McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-22

how the Germans have become SC
ferocious, unless the whole nation is
crazy Ny Ny own wife was born there,
and could not speak English when
married her. She is so tender hearted
she cannot bear to see anything
suffer, and whenever a chicken was
to be killed on our farm | had to do
it. believe, however, that as a
rule the German female is vastly
superior in every moral feature to
the male, who is apt to be selfish. in
solent and overbearing, if not actual
ly cruel. My wife is Mortified at the
cruel acts of her countrymen of
which she reads in the newspapers,
and is as anxious for German. defeat
as am, which is saying a good deal.
The world will have no safety till the
Teutons are. once for all, made harm
less. How is that going to be done?
| can conceive Of but one way, and
that is to whip them into submission,
take their guns and warships from
them, including every submarine, and
set watch upon them, both inside
and outside their country, made up
Of military powers Of other nations,
till they are fully and finally subdued.
The only navy that should be tolerat.
ed after this is feet Of police ships
60 keep the peace of the world. and
the only army should be similar
peace guard for the land. | do not
wish to see the German people en-
shaved, much as their country de-
serves it for its treatment of others,
but their present rulers will certainly
have to step down and out; there is
no getting around that. William of
Hohenzollern and bis six stalwart
sons should be attended to in the
right way, whatever that is. An En-
glish jury Of inquest has fixed Will
liam's punishment at death for order
ing the torpedoing of the Lusitania
and the Zeppelin bombardment of Lon
don, and as the English are not good
at taking. OF making joke, they are
likely to hang William if they catch
him alive.
1t is good to read how the great
French nation received our General
PershiDg when he reached Paris.
They took him to the tomb Of Napo-
leon and handed him the sword of
that great emperor, which had not
been touched by any one since the
days. Of King Louis Philippe. Per-
shing kissed the hilt of that historic
weapon, and that impressed the
French people still more. They want
ed to give all sorts Of feasts in his
houor, but Pershing as good as said /:
Where's the fighting going on? i
want to get down to business"
Nearly if not quite ten million
American men were registered last
week, and soon the work of picking
out the first draft will begin. Only
those actually unfit who have the best
sort Of excuse will be exempted.
Then there will be another picking
out as needed. This war will be
fought to finish. Uncle Sam will
have something to say at the final
roundup. Very few men here have
failed to register. and the few who
did have been tried and sentenced al
ready. Even those who talk against
CONSUMPTION are being gathered in.
This morning | saw Emma Goldman,
the most famous anarchist In Amer
lea, and her almost equally notorious
companion, Alexander BerKmsn. Elm
ma made speeches which we're sup
posed to have caused the death of
Mckinley, sixteen years ago, and now
she is making speeches against our
military preparations. She has also
been arrested for speaking in favor
of birth control. This doctrine, If
carried out, would soon depopulate the
world. 1t seems pity that some one
did not preach birth control to EN-
mas parents before she was ushered
into a world to make so much trouble
in it. She and Berkman were today
held in $25, 1000 bail for trial. Our
Department found an immense card
lisl Of anarchists all over the country
among other effects in the den Of
these anarchists. Emma Goldman is
a hard-faced, plump woman Of AZ,
with a projecting underlip and cold, |
fshy eve. She is russian, and is to
be sent back there wen her term is