Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . ONLY THE HOTEL DE VILLE SAVED The statement was not true. Other great public buildingsand objects of art in Louvain were preserved by the may be a matter of interest to the present generation ofAmerican people to consider in connection with the chargesmade against the Germans in the burning of Louvain, the burn-ing of Washington, the capitol of our country, by the British. The New York EveningSun wrote a scathing, scur-rilous anti-German editorialon this subject, which ofcourse omitted any referenceto the burning of Washing-ton by the
Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . ONLY THE HOTEL DE VILLE SAVED The statement was not true. Other great public buildingsand objects of art in Louvain were preserved by the may be a matter of interest to the present generation ofAmerican people to consider in connection with the chargesmade against the Germans in the burning of Louvain, the burn-ing of Washington, the capitol of our country, by the British. The New York EveningSun wrote a scathing, scur-rilous anti-German editorialon this subject, which ofcourse omitted any referenceto the burning of Washing-ton by the English in 1814. Commenting upon this actof outrage and infamy, Jef-ferson said: In Europethe transient possession ofour capital can be no dis-grace. Nearly every capitalthere was in possession of itsenemy, some often and somelong. But diabolical as hasbeen that enemy, he burned neither public edifices nor privatedwellings. It was reserved for England to show that Napoleonin atrocity was an infant compared to her ministers and hergenerals. 64. The Burning of Washington by theEnglish. NEUTRALITY 65 Thomas Jeffersons opinion of English warfare is at least ofas much moral value to Americans as that of the editor of theNew York Sun. Sir A. Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, is using histremendous detective and deductive power, which is so ablyreflected in his Sherlock Holmes stories, to champion Eng-lands cause; which, considering the fact that he is an English-man, is only to his credit, but one article of his printed in theLondon Chronicle and entitled, A Policy of Murder and HowPrussia Has Degraded the Standard of Modern Warfare, canhardly be claimed as a creditable work on his part, because thevenom and vitriol of the language which he used passes allunderstanding. Mr. James ODonnell Bennett, the celebratedwar correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, has taken it uponhimself to answer Sir Arthurs article, and referring to thechapter of Louvain, Mr. Bennett says: Toward the clos
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