GERMAN KULTUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 7, 8 January 1916, Page 9

GERMAN KULTUR.

(By MAJOR DE MARTIN.) The sinking of the Persia is the crowning infamy of Germany, the nation who wants to impose culture upon the rest of the world. The einking of the Persia is yet another nail in the coffin of Prussian militarism. The day of reckoning is fast approaching, and when that day arrives, let us chow no mercy to the barbarians who kill and massacre innocent men, women and children. Let us then exact "an eye for an eye, and a tootli for a tooth." Germany must be crushed—crippled, humbled, beaten to the duet. As long as men like the Kaiser, Yon Bethmann-Hollweg," Yon Tirpitz, Yon der Goltx, and the Crown Prince o! Germany are permitted to occupy this globe, so lonp will tyranny, villainy and oppression exist. To give an example ol their culture, I have in my possession a Flemish newspaper called "De Legcrbodc." Here is one piece of devilry. Berneau. — An inhabitant of this place deposed the following before Mons. Barboux, Magistrate:—"l had a brothar-in-law, one of the gentlest of men. As he was standing with his wife and children in front of his house, he was arrested by the Germans. Why? I do not know. An officer put a thick rope round his neck and compelled my brother-in-law's brother to lead him round the city. He was placed between two German soldiers, who had loaded revolvers in their hands. Moreover he was forced to cry out ' I am a pig, I am a scoundrel, I am a dirty Belgian,' and also ' Long live Germany.' "After five hours of agony, we again saw him pass before us. A German officer came up to him, made him stand on a, little dunghill, and said: 'Lift up your head!' Pale as a corpse (through fatigue and suffering) he obeyed. The officer drew his sword, stuck it into his throat and ripped Mm open from the throat iownwards, just as if he were a bullock. We were not even permitted to approach bis mutilated corpse." In the same paper is the following proJamation by General Yon der Goltz:—

PROCLAMATION. To the Belgian Army. By General Yon der Goltz. "Belgian Soldiers, —You are not fighting for your dear fatherland. On the contrary, you are lighting for Russia to make her mightier, and, above all, you are fighting for England, who is the sole cause of the present war. . From the beginning your newspapers were Bold to England and France. They systematically misled you as to the cause of thU war, and they gave you false accounts of the fighting. In one of the orders of the day addressed to yourselves it is stated that the Belgian prisoners of ware were forced to fight against the Russians. Your common sense must tell you that this is impossible. When your comrades return from their captivity and tell you how generously they were treated, you will ccc how your officcre and newspapers have deceived you. Belgian soldiers, you fought long enough for Russia, for the capitalists of false and treacherous England. Your condition is hopeless. Germany only fight 3 for her existence. If you wish to get back your wives and children, if you I wish to start your industries again, in one word, if you wish for peace, lay down your arms—then shall you taste the benefits of a welcome and happy peace."