Macon beacon., 1917-09-07
War Prolems Trylno

war PrclemS Irylnq.
Aye, s'rs. We are at wpr with Germany
because - uo fault u our own. We are
II war With Germany IN spite u the
utmost efforts to avoid war THIS gov
eTum'nt cSuld no longer have held its
head aloft among the nations ot the
world. that flax, the emblem % Justice
tad freedom, would no LONGER have been
respected Il We had submitted To further
insults and injuries at the hands ot the
imperial German government German
tatocraCN forced Us into this war=they
would not permit Us 10 remain neutral
For over generation children IN the
schools ot Germany have been taught
that Americans were no batter than ne
srOes, They have taught the Chidrcu
10 believe that Germany was to dominate
the world. Bismarck, when asked what
he thought OF America, said Amer
| lea is fine fat hcg and when We are
ready We will stick IT." They constantly
and deSignedly fnstered "A spirit Of milf
tArlsm amonG their people to believe that
Germany was TO dominate tho world
Every effort was Blended toward that end
The assassination ofthe ArChduke Fer
dinaDd was but an incident In that plag
| II was the spark that was to start the
| conihgrattoN and tho whole scheme OF
world domination was to negtn with that
+ Incident They oNettode Belgium. weak
| d'tenseIcSs and luoftonsive people, Their
armies swept across that little country
! 'S mad cyclone mows down everything
| in ITS path. They killed littlo babies
| they assaulted women, thcy cut out the
! breasts or mothers, and mockod Chris
| tAnttY 10y hanging children 10 the cross
| Jhoy wrecked beautiful and historic cdi-
| tices and left ruin and desolattou IN their
wake. They offered no excuse for over
| running Belgium, but merely said that
| II had T. be douo tn order to carry out
their military operations. They struck
| France and ScrNia aud Montenegro and
houmanla with the same ruthless bar
| haric ana devastating force, Here IN our
| own country they tried by violence to de-
| StToy our industries and our commerce
| on the high seas. Their agents and SYM
pathzers in this country blew up bridges.
| burned factories, poisoned foodstuffs
| destroyed crops, wrecked railroads and
| attempted To dynamite the capitol They
made promises only TO break them. by
| system of intrigue and deception un-
| paraueled In the history Of the world
| they sought to hamstring our govern
| ment and by the insidious work OF their
| spies and Conspiratnrs they tried to en-
| courage opposition to every policy of the
| President, and to create dlscnrd and dis
sension among our people They con-
| troiled newspapers, and through corrupt
| means, tried to create public opinion In
| behalf of their autocratic enterprises
| They tried TO create the impression upon
| the minds OF our citizens that we had
| no legal right TO sell our commerce
| abroad. They sent the hrazen Ximmcr-
| man note in an attempt 10 inCite Mexico
| to make war on us and form an allegi-
| ance with Japan against VA. Like high
| waymen standing by IN. roadside. they
| attempted to rob us of our commerce,
| sink without warning our ships and de-
| stroy our property and murder our wO-
men and children Day by day they in
| suited us and defied us In a thousand
different ways.