El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-10
War Is the Return of Man to the Primitive!
Where Self Preservation Comes Before Gallantrv

have fought for this my country,
with signal honors, and may be bold
enough to state that I have done in
her service noble deeds, nor dreamt
them all day long" and she has. like
great and grateful nation, remem-
bered me for the service rendered and
I have no regrets in having sacrificed
my health in ner service, and viii
fight for her again If the medical
boards will pass me.
True, those Germans are the rats in
the corner Of Europe and they seem 70
be using their fangs and venom so
characteristic Of the demons OF war. II
the Allies use a more horrible method
so much the better. but the question is:
Can they2 We must acknowledge that
nearly so per cent OF the science Of
chemistry is contained in Germany
From now on IL is a question OF the
sciences Of chemistry fighting this war
to the finish Do you remember IN the
battle OF the Marine when the good
Frenchmen used gas shells that stood
the Germans up in rows stark deadg
This time the Germans have got one
Just a little better in cloral gas. So
LET'S not howl-Tommy, Francois,
the Guhrka- the Bengal Lancer, the
Indian Sink or the Russian Mujik-
all are men OF metal and take their
medicine to a man. and only walt and
hope for their government to excel
the German sciences in this hellish
war.
am surprised that anyone would
make a statement that We are essen
TALLY English in the face OF the Off
cisI statistics Of our own census bu-
reau and the reports Of the department
Of Commerc and Labor.
Where does our hero. Teddy, come
in? He boasts OF Dutch stock, and
is he not violently trying with his
mighty thunder to sic the dogs Of war
on our great nation?
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Sherman's march to sea? You may
condemn his men for some OF the out
RACES committed, but most emphatic
ally do not. They, too, were children
Of circumstance. All the acts Of those
soldiers and officers with but few eX-
were according to the rules
OF war: acts Of necessity; acts Justl-
fled, in protecting the lives OF their
men and putting tbs fear Of God into
the hearts of those victims that stood
in their path, so that the military 9b-
ject could be more speedily accom-
plished. War respects no law, no per-
son, no rights. Its origin Is hellish and
so IL will remain. It's object is to kill
main. destroy; 10 do everything TO
cripple the army, navy, commerce and
the people OF the enemy, its sole object
a speedy termination and extermina-
tion-saVagery in all its primitive state
You know the children Of Israel were
pretty savage sometimes to the women
and cnllQren OF LlelE enemies
God deliver that our noble and far
seeing president be forced to enter
into an offensive war with Germany
so far from our base Of operations
Should we enter the arena OF that
European mad-house2 I think not OF
the Lusitania when II comes to UGH
an issue; I think OF the noble sacri-
fees Of the thousands Of lives Of youth
Of our glorious natiOn-the noble
mothers and the sucking babes, and
the one person in the world that SUI
fers greater agony than the man on
the firing line, the woman left desolate
at home, alone and almost distracted,
fearing the sight Of the postman, for
fear Of news Of the death Of her boy
And I ask for what?
It is not German hydrophobia; It's
alteration OF the mind, superinduced
by the intense excitement caused by
thirst and hunger, the terrific strain
of mind and body which produces
slight return TO primitive savagery, the
goddess Of which is war. This spirit
is latent in all men
Mr. Campbell may not have been on
the firing line Of bullets and shrap-
mel, but he is on the firing line. fight
ing the curse OF drink, and this same
drink Is the cause Of q good deal Of
those atrocities He is doing good
and noble work I say. Keep II up,
and God viii speed you on your way"
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