"THE WAR DEVIL."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 283, 22 April 1913, Page 5

"THE WAR DEVIL."

A SENSATIONAL ARTICLE

A NOVELIST'S VIEWS.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 21, 10.50 p.m. London, April 21.

Mr, Israel Zangwill, the well-known novelist and dramatist, in a remarkable article in the Chronicle, entitled ''The War Devil," pictures "statesmen primed with culture, Christianity and peace, yet condemned to building not Cod's kingdom but the Devil's. England and Germany are playing the war game like cards, trumping each other's lead, with i the baleful shadow of Bismarck looming over Europe terror-stricken. England throws herself into the arms of Russia, sinking perforce to the level of her barbarian swain." Mr. Zangwill adds: "We have all the cost of greatness, yet no greatness, and the same spiritual Wight over the bulk of Europe when united Europe nerved itself to demonstrate against Montenegro. Since the Hague Conference was established, the bloodiest battles have been fought, and the British colonies, long languorous abodes of peace, have embraced conscription and the building of battleships. Arbitrations could take us no further. Love of law must yield its toll of love. If Germany desires our territory she must have it. There is no reason other than the sword why Great Britain should possess one-fourth of the globe. No law of Sinai or Calvary laid down that Australia or Egypt should be British. An All-Red route means a route of blood. Germany must also yield Alsace and Lorraine and establish an open door to her possessions, and soon this must maintain all round over the whole field of politics."