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terests.
Can Wilson give a reasonable an
swer to the question why he surrender
ed to England's prohibition Of Ameri-
can trade? He is unable to. There
fore this war is without reasonable
cause.
Called stubborn Fanatic"
History will condemn this deed of
stubborn fanatic in worse degree than
the Italian or the Rumanian breach.
President Wilson's assertion that the
war is not against the German people,
but against the German government,
will not lessen German anger, because
it is untrue and dishonest and Wilson
knows it.
History records no war like this, of
a whole people fighting for their exis-
tence in a war created by the hatred
and grudge Of the whole world"
Says Wilson Wanted War.
Germanic says: President Wilson
wanted war and nobody can get past
that. History will never go beyond
that point and history will Judge the
more severely because it can be said
today that war over such questions
would have been impossible at another
time, especially between the United
States and Germany. Were we at war
with only one or other of our enemies,
President Wilson would never have
conceived the idea Of pulling his coun-
try into such a bloody adventure,
"Set Himself Up as Judge"
But the obvious side Of a war, which
is based on such weak foundation, is
the fact that it comes from a man who
has so far set himself UP as a sort of
judge who felt called to bring the world
to eternal peace. Even today no coun-
try is worse fitted for such a role than
the United States. AS little as Italy
and Rumania could turn the scales
States be able to change the tide of
war;"
Malicious Distortion of Truth"
The Vossische Zeitung. which fol-
lows the lead taken by the I.okal An
zeiger, says: Those who have so far
doubted the bad faith Of President
Wilson will know better when they
read the malicious distortion of truth
which forms the chief contents of his
message. His attempt to set up a diff
ference between the German govern
ment and the German people is as per-
hdtous and as absurd as his claim that
the German kaiser started the war for
dynastic reasons and that the German
war party sponsored it for conquest.
This is contrary to President Wilson's
own knowledge and merely for the
aIpOE0 OL DIX IldlIOIL, obviously IN ltH6
with his British principles"
American People Deceived.
The Berlin Tageblatt processes to be-
lieve that President Wilson has de-
ceived the American people and that
they will in time realize it. in opposi-
ton to those elements in Germany"
says this paper, who intoxicate them
selves and others with large words, we
take the American war announcement
Snn T.
If America is now added to our long
list Of enemies. The German people are
confident of victory and we are conf
dent that the American people either
during the war or after the war will
realize the falsity of President Will
sons policies and that this unholy cen
1ict between America and us will be |
followed by a new and friendly COOP |
Grafton in that noble community of |
peoples concerning which President |
Wilson formerly used such beautiful |
words"
New Enemy of Great Power"
The Vorwaerts~ runs it's comment I'M |
Ter a dispatch telling of the pending |
rip to Washington from Vienna of |
United States Ambassador F. C. Pen
ield. For the time being" says the |
PAPER, 1--WE must reckon with the fact |
hat a new enemy has arisen against |
treat powers only slowly. We must
ealize that at the coming peace con-
erence which we; hope will be called |
oon, America will sit on the bench of
,ur opponents. That is the situation
which is calculated to unchain new
popular passions but which should be
net with serenity and calm considera-
ion. The nation in soldiers uniform
md in civilian clothes will do its duty"
Professors Policy lnsincere."
The Berlin Morgen Post, commenting
N President Wilson's speech, says:
Just as the whole policy of this pro-
essor was insincere, insidious and ma
icious from the beginning, so also was
his speech with which he tries to
plunge his people into war;"
The Koelnische Volkszeitung declares
h Ct President Wilson has dropped the
mask, but expresses the expectation
hat q majority of the Americans will
support him in his last extreme step.
President Wilson wants to take no
'isks," says this newspaper. For him
md his hackers, war is business, just
is 1t is for the English. There is no
leroism in his action.
His great moral conceptions are |
,nly so much froth. America has put |
10 much money into anti-German en-
erprise that the Morgan munitions
actories would become MORALLY in
ured If Great Britain became insolvent.
For that reason and for that reason
,nly, must open war now begin against
is. The final conclusion. however, is
hat our II boats are now speaking
Ind that their work will in the course
# the history Of the world have even
more importance than the decisions of
ne American congress-"
"Audacity" in Drawing Distinction.
The Cologne Gazette says: "Presi-
lent Wilson in his address to congress
lad the audacity to draw distinction 1
,etween the German government and
he German people. The German peo-
lie Indignantly reject this artifice. All
lasses OF Germans stand behind the
government, which after long hesita-
ion resolved I'M unrestricted submarine
var and the German people will feel
elieved that they can now treat an
nemy as an enemy"
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse de-
lares that America has decided upon
var because it was unable any longer
o deliver its supplies to the allies.
"Foe Rich and Powerful"
The Vienna Reindpost says: We
must not appraise too lightly the addi-