TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1914-11-20

O. But Germany. instead OF beinl
impolite enough 10 strike first whei
she found her neighbors reaching FOL
their hippockets, should have calmll
waited till the French were before
strassburg, the Belgians and Englisl
threatening Aachen and Cologne. th'
Russians operating from Danzil
against Berlin, should she notf
A. Yes. Every Frenchman, Britor
and Russian thinks 30.
Q. What is England's attitude to
ward this war;
A. Goodness me, she IA dreadfEily
opposed to It, You know. Oh dear me
yesl
@. How do we know that?
A. Wen. when the FIRST really greai
German ocean-liner was launched, the
leading English newspaper said: Ger
many must be destroyed" II Is no
torlous that Germans have been deftly
taking the worlds markets away from
the English, wherever they compete,
which Is a beastiy thing. ye know, es.
pecially when the beggars do II by
being more thoro, working harder, US.
ing more brains and less haughtiness,
more business skin and friendliness
and less rum, bibles and expedition
airy forces" The best unbiased writ.
ers say that this Is the cause Of the
war; reason confirms Il; the gloating
Of the English day by day. as reports
OF the capture and sinking OF German
ships come in, makes II sure. Fur
thermore, as a political corollary Of
her mercantile policy, England has
always destroyed her greatest rival,
deliberately and ruthlessly. She de-
stroyed Spain by the aid Of pirates and
fortunate hurricanes; Napoleonlc
France by melting the rest Of Europe
against Napoleon; Russia by the aid
Of Turkey and Japan. Now II is Ger
many's turn.
@. But England is fighting for lib
erty, Progress. Enlightenment, Den1oc-
racy, Altruism, and all that sort Of
thing, you know, isn't she?
A. Oh, certainly. to be sure. She
always fights for them. You'd think
she'd achieve them sometime!
@. What example have we Of Brit.
ish freedom, etc, etc?
A. Well, there's Ireland. Superior
civilization gradually worn down by
seven centuries Of murder, pillage, ar
son, bribery, poisoning; culture rooted
ont by imposition Of alien language,
laws. education, dress, customs, etc,
under penalty Of death Couture recent
ly revived, thanks TO German schot
ars); population cut in half by famine
while English soldiers took plentiful
crops out OF the land; manufactures
ruined by laws forbidding them In so
many words; Constitution ravished by
bribery and force; politicians corrupt
ed; tyranny continuing to-day as much
as ever, a bit under cover. Then there
is India. Occupied by fooling the In.
dams and kicking out the dearly-be-
loved French. Order restored by
means of rifles, taxation, the ruin OF
industry, famines countless millions
dying under English rule in vast ex-
cess over numbers dying from like
causes In many centuries precedingl.
And Egypt. Occupied under solemn
pledge to get out again almost imme-
diately. Hands Of the clock stopped
somehow, so the Briton finds himself
compelled to stay and gather great
wealth, not to mention being so very
convenient to Suez, by which means
he can instantly threaten and injure
the commerce not only Of Germany,
but Of dear France and Russia too.
Frequent hangings Of Egyptians helps
to relieve the bore OF 1t all. Farther
down. South Africa. Conquered by
the unfinching British heroism which
kept right on despite the sneers of
the world which saw its vast armies
routed by about 10000 active cavalry
men-sharpshooters; finally pacified by
concentration Of Boer women and chill
dren in camps where, according to
British admission, 1900 died Of star
walton and disease; according to Boer
and Irish accounts, over 10000; which
ever way you hook at ii, nndeniably
one OF the finest triumphs Of English
altruism. Or Scotland, a brave fool
ish people duped into a loyalty which
is costing them their nationality, land
and language, as they go overseas by
the scores Of thousands yearly, leay-
ing their native hills to the grouse
who are grown to be shot (sometimes)
by the spindling scions Of the pilEand-
puffery nobility Or anywhere that
English capital goes, as In the Puta-
mayo district of Peru, where the Pc
ruvian employees Of English directors
were quite nnmolested by said direc-
tors In their system OF driving each
Indian captive TO the limit till in q
few months death was certain, with
flashing, manning, etc. all along the
way, regardless Of sex or age, till an
freshman exposed this hell to the
world. Or take England herself.
Square mile after square mile Of
slums which represent the intensest
and most continuous misery. the ut
most degradation, the most appalling
failure Of civilization, to be found any
where. Rural population disappear
ing. health and strength ditto. Re-
naming rural population divided be-
tween landlords who live on the rest,
farmers whose political minds have
been ossIhed into ~snobbish toryism for
centuries, and laborers who dare not
raise a voice In public affairs. A tory
party of Bourbon folly, a Liberal
party existing for the big manufacture
ers and ruled by the ~Rothschilds. Gas-
soons and Samuelsek thru secret par
III funds. Nowhere else, indeed, as
they boast. does liberty flourish as in
England and her possessions, thank
Godi
@. But these Germans. who are