The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17

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This collection Of miscellaneov
italians In their recent victorious d
the Teut0ns out Of their mountain
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er, of philosophers and scientists. In
the United States they worship the
Pork King; in Germany they are
building universities and, labora.
tories. The United States stole Cuba
Porto Rico and the Philippines from
us; Germany, even though she took
the Caroline Islands, paid US a good
price for them. The United States
declared war on US: Germany haf
always made protests of friendship
All we Spaniards should therefore
desire the German triumph and work
for IL in every possible way.
Let spain BE Guided by Germany.
"The ally sympathisers here are
merely q few Bohemian painters who
have never been further from Spain
than Montmartre, and consider 1t the
end Of ali earth. Such ideas are anti
quated. The standard bearers of civ
ilization are not French painters. To
accomplish anything in life II is nee
faculties, and that is something
which neither we Spaniards nor the
French painters have yet learned to
do. But Spain, il only she were guild
and could recover some Of her former
splendor.
ut is the duty of our government
TO lead it's people along the road OF
truth. 1t is also it's duty to verify, II
1t can, our statement that the war
will end this year, and, having done
50, to attack with all its might any
word of ally propaganda which might
be in the, slightest degree objection
able to Germany. Thus would IL obey
the will of the governed"
The puerility of this twaddle shows
the low class of intellect to which ii
IL directed and the utter lack of high
mindedness in Its appeal; the con-
slant reminder of self-interest, with
no mention OF personal convictions,
would have known the psychology of
his race better; besides, there is the
infreuuent word "camarada". As to
the 500, 900 pesetas magnanimously
(even though Germany had been abb
solved of the wanton drowning of the
parents), IL the sum ever reached it's
destination 1t was paid so quietly that
no one ever heard of it. To do such
an act delicately and untrumpeted is
not Germany's way.
As an example of the insults to
the representatives Of the nation
which is riding the steed of Victory"
may be cited the visit of the distin-
guished French philosopher Bergson
to Madrid in the spring of 1915. He
spoke at the Ateneo to wildly en-
thusiastic audience. Although no
mention of the war was made, every
man and woman shouted "Yive la
Franeer'-shouted themselves hoarse,
when the conference ended. And that
night, at a banquet given the visitor
In the Ritz, the same demonstration
was repeated. The German ambassa-
dor, to whom the news was quickly
have been distinctly unneutral. and
refused to attend the opening of the
Cortes, to take place two days later,
unless suitable apology had been sent
by the Spanish government.
A Noted German Agent.
The above paragraphs from the
GeUmanophile press are picked out at
random from hundreds of the same
sort. And in the remote districts of
CASTLE no other war literature is re-
ceived. Hardly a member OF the
clergy, urban or rural, has ever read
a word of news except that furnished
by El Debate, a pro-clerical sheet
mortbuIld at the outbreak of the war
and quickly resuscitated by Germans.
IT'S chief contributor is one Armando
Guerra, formerly writer of venomous
anti-French editorials for The A. b.
c., until that daily, constantly pro-
testing its neutrality, was forced by
the clamor OF it's outraged readers
and advertisers to dismiss him. Then
he went TO The Debate, more bitter
than ever. When the United States
showed signs of tardily entering the
war, Don Afmando gave the "atheis-
tic French" respite, and began to
assure his readers that Germany had
new enemy--the United States would
send only negro troops; indeed, to rid
herself OF her black population had
been her main reason for joining the
fray-and the. German army would
soon dispose Of them.
Apropos of the use OF colored troops
on the battle front, an apparently
educated Spaniard was recently over
heard telling his train companions
between me 1nIsn nSn hs 6rG n,,t nIsnty ~
men in the field, out they were all
genie de color; as yet hardly a drop
OF English blood has been spilled"
And the war was then nearly three
read this very statement in The De-
one meets with a stray wisp Of
comfort. though even insfar-o1 places.
Out Ia the interior Of the island OF
Mallorca, stopping to rest one day on
smith, whose shop stood near the
road, came out with armchairs. you
are English, / perceive" he said as
he offered them; ''and tell me how the
war goes"
ssNot English, senor--Yankees, but
English in sympathiea, and unwilling
TO talk war with you, for you In the
country districts are all pro-German."
Without a word he turned into his
forge and came back presently with
en- armful OF pamphlets, all pro-ally
propaganda. From the pile he select
ed two. thrust them before US, and
asked, soiennniy: Gould any one with
sense OF justice read those and then
be pro-GermanT
They were translatlons OF James M.
Beck's Germany Tried Before the
High Court OF Public Opinion. and his
arFaignmsnt uf Germany for the
"a tnMnn. - MElnn EAlAh fan.tAl1