The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23

land) was trying to rid the world OF
those barbarians by conducting civil
lized warfare. Then we read stories
OF how the English man Of war halted
the American ships and took OF some
of those German barbarians who hap
pened to be going to neutral port.
Than there were shiploads of prOvis-
ions which this country was sending
to Germany to keep the. women and
children Of those barbarians from
starving to death, but j. B. decided
our mother country needed 1t more so
We are contented, because our presi-
dent kindly asked j. B. in an offhand
way to be as easy as possible. We
are an enlightened nation and do not
want to fight.
Our president set q day for prayer;
We should all ask Providence to end
this war, it is so horrible. but we
Americans are very anxious to do
business so we take orders for guns
and ammunition and these must be
delivered to help our mother country
rid the world of those German bar
barians. Then these Germans resort
to some kind OF ship that travels
under the water and kind of upsets
some of the English ships, and these
barbarians tell the Americans to stay
off the English ships, but England
says she is mistress Of the sea as her
ships were too fast for those sub
marines. Well, there were over .
hundred Americans who did not be-
lieve the barbarians but trusted to
the largest English ship which carried
lot Of cartridges which were to be
used to kill the barbarians and Eng
land failed to protect the Americans.
Now this is what bothers me. The
papers are always giving prominence
to all the differences between the
United States and Germany which has
tendency to impress the war spirit
upon the public mind to such an ex-
tent that if this thing is continued
there will be created a hatred among
our own people which is not becom-
ing to civilized country Personally
I am opposed to war and hope our
officials will have sense enough to
keep hands of and let those fighting,
fight it out. Why should our country
sacrifice thousands OF our soldiers be-
cause a few trusted to England's
supremacy more than to the Germans
warning? If we should go to war we
would be as much barbarians as any
of the people that are now fighting be-
cause there positively Is no civilized
warfare in which powder Is used to
kill human beings or barbarians. Now
Just a little more, then I'll be through
for this time. Through the little his
tory I've read in the years gone by q
might be rusty in modern history,
am told that in 1776 the United
States had war with her mother coun-
try then again in 1912, then there was
war with Mexico and England was
with the greasers. During the civil
war English money bought the con.
federate bonds, of which she is still
trying to trade us for good money
During our war with Spain, England
| was very friendly to Spain. Can we
find so many counts against the bar
barians?
| Let us remain neutral not only IN
word but in reality, because We know
what Sherman said, and If this coun
| try should become involved in wal
with Germany | believe the public
press would be directly responsible.
FULL PLEDGED AMERICAN CITI
ZEN.
p. S-Dad was In the q. s. army
eight years, but I've never cooked
cannon. so want nothing to do with
/ tn, killing business.
I Hamilton I'll Nav 81 1915