September 13, 1917 
LAND & WATER 
LAND & WATER 
OLD SERJEANTS' INN. LONDON, W.C. 
Telephone HOLBORN 2828. 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917 
CONTENTS 
Called and Raised. By Louis Kaemaekers 
Gorman " Honour." (Leader). 
The Line of Pskov. Bv Hilairc Belloc 
A Journal from a Legation. By Hugh Gibson 
Italy and Southern Albania. By Lewis H. Ineeman 
The Husbandman. By Centurion 
Fishing Notes. Bv J- C. Squire n 
The Perils of Kestriction. By Arthur Kitson 
Novels of the Autumn 
Italy and Southern Albania. (Photographs) 
Domestic Economy 
Kit and Equipment 
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GERMAN "HONOUR- 
THE disclosure of the disgraceful deceit of the German 
and Swedish Legations at Buenos Aires, for which 
wc are indebted to the Government at Washington, 
is another link in that chain of dishonour and 
inhumanity from which Germany will never be disentangled 
until she not only rids herself of her present rulers, but 
changes her whole conduct of life. It will take more than a 
generation to accomplish this mentaJ revolution, and we know 
there can be no hope of it ever happening unless peace is 
preceded by the total defeat and overthrow of those Teutonic 
powers which derive — or imagine they derive — their strength 
irom the practice of these abominations. 
Count Lu.xburg, the German Charge d' Affaires to the 
Argentine Republic, was permitted by the Swedish Legation 
at Buenos Aires to make use of a private cypher in order 
to communicate with the Foreign Office at Berlin, information 
regarding Argentine shipping that would be useful to the 
submarine campaign. This typical German diplomat suggests 
that certain Argentine steamers should be sunk at sea " with- 
out a trace being left." The reason for this cold-blooded 
murder is to avoid unfriendly relations with a friendly 
cotmtry, because in event of the crew being drowned to a 
man. it would be possible for the Count to deny the very 
crime he had planned. The Barbary pirate or the cut-throat 
buccaneer was a gentleman compared with this German 
diplomat. They slaughtered openly, and never troubled 
to conceal their iniquities. It was possible to deal with 
them, but how can we treat with men who are more callous 
and cruel than pirates, at the same time professing thenj- 
selves to be civilised and humane. 
It is an ominous fact that at the beginning of the war, 
that notorious and unscrupulous intriguer, von Kuhlmann, 
now Foreign Minister in Berlin, was the German Minister at 
Stockholm. He who glories in being a clever and deep student 
of national psychology must have congratulated himself on 
having read the Swedish character aright, so that by playing 
on the hereditary hatred of Russia, and the German tendencies 
of her Court, he was able to utilise Swedish Ministers abroad 
most advantageously in that intricate system of German 
espionage which there is every reason to Ix-licve is more 
active than ever, though possibly more cautious But 
Kuhlmann, through all his career, has only been rendering 
to his Imperial master the sincere flattery of imitation. The 
revelations of the private corresptjndcnce between tliat pair 
of lovebirds, Willy and Nicky, twittering to each other on 
their lofty perches, which the New York Herald has made, 
must give the death-blow to the last friends of Germany 
who would have us believe there c.xists a sense of honour 
jor humanity in the Teuton breast. Hardly had he failed 
to form a Euroi)can confederacy against Great Britain, and 
to destroy the British Entente with France, than we find 
the German Enioeror writinL' in a London newsn;ioer 
protesting that he had ever been our true and loyal triend and 
that he worked singly for peace. In private life such a 
man would be hounded out of decent circles ; can there, 
be a different rule for public life ? If so it must be more 
severe, seeing the evil and misery which these men have it in 
their power to work. 
There is overwhelming evidence that most of Russia's 
trials since the Revolution, have been caused by the same 
covert intrigue of which this Buenos Aires incident is but 
one illustration. This also was worked through Sweden, which 
became the recognised channel for German agents and German 
payments. The amount of Swedish coin that suddenly 
passed into Russian circulation was the lirst direct evidence 
the Provisional Government had of the activity of German 
propaganda. Until it be possible (if it ever be possible) to 
purge Petrograd of this malign influence, things cannot 
settle down satisfactorily. The city and district is now 
under martial law, and it remains to be seen with what 
lirnmess and thoroughness this law is administered. As 
Mr. Belloc points out, Russia is suffering to-day from lack 
of discipline, not only in her armies, but through all sections 
of the community, and until this is restored no reliability 
can be placed on the future of events. 
As for Sweden's part in this discreditable episode, the 
question is still under discussion, but one fact is perfectly 
plain. The Allies will not tolerate a second Greece in 
Scandinavia. We are well aware that there is a considerable 
body of public opinion in Sweden that is entirely on the 
iide of the Allies, but it will have to make its influence felt 
without delay. The Government of Sweden has to disavow the 
action of its representatives abroad in the most unequivocal 
manner. The excuses it puts forward are mere feeble 
prevarication and do not touch the point at issue. It 
can hardly suppose they will be accepted as an apology 
or an expression of regret. The patience of the Allies is 
exhausted ; there can be no more temporising with unfriendly 
Neutrals, who do not show any, compunction in stabbing 
us in the back, provided they feel fairly certain of escaping 
punishment. Courts like those of Athens and Stockholm 
are rendering, if they only knew it, the worst disservice pos- 
sible, to* the monarchical idea. By lending themselves to 
the dirty work of a discredited .Autocracy they display a 
contempt for constitutional Government, which is the first 
protection and safeguard oi their dynasty. The Queen of 
Sweden, it may be said to her credit, has from the first openly 
placed herself on the side of Germany, but her sympathies 
should be entirely personal, otherwise they must involve her 
adopted country in disaster. ' 
The tortuous ways of German diplomacy which have been 
revealed during recent weeks, makes it diflicult to compre- 
hend how any civilised nation, great or small, will be able 
to enter into amicable relationship with that country in the 
future. The keystone of civilisation is truth and honour ; 
remove it and the structure inevitably becomes a ruin sooner 
or later. President Wilson realises this ; the Times Washing- 
ton ^correspondent mentions that "in public affairs he has 
shown a willingness to bear with patience, even to forgive, 
everything but deceit." But deceit may be said to be the 
first and last virtue of Germans in all their dealings with 
neighbouring nations. Beyond necessity it is the only quality 
they .seem to understand. And they laugh in their hearts 
at the old standard of conduct best summarised in that 
verse of the minor prophet Micah : " What does the Lord 
require of thee, C) man, but to do justly and to love mercy 
and to walk humbly with thy God." Germany regards this 
spirit as slave morality, though she is slowly learning that 
such ideals are not incompatible with greater strength and 
longer endurance that she possesses. This German 
" honour " is one of the most, horrible things the world has 
ever had to encounter ; it is not merely evil in itself, but it 
is as it were a pernicious poison that spreads evil around it. 
Not until it is wiped off the face of the earth can free peoples 
♦ breathe freely. It has taken time for Western civilisation 
to comprehend its reality and to understand its full growth 
and size, but now at last this is accomplished. And for this 
we owe no small thanks to President Wilson, who is devoting 
his emrgies first to revealing, then to . destroying it, know- 
inL' there cannot be eudurinc peace while it lasts. 
