty required her to do if her allies were attacked. England and Belgium would hardly have been -engaged in the struggle if Germany -had been conducting merely a defensive -warfare and if England were not involved Japan too would have kept her hands off, "while the sympathies of every neutral nation would -have ; been on : Germany's side. All this is an admirable illustration Of the maxim of Edmund .Burke .that "magnanimity is not seldom the truest wiedom that a great -empire and little ir.inds go ill together."

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to xrrr honors ' . .- . i Defeating .-'Use Tigers -yesterday afternoon 1 to 0 the Fairview Braves are laying claims to the championship of the city. The two teams have split even in the 'first 'two -con tests of a tareeante series. The final game will , be played at the Natco park next Sunday. Batteries Braves, Hensler and .Long; Tigers, Mac and Snyder, SMITH ON PROGRAM. One of the speakers at the Indiana State Congerence of Charities and Correction at Madison during the sessions ' from October 17 to 20 will be Dr. S. E. "Smith superintendent of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at Eastbaven. Dr. Smith will speak at the -Sunday sessions.

viees are 9:10,-10:30. trio and 7:tf o'clock. Services daring the week Q be held at 10 and at 7 1 30 o'clock.

HOPPE MEETS INMAN.

CHICAGO,. Oct. IS. Melbourne fa man. - three times champion of Eng land, and Willie Hoppe, balk line titleholder of America, clash tonight In their 6,000 point match for the world's "green cloth" championship. Tonight's contest will consist of a SOO-point title at the English style of play.

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An assembly -will be held by the Church f God at the . meeting house on Southwest Fourth 6treet from Oct. 18 to 25. A number of able ministers have been engaged to speak during the meetings. Hours of Sunday ser-

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