FRIVOLOUS ENGLAND

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144667, 29 April 1915, Page 4

FRIVOLOUS ENGLAND

TTtp LATEST THEORY. It is now clear that the gentle, Christian spirit of Germany will not be exercised in the practice of forgiveness to England. The last representative of Knltnr to point out England’s wickedness is Professor Arnold Moyer, whose views reached ns by cable the other day. .Mover wants to know, ‘lf England had no 'wishes for a world war, why did she not prevent it P She locked a deep sense of responsibility, and followed a policy of gigantic frivolity.”

This is the fourth attitude which Germany has adopted towards England. Before the war it was assumed that England would not come into any European struggle, because she was. a lazy. degradedT bloated, effete country; and if slie did start she would soon be frightened out of combat by the horrible faces, tbe Kaiser would make. Atuudo No. 2 was that of Wilhelm, that his legions would sweep into the sea the contemptible little army sent over to Flanders. The third attitude was that England was a big. brutal bully. She was trying to starve the Germans just because the Germans were murdering civilian passengers on the high seas, and she was interfering with tho benign task undertaken by Germany in tho introduction of culture into Belgium, Herr .Moyer has the last theory, which is that England started a war because she thought it would be such a jolly lark. The whole of tho German professor’s pamphlet has not been cabled, but no doubt be has proved:

(I) The English assassinated the Arehdude at Serajevo. (•_>) Tlic Englishmen in Austria lorccd the Government to oppiess Servia. (3) England massed the German troops against Jlussia and I’’ranee, and started the shooting. (-1 jEngland first violated the neutrality of Belgium. (5) The, English burned T.ouvam. <(i) Any other complaints which anybody lias to make should he directed against England.—Sydney Sun.