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Show NEW WAR MEASURES. Both England and Germany aro adopting adopt-ing extreme measures to make use of all possible resources for a successful pursuit pur-suit of the war. England shuts off entirely en-tirely American trade with Holland and Scandinavian countries, except that trading can be done under English Eng-lish permision and supervision. Germany Ger-many obtains the money in Belgian banks to buttress a failing war loan. The national bank of Belgium is to be coerced into the payment of three-fifths of 1,000,000,000 francs demanded by the German government, the other Belgian banks being required to supply the other two-fifths. However much tho neutral may resent the radical measures, he must realize that the evolution of the greatest war in the world 's annals is following a normal nor-mal course. Nothing will be left undone by either side to win the war. They probably would consider it absurd to let international law or any other accepted human code interfere with the accomplishment of the objects they have in view. Even the moral code has been held in slight regard at times. Murder and rapine have occasionally occa-sionally marked the course of the conflict, con-flict, and there would have been more atrocities but for the fear of reprisals. We have often noted .a peculiar condition con-dition of the war which makes it possible pos-sible for Germany to be more rigorous in its methods than are the allies. Whenever When-ever the Germans invade a country they are among a foreign people; whenever the allies invade Teutonic territory they find themselves among people of their own race. Franco finds French in Alsace Al-sace and Lorraine; Italy finds Italians in the Trentino and Isonzo zones, and Rumania finds Rumanians in Transylvania. Transyl-vania. The allies are unable to levy tribute because they profess that they are in the war to liberate the Belgians, Bel-gians, the Serbians, the Italians, the French and the Rumanians. But nearly everywhere that the Teutonie armies have gone in enemy territory they have come in contact with a foreign race, upon whorri. they are enabled to practice severities without being troubled by political considerations. The allies, on the other hand, whenever they have invaded territory or won back lost territory have been among friends, or at least have professed to be among friends. It has come about, therefore, that the allies have been forced to adopt stern measures toward neutrals. Controlling the seas, the allies have continued to exert an ever-increasing pressure against neutral trade .which might be a source of assistance to the central empires. Germany and Austria have the advantage advan-tage of using the mailed fist against conquered countries, whereas the allies are compelled to strike blows at neutrals neu-trals and challenge reprisals. We are not here discussing points of ethics. We merely are trying to show how the conditions of the greatest war have compelled the belligerents to abandon aban-don the customs, laws and chivalries of other "wars and to avail themselves of all the force at their command. |