The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-31

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taken if we imosed an embargo in tn
interest of Germany against the allies.
"A year ago this government notified
Germany that it would hold her to I
strict accountability if she sunk passen
ger ships and murdered women and chill
dren. Again andNgain in contemptuou:
defiance of this warning Germany ha;
sunk these ships and killed non-combat
Iants until the number mounts up into
the thousands. Whether the acts were
done by German submarines or by Aus.
,trian submarines or, as is now claimed
by Turkish submarines, or, as may pos
sibly be claimed in the future, by Bulga-
rian submarines, represents merely the
contemptuous desire of Germany-the
directing and debating mind of the CEN
trail powers to give this government a
chance to crawl out of making good its
| fine words. We took no effective action
whatever to stop these repeated murders.
They were finally stopped, simply be-
cause the British fleet destroyed so many
submarines that the warfare ceased be-
ling profitable to Germany.
Now, it is announced in the press that
the German government and our govern
ment are actually haggling over the num-
Der of dollars which they think the
American people will pocket as pay
ment for their murdered women and
children. AT the same time, the German
and Austrian governments through their
accredited representatives in the embas-
sizes here have carried on a campaign of
the bomb and the torch against our in
dustries. 1.-THE action our government
should have taken in view of this cam
paign was not merely action against
Dumba, Won Papen and Boy-ed but the
holding OF the German and Austrian gov
ernments themselves responsible for ey
cry munition plant that was blown up or
damaged. Yet now it is announced that
we are to accept money for the death of
our wemen and children and in return
are to play the game of the murderers
of these women and children by acting
in their interest against the allied ma
tions who are trying to free Belgium.
We are asked to kiss the bloody hands |
of the murderers of our women and chill |
dren and to serve as the tool of these |
men against those nations which have |
behaved more yalantly and righteously |
than we have. 1t is proposition of sor-
did haseness. 1t asks US to put dollars
above lives and to consult our own cow
ardice and weakness, instead of adhering
to the eternal principles of justices. If
we follow such a course, we will cover
with everlasting infamy.
Unfortunately, it is
syident that many of our public men are
afraid OF Germany, afraid OF the profess
iional German-A American vote, and are
willing to sacrifice the honor of this coun-
nv to their fears. There is practically +,
10 French American or English Ameri-
an vote, and these politicians therefore
eel that they can act against England
nd France with safety--and their motto /.
$ Safety First j
81 believe that the great mass of Amer ,
cans of German descent are straight out
americans and nothing else, Just as good :
americans as citizens of any other de-
cent in this country. In the /
reat crisis OF the Civil war, larger !
of the men of recent German !
rigin than of the men of old native
american stock stood for the union and
or freedom. ask Americans of German
escent to stand against England when
is wrong ] ask that all alike stand P
5 Americans and nothing else. These Z
americans of German descent, ] believe, u
ill disapprove with all their hearts any e
roposal to use the embargo as a weapon T"
aid of the ruthless and brutal German a
which has crushed Belgium b
the ground. These Americans of Ger U
ian descent are the true patriots. | n
elieve that they are shamefully misrep- q
scented by the professional, the hyphen- p
ed German Americans, who have been so a.
I'D, since the war began, in their in q
stence that the United States should be b
'ostituted to the service of despotism b.
sainst democracy, of tyranny against lie
eedom, of wrong against right. al
rnestly hope that the great mass of M
nest American citizenship which is in
hole or in part of German descent, will a
axe its views heard against these men bT
no speak as Germans only and treat be
nerica as a foreign land, land of use dr.
ly as the tool of Germany, and against tn
e base and cowardly politicians who sp
ek preferment for themselves by truck ST
e TO the professional German Amer a
IN vote, even although to do so means pc
anne and disgrace for the United pa
ates, and perhaps permanent detriment lei
the cause of international right wi
roughout the world pa
Colonel Roosevelt said he approved of
Dposals to establish world league for so
enforcement of npacp buf only on an
idition first, that we shall show that tw
keep our promises; and, second. that ex
shall show that we are both able and lea
dy to make our promises effective by ~
+ action" Many persons who favor pu
h a world league, he declared at the col
ne time declare that "our duty is to the
neutral, and to avoid entangling alli- Gle
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