The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-05
Albertus Vogt On
The War Situation

roic, long, suffering little but
great big-souled Belgium?
1t is written too, Hope de-
ferred maketh the soul sick"
| II Britain may be delayed by
lack OF munitions, it was mighty
fallacious policy to let the Kaiser
know and you can bet he knows.
Ii she may have 100000 fully
equipped and trained soldiers on
the tight little isle naturally
she has seen the writing OF the
hand that, having writ moves
on, and knew long ago that Ger
man invasion was inevitable. and
holds the 100000 soldiers in
England purposely to fight off
the landing invaders. And as to
that purpose or final hope. Ger
MANY knows. and is long ago
prepared for every such event
uality.
| SO why not ask for peace now,
!pay al indemnity, save loss OF
life and utter want and ruin by
piling up wrath against the final
day Of wrath
And you may be sure that
long-headed, scholarly Wilson,
he knows, too, enough about the
| worlds history and has waited
and watched" for and read after
the hand as it writ, and he has
and will continue to keep us out
OF it, and at peace with all of
the world and he is going to let
| Mexico drift until her foolish fac
tons wear themselves out. for he
| knows that happiness Of one OF
, our mothers in the possession of
, the presence Of her sons is above
the value OF many foolish and
fanaticallv fighting poems. And
:, President Wilson, he knows too,
that history will again repeat
itself in the catac ysm now rag
ing in Europe by finally purging
and securing itself by such a
commune as will result i'll a
: purer, freer Europe, and we
ought then remember LaFay-
t cite and Bartholdi and see to it
E that Liberty does enlighten the
{ world and that the metes and
t bounds OF France-including
4 both Alsace and Lorraine are in
: tact, and believe reunited
e Germany, like "Barkis," viii
: then be willing and is willing
s now.
am praying for republic o
e all OF that portion OF the Easter
d Hemisphere, north OF the Dart
: anelles. | am asking my sol
Of BERTHE to fit himself to be Presi
IL dent OF the United States o
el North America, comprehendins
/ all of the territory, from Panam;
If to the Pole. We need it NOR
o than we ever did the Philippine
l.. and as Fate's DEGREES are inexor
# able, we are sure to have 1t.
Of AS Switzerland and France ar
q the parent republics OF the nortl
a half OF the eastern world, the,
/ deserve to frame the constitu
s ton of the resultant country tina
o will live again, and soon, on tn
+ ashes of that European conflag
IL ration, and | pray God that con
i stitution may be patterned ate
II our own. Then with the accom-
v pliShments of the arts an
: sciences, our children and futur
o generations will know how t
II live.
And | venture the prophec
:. that July i, 1916, will be cele
~ brated with peace in the u. ). A
:, and if commune may miss fir
u in Europe, Peace i'll all the worlt
And if there may be any mil
;, tary genius in Britain, or Rus
STA, "Geordie" and "Nicho
- ought to find 'em quick, for ther
- is not one now on either job.
~ If the Russians can find fo
~ Cossacks an understudy OF Ger
,, eral f. b. Stewart and an il
~ fantry captain like Stonewa
: Jackson, and the British ca
- find another Lee and Forres
" they ought to get them into liz
y, with Joffre and Foch French fc
IL Nogt and carry the fight int
!; Germany and stop their etern;
!, defensive actions. In every an
~ all of the fighting that | hay
III seen or read about, the aggre
y sive party. going in faithfully
'r win, does win, from game cock
the leader OF the pack. to ma
in and armies: for when you Sc
stl any chicken pecking at Il
S ground. instead of the other coo
Ii YOU can mark him for the cho'
Id ping block.
ence in apportioning the securiti