adopt a tone that implies that the people of your land, the French, are marching out against us with palm branches, when in reality they are plentifully furnished with cannon, with cartridges-yes, even with dumdum bullets. Certainly you have grown fearful of our heroic armies. That is to the glory of a power which is invincible through the justice of its cause. The German soldier is unsullied by the loathsome and puerile were-wolf tales which your lying French Press so zealously spreads abroad, that Press which the French and the Belgian people have their misfortune to read.

"Let the idle Englishman call us 'Huns'; you may, for all I care, characterize the warriors of our splendid Landwehr as 'sons of Attila'; it is enough for us if this Landwehr shatters to bits the ring of our merciless enemies. Far better that you call us 'sons of Attila,' cross yourself in fear, and remain outside our borders, than that you indict tender inscriptions upon the tomb of our German name, calling us as 'the beloved descendants of Goethe.' The epithet 'Huns,' is coined by people who, themselves Huns, find themselves disappointed in their criminal attacks on the life of a sound and valorous race, because this race knows how to parry a fearful blow with still more fearful force. The impotent take refuge in curses.

"I say nothing against the Belgian people. The peaceful passage of German troops, a question of life for Germany, was refused by Belgium because its Government had made itself a tool of England and France. This same Government then organized an unparallelled guerrilla warfare, in order to cover its indefensible position, and by that act

Herr Rolland, you are a musician!-struck the horrible keynote of conflict. If you are at all in a position to break your way through the giants' wall of anti-German lies, read the message to America by our Imperial Chancellor, of Sept. 7; read, further, the telegram which on Sept. 8 the Kaiser himself addressed to President Wilson. You will then discover things which it is necessary to know in order to understand the calamity of Louvain.

"GERHART HAUPTMANN."

Since Hauptmann thinks that the Emperor's letter to President Wilson and the Chancellor's letter to the American people justify the destruction of Louvain, it may be as well to print those documents.

The Kaiser to President Wilson:

EMPEROR WILLIAM TO PRESIDENT WILSON UNDER DATE OF SEPTEMBER 4

I consider it my duty, sir, to inform you as the most notable representative of the principles of humanity, that after the capture of the French fort of Longwy my troops found in that place thousands of dumdum bullets which had been manufactured in special works by the French Government. Such bullets were found not only on French killed and wounded soldiers and on French prisoners, but also on English troops. You know what terrible wounds and awful suffering are caused by these bullets, and that their use

is strictly forbidden by the generally recognized rules of international warfare.

I solemnly protest to you against the way in which this war is being waged by our opponents, whose methods are making it one of the most barbarous in history. Besides the use of these awful weapons the Belgian Government has openly incited the civil population to participate in the fighting and has for a long time carefully organized their resistance. The cruelties practised in this guerrilla warfare, even by women and priests, toward wounded soldiers and doctors and hospital nurses -physicians were killed and lazarettes fired onwere such that eventually the generals were compelled to adopt the strongest measures to punish the guilty and frighten the blood-thirsty population from continuing their shameful deeds.

Some villages and even the old town of Louvain, with the exception of its beautiful Town Hall (Hotel de Ville), had to be destroyed for the protection of my troops.

My heart bleeds when I see such measures inevitable and when I think of the many innocent people who have lost their houses and property as a result of the misdeeds of the guilty.

(Signed) WILHELM I. R.

Bethmann-Hollweg to the Americans:

Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Chancellor, early in September made a formal statement to the Associated Press. The existence of the statement was known, but it failed to reach America

by either mail or cable, and its text has become available through a copy of the North German Gazette, just received here. The Chancellor's statement follows:

"GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, September 2.

"I do not know what is thought of this war in America. I assume there have been published in America the telegrams exchanged between the German Emperor, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of England containing the history of the events that preceded the outbreak of the war and which bear irrefutable testimony of how the Emperor, until the last moment, strove hard to preserve the peace.

"These efforts had to be futile, as Russia under all circumstances had resolved upon war, and as England, which for decades had encouraged the anti-German nationalism in Russia and France, did not avail herself of the splendid opportunity offered her to prove her often emphasized love of peace; otherwise the war between Germany and France and England could have been averted.

WANTS TO CRUSH GERMANS

"When once the archives are opened, the world will learn how often Germany extended to England her friendly hand, but England did not desire the friendship of Germany. Jealous of the development of Germany and feeling that by German efficiency and German industry she has been surpassed in some fields, she had the desire to crush Germany by brute force, as she in former times subdued Spain, Holland, and France. She believed

the moment had arrived, and therefore the entry of German troops into Belgium gave her a welcome pretext to take part in the war.

"Germany, however, was forced to enter Belgium because she had to forestall the planned French advance, and Belgium only awaited this advance to join France. That only a pretext was involved as far as England is concerned is proven by the fact that already on the afternoon of August 2— that is, prior to the violation of Belgian neutrality by Germany-Sir Edward Grey assured the French Ambassador unconditionally of the help of England in case the German fleet attacked the French coast.

NO ENGLISH MORAL SCRUPLE

"Moral scruple, however, the English policy does not know. And thus the English people, who always posed as the protagonist of freedom and right, has allied itself with Russia, the representative of the most terrible barbarism, a country that knows no spiritual or religious freedom, that tramples upon the freedom of peoples as well as of individuals. Already England is beginning to recognize that she has made a mistake in her calculations and that Germany will master her enemies. She is therefore trying by the pettiest means to injure Germany as much as possible in her commerce and colonies by instigating Japan, regardless of the consequences to the cultural community of the white race, to a pillaging expedition against Kiau-Chau, and leading the negroes in Africa to fight against the Germans in the colonies.

"Having strangled the news service of Germany