BRAZENLY BARBARIAN.
“The manner in which the German press gradually prepared the way for the employment of asphyxiating gas is interesting to note,” says Eye-IY itness. “The papers began by falsely accusing the Allies of using it. 4\ hen the charge of doing so was brought against the Germans the papers argued that- it was as merciful a method of killing as the firing of high explosives. When certain French writers advocated retaliation in kind the German press replied with glee that Germany had forestalled the Allies by her scientific experiments and exhaustive preparations.
--ft is perhaps vain to point out to Germany that these arguments are mutually destructive, for a nation in hm* frame of mind is not amenable to logic; but it is quite certain that the events of the past fortnight have opened a new phase in the struggle. We know now that Germany is hounded by no principle, no agreement of any sort or kind ; that she is actuated by a spirit-of savagery which if not utterly crushed will strike at the very root of European civilisation; that, this is no longer merely a national, war but a struggle of civilisation against barbarism.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3982, 15 July 1915, Page 3
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