El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-25

Of money. The contention made in
I congress that ~ newspapers have
/ been directly bribed has not been in
| yestigated for good reasons and since
/ that time the story OF the devilish
] Austrian-Germ Vaccinations is re-
/ Earded as true as the bible in this
I country"
The situation OF the Nlies IL thus
depicted by the Taegliche Illinois
America has the advantage that
she is not conquered like Russia, nor
seriously threatened like England or
France. nor q negligible quantity like
Italy, which at the present time
seems 10 have some success against
Austria, but whose success or failure
viii have little weight in the final
adjustment"
The spirit Of the following from the
Waechter ind AnZeiger. OF Cleveland,
rs excited-London hysteric over
the Luxburg legrams-lnstigati
against Sweden"
Even the Chicago Abendpost, which
repudiated the pro-kaiser policy Of
the German language press and the
German American alliance q year ago,
and manifestly tries 10 be an Ameri-
can paper published in the German
language, cannot help siding once in
while with the Berlin cause. II
says:
War Forced on Germany.
The German people did not want
the war; they feel that It was forced
on them. They have successfully
Waged their War-their defensive war
for three years, have suffered be-
yond description and made the great
est sacrifices Now they see that their
armies have conquered large terri
tories which have been won BY bloody
battles; and now IL is demanded that
they willingly accept a peace with
out annexation.
The Milwaukee Herold gives the
Berlin government a clean Dill OF
health eE far as the responsibility for
the American declaration Of war on
Germany is concerned and pleads for
an early, that means German peace:
In other words, il is in the inter-
est. especially OF those circles which
instigated the declaration OF war. TO
bring about peace as soon as posi-
BILE"
sDefend Germnnism.7
The same newspaper exhorts its
readers TO defend their Germanism;
1t is 10 be hoped that the citizens
OF German descent in this city are not
frightened. What we not only eX-
pect from them. but also demand, is
that they openly display the courage
Of their convictions"
The Cincinnatier Volksblatt says:
France states that she insists on
the Instrumentation Of Alsace-Lorraine.
Therefore, she is not Of the same
opinion as president Wilson, who de-
cidedly disapproves the dismember-
ment Of states"
Many recruits" sueers the Brook
lyner Freie Presse, don't want TO
wait longer for their departure TO
France. Among them is the regiment
OF Sing Sing, who would Ike 10 take
part IN a real war II they only had
not lost their liberty"
Justifies Belgian outrages.
The persecution OF Belgian women
by the German conquerors Is 'Justi-
fled" by the New Yorker Herold in
an article that first appeared in the
mendacious Norddeutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung, Of Berlin, captioned ~
women sentenced. A semi-offlcial
German description Of espionage in
Belgium" The same paper fights the
King bill, which orders the German
language publications In this country
10 print English TRANSACTIONS Of their
editorials in parallel columns. II con-
tends that such a law would be
against the interests OF the United
States.
Mr.. Hearst's Deutsche Journal tells
its readers that we fight for the coun-
tries Of foreigners.
The New Yorker Staatszeitung pub
lished an article on What intrinsic
Causes Drove Russia 20 Make War
on Germany" by the German army
DR.. Martin Ebeling, to show
that Russia forced the war on Ger
many. The article reads in part:
Russia was made the battering
ram against Germany by the power