The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-24

pledges We behold the Prussian war
lord appearing I'm shining armor'' b.
side his obedient Austrian 1vassal to
threaten Russia; when she. protests
against this injury to her brother
slavs, 2Wedsee servia robbed of her
.h2Fdtwon, port on the Adriatic and Al.
bsnfs erected into ! make. bslieye Ring
DOM under Austrian tutelage; and W
recognise the old, familiar methods Of
tho Hohen1ollern. We find the mailed
fist clasping in fraternal greeting the
bloody hand that massacresi the. Ar.
menfans. the Emperor of Christian
Germany becoming = brother to the
unspeakable Turk, training and ofEic-
ering his armies, and securing from
him concessions for the future Berlin
to Bagdad railway. We see puppet
HohenzolIern kings placed on the
thrones Of Bulgaria and Roumania and
King Constantine Of Greece married
to the Kafser's sister. We watch the
meshes of German intrigue wound
about the Russian government, and
the mighty Slav, reduced to partial
Impotence BY. ruthless conquest and
by peaceful penetration. the stage is
let for. the great Central European
Empire, while at home the war lord
prepares for the coming contest by &C.
:cumuIating military stores in quaint
ties which have since astonished the
world, by forcing the passage Of a
naval bin destined to, make Germany
formidable on, sea as well as on land;
ny charging the Kiel Canal to permit
che passage of the largest battleships,
by building heavy metalfed;- double
Tracked railways along the borders of
Belgium and other peaceful neighbors,
by securing a grant Of $250. 900 900 in
special war taxes with which to- raise
Che army to a peace footing Of 200, 900
men and war footing Of nearly ten
million and py marsha1lfng the voices
s0f obedient professors and the pens Of
.servi1e writer's In one vast campaign
:of education. designed to poison the
German mind with dreams of Pan
sGermanfc power. =. .sY
s3 At last the propitious moment is
HIl1VSU, anu tAo A1AOu A0S pulA0 LILO
strings. Austria approaches Italy with
the proposition, that they unite in, the
conquest of aServia; - but Italy refuses.
IA delay Of some months ensues, while
European diplomats struggle to avert
the impending calamity. Then an Aus
TRAN prince is murdered in the cap
ital city of conquered Bosnia. This
furnishes the desired excuse for be-
ginning the long-planned war. i Vienna
secretly confers with Berlin. and at
the end of month Of silence sudden
ly astounds the civilized world by
accusing the Servian government Of
the murder and submitting ten de-
mands designed to- be so humiliating
in their nature and so insulting in
their tone? as to insure prompt re-
lection. But unfortunately for the
Hohenzollern plan Servia, on the ad-
vice of her peacebly inclined friends.
accepts. outright eight of the unjust
demands and agrees to submit to arbi-
tration the remaining two which SER
iously threaten her Independence. This
IL most disconcerting,i but the plan
must not be baked. War is therefore
declared on Servia despite her humil-
iating surrender, and the mobilization
Of Russia in support Of Servia gives
Berlin the pretext for declarations of
war against Russia, France and Bel
gium. The work of conQuering and
consolidating a great Central Euro
pean Empire under Prussian control fs
now in full swing according to the
most approved Hohenzollern methods.
A WOLF IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.
r It cannot be denied that as things
stand today the plans for Prussian'
lied Central Europe have succeeded to
a. remarkable degree fsee Figure 81.
Austria has come wholly under Ger.
man domination, and is dependent up.
on the Prussian military machine for
her very ecistence. Without its help
Serbs and Russians are able to defeat
her atTWiH. Her armies are but tools
| in the hands OF German higher. onicers
| while her political administration II