Extmeta from the Ostasiatische Mlový.
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Ostasiatische Llove. 11th September, 1914.
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International Law and Barbarity.
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"If therefore France protests in high-toned phrases against "Germany's behaviour in the war as a breach of International "Law, and if England continually blames Prussian Militarism "these are only signs of blind rage and miserable weaknesa, "that compel them to throw dust in the eyes of an ignorant
"public. Should the course of the war be otherwise, should "we be beaten, no one would think of calling it a breach of
"international law. On the contrary the world would resound
"with the glory of the allied arms and these results, which
"if the Germans obtain them are naturally only breaches of
"international law and brutal militarim, would be come the
"greatest heroic feats of all times. Everything that we do
is now called barbarous gruesome and shameful but would become
"patriotic, steadfast and glorious,
"No, this form of complaint is a mere juggling with words to
"pacify the poor beaten country and hide the shortcomings of "their own military system. Were ours not so excellent in every "respect, were it not precisely for this militarism that we are "envied, it would really not be worth while to seize upon it
"at every favourable opportunity.
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"In the endeavour to defame and drag into the dust German methods "the violation of Belgium's neutrality plays the greatest part. "With this undeniable violation we have put into the hands of "our unscrupulous opponent a weapon which he wields with the "known skill of a malicious enemy England's methods of warfare
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