The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-09-20
What the United States Is Now Fighting For
From the Toledo Blade

To William HOhens0llcrn. Kaiser, Lord
Of Life and Death, and OF the High,
Lor and Middle Justice.
You are not only darkly plotting by
peace talk to weaken the United States
in the war and cause it to betray Its
allies, as Russia has done, but your
paid puppets are squirting weak
lnemoried l,acifists, slackers, kaiser's
aid societies and disloyalists to ask:
What are we fighting for?"
The Blade will answer the question
and 1t will not use nice words In doing
so. 1t will tell IN Bible English ex-
actly why this republic is at war with
you. 1t will use language which Is
read In churches every Sunday but has
not been used In newspapers lest the
feeling of GerMal-AMertcans be hurt,
1t will not use weasel words, but the
only speech In which rape, murder.
arson. throat-cutting, grand larceny.
treachery and blo0d-lust can be told OF.
Let us go to the court Of record
which has been sitting on your case
since August 2, 1914. and zee what the
sworn witnesses say against You.
Their testimony has been transcribed
into the Recording Angels book and
answers will be required of you when
the graves open and the wailing
wraiths Of millions, done to death,
crowd the tribunal to demand judg-
ment.
We are fighting in humanity's name
to stop the iss"ous cries for Justice OF
these millions In the spirit world. We
are fighting to prevent your butchers
bringing the blood and IRON cult to
the United States.
When you leaped sayagely into Bel
GUM YOU acted on your hell-wrtttel
war motto; Leave them nothing Lu'
eyes to weep with" In some cases you
did not even leave the eyes, We vii
pass the scores Of towns you burned
the thousands Of innocent civilians yot
lined up and shot In patches of ID, ~
30, 10, 100, 800, 400 and 500. Let III
see what you did to the women ant
children. Here Is a specimen case de
scribed by prisoner who was dragged
from his home:
Just before we got to Melen | saw
a woman with a child In her arms OF
the side of the road watching the sol
tliers 90 by. The officer asked TIL
woman for some water. She brougii
it Immediately. The officer drank til
water. The woman then said. 'Instea'
! of giving you water YOU deserve to b
shot The officer drew his revolve
and shot the woman and child On
shot killed both"
/ We are fighting to prevent this GRIN
inal coming to the United states.
Here Is another prisoners story:
I'VE were marched off into ittl
weed where there was a house. III
officer knocked ut the door; the peas
ant did not come. The officer ordere
the soldiers to break down the dool
The peasant came and asked VIVA
| tl,ey were doing. The officer said b
did not come quickly enough, and tia
they had trained up plenty OF other
His hands were tied behind his bacl
and he was shot at once. His VII
came out and sprang ut the German
lie a lioness. She clawed their race
One Of the Germans took rifle an
struck her a tremendous blow with i
. Eutt on her head. Another took d
Eayonet and fixed 1t and thrust
through her child. He then put n
rifle on his shoulder with the child
it. It's little arms stretched out ont
or twice. The officer ordered Il
houses to he set on fire, and straw Wa
obtained. and it was done. The ma
and his wife and child were thrown
the top of the straw. There were for
other peasant prisoners there also, III
the officer said: am doing this as
+ lesson and example to YOU. When
German tells you to do something ne
time you must move more quickly. :