Chatrapati Shivaji Charitra

SR No.: 034490
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vaman Sitaram Mukadam
Publisher: Vaman Sitaram Mukadam
Publication Year: 1934
Total Pages: 720
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 45 MB

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"The cry of woe of the German women, unlistened to to-day, is a terrible reproach to Christian people, who call themselves civilised and democratic, and who, only a few years ago, solemnly declared that they were fighting for the rights of civilisation, for the triumph of justice and for the equality of free people.
"But the war has made us insensible to every lofty sentiment and every idea of justice. The rights of victory permit violence and crime during peace. Not even religious associations, protestant pastors, or catholic priests, seem to be greatly moved; and while they expend huge sums on propagating Christianity in China, they look on apathetically at the atrocities in Europe. Those who preach the Gospel of Christ have not a word of indignation to utter. The German women's cry of woe is lost in the desert of sentiment.
"I do not want to relate all that has taken place on the Rhine. I will say only that although the English have erected a monument of Miss Cavell, who was the victim of barbarism and of the German violence during the war, her martyrdom was a small thing compared with the martyrdom of the German women in time of peace. One day, when civilisation is again honoured, the Germans of the Rhine will have to record the names of their poor women and of their unfortunate girls who were contaminated by negro violence at the desire of the victors.
“The waters of the Rhine have seen all the battles and conflicts of more than two thousand years. Much blood has been poured out on both banks of the legendary river of heroes. But never, until now, did the river sacred to battles and glory reflect from its green shores the black faces of African Cannibals, brought thither to enforce the rights of the victor on the most cultured people in the world, on the people, which has contributed most to the modern civilisation, and which has given the greatest number of architectural monuments to art and to faith." અનુવાદ – યુરોપની પડતી. - “રાઈનના લશ્કરી કબજા સંબંધી ઈગ્લાંડ અને અમેરીકામાં પ્રસિદ્ધ થએલી સઘળી બીનાઓ, જર્મનીની નેધ, તેમજ સરકારી લખાણે મેં ખૂબ સંભાળપૂર્વક તપાસ્યાં છે. પાશવી કૃત્ય દર્શાવતાં હજારો નિવેદનો અને હેવાલો મેં વાંચ્યા છે. તીરસ્કાર અને કમકમાટીની આનાથી વધારે તીવ્ર લાગણીઓ મેં કદી અનુભવી નથી.