The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-25
GERMAN PEOPLE
GUILTY AS KAISER
THUS SAYS ROOSEVELT IN DE
NOUNCING BRUTALITY OF TEL
TON RACE IN WAR.

Kansas City. Mo, Sept 25-The atti.
tude Of the German-American press and
the German alliance in this country in
their hearty support OF the German gov.
ernment" and the attitude OF the Ger
mans at home toward their government
shows that they are back Of IT, Colonel
Roosevelt said, in a speech at the Old
Glory week festival here last night in
commenting on the theory that the
United States is fighting the German
government but not the people
For no nation does Germany feel
and express such bitter and contempt.
uous hostility as for the United States,
Roosevelt said. There is no nation on
the face OF the globe which they would
be more delighted 10 rain and plunder.
Under such circumstances the public
men and newspapers engaged I'm defend.
ing Germany or assailing England and
our other allies or I'm protesting against
the war and demanding an inconclusive
peace are guilty OF moral treason to
this country. and while the German.
American papers have achieved an evil
prominence in this matter the profes
sional antiEnglish Irish papers are as
bad, and the purely sensational dema.
gogic and unpatriotic section Of the ma
tive American press is the worst OF all
Germany embodies the principles of
successful militaristic autocracy Much
has been said about our being against
the German government, but not against
the German people. The attitude Of the
German-American press and the Ger
man alliance In this country in their
hearty support OF the German govern.
ment and the practically unanimous sup
port Of that government heretofore by
the Germans at home shows that az
present the Germans are back OF the
German government
German People Guilty.
They have enthusiastically supported
its policy Of brutal disregard OF the
rights OF others Until they reverse
themselves, until they cast of the yoke
Of militaristic autocracy they identify
themselves with il and force US 10 be
against them. II is for the German
people themselves 20 dihereutiate them
selves from their government Until
they do this they force Us 20 be against
the German people as a necessary Incl
cent Of being against the German gov.
eminent
The Germans govern from above
down. The people OF this republic. ike
the people Of France. like the people OF
England believe in government from be-
low up. IN other words. We believe in
government by ourselves. The Germans
believe In being governed by an auto
cratic dynasty which rests primarily
on great mlitAristic class and a great
bureaucratic class. No man who sup
ports Germany Al this time can claim
10 BE- a real democrat or real lover Of
free Institutions. He is false both %
democracy and freedom
Germany had well matured plans for
the conquest and oppression OF the
United States Colonel Roosevelt said.
This was evidenced. he said by the con-
versation q some recently captured Ger.
man officers who talked 20 their English
captors freely without knowing that an
American officer was present
Going to Smash the L. :.
These Germans announced that Ger.
many was going 90 win and that they
were going % smash the United States
and bleed it white with an enormous I'm.
demnity and make it pay the whole ex.
pense OF the war" he said They had
no thought OF peace and no man In his
senses doubts that this would be the
policy adopted as @ matter of couse by
Germany
III at this moment while We stli are
helpless. France and England were de.
featei. the German fleet would be- az
our doors in O. fortnight and an army
OF conquest would have landed here
within a month. some years ago saw
openly published in Germany pam.
phiet written by "a member of the Ger.
man general stan containing a well
worked out plan Tor the conquest OF the I
United States. which the German staf
regarded as easy. and FOR the leyyiur Of
enormous contributions at our expense"
Saying that the preparedness meas.
ures we are taking nov should have
been carried out three years ago the
coione. declared that III Germany could
land "a single small army of $1,000 men
in this country we would De wholly un.
able 90 match 30 for We have neither
artillery nor airpnles that could De put
against them. 10 40 this moment our
allies suddenly made peace. we would
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