Again, even if excuses can be alleged on the so-called
ground of necessity for the invasion of Belgium, none can be found for her " harrying " and for the wholesale murder of the men seized as hostages, and shot, not for any fault of their own, but because of the faults or supposed faults of others over whom they had no control. We say nothing of the atrocities reported as committed by individual soldiers, but speak only of admitted crimes ordered by the military authorities. Belgium's agony is almost without parallel in history. Some two million people out of seven million have fled before the destroyer. Surely German action in Belgium calls for a condemnation of German statecraft and German militarism much more severe than any hinted at by Mr. Roosevelt. We want no help and no praise from America for ourselves, but as warm friends of a kindred people our hearts burn with the desire that they should let the world know that they condemn root and branch Germany's " military policy " in Belgium.
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