26 JUNE 1915, Page 15

CHATTER ABOUT PEACE.

[To Tor Eon. or ITS ”SrscraTos."1

thm,—The admirable advice which you give in last week's Spectator brings to my mind the translation of a remarkable appeal from German Socialists at Rotterdam which appears on p. 323 of the Annual Register, 1914, and does not seem to have been at all widely known in this country. Here are the words :—

"No matter how long the campaign and the sacrifices it may entail, we know that the true and lasting interests of the toilers and wage-earners in Germany can only be coned by the victory of the Allied armies. The Kaiser, having ruined innocent and deceived Belgium, is now despoiling and drenching Prance with the blood of his victims. It must therefore be plain to all honest men, without distinction of race or creed or party, that there can be no settlement of the existing disruptions, no lasting peace or security for the rights of man, no protection of democracy from brigandage and death until the Imperial domination of Prussia within Germany is crushed, disarmed and swept away for ever. Then, and then only, will Bavaria, 'Wurttemberg, Saxony, and Hanover be rescued and Poland liberated from the grip of a monarch who by his conduct has forfeited the allegiance of his subjects; and by his boasted defiance of all international treaties and conventions' has embarked upon a career of crime unparalleled in ancient or modern history."

—I am, Sir, de., EDWARD ATKIN. Newham, Addlestone, Surrey.