The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-19
SHELLS GERMANS ARE
USING were MADE
BY ALBERTUS VOCT
(By Albertus Vogt.)

Editor Telegram: To continue
what l hope may be rational reason
ing in re: the European wars, as in
itiated in your sanely safe newspa-
per by myself on the 18th instant.
there are several practices in the
situation that are like unto coming
events"
True to it's centuries old practices
in this war, Britain has been wait
ing, going slow in the sending of
troops into France or Flanders. In
this delay it is obvious to all that
saving of her men and material re-
sources she has, as always, been
making ready for the end.
The proposed practice of Britain
has been imperial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
both territory and commerce. If the
British army and navy might have
been kept preserved until the Euro
pean armies have practically deci-
mated each other then Britain could
and would have lived up to its old
traditions and directed the division
of the spoils of war with especial
taking of the lions share of every
available asset. The most procrasti
mating and dillatory. increasing of
General French's army and the
idling of her North Sea fleet, are all
unmistakable proofs of that policy.
The French and Belgians long ago
realized the fact and kicked vicious
ly during last fall and are still do
ing the maud mule act because of
English apathy.
If "Brittania rules the waves" is
not Cadaver, and the best of the
kaiser's navy was bottled up in the
Baltic and Hilliogoland was guarded
by British ships there needs to be
explained the methods used by those
German cruisers to get to and sue
cessfully lombard and escape from
the British coast and Britain must
confess her Dreadnaughts and cruis-
tlo, ttt., obSOittt vi
manned in the face of the facts that
both German cruisers and subma-
: rines have made and continue to
maintain as their favorite stalking
grounds for both British commerce
and fighting craft in sight of the
Irish and English coast.
. 1Tp1ncc thora nav ha comn f,r
reaching and wide reckoning place,
, propaganda promulgated, and prac-
ticed by every party to this Euro
pean war, all save Cnlookers must
now realize Germany viii speedily
control all of the Belgian and
French channel ports and then
!, If England may bring 80
East Indians to France or Flanders,
who when the war Is over (and those
lIindus) have "vIewed the landscape
DER and tasted of the fruits and
wines, etc, of civilized Europe who
will say to them, "Avaunt, ship
yourselves back to qndia?" The
Germans have already captured sew
eral East Indians and you can trust
the Kaiser's initiative to "wise-em
up" to the wonder of how 10000
!, 900 Britains can rule and hold in
abject subsection 300, 100000. Red
, or yellow DEVILS" you know Britain
! cannot, will not risk educating In
lto N ha nj ctut tot;
! ditions? suspect even now the
, tiger hunting by calf-baiting royal
, ties and nobility, reading the unmis-
taxable signs of the times have
kissed their hands goodbye to new
tiger skins.
In spite of all of the censorships
:, is in riot; in truth it is like unto
Mexico.
BY every civilizing influence this
war ought to have been prevented
BY every sane impulse, by every pa.
u triotic sense of duty to ourselves
e and by every hope for the continu.
: ance of civilization the United
c States must, and will, be kept out OF
t it. President Wilson has for ter
|, months been continually pleadins
/ with Americans to come hOme," t
/ stay home" Surely the American
Il people cannot but love him, for the
: stand he took and has maintained il
v both the European and Mexican
/, troubles. If he succeeds land HI
/. has) in saving the life of only on
single citizen of the United State
who is sufficiently obedient to hi
: warnings as to get out and stay on
of the Zine of fire. he, the presi