Show I FOREWORD FOR E WaR D i-I i t rh The author herth hereby declares declare on hl lib liln word of honor that in iii thin this lie he hum has b been en In Inno Inno inno no II Inspired d b by outside anti aud that Hint h ht hn has never tr lind nn any nn dealings rr materiel or oth otherwise INe either before or dur- dur leg Int the war VRr Ith nn lo nr organization a hatlon propaganda or per pcr- handle to GermanT or Turkey or rn en of nf n a n neutral Charnet char char- net r. r HI III tone clone hat hims Mm to write Trite Iud publish his bin impressions impression's and i. i lie ht hone hopes hope's that h liy by In doing he be mn may p perform a II a service n the cause of truth and anil cli ch e f C While hll time million author wax DJ on the frontier of or Switzerland for final front from the German H to Iti enter cuter that countr country committed her second cond great Brent crime h her r first t haying having completely com coni- ml sed ed its U mark She Mie bud bad began to r e realise that she nhe wa raiO beaten benten bent beat ot en rn In the th great conflict which she nhe luau hail KO sD wantonly provoked with hint t characteristic o o In the time power of or her own 0 l tn and anil disdainful und r of the morale und ned general capaci capaci- capacities ties tics of her enemies II In la final tia renunciation of any an last pf if humanity Jn In tier her methods meth kite lu lurO wn was rO now non making n a I JC effort to b help lp her already lo lout t CAUlle b by a ruthl ruthless a extension of or her policy of piracy at sea xea and a gratification of all II her brutal In- In finch In la complete tt violation of th the rights of neutral countries It I. I In irs therefore fore with Ith nil the hr more morl Inward conviction with smith nil sill the themore themore more marl urgent tnt moral p that the time author mal makes make clI u use line of or the lie rare opportunity offered lila him by rI resi- 1 lIc In 10 to 10 rouge rauRe himself him him- self on un tb the Hide sIsie of truth and show hon that there nr ore are till G German Germanes who Tho find flad It to condone oDdon even fn tacitly th the moral immoral Ion sion and political stupidity of their im own u n anti and nu DU allied oY That In is time the sole purpose of or Ibis Ihl publication t 1011 mc AVIth r purll to 10 Ill I'll purely rei null nuil therefore till the theauthor author will I to H n nfl fl tr indications and of or orn n ii tonal per kiwi kind hut html he lie cannot forget for for- get act th the role roll lin has hn plu Ihl ed Cd In Isri nn UN an nn nil ally nily of the present ut J 4 0 eminent nor norvan van can 11 he in- ignore I for tor or the atrocities committed II JIT by tb them them m. m The rhe author publishes bi bl impressions impression's lon with Ith n a perfectly vicar clear conscience secure In the conviction COD J lion tion that iss is's a the representative of if n pap paper r he neier neer once it arote rote n is single word vord In favor of criminal war and that during his hi's to stay slay of more moore than t C months month in Turkey he never er concealed con cun- his tnt true opinions opinion as all soon ashe as a's ashe he h had 11 definitely made up imp his hi's mind lIot these the were svere verI On the contrary h he lie was WAil rather dangerously candid and frank In p speaking peaking to anyone who rho wanted ant d to listen to him him mo o ranch much no so that It Is I. almost almut a 1111 miracle rt rJ that he lie eer reached n a neutral country tIter After the lime war nor he lie will be In iii n a position to appeal to in the t te testimony of dozens en of if people of high standing lu in all nil walks Ik of life liCe that In both thought and action n a deep cleft ha he always I divided hint him from hi his hi's colleagues and land that h he lie bam hims ever r ardently longed for the time moment when rhen he be might rr freely l and without f fear nr of or consequence do III lila hi bit hit towards toward's the tile enlightenment of or time the civilized world May iny 1 a lines line's written n in Iii all n sincerity ansi aud hereby submitted to th the of public opinion free the theauthor au nt ln J rr from IU Ike lIe burden de of t r heaped on hint him b by a mutilated tJ outraged d. d languishIng languish languish- Ing Ina humanity of ot bein being Io n U German erman amon among thousands thousand nd of G Germans who desired this his war ar S Several months month have paused passed since time the Original t text of th the German Ger er man mind Mild I Trench r editions of oC this little bo book 0 I. I sins na written was Yas taken II liy troops before the lime last hint chapter of the German manuscript hud been completed and nd since then theu military operations operation's bat ha hn e f been lieen more moore and nad more In 10 favor or or of time the A number r of or Im Important Im- Im political events have hov oc- oc such stick a us tb the resolution reso rf hilton lution nUll ansi the th entry of th the United LI States Stales of oC 1 Into the lime war nar developments de of Russian Hulan politic lUa may many jet tt Ct have base a direct t ef effect It ef- feet on 00 the lie final solution of or tb the I problems II surrounding time till defeated Ottoman empire lint Hut be author lie has preferred to tb the original orl- orl inn heal I lest cit of or hi liis lii's book hook v farl early I In this thi's year nr Dud and to make no changes cr In ID the iou lit he had then theu arrived at I as aN a result of time the fr fresh sh l he lie I carried from Turkey |