Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-12

erately brought on this dreadful cata-
clysm Of war. Many Of these propa-
gandIsts are doubtless honest and be
lieve themselves to be doing Gods
service, but they are lamentably mis-
guided. Their arguments are speciOuG
and we'll calculated to deceive, and
evidence is not wanting to show that
they have met with some measure Of
success.
That uganda must be met and
met at once if Wisconsin is to retain
her fair name. Its only hope Of sue
cess lies in the fact that many we'll
meaning people do not realize the
! danger which threatens the demOcra-
cies of the world. They do not real
ize that we are storming the greatest
stronghold of military absolutism that
has ever existed they do not realize
that in that stronghold there reigns a
military oligarchy which for forty
years has secretly plotted the DONNA
ton Of the world; an oligarchy which
makes treaties only to break them and
SCOTS at it's own pllghted word; an
oligarchy which has nlled the world
with spies and plots; which decreed
this war long in advance, which wages
/
ance of all humanity and decency, and
which is still in a measure triumphant
and firm in it's seat. They fail to real
/ ize that peace now means simply a
truce with this relentless military des-
pOtism which has turned Germany
into a vast armed camp; that this
truce will merely furnish a breathing
spell in which that despotism can pre-
n 70
attempt to throttle the liberties of the
world. Nor do they realize that the
house of Hohenzollern is a dynasty
which for centuries has waylaid and
plundered the nations of Europe one
by one and now has longing and COW
etous eyes fixed on rich and prosper
Gus America as the next great prize.
They do not realize that when in the
HohenzOllern program Americas turn
comes she may have to fight alone.
The problem u.s., How shall these
things be brought home to the people
How shall it be made plain to every
citizen that, so long as the military
Oligarchy of Prussia is in command
of the German people, there is but one
thing that patriot can do, and that
thing is to stand behind his govern
ment and hold up it's hands?
The answer is simply that there
must be organization and devoted
work. Much can be done by public
meetings and speeches, by circulars
and by the formation Of local clubs,
but more, | believe, can be done by the
newspapers. The newspapers WELD a
constant influence. They go to the
home and the fireside and with their
silent but effective message they reach
thousands Of people who would never
attend a public meeting. They are on
the table around which the family
gathers in the evening hours; they
are read and discussed by all; they
are both teachers and preachers
whose message is ever being delivered
They have already dore much to make
the present issue understood by the
people and we all honor them for it
but much more effective work can be
done by organization and by co-opera-
ton with each other. II arrangements
could be made by which all the best
things written in support Of the gov
eminent can be gathered and publish
ed practically simultaneously in al
the newspapers of the state, the effect
unQuestiOnably will be immediate anC
great. I greatly hope some organiza,
ton of this kind may be the result OF
the present meeting.
It's easier to get bad reputation