El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-28

Z that on which the army crossed the
frontier in 1870. Viewed as a ma
/ tional industry Bernhard and the
kaiser We're quite right in telling the
army that war in August and Sep
] TENDER Of 1914 would be successful
! Rushing the German trains into the
{ rich towns and cities of Belgium and
! northern France. the kaiSer's soldiers
/ stripped the stores Of their goods,
! looted the houses OF their fine fur
/ niture. silver plate, pictures, art
] treasures. curtains and rugs, emptied
3 all the galleries and Libraries. stripped
/ the factories Of their fine machinery,
I loaded the freight trains with iTOn
I ore. and rushed the treasure to the
! east bank OF the Rhine It is doubt
/ full whether CorteZ, in his footing ex-
/ petition in Mexico ever made war
I pay as large dividends on the invest
ment as Germany has in her prOsecu-
I tion Of war as a national industry,
] as set forth by Bernhard the idol OF
I German leaders at the present day
Victory IL a ssDraw.-
But an even more important con-
I sideratiOn. from Germany's view
point, is her enormous success in the
possible event of the war being a
draw, and peace following upon the
mere withdrawal by Germany from
hostile territory. By invading Bel
/ GUM and France and by sinking
/ English ships Germany has imposed
| a loss of probably twenty billion OF
dollars upon the allies. while Ger
many has had no loss through inva-
sion If the issue is a draw, then
| France, Belgium and England will
/ be occupied the next twenty years
I in rebuilding their territory and pay
7 ing off this twenty billions OF prop
I erty destroyed, while Germany can
sDend a like twenty billions upon
another army, and so complete the
[ destruction now remaining incom-
plete. A drawn issue or peace with
out victory means an out and out
thOrOughgoing surrender to Ger
many
No Peace Without Victory.
For flabby thinking, Grass morals,
blindness to fundamental justice,
commend me TO this drawn issue
and peace without victory plan! HUI
manity and civilization have great
stake in the issue Of this battle, and
there can be but one basis OF settle
ment-the withdrawal Of the burg
lars from the house they have robbed
the restitution of the stolen silver
ware, while the burglars throw
themselves upon the mercy OF the
high court of justice and civilization
Any other issue means that once
more Bernhard has shown Germany
how TO make war to be a naIiOnal
industry and a profitable investment
The symbol Of Jerusalem is an up
lifted cross the symbol OF Athens
is = sculptor, crowned with laurel
wreaths: the symbol Of Florence is
a painters easel the symbol OF Prus-
STA is 2 soldier with a firebrand IN
one hand, a bombshen in the other,
breathing fire from the nostrils as
he tramples down with feet Of mail
Belgium women and children
Our Obligation TO France
IN this crisis the duty of the hour
is to support our natural aIlles Wllo
are now supporting and defending US
from Germany's battleships- 4 move
ment has been started to give $1,000
600 900 to France That suggestion is
based upon principles of justice ana
equity. rather than upon generosity
and kindness First Of all this coun-
try owes France a great general IN
return for its gift to US Of Lafay-
cite. The era of the French revolu-
ton was an era whom noole men
marched in regiments But there
neither was nor ever has been a
nobler Frenchman than lafayette he
fought side by side with Washington
He buried his dead French soldier
boys side by side with our heroes,
and when lord CORVALLIS surrendered
his sword to Washington, Lafayette
shared in the ceremony
We Owe france ships and Money.
Not less striking the debt We owe
! France for her ships. her soldiers
and her gold In 1871, when once
more our fortunes were at a low ebbs
count ROchambeau, admiral OF the
Z French navy, organized fleet OF two
I battleships, three deStroyers and -
transports. and brought to this coun-
try 5000 French soldiers. a cargo OF
munitions. powder. shot, muskets,
cannon, shoes, clothing and medical
supplies In every age wars are
fought by money and by food. And
in that crisis, when France had sent
US weapons and food, the govern
ment made a loan to the United
States. all Of which was repaid with
interest But in addition came
multitude Of advances by private citi-
zens. aggregating hundreds OF mil
lions Of dollars. Many Of the French
soldiers were killed in the campaign
in PennsylvaNia. New Jersey ana
france slit her veins and poured
out blood as rich red rain upon the
roots Of our tree Of liberty and made
the blossoms thereof crimson and
beautiful for US and for our children
IN return, today we owe france our
greatest general. our best admiral
we owe her soldiers. sailors, guns,
cannon, food, billion or more
money Every consideration urges
US 10 pledge to France our fortunes,
our lives and our sacred honor.
France And Our Monroe Doctrine.
Nor must we forget our obligation
to France and England when We
think of the Monroe doctrine, and the
obligation as nation to the other
nations of the world. At the begin
ming France was not afraid of an en-
tangiing alliance with US. But dur
ing the last 100 years England. also
has. for the most part, maintained
and supported our doctrine that the
western continent should be held
sacred to free institutions, as op-
posed to those of monarchy or auto
cracy. Twice England interfered in
our behalf during the Spanish Ameri-
can war: twice France interferred in
our behalf during the past century.
Once Russia came TO our aid during
the civil war Today the world is
divided into two great groups
AutOcraey VS.. Democracy.
zone is the autocratic group
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey-every one reactionary- auto
cratic and an iron bulwark for the
safeguarding of ancient shibboleths,
and a granite fortress against the
forces of democracy. The other
group IS made up of self governing
nations. These are our natural allies.
Chief among these is England In the
truest sense Great Britain is the
motherland. From England we have
the seed corn from which we have
gathered the rich harvest OF democ-
racy. Today all the ideals Of England
are ideals of freedom. For a hun
dred years England has been the first
class navy power Of the world Dur
ing all this century she has never
abused her overwhelming naval su-
periOrity- The interests Of Russia
and China are identical and compile
mentary And II American ideals OF
independence and self government
destiny OF Russia and China. Of Eng
land and France and the United