Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
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MEXICAN DEFENSE SOCIETY
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tesmen and other students of in
tional politics for the past fifteen
ore years have been Watching
volution of Germany's plans TO
er actual world dominion as Out
in the following text ana MAPS
ese plans are so amazingly am
rs and are founded on such an
V cynical and ruthless disregard
rights and liberties OF all nom
ans that for ten or twelve years
men who first caught their sim
trend were discredited. Then, as
erman plan of political and eco
strategy developed step by step
her military conduct of the pres
war, it became generally recog-
that in fact she is trying ac-
to make real the pan-German
and, falling that to lay the solid
lation for it's future execution by
building an unassailable empire
the Baltic to the Arabian Sea.
wears many astute and expert
statesmen dismissed this mat
preposterous only to see it take
rial form and threaten to over
IN them and their nations.
tewise, those who have not for
. years made a study of inter-
nal politics or who have not read
of the books recently written
be politics and economics which
I'D the present war may be in
to dismiss these pan-German
as impracticable and absurd.
The PrussIan War PInn
the close of 1915. Prussia was
where victorious and controlled
100000 enthusiastically subser-
allies in Austria Hungary, the
ans and Turkey. which latter
the religious leadership of the
ical Mohammedan world.
Verdun, Prussia intended to
through the French line and
ly overwhelm France. This done.
expected that Russia would go
of the war. possibly by an inn
! treaty reasonable to the Rus
people.
ter disposing of France and Rus
Prussia planned to concentrate
he annihilation of Great Britain's
es. which she expected would be
ed to the rescue of France.
us crushed. France and Great
in were to lose all standing in
eyes of their millions of Moham-
n DEFENDANTS throughout Africa
Asia.
The Question
not all this on land and sea as
|rtant to America as to Great
in and France? If America had
oined in the war and if Germany
made a separate peace with Rus
and then crushed France and
t Britain, but America would then
stood alone against a Prussian
cracy which controlled all but
of the ocean trade routes of the
w preposterous this seems to
ricans! And yet 1t is the cold
led and hard-headed plan and aim
e Prussian autocrats-it is mere
Deutschland uber Alles"-made
by merely crushing France and
I Britain before America can help
sufficiently to turn back the
Jaign for world dominion Cor
hfalD," which Prussia started in
1t is the plan Germany may
bt llOplnS " MAKE real II she
soon get a separate peace with
sia and then, one after the other,
b France and Great Britain before
rica can effectively support them.
is is the more important part of
pan-German war plan, for the re-
tion of which the pro-Germans
yer the world have been working
the blind assistance of the paci-
who have tried to hold back the
ds and swords of their countries
nsively opposed to the Prussian
ession for real world dominion
aim of all the years of training
II Germany to the highest eff
cy."
Amerlca's Answer
now know that had they fallen
war in order to conquer world
inion for herself; we know in
barbarous, ruthless and loath-
way Prussia makes war; and
France, Great Britain and their
s have stood the brunt of it for
years.
G now know that if they had
Prussian vulture-eagle would
been soaring over most of North
South America, making ready for
next swoop; and, therefore, that
safety actually demands that we
port all our allies as quickly and
powerfully as possible.
e now know that for America,
Fell as for the democracies of Eu-
it is literally win the war or
shw
e now know that all Berlin's re-
peace talks have the main pur-
of getting temporary peace on
terms that the present grip of
Hohenzollerns on all their pres
allies will not be broken; this
Euse they want a breathing spell
prder to reorganiZe the peoples
under their dominion for a fresh
ok which will carry out the pam
man plan for world dominion.
ealizing this, we recognize that
safety of democracy and of per-
l lierty demands that we fight
Prussia's present allies are freed
the hold she has fixed upon
u by this war. The freedom of
world rests on the freeing of Aus
Hungary, the Balkans and Tur-
from Prussia.
b liberate them. to win safety for
Felves and our children, will re-
e that we all devote every
ight and word and act to winning
war.
pr the present. we must shut out
our minds all diverting thoughts
eace, being convinced that an en-
ng peace will come most quickly
If we devote every thought to
ting for victory.
merica's power will come only
the loyal service of every indi-
bal citizen. be it rendered on land
sea, under arms or at the work.
th.
ow, in the light of all these facts.
of yourself:
lave 1 so far done everything 1
Bibly can to help America win
WARP"
IN l now planning my life and
work primarily to help America
the war-as every man and wom-
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