The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-25

ueht wilson ana / am In favor of the
United Ste raising an army of two
million men for self-defers and
making our navy second to zone. l
am ready to do my part and max e
such sacrifices rs called upon for.
believe that this is fight between
militarism and democracy. The soul
of Rome lives today in Germany. The
very title Of Kaiser comes from the
word Caesar. The spirit which that
name represents was\born in Rome
twenty centuries ago. 1t swept over
the earth then and no country failed
to pay Roman tribute. All roads lead
to Rome.
The same milltarism again threat
ems the world; under the leadership OF
a modern Caesar it Is hurting it's pow
er in every direction. It has organ
lied tho Mahomedan world and threat
ems the United States with Japan anu
Mexico. If the Kaiser was merely 4
man his power would long ago have
crumbled. but he Is more than a man,
he Is an idea. The ideal Of imperial
Rome was law and unquestioning
obedience to law. Julius Caesar was
its embodiment. How like German
Kultur with the Kaiser as its ideal
The Materialism of Rome finds it's
counterpart in the rationalism of Ger
many. At stated periods this grim
spectre Of Caesar stalks forth with it's
dark shadow Of militarism and de-
luges the earth in blood, before it
skaters its strength against the ever
growing spirit Of democracy. NG-
poleon was q real Caesar, born in q
great revolution without family or
friends. his genius gathered mighty
forces about him. He hurled his arm
les across the Rhine and the Danube
into the very heart Of Russia. His
banners bore the name of Napoleon,
not France, just as the legions OF
Caesar bore his name not Rome. Tho
utterance of the Kaiser claiming that
he is responsible not to the German
people, but to God alone is the same
spirit. Napoleon seized France by the
throat and led her where he would.
Three million Of her sons laid down
their lives at his command. For
twenty-five years his army marched
to and fro making one bloody battle
ground of Europe. finally the dark
tragedy was over. Napoleon chained
like wild beast to a rock in mid
ocean and France in the dust unde:
the armed heel OF every nation in Eu-
rope. A like fate awaits Germany and
I am sincerely sorry for the hard
working people Of that country. They
arc being sacrificed to the ambition
OF n military Junta.
The Germans are great pcOpi,
who were developing at a great pace
For thirty years 1t was dinned into
their ears. that all the nations We're
jealous and ready TO dismember tho
empire. The seed Of suspicion were
planted and Nic,zchc. Bernhard, von
Buelow and others boldly claimed that
the Germans were super race and
the Kaiser a super man fitted to loat
in a war Of frightfulness to force Ger
man Kultur upon all the nations
Finally the nation believed this and
the killing OF one man and one woman
I'm distant Serbia was the spark that
set the flame. II Is q challenge by
Germany for the domination of the
earth. 1t is the same doctrine. Might
makes right. proclaimed by Xerxes,
Alexander, Caesar. Charlemange. Ma
homet, Napoleon and every world con-
Queror. The German people honestly
believe, they have been made to hc
lieve that they can only accomplsI,
their destiny by blood and iron, and
they proclaim tho gospel OF frightful-
ness for all who bar their path. They
intend to win the world and force
German ideals upon 1t with their
Krupp guns and submarines. 1t is u
terrible faith. when back of ii is Ger
man efficiency and the armed prepar-
alton of 40 years.
remember about 25 years ago
reading q speech OF Bismar!, whom {
consider one of the worlds greatest
statesmen. This speech was delivered
on his 10th birthday. and / was so
struckw with it that pasted it in
scrap book. Bismark disapprOved of
! annexing Alsace and Lorraine. His
great mind foresaw trouble Tor Ger
many. After the death Of Frederick
when the present Kaiser came to the
throne he got rid OF Bismark aS soon