The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-17

which had led to the rupture, Mr..
Churchill stated in effect that the war
was started and was being maintained
by the Prussian military aristocracy.
which set no limits to its ambition Of
worldwide predominance.
Same Old Struggle.
I'm a word" he said, cit is the old
struggle Of a hundred years g against
Napoleon. The grouping Of forces is
different; the circumstances are differ
ent; the occasion is different; the man.,
above all, is different-happily. But the
the issue is the same. We are at grlps
with Prussian militarism. England
stands right in the path of this ever
growing power.
Our military force is, perhaps, small.
but it is good and 1t will grow; our
naval and financial resources are con-
siderable, and with these we stand be-
tween his mighty army and a domin-
ion which would certainly not be con-
tent with European limits"
When asked whether the end OF the
war would see some abatement OF the
struggle of ornaments, Mr.. Churchlll
replied:
"That depends on the result. If we
succeed and if, as a result Of our VIC
tory, Europe Is rearranged as far as
possible with regard to the principle
Of nationality and in accordance with
the wishes Of the peoples who dwell IN
the various disputed areas. we may
look forward to a great relaxation and
easement. But if Germany wins, it
will not be a victory Of the quiet,
sober commercial clements IN German
nor Of the common people OF Germany,
with all their virtue, but the victory
of the blood and iron military school
whose doctrines and principles will
then nave received q supreme ana Ter
rible v~indicatien."
M,rld<D Democracy at Stake.
set cannot understand" he continued,
"why Germany has not been contented
with her wonderful progress since the
battle of Waterloo. For the last hald
century she has been the center or
Europe; courted by many, feared by
many, treated with Difference by all.
No country has had such a reign OF
prosperity and splendor. Yet all the
time she has been discontented; soll-
citous Of admiration. careless OF inter-
national law, wOrshiG1nS force, and
giving us all to understand that her tr1-
umphs in the past and her power in
the present were little compared to
what she sought in the future.
And now the great collision has
come. and it is we'll that the democrat
Is nations Of the world-the nations, l
mean. where the people own the gov
m and not the government the
people-should realize what is at stake.
The French, English and American sys-
TENS Of government by popular election
and parliamentary debate, with the
kind Of civilization which flows from
such institutions. are brought in direct
conflict with the highly efficient i'm
perialist bureaucracy and military or
Ranization of Prussia. That Is the Is
sue. 10 partisanship is required to
make 1t plain. No sophistry can OBJ
scure It."
America Next.
Mr.. Churchill vas asked whether the
democracy Of the United States, apart
from the moral Issues involved. had
any direct interests In the result OF the
war.
You are the judges Of that" replied
the first lord. You do not require me
to talk to you of your interests. II Eng
land were to be reduced in this war, or
another which YOU be sure to follow
from 1t II this war were i~nconclusive,
to the position of q small country like
Holland. then. however far across the
salt water your country may lie, the
burden which we are bearing now
would fall on to your shoulders.
II do not mean by that that Ger
many would attack you, or that If you
were attacked you would need to fear
the result SO far as the United States
was concerned. The Monroe doctrine,
however, carries you very far. in South