Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-02
ALL EQUALLY GUILTY

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With all the horrors Of war COM
ing closer and closer to us every day
with our own sons and brothers and
neighbors responding to the call to
arms by the millions. and our trea-
sure being poured into the National
cash box BY the billions. il is no I'M
common occurance TO hear on our
streets and in our business places
such statements as. Vel guess
desc Schermans viii show desc vel
lers Something's already yet" Der
Schermans are no more guilty as
der oder weller in crimes commit
ting" Occasionally these express
sions are translated into the Amer
lean language, but the same traitor
Gus motive lies behind them all
AT heart. YOU who roll these ex-
pressions under your tongues as
sweet morscls, are traitors and this
article is not written with the hopes
of changing your point of view If
Won are repeating these accusations
and SANDERS against our own sol
oilers and their allies because Of
your ignorance You are asked to
rcaa this article thotghtlully.
Human nature has not developed
vet 70 such an extent as to entirely
eliminate criminals. There are 4 /
number OF men now in the state
prison from this community, guilty
90 every crime from larceny TO
murder yet no one makes a charge
account of these facts this is a com
munN Of criminals.or that the Grim |
inal element has any standing in the
community So il IS with armies. !
There are individual soldiers who |
are criminals. low dehascd and vile. |
capable of committing any crime
the enlarged opportunity Of the ar
my presents TO them. and in that re-
'pect all armies are alike. in varying
degrees But here is a different
proposition. The German army is
controlled by group of officers
allied the general staff. This staff
its around its mahogany tables in
ierlin and issues orders to its army
o commit the vilcst crimes. as an
A city is captured by
he German army Its civilian pop
ilation is collected as herd of cat
lie and sorted ont for subjects of (
arious crimes. All boys above
ertain age are unSeNed to prevent
he propagation of the race. and
ach is deprived OF right hand
D make him useless as a soldier in s
ase he lives through the other
peration Women are lined up be-
ore companies of soldiers and UNI !
CT orders of the officers they are I
ripped of their clothing and pub :
ely raped and in well authenticated :
lses. after the raping their breasts
re cut off and the victims left to
lie in torture without attention.
nall children are caught and cut
nd mutilated. one is deprived of !,
hand. another of foot. another
as It's tongue cut out In other 4
ties the population is lined up and
ioculated with germs of syphilis,
assumption and other vile diseases.
ven in our own country agents of
ermany have been discovered dis
poison germs of lockiaw. \
assumption, syphilis and even le-
rosy. A
Red Cross nurses have been muir \
cred, hospitals have been destroy
!. hospital ships sunk. prisoners re
Ised quarters. the agents of Ger \
any have permeated the earth and
oppd at no crime that would glut
e appetite OF the Fatherland for
ore and still more vengeance on
c rest OF the human race. \
But why continue the sickening
t. II would ill edition after edi-
N of daily paper. The proof !
these crimes and the proof that
ev all eninate from the Berlin 4
ice and are only committed as a \
gular duty Of soldier in obeying
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