Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-08
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The German viewpoint.

KENNARD Neb.. Jan. ITO the Ed
itor of The Bee: In 1888. being then Is
years old I came over here from Hol-
stein, Germany. the very same place your
beloved Anglo-Saxon came from many
years ago under Hcngist and Horsa, their
chiefs, looking for better Fields for piracy,
as Germany was then developing into
land OF agriculture. ! never attended
school in this country. though took the
full course OF a common country school
in Germany but I do know some Anglo
Saxon history Just the same. Tell me,
please. why this dirty English history is
kept out of our schools? Any man know
ing English history up to the present day
surely ought to condemn England. Show
me by true history what the people OF
this nice land have in common with Eng
land, except that our big politicians are
getting just as tad as England's.
England is not our mother country.
She stole this country from Holland.
Every war that started IN Europe during
the last 100 or go years was instigated by
England. She started the present war.
The south would never have started the
civil war had not England been behind 1t.
England always aimed to destroy this
y
day II she could. We all know that
Show me by history where Germany
ever did anything against our country
You can't. Could this country have freed
itself from the bad English rule without
the help Of Germany and Scandina vians?
No. Could this country have defeated
the south without the Germans and Scan
dinavians? No. never. Could this country
have developed into the great land that It
ia today had it not been for the Germans
and Scandinavian emigration? Surely not
What has England ever done to help or
develop this country7 Nothing. Every
man Of intelligence living in this country
knows that the different German tribes
made this country what Il is. What are
Germans, English. Scotch. Dutch, Aus
TRANS, Bavarians, Afsatisns, Saxons,
Swabians, Swiss, Normans, Danes, Nor
wegians. Swedes. Lithuanfans and Pom
eranians? All are Germans according to
history. All are honest and industrious
people, and II is certainly difficult to tell
which are the lest. They are all good
and all did their share TO build up this
country except the English rascals and
thieves. We are all brothers and all Ger
mans just as much as the people of the
Germany of today. but the English
brother is trying to stir up strife in the
family and incite other Germans against
the people OF the present Germany for
their own benefit Germany did not want
war with England. You know how much
she tried for the last 100 years to be the
friends of England. She is today, and
always has been friendly to US.
Let uQ fal<A IooL
When the English left Germany they
were very cruel to the Scotch (Which Is
the German tribe of Vikings). and later
to the Irish They never whipped any
nation In a square fight, but always got
some one else to help them, and then
cheated them out Of their share of loot
They destroyed Spain. Holland, France,
Denmark and Russia in turn. always with
the assistance OF another nation. In 1907
they stole the Danish navy and bonn
barded Copenhagen without notice or
reason. Today they want to destroy Ger
many just because she Germany is get
ting too large to suit them.
Belgium is all humbug. and you all
know that. am very sorry for the COM
mon people of Belgium. but their govern
ment could not be punished too severely
for their secret alliance with England to
destroy Germany. wellington never de-
teated Napoleon with English soldiers,
as American history would teach our
children. Out OF 10000 men he had I'M
der his control only 5000 were English.
He had some Irish and Scotch soldiers
who fought well, but the rest were Ger
mans. and had 1t not been for Butcher
coming from the other side when Wei
lington was "all in" he would have been
defeated. History proves that to be a
fact, but 1t seems to me that lately all
our school books are written TO make US
British.
What is an American? Was there ever
citizen of this country more loyal to II
than German2 No, never. Are the
citizens OF English descent loyel to this
land? Some OF them. yes. but some are
more British today than even the COM
mon people OF England Our crooked poll
ticians. insurance men. board OF trade
ETC., are mostly Of English descent. What
would this country be IL you took the
Germans and Scandinavians out? Would
Il be better than Mexico? No.
Who made this country famousf The
Germans and Scandinavians, the Irish
| oOlnB NnelT euAEcs All ZIG IOhpAs
and rotten politics in this country are
made by the English.
Germany will not destroy England
even II she could. We are keeping the
war going. You know mat well. The
war would be over in two months IL we
would stop sending provisions and am
munition TO England. And. then. Wilson
asking US to pray for peace! The gov
eminent OF the United States Is today
trying to destroy Germany, which Is in
deed our mother country. and whose gov
eminent Is conceded by all to be the bes
on earth for the common people, just Il
give some OF our big millionaires and
manufacturers q biG profit in dollars.
All our fussing about Germany's use o
their U-boats against England is foolish
Doesn't Il look as though England wer'
placing a few American cItizens on ever!
ship TO embron us? Why don't our ciu
zens stay at home, or ride on our owl
boats? Doesn't Il all look like helping
England? We can't even send anything
by parcel post TO help our relatives il
Germany. Wilson won't let us.
My brother has six sons in the army II
Germany. When wounded they are fixeC
up. and as soon as able go back to tn,
front. and so on. There are many NOR,
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