The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914. DECEIVED BUT UNITED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 132, 28 October 1914, Page 4

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914. DECEIVED BUT UNITED.

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was only obeying t'ho dictates of tlia i first law of natinv in getting in the first I ■blow. France they knew would auto- | maticaHy come into line againsl) them I as soon as Russia was attacked. The Germans are a very enlightened and ad- j vaneed people in many ways, but poli- j tically they arc shackled. The people do not rniu in Germany. The voice of ' the people is heard. That is all. It is { not acted upon. The bureaucracy, with j the Kaiser as its willing' instrument, i control the political machine. It ftp-! points the Cabinet. All tlio high com-! mauds are not in the gift of the Reich- j stag through its Ministers. These an-1 poinfments are the bureaucracy's prcro- ; gative. The Court clique runs not only , the political but the military machine.; The people have no voice in these matters. At least their voice is hi a pm»ive, even niigatoiy nature. The Civilians are a vv.-11-uisciplincd people. The;. : - are used to obeying orders. It- is narij of their very being, So when the [" i!i - ■ thai or war machine is set go,tig they ' instinctively fall into line and accept- orders without demur. Tlii-.* docile submission to authority on the pari «>!' a highly intelligent people iik. the Ger- 1 mans undoubtedly are is hard for a free, I liberty-loving people like the ilntis'i id j understand. Rut in all British-speaking ' places there is a free Press. .In C■■:■- j many tic l!ig Machine also nm tin" : Press, which accordingly t-lls the puMie J only what is considered good for t!;?:n | to know. German; is lju home of the j .Socialist. He is there in great force, i lie.is the strongest party in the Gee- I man Parliament. At the elections in i 1912 he polled ever four million voles, I representing more, than a third of the j total electors of the Gorman Empire, j gaining nearly a million more votes than i in the previous general election. War is ; the last thing the average Socialist j wants. Vet what do we find? As soon , as there was a suspicion of the possibi- j lily of Germany being embroiled in war, ■ the Socialists of the country rallied to . the army as one man. The Social !)e- ' ineerats held a mass meeting in Germany , and one member of the llcichstag voiced ■ the popular opinion when he said: "We are convinced that the Gorman Govern-! ment is peace-loving, and desires nutlwn? better than to uphold the peace, Tsui ' in the case o: the present war it is the duty of every Social D.-utoe.rat called t'.i - arms to do his best lighting beside his fellow-countrymen, especially when operations arc directed against Russia, whose absolute despotism constitutes a menace and danger to civilised Europe." \'f course, this opinion of Russia had already been manufactured by the censored Press. Another Socialist deputy said: 'Tf the. Russian Government should really b« senseless enough to force, against all common sense, reason ami humanity this European war, every Social Democrat will bo expected to do !<u duty toward his fatherland, culture and humanity." Still another member declared in the Reichstag that "Germany is threatened' with annihilation by Russian despotism, and to prevent thi3 danger the Government can count on the support of the Social Democrat Party on condition that all efforts arc made to secure at the earliest possible moment I an honorable and permanent interna- , tional peace." The German professors, j whose influence in Germany among the i '"intellectuals" is akin to the influence of I the priests among the. Catholics in Ireland, have also made up their minds that the onus for the present war rests ! upon the Russians, ami the extension of j hostilities upon .Britain. One has but to turn to the statements by the two lead- ! ing professors, Ernst- Ilaeckel and Ru- j dolf Eucken. They recently published i a protest in which they gave expression to their indignation at the present behaviour of England. In the course of their protest they say:— "What is happening to-day will be inscribed in the annals of history a s an indelible shame to England. England fights to please a half-Asi&tie Power I against Germanism. She fights not only on the side of barbarism, but also of moral injustice, for it is not to be forgotten that Russia began the war be-1 e&uat it was not willing that there should bo a thorough expiation of a J ■wretched murder. It is the fault of i ' England that the present war is extend- ! ed U a world war, and thai all n)tm-<! t is thereby eidaagcred, .And wfcy «u

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this? Because she was envious of Qer- I» t*a big cycle race, Timaxu to manv's greatness, because she wished at Christchurch, P. Hill, of Eltham, who all costs to hinder a further extension had a start of 21mji]s, finished third, rf this greatness She was only wait- At the inquest on a Chinaman who ng for a favorable opportunity to break committal suicide .it ILawera it wan iut to the detriment of Germany, and stated that he deceased had had busiUe therefore seized most promptly on ness worries, caused by European comhe necessary liennan advance through petition. ; ( e r g !,n!tM nX*,?* V * Mr V ' Wri « ht . of S: * j » iiautl. o ie,pec (ability. Monday, and he reports that the river v« ad know, the world knows, that was stiff with fish and the banks still' ■ho. evidence against Germany is over- w ' l^i faken. On Sunday he secured' vluduun,. In an unpre.ndieed court ' l ™*™ g^^tS^ .1 law slit: would riot Jiave a (weighing about 231b).—Post. •g to stand on. She would unhesitatingly The Worl;,, Com-mUtee of the Borough n: sentenced to death for her black Council had a special .meeiing last night iVhe. There is unfortunately only one K cc ") s,idcl ' l]i -'- -Uayor' 3 report of tile ,„, j. ],,;„ ,„„ , , ~' • ~ interview between himself tin; Town -.* i» i-nng home to her the enormity Cleric, and the County Chairman with u iievo!!enee :ig;iin.-.t i!i:inkind, and that '''''a Minister of Public Wort) relative sby physical cbnstenin", which is now *-° l '' l '' 'proposed 101 l gale in ennneetiou nam; administered l,v ii i( , V lh- Wi ''r l;h^V:li '' V:lk:!;i '" '" r The proAt the meeting „( ~!,;■ Xcw '.'lymoiilii branch of the sU'.C.A. last night, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded •Sergeant MeNfcdy, uf Slra.iord, for the assistance lie had given the .Society,- in various irwtnnce-i at Stratford, 'in seconding this, lie v. A. 11. C.'olvila said that he did so, not because the police needed thanks lor d'.dng v.hal was only their duly, b.il, because it encouraged Ihnan in a mat!it for which ■•hey iv-■fivf-.l so littb encouragement from the lublic.