Show COMMUNICATION In Defense of Germany Editor Salt Lake Tr bune Perm t me to answer through your pa per wh ch latter takes a calm and im part al v ew of the European war to an editor al which appeared m the Herald Republican last Sunday stating that the upns ng in Europe is republican ism against absolut sm It seems that the editor of said paper is e ther preiud ced against Germany or gnorant of the true c reumstances 1 adm re and woiship a true republ can government proudly claiming as my b rthplace the oldest of republ cs Switzerland I am an Amer can c ti zen and have never sympath zed w th monarch es but this present European war is not a war of republ camsm aga nBt absolut sm but a war of a const tut onal monarchy and civil za t on aga nst an absol te autocratic per secutmg monarchy Is t not t me that th s semic vilized freedom robb ng Russ a should rece ve pa t payment for its dark cr mes committed on its tor tured subiectsl Which latter surely welcome any step advanc ng to 1 berty and perhaps w 11 be led through Ger many Then there is 1 beral England and republican France united as t seems in the struggle Yet how the r causes differ the former solely opposes Germany throuh jealousy of her com mercial supremacy ga ned n past j earB France cr ed for years. Revenge is sweet and Russ a seeks more tern tory It is qu te immater al to c vilization at large if France should rule part of Germany or vice versa but all fa r minded people who have traveled through Europe will unden ablv agree that it would be a menace to all prog ress and science should the czar a pow ers extend over Germany and Austria May it never happen MRS SAL SICKLE |