Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

erick the Great. Frederick tho Great.
interruptions Frederick the Great.
who drenched Europe In blood time
after time. wrongfully. for the purpose
OF profit and for the purpose OF ex-
panding his domains at the expense OF
his innocent neighbors.
Would Remove Statue.
And felt justified In your behalf.
on the floor OF the senate, OF saying
to the senate OF the United States. af-
ter this war took place, that we ought
to pass resolution to quietly remove
that statue OF Frederick the Great to
a quiet place In the Potomac river
where 1t would no longer pollute the
atmosphere.
IL you want to see the contrast. you
can see II In the gift of the French
ITO the United States. When this na-
ton was born In 1875. II was indeed
Lafayette and Rochambeau. bringing
their friendships and thousands OF
French soldiers to our relief, who
helped W. TO establish liberty upon
these shores; furnished us with money
Tor which they refused to receive in
terest, and at the same time Germany
made contribution to that conflict
by sending armed Hessians to these
shores fighting for money in the name
OF King George, Il Hanoverian prince.
I want to say also, on behalf OF Ger
many, that she sent ns at that time
some splendid men to help us fight
for liberty. (Applause.) want TO
say to you that in the United States
there are hundreds OF thousands of
Germans, who, like Carl Schurz came
| to these shores In revolt aguinst the
tyrany OF the autocracy of the Hohen-
zollern family. And what did France
give us? Did she give us the statue
Of rapacious prince who broke treat
les and regarded them as scraps Of
paper? oh. no! Oh, no! France gave
us that noblc conception which stands
with flaming torch. hundreds Of feet
In the air. overlooking the New York
harbor, the beautiful image Of liberty
enlightening the world, to show her
appreciation of our friendship.
There Is vast difference in the
| conception OF government between the
military sutocracy and the organized
democracy. In 1903 we captured a
cannon from Spain. There were a
number OF them. but three OF them
are at the north Of the war depart
ment and one of them In particular l
want to call your attention to. 1t has
cast upon Its face the doctrine of au-
tocracy In three sentences, that Amer
leans never ought to lose sight of
and never ought to forget one MIN
ute. II they want TO understand in
truth what Is at the bottom of this
war. At the mouth OF the cannon,
cast In bronze letters, Is this phrase,
THE gateway thru everything" the
cannon's mouth. At the base of the
cannon are these words, cast In bronze
letters. Not unequal to many" The
cannon vii, kill every man in this
room II 1t has n fair chance at the
mouth. In the middle of that cannon
Ia another phrase. which is the most
expressive of them all. 1.-The final ar
Eument Of kings" the cannon. When
the people cry for peace the king an
swers with a cannon. When they cry
out that right Is better than might,
the King answers with a cannon. 1t
III the last argument of kings in the
debate with democracy and there Is
only one argument that will meet the
argument OF the autocracy when they
take for their last argument the cam
non. and that Is a cannon twice as
big and twice as long as theirs and
one that will make the kaiser wiser.
You can't deliver that force except
by superior force. Why talk brotn-
erhood to the black headed eagle that
knows no mercy? Why talk humanity
! to a power that acts without reason
and In violation of Its plighted faith,
rush their troops thru Belgium. tram
pling the women to the ground with
the iron hoofs Of the war horse, kill
| ing men, women. and children alike,
making an example Of innocent nom
com batants by lining up the various
leaders to be shot in order to estab-
| lish the doctrine of terrorism, because
you must remember that militnrism
has for one of its tenets what the Ger
man calls Schrecklichtkeit-te
eEd when an unarmed town is taken
the members Of the city council,
Judges Of the municipal court. the Of
ficers Of the town are marched out
before n wall and shot r. death In
| or6er to intimidate the .eople and
make them dread the name Of the
German kaiser. The doctrine Of Ho-
henxollernism ever since the Franco
Prussian war has been what they call
world power" looking forward to an
organization OF "mittel Europa"--
middle Europe-with Germany and
Austria. Bulgaria, Rumania, all Of
them had Hohenxollern on the
throne: Greece-Constantin, the king
OF Greece. married the German