The Audacious War

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ur mercy. Just as the Huns one thousand years ago, under the leadership of Attila, gained a reputation in virtue of which they still live in histori

the German idea she should have accepted mone

t is a mistake in the conception of Germany to imagine that she wars

the government is without moral responsibility, and the laws applicable to individual action do not apply to the state. Individuals may do wrong, but the state cannot do wrong. Individuals may steal and be punished th

mmunity applies to the aggregate of the individuals, that the state is only the aggregate

ent from above rules the people, and the people must implicitly follow and obey; thus is national progress and human progress. The whole of Germany believes in the government of the Kaiser: th

ss requires the continuance of present tariff relations, a

many and Austria opportunity to carry out their long-conceived programme

which would have settled many things in respect to Turkey and the Balkan states. Roumania a

and announced her opposition. Then suddenly followed the bombshell of the ultimatum

ly as follows, and I have it direct

it. But our aims go beyond. We demand that instead of the proposed Turkish treaty the Balkan states shall come into union with Turkey under the influence of Au

showing all the financial and military weaknesses of Russia: that her great gold reserve had been largely loaned out and was not available cash on hand, as the world had been led to be

mpose the German tariffs upon her. If France dared to come in, it would certainly be an attack, and Italy would, under the Triple Alliance, assist to defend Austria and Germany.

d having extended German trade and military influence over Russia, Germany would be in a positio

t be at least two years more before the German n

rman information was that every country except Germany was unprepared, a

e of Lords as respects legislation, said to me when I spoke of the wonderful intelligence of Germany in research and da

r or the unity of the British Empire the moment there was an attack from the outside. The Germans have dealt in materialistic facts. But with the spirit that moulds and makes history they are all awry. With the Germans, individuals are units

cene, he was able to protest that he was not responsible. Yet the published correspondence from every capital in Europe now shows that the German Emperor fe

al quarter that "Something dreadful has happened." "Something awful-something undreamed of." The American la

s, "England has

oked-for step in all t

t England was out of the running: Ireland in revolution, India in sedition, Can

onal monarchy, is something incomprehensible in the German idea of government. The German idea is of colonies

uthorities, with copies in Vienna and Berlin; but that England or Great Britain could or would fig

Roll up," said Kitchener, and 2,000,000 men sprang to arms. More than 8

0,000,000 of war loan is rolling into the British Treasury, a sum one half the n

d to 4,000,000 and the enormous subscription just made

f treaties are "scraps of paper" and neutral states are to have no rights or protection, there