Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-27

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vhs-h Germany has r0- Absolutely re-
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CrBeiiies UnpreS enteI-
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perszcu-ior q Christian martyrs ever
known F.ncs g tristan n.stCrv began
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within ths .esf two ard One-hzlf years.
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. German churches. have asserted ths-
Germany Eas responsible. that il
could have prevented the horrors
wrought oy Turk and Kurd. that Ger
man authorities have coUntenancsd
and have ASSISTED n this horrible
TCrk- You have only % read the
stzr--nsnts q Won Bisslng. late gov
eTnor q Belgium. and other ot the
leading German authorities 20 under
stand Iat deliberately they planned
and proposed 20 reduce these lands 10
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German people and with the czptives
= nom they might enslsve in var.
Il Is the German who advised the
Acs.e-n 70 originate 4 holy war
f1rhzt = called the ~Jshad"J. By
which they expected z5Q. 900. 900 No
ham -1edars would r.se up and fall
upon he Christian peoples Of the
world and destroy them as Moham-
med and the Saracens sought 10 do
IN the first centuries of the MOsem
propa gard4- That such a holy war. d"
so-cs,ied. did not eyentuate was be-
C uss the Moslem. more humane than
the German. resented and repudiated
the demand Of the German power and
their ssrtle adLerents the Turks
The story Of the submarines is a
story of cruelties which no pirates in
history have ever duplicated While
tie. the destructive agencies employed.
the effort not merely 20 annihilate.
but 10 torture and 10 cause the most
f-.ghfUI suffering. the Wanton destruc-
ton and cesolarOn Of all that civiliza-
ton herishes-these all have been a
portion of the German policy. delib-
erately done and justified and planned,
threatened and prepared for years
The authorities are 80 many. the
voice Of all nations cOrsenting 20 this
indictment Is so Unanimous. the in
vestgauons so fully prove all that !
have said, that ! think / need add
nothing 70 the statement that the
course cf Germany since the begin
ming Of the war - entirely In harmony
with It's political philosophy. and in
cicates exactly what We are fighting
and what for.
: And now. finally: What i the ba1-
tie upon which We have entered?
What the goal of the struggle. the
stake Of the war. in which We are en-
gagged? We have portrayed the foe.
measured BY his purposes, designs and
pEacUces- Thru long years, while we
nave been unattentye. supine, indif-
ferent Germany has been penetrated
and permeated with the ida OF world
domination by world war. In 1912
more than seven hundSed books on
war were published in Germany. and
all that they have done in these last
three years had been forecast and
really foretold by them with the ut
most audscity.
Our battle IS more than a war for
national defense, great as that is; more
than war Of American patriotism,
the care Of our own people on sea
~ l. Il
tegrity and rehabilitation Of Belgium
and France. and the support OF our
allies fighting for the worlds right;
more than cooperation with thirteen
nations who Withstand Germany. Our
war Is war for the race in its high
est ideals and its greatest hopes When
Charles Martel turned back the Sara
cen in southern France in the early
centuries he did no less than is OBJ
ligatory upon the nations OF the world
today IN fighting back the German in
yaslon. Against their overweening
pride and vanity. their falseness, trail
intolerable inhumanity.
cruelty. tyranny, spoilation and subju-
cation We are fighting. Are not these
causes adequate? Is there not motive
enough in these to awaken the hun
dred millions Of America to withstand
with the millions of Europeans the
terrific forces of German invasion and
But we are fighting for much more
than these. We are fighting for NOR
ais. universal. authoritative, divine
morals, OF men as men, against what
is merely local custom, made and an
piled by a tyrant. Shall we have a
moral world? is a question that we
are trying TO answer in the affirma-
tive. We are fighting for the mainte-
nance of humanity, fraternal, uni
versal, helpful.
What Kind of n World?
Shall the world be a humane world.
or shall massacre, torture, deportation,
slaughter. starvation and all kinds of
ravages upon men, women and little
children be the habit of the world?
We are TO answer.
We are fighting for the integrity of