WHO ARE THE HUNS?

The Triple Entente's Vendetta of Lies. 215
burg, which the "honorable" "Corriere della Sera," forced into
a corner, republished in an obscure part of the paper. Nor
must the case of Nurse Hume, already described, be forgotten.
V. Even in England the terrible danger that lurks in this
unlimited vilification as a means of warfare is beginning to
dawn upon the saner minds, as may be seen in the open letter
of an English writer H.N. Brailsford in the "Daily News." Mr.
Brailsford proves that the tale already criticised by Lord
Selborne is simply on the very face of it impossible and incredible.
He justly estimates the danger such slanders embody
for the final conclusion of peace, and how difficult this is made
through the propagation of such abominable yarns, the poison
of which will tend to inoculate whole generations.
The following furnishes another characteristic case:
It is reported from Amsterdam under the date of the 26th
of November: In Falmouth a "gentleman" by name of Samuel
Phillips violated a little girl. The judge condemned this
criminal to a punishment of 10 shillings and to i2/6d costs, under
the stipulation that be would gallantly enter the English
army and serve at the front. "Truth" which presents this case,
calls attention to the indignation that has resulted in England
regarding the deeds which the Germans were alleged to have
committed, and goes on to say: "We need feel no wonder when
the Germans declare that we are a nation of hypocrites."
This is a frank confession of the truth. We would confirm
this fact: All that still remained of sympathy for England in
Germany—(the vast amount of sympathy and admiration we
used to cherish for the English people has been simply squandered
and trodden underfoot by the official braggarts of the
English Government) was finally destroyed because the English
press, without exercising the slightest discrimination or critical
judgment, simply trumpeted the most absurd and childish lies
of the French press broadcast throughout the world, and deliberately
embellished and intensified all that was mean and base
in them.
This systematic campaign of falsehood, maintained by an
abuse of the cable in violation of all international law, has
called forth a hatred of England in Germany which is perhaps
exceeded only by that now directed against the blackmailers