Germans newspapers to hand, published about the middle of cember, contain some suggestive items as to the state of the public mind, particularly in reference to the raid on the coast of England. The majority of the writers are unanimously of opinion tat - the raid constituted one of the most important successes obtained—by Germany, one paper proudly affirming that "the impossible has been Ae to reproaches cast upon Germany by the newspapers of neutral countries for having bombarded unfortified towns, German publicists take refuge in the assertion that in war everything is permitted. Even the "Hamburger Nachrichten," formerly Bismarck's paper, which until recently has notably conspicuous in attempts to be just in its judgements, says that we must expect to see departures from the ordinary principles of international law in this war, because it a war for the existence of Germany.
It must never be forgotten, says this journal, that it is the duty of all to do as much damage to the enemy as possible, even to noncombatants among the enemy.
In a similar vein, most of the
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