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...think of what would have happened under similar conditions in 1870-71, or what did happen in 1914, when whole villages were razed because of one or two Belgian snipers. Perhaps this difference arises from the fact that the Germans are trying their own offending countrymen--a thing almost unheard of in connection with war, until now--and that the German mind, when it sees itself defeated, invariably turns to self-palliation and vague excuses. Perhaps the difference is one of inborn moral sense; the Germans may never be able to realize that the submarine campaign, as conducted, was wrong...
...under the Young Turks a government lycee was opened to keep them from attending. But there is bound to be a great change, when the college re-opens. Even now the Moslems of the city have appealed to the Americans to take charge of their common schools, something unheard of and without parallel in Turkey...
Whatever atrocities and cruelties occurred during the War, they are dimmed in comparison to those wrought in the post-War period due to the unheard of Chauvinism and the economic brutalities, as well as the severest militarism that the world has ever seen. The disgraceful deed begun in Versailies, when all the high ideals for which the Entente pretended to fight were thrown everboard, must be understood in its true light and revised, otherwise no peace can come to the world and new catastrophes must follow...
...nones" in deserted Haapa, where the last dregs of the Typee race wait for death to release them. One even half-suspects that the beauty of Vanquished Often and her companions sporting on the sunny beaches of Vait-hua, is allied in charm to the sweetnes of melodies unheard...
...other country can do more to answer these questions than the United States. We have the confidence of the greatest and smallest nations to a degree unheard of in the world's history; we can enter the League at any minute and on any terms we please. If our presence was sorely missed at the first meeting of the Assembly, at the next it may be indispensable. We must realize our responsibility and then render a decision...