The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-09

name anu the true advantage OF the
German people.
His Words Are Measured.
l measure my words. They are
borne out all too mphatically by the
hideous e~loquence Of deeds which have
have appalled, the conscience of the
| civilized world. They are borne out
by numberless expressions, written
and spoken, Of German professors
employed by the state to teach its
youth.
The burden of that teaching is that
might makes right, and that the Ger
man nation has been chosen to exer
else morally, mentally and actually
the overlordship of the world and
must and will accomplish that task
and that destiny whatever the cost in
bloodshed, misery and ruin.
The spirit of that teaching lies in
its intolerance, its mixture OF sancti-
moniousness and ~covetousness, and
its self righteous assumption of q
world improving mission. 1t is close
~ akin to the spirit from which were
bred the wars OF the past through the
long and dark years when feudaI fac
tons killed one another and devast-
ated Europe.
l speak in sorrow, for | am speak
ing of the country OF my origin, and
[ have not forgotten What | owe to it
| speak in bitter disappointment,
for | am thinking OF the Germany OF
former days, the Germany which has
Of the worlds imperishable assets,
and which, in not a few fields Of hui
man endeavor and achievement, held
the leading place among the nations
OF the earth.
Has Faith in German People.
And | speak in the firm belief that.
after its people shall have shaken of
and made atOnement for the dreadful
spell which an evil fate has cast upon
them, former Germany is bound to
arise again. and in due curse of
time will again deserve and attain the
good will and the high respect of
all those of German blood in foreign
lands.
But | know that neither Germany
nor this country, nor the rest of the
world, can return to happiness and
peace and fruitful labor until it
shall have been made manifest, bitter
ly and Enthusiastically manifest to the
rulers who bear the blood guilt for
Wills WoutOa W6I GIlu UAClI IuIoIlIoI III.
ed and misguided peoples that the
spirit which unclaimed it cannot pre-
vail, that the hateful doctrines and
methods in pursuance of which and
in cOmpli ance with which it is con-
Quoted are rejected with adherence
by the civilized world, and hal the
overweening ambitions which it was
meant to serve can never be achieved.
GA.,,nsrlo l. unsn L &c.
The fight for civilization which we
all fondly believed had been won
many years ago must be fought over
again. In this sacred struggle it is
now our privilege to take no mean
part, and u glory to bring sacrl-
fees.
Our one and supreme job, the one
purpose to which all others must give
way. is to bring this war to a success
full conclusion.
To accomplish this, let each one of
us feel himself personally response.
BILE, let each one of us work as If our
| life depended on the result. And. lie
a very real sense, does not our nation
al life and our individual life depend
on the outcome Of this war;:
Would life be tolerable if the pow
er of Prussianism, run mac and muir
derous, held the world by the throat.
if the primacy of the earth belonged
to a govern ment stepped in the doc
trines OF a barberous past and sup
ported by a ruling caste which preach
es the dedication of sheer might
which despises liberty, hates democ-
racy. and would destroy both if it
could?
Fight for Liberty Alone.
To that spirit and to those doctrines
we. citizens Of America, and servants,
as such. Of humanity, will oppose our
solemn and unshakable resolution
- o make the world safe for democ.
racy,' and we will say, with q clear
conscience, in the noble words which
more than 500 years ago we're uttered
by the Parliament of Scotland:
cit is not for glory or for riches or
for honor that we fight. but for fiber.
ty alone, which no good man loses
but with his llfe.'
The Railroad Raiders.