PERFIDIOUS ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 6

PERFIDIOUS ENGLAND.

ACCORDING TO BERNHARDI. GERMANY FIGHTS WORLD'S - BATTLE. • ifTimes and Sydney Sun Services.) * (Received 8.30 a.m.) " :.!,'.. . LONDON, March 24. The ; *fßjnes' ? publishes" an .article written by "yon Beriihardi for the "New York Sun." Discussing" England's entry into the war -oh the pretext of the violation of Belgium,' the German writer says: England: .simply ;considered Belgium a, serving as-.a bulwark to England's position by the English- Channel. While nominally neutral, Belgium, by submitting to the Allies' plan to march into Belgium to oppose the German right wing with French masses, Belgians and fifteen thousand English troops, Belgium united herself with our worst enemies. Undoubtedly it was under pressure of England, who in every way is responsible for this.world-war. * "England kept Ireland in bondage for centuries, supported France in annexing free Morocco, enslaved India and Egypt,' and seeks, in conjunction with Russia, to subjugate weak Persia; yet this is the State that claims that a German victory ■would mean the subjugation of the world. Every discerning and unprejudiced person must recognise the' -hypocritical mask behind which Great Britain hides. A German victory would mean the liberation of the world from the' English yoke. The commercial rights of the world are being controlled by the British blockade. English navalism hang 3 like the Sword of Damocles suspended above all peoples possessing a coast or trans-oceanic colonies susceptible to attack. England is now ruthlessly ridiculing international law, violating public opinion by spreading false: information through her cable monopoly. America is not free from this violation. The entire telegraphic communication with Europe is subject to the British censor. - All Beuter's dispatches are coloured in keeping with the British policy.

"Germany is compelled to fight, not only for her own freedom, but in the struggle for the liberty of the Old World from; the English yoke. In the event of a victory; tor- the ~ Triple Entente; England's chains and fetters will still hold Europe, her rulership of the sea will become more oppres- , eive, and her monopoly of trade will be ' ased to sharper extent to concentrate the world's treasures upon the British money market. France and Russia will then realise that they fought England's battles >ud not- their own." ._. « t- — .--.».