TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-11

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aba determination ai Germany H.
.eisim place III the ann aits
fiRht gn develop her fe4Nhteee "a
ne basis III Thar equality which has
always hsta aHs 81 Great Rftatns
most cherished watehWsfae The
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pne @mefeiy the risk oi iowtf digs
idends aHd less profit incurred bs Ii
small minority ui industrial eapftaia
lists whose monopoly al certain
wofld-markets wss threatened by
the enormous progress made 0f late
years by their German competitors.
This ID the reai reason why the
whole Fl Europe has been set OH
fire. The wofldewar, so far as
Great Britain Is concerned, l. purely
and simply a--busincss war. The
yellow Press, which Is entirely dc.
voted 10 serving the interests Of the
business world. unfortunately for il.
SELF, let the cat out Of the bag be-
tore the war was a week old. Ii
instituted a campaign for the cap
ture oil German trade. The t~insclly
watchwords with which the British
nation had been eaiolcd into ap-
proyal OF the action OF the Govern
merit were for the moment forgot
ten. The naked commerciaIism Of
the enterprise was exposed to view.
Unfortunately however, the British
public did not grasp the situation.
The road leading to the shambles
continued to be thronged BY stall
wart youths. Britain failed to COM
prehend that the millionaire had
once more asserted himself. Wa it
IN vain that the great, puEe-minded
cried:
Tho many a light shall darken,
and rnany shall weep
For those that are crushed ii the
clash Of iarring claims,
Yet Gods just wrath shall be
wreak'd on a giant liar?
Yes, for Britain today is in league
with the giant liar" and the lust
Of gain in the spirit of Cain"
marches relentlessly towards its
goal over the dead bodies Of the
OF British manhood.
Made in Germany"-that is the
ley to the present struggle. The
policy Of Great Britain has
become the plaything of COM
arcialism: national interests have
been subordinated to the momentary
interests Of a Northcliffe or a
Churchill. Remove that bauble! p
his war has given British Par
i~arnenarism the coup de grace
threatens TO dig the grave of
democracy. }
Peace setting under her olive. and
slurring the days gone BY,
When the poor are hoyelld and
hustled together. each sex like
swine,
When only the ledger lives, and
when only not all men lie.
'eace in her vineyard ~ yess -
but a company FORCES the wine.@
Was the consciousness OF the rot
of the social fabric III any
way responsible for the final resolve
i those who hesitated to plunge !
heir country into the unfathomable )
byss OF a conflict as unreasonable ,,
s it was unprovoked? Were they !
onscious Of the anomaly Of the
ocial order prevailing in Great !
And the alliance with the .
giant liar" has it SO infected the !
character with the poison Of
unscrupulousness that the
Tory Of British manhood is driven !
0 the shambles to conceal the G
estering sores of social injustice? q
Vas this one Of the subordinate {
inns pursued by those who re- 5
to plunge Europe into the j
errors Of a fratrieidal war; :
The history OF the worid-conflict !
revoked by the short-sighted rash s
ess Of an o%pportunist Cabinet has
TO be written but the questions 7
have asked must be answered now !
before ii is too late. The ans Y
ters must be given by the only I
entitled thereto-the British !
ublie. If the answers are in the !
tirmative, the system responsible I
,r the present critical position OF Y
British people must be swept !
to make room for one which !
lall regard private interests as en- I
rely subordinate 10 national vel. i
ire. s.
The British statesmen who al a
wed their country to be plunged 8
to the whirlpool Of a struggle the y
,nseauences OF which-whether re- y
lfded from the moral or the poll G
lcal point Of view-are ~incaiculabIe,
lsed their calculations on know Il
dge which has proved to be the 81
ost astounding ignorance. VIZ is
i've only 40 recall the boastful al
ords-not distinguished by any
lrticular evidence Of good taste Al
tered last August BY the British pI