AS GERMANY SEES IT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4011, 18 August 1915, Page 2

AS GERMANY SEES IT.

.CONSUMMATE CANT OF' THE LON.DON E is s.vioL.L'>ji;~iNa tapes of REVOLT. Mr Asquith, .Lord Kil Loner, and ; ‘ clio m-L .of tlie gang, -’ a,; tJio “Beriinor Lok"!tiny,eiger’’ gracefully phrases it, will do 11 ve no satisfaction iron] tiieir denunciation of the treatment' of British prisoner* of war in Germany. They .probably uevei expected to. Moil- who jeer at the drowning victims nf tlioir ‘ £ l’mf»litiH ’i; ras’’ at sea and put themselves on side the pale of civilisation by iiring deliberately on lesruo parties, arc not likely to bo tender towards unarmed men whom they have got safely under look and key iif such a position that they cannot retaliate. THE GOOD GERMAN CONSCIENCE But the “Lokalanxeiger” mid its contemporaries evidently feel the sling of Lord Kitchener's references to the “indelible’ stain” and to the disgrace winch Germany lias brought on the profession of arms. We trust the means will be found to make Asquith, K.’tcln nor, and the rest of the gang thoroughly understand that wo do not intend to lower ourselves as to reply to their mane vapourings about “German cruelties.” It is, of course, only to be exported that we should allow ourselves to be kvtured on the precepts of humanity by a nation that takes the field against us by the side of negroes, Indians, and Bushmen, but we shall net according to the dictates of our good conscience, more especially as wo know that the war-mongers and incendiaries m London, not possessing such a luxury as a conscience, will not understand what- we mean by this. Their consummate cant may make some impression here and there in tuc world, but we, of all people, cannot bo supposed to have forgotten their doings in India, in the Sudan, and in South Africa. We have not the slightest intention of accepting Asquith, Kitchener, or any of their mates either as schoolmaster or preacher <>i morality. Our submarine heroes will continue their light against tlm extremely "humane English starvation plans, and we shall calmly await the final reckoning after the war. “SPAWN OF THE ALIEN.” The general attitude of the German mind in this connection is well expressed by the ••Frankfurter Zeitung” : The Saxon Government is lo be warmly congratulated on its patriotic attitude. Several months ago tlm Minister of Public Instruction issued an'order to the effect that the chi 1 - dren of alien enemies should be expelled from all the schools in the kingdom. L( i s a fact, though it is scarcely < redibio. that the Dresden eitv council protested strongly 'against this thoroughly dignified action against the spawn of the enemy, which, we are glad to see, lias now been' officially confirmed.