. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . is. Itseems to us to be the strongest and mostpersuasive statement of Germanys casethat we have seen. Mr. Nasmyth hasbeen enabled by his experience to under-stand the point of view of many some time he organized CosmopolitanClubs in foreign universities, and for awhile was the head of the Association ofCosmopolitan Clubs in this country, whichcomprises clubs in many colleges and uni-versities composed of students of differ-ent nationalities. He is now director ofthe International Students Bureau of theWorlds Peace Foundation.
. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . is. Itseems to us to be the strongest and mostpersuasive statement of Germanys casethat we have seen. Mr. Nasmyth hasbeen enabled by his experience to under-stand the point of view of many some time he organized CosmopolitanClubs in foreign universities, and for awhile was the head of the Association ofCosmopolitan Clubs in this country, whichcomprises clubs in many colleges and uni-versities composed of students of differ-ent nationalities. He is now director ofthe International Students Bureau of theWorlds Peace Foundation. Inasmuch as. the Foundation is avoiding all appearanceof partisanship, it should be distinctly that Mr. Nasmyth in this articleis expressing his personal vieM and un-derstanding of the German spirit and isnot speaking officially for the of the statements in defense of Ger-many have been written from the pointof view of the militarists. The distinctivecharacteristic of this article is that it is DEFENDING THE FATHERLAND 155. GERMAN REGIMENT CROSSING PONTOON BRIDGE (Photograph by the International News Service) a defense of Germany written from thepoint of view of an anti-militarist and anactive leader in the peace movement.—The Editor. It is clear that, if we are to form ajust oi)inion of the issues involved inthe European struggle, we must try torealize the point of view of bothparties. It is possible that Americawill be called upon to play the roleof mediator at the end of the conflict,and, if a permanent peace is to beestablished, it will be Americas dutyto see that no humiliating or crush-ing terms are imposed upon the sidewhich suffers defeat. At present thepeople of the United States are gettingpractically all their news of the Eur-opean war through English seems worth while for us to makea special effort to realize the Germanpoint of view in the struggle, and Ishall attempt to put the essential factsof the case as I gathered them
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