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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 4

refreshingly candid manifesto' as that issued by the German Humanity League, presumably to afford a ray of happiness | at the Christmas season for those Teutons who are eager for peace. If unbridled language js aiij indication of ten sion of feeling, the manifesto certainly should be convincing of the existence of sentiments towards his Sacred Majesty the Kaiser thai; bode ill for his future I Manifestos of this nature are invariably served up with plenty o'f verbal condi ments, and while the Humanity League'*, production is an exception to ifhe rule }p tnis respect, it deserves attention fOl the simple reason that it presents the naked truth without stint; "The German flag jiaa become t'lie Badge of infamy", , " Germany, rqusl restore her, character and win back her honor which she hab forfeited by barbaroiis cruelty and insatiable lust." Tnes'e.stateiiients in tiie manifesto sji'e incpntr6vers|bie. Tliey are whai every nation, outside tfte Central Powers have been repeating for a long while pasfc; arid now a section M the German people gives force to them. The jfcrijtn! jrjus't, ever, prevail,, Th? .League not only describes tho evil, but autline& trie remedy, and a. drastic, all-sufficing proposal it is!. '. There can be no peace until the Kaiser, jiasjjeeh dethronea irom the .throne he.bas.iouled, and Jn, must follow, »he conspirators who have met ftiejr fate ai.. the hands of che dweu|iongr?' , Where - v lje make's tne mistake is ik .gating rid of the person of .the Kaiser it wiU destroy trie evil which, is. responsible for German militarism and kultur. This carrot ne. accomplished until ihe whole German, system r ia .revolutionised—either peacefully or otherwise. A crushing de feat or tfi? Allies can alonepaye the ipr/a pew regi'rae in jSermsinJr, Humility, jpwgue Ji'as„p]eniy oiE, scope for its. propaganda if onJy. tha.members bave. the. courage ito work inside or Germany instead of bffiide. Probably, they would value their Inland, liberty at too high a price, to risk the experiment. j The German authorities have a way of giving short shrift to reformers of even a .inuqh' less prpnbunijed type, than, that pf .the .Humanity League,, wHose mani; festo might wejl. have ■ eraanate<L,,f rprn the chief actors in the French devolution.