New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-12-29
WHEN WILL PEACE GOMEZ
New York, Dec. 23d, 1917.

New York, Dec. I'D, 1917.
Editor Enterprise:
The worlds turmoil of the day
seems in many ways to be taking
on a more hopeful aspect. One
of the most promising of these /,
that the Hearst newspapers are
recently beginning, for the frs,
time in all their history to openly
advocate the Henry George. sys
tenn of land tenure. On every
hand people are awaking to the
fact that the petty-larceny thief
is the only one that has, as a rule
in the past been apprehended and
punishedA Now they are going
after the big thieves. For IN
stance, Kansas City Judge was
recently clearing the Court
docket by pardoning and passing
over lightly minor offenses, when
the District Attorney attempted
to call a halt by saying, not SO
fast your Honor. We have a me-
gro here who stole S. from anoth-
er negro, when instantly this new
born Judge exclaimed: 'Send
him to me-. AS soon as the col
ored defendant made his appear
ance the Judge Numbered "1
learn from the District Attorney
that you are indicted here for
stealing five dollars from another
negro. Now, if ever | catch you
stealing less than a million again,
III send you to Jail for life. u
Stealing by the million now, is
the only thing that gets by and
the fact that we are beginning
to recognize this great error Of
the past is one of the most prom
Using signs Of the new era on,
which we are entering. /
The following article we learn
from good authority is being
secretly distributed in Germany:
When will peace Gomez It will
come when Germany has learned
the lesson of the war, when it has
found as every other nation has
found that the voice Of Europe
cannot be defied with impunity.
The hour Of peace will strike
when Germany will no longer
need the makers Of the war. when
he militarism and the chauvinism
which kindled the war are shamed
md despised. when the people say
20 the Emperor William, "You
nave, we followed. you have we
obeyed, to you have we sacrificed
he dearest of life, the lives Of
,ur sons. of our husbands, and our
'athers. the ideals and beliefs of
,ur ancestors and our own better
nature. All have we sacrificed
% you. Riches and power and
he things Of this. world have you I
displayed before us. and we ac-
'epted your enticements and your
promises and what have we in re-
urnf For them we have sacri-,,
iced our all. and there is nothing
tut nakedness, disease and death,
n return but hunger and cold
'uin and restitution has been curl
harvest. Never in the history of
he world has there been offer 90
,reat and so willingly granted.
Before our heroic deeds, the arm
IS Of Napoleon shrivel, and what
ave we won by it, Two years
go the world lay at our feet
trangers from every land came
0 our cities and in every land
Tas the industry Of our merchants
lost successful; our products
7ere most in demand. Every
here was the German spirit well
ONE. And now over the whole
'orld are we despised and hated.
n our forehead rests the brandt
Cain. Men shun us in the
reefs. and our language is for-l
ldden. You we thank that the
,hievements of a century of ma
onal effort have been lost. l.
We will no longer follow YOU.
Ve demand q representative Cow
We condemn as insane
government which lays ALL
ower in the hands Of one|
ngle man. who may like you be
,isen with ambition and vanity.
e wish to take our place amongI
& free nations Of the world, and
common with these in good
ierdship and IN common with
csc tread the way to civilization|
Il its progress. !
Thou and ~ unworthy son !