The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-01-14
You Can Always Do Better at the Paris Fair

es and Notifications if you do not con-
slider them worthless. Tomorrow is
work day again. +"
. Thus ends this remarkable article,
written by man who admittedly is an
authority on German politics and quail
fed to write on related subjects. Max
imilian Harden, like Joseph Smith, re-
ceives his inspiration from "above, Z"
but unlike the latter, he does not pre-
tend to be in any direct seminal COM
munication with the creator. The
would-be almighty one on earth is
authority enough for him.
Now | will again ask: What will
happen if Frances and England's pow
er should be reduced to state which
for the future makes it impossible for
these nations to offer any resistance to
the Germanic world power? What
would become of democracy, free gov
eminent, free speech, free press and
free peoples for which in Europe Great
Britain has for hundred years or more
successfully lead the fight?
When the Germans, both as individu-
ais and as a nation, Tepudiate all pri-
Vate and public obligations and refer
to international treaties as "only pieces
of paper;" when the German code of
honor ignores all which heretofore has
been inculcated by religious, moral and
ethical teachers of different races as
absolutely essential for the mainte-
nance of stable relations between ma
tions as we'll as individuals and upon
which the very foundation of society is
built, what will then be the result il
Prussian militarism should be the only
temporal law and German might phil.
osophy the leading moral law?
There you have the two systems,
make your choice now because choose
| you must sooner or later. When the
Kaiser hoists his imperial standard al
| the narrOwest part of the English
channel you will quickly discover that
the German thumb screws have long
handles against which neither Billy
| Bran's silver tongued oratory mol
Woodrow Wilson'S old "pece of paper
is an adeqate protection. You say that
the big salt water that separates yoI
from Europe is protection enough, bu
| will remind you that the little chip Of
a cruiser, "Emden," destroyed 20 mil
lion dollars worth of private English
property before the combined navie:
of England, France. Japan and Aus
tralia we're able to put her out of com
mission for good.
Let Germany get basis for hel
navy anywhere on the North or Soutf
American coast and the half manned
American warships would be of NJ
more use than that many floating is
lands in dish custard.
1t is to be hoped that the condition!
in Europe and what may follow whel
the end of the struggle comes, are no
enough TO burn the wool from the eye!
of the asinine Democratic representa-
tives and senators in congress so tina
they may cease their ill-timed opposi
ton against building navy that cal
be relied upon under any and all cir
cumstances. United States should haVt
a navy with ships enough and men t.
man them to enable her to hoist thu
war flag outside of CALAIS in case tina
city should change owners in the fu
ture. When the u. S. A. has battle
ship for every state in the Union,
fast armOred cruiser for every stat
capitol and submarines in proportion
Germany's ambition to rule the worl
will be modified, but not before.
A N. Rahm.