The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-08


posssasioas . III successors much q
he would COW to . neighbour 10 one
nephew. his aaAccessor a. king. he left
my fortresses. my gardens. anything
/ have won by conquest or by inhcri-
tance.'
And that II what the rulers Of Ger.
many have In their mind, and vet
there are people in this country who
are opposed to waging a war for
democracy. They want the kaiser to
hand down my fortresses. my gar
dcns. anything / have won by con-
quest or by inheritance
"How did we get into this war? We
couldn't keep out"
Traces German Atrocities.
With this question and answer. Mr..
Gerard then traced the German atroc-
tiles at yea from the time OF the sink
ing of the Lusitania to the commit
ment Of the covert act" that caused
the declaration of war. At no time.
according to the former ambassador,
did Germany observe any of the In
tcrnational laws of the high seas.
In May. 1916. met with the kaiser,
and 1t was formally agreed that we
would have the freedom Of the seas.
The Agreement Broken.
Imagine my surprise then when
they broke the agreement. At 4 o'clock
enc day I was called to the foreign
office. At s o'clock they said that at
- that night the agreement would be
broken-that Germany would commit
any act they wished on the high seas.
I asked for a delay Of the decision.
They answered, No
What opportunity did we have then
for q discussion? There was nothing
left for us to do but to go to war
when they disregarded the written
agreements and were planning to de
stroy our people and ships on the
seas.
ANY nation could have said, Here
Is a fat, lazy. rich country that any,
one could have slapped in the face
No Time for Answer.
I'VE had an ultimatum OF six hours.
could not cable to America in less
than two days. and could not receive
an answer In less than five.
Tho German officials believe that
VIC were not united. besides they be-
lieved they had 5000 German reserv-
lists here. and they believe they could
do anything with the American peo
pie.
mo Nonsense After War"
AT one time when l talked to the
emperor. he spoke In the utmost bit :
q 49,
sense from America after the war Is
over. America had better look out
after this war
NOW that means you--every one OF
YOU and there is not a bit OF doubt
but that they would have come over
here and challenged us in this hemis-
phere. 1t has been a dream. Their
orators have shouted it to the DER
man people. Their newspapers have
been filled with 1t. and the kaiser has
said he would come over here and take
no nonsense from MS.
They have said they would sail
rayly for America and make the PEG :
pie in this country. that fat. rich, lazy
country. pay the expenses Of tho war
No Way to Keep Out.
There was no way that we could
have kept out of tho war, and they
would have attacked us Immediately
the countries in Europe h:ff been con
quered. The hatred that they have
for us reaches no limit. Some OF /,
comes because we would not break
The Hague treaty of 1907.
The 6oer War-and Now,
THE Germans sympathized with the
Beers in the loer war, but sold Eng
land guns and ammunition to use
| against them. and now they are mad
because we sold tho allies supplies ol
war. You all saw, in the emperor's
own handwriting, the letter he wrote
saying he had violated the Belgian
| neutrality on strategic grounds.
president Wilson says We can't
| make peace as long as German antoc-
rncy exists. because we can't trust it
The autoeracy has proved its I'M
worthiness to trust, and we can't have
this until it is destroyed.
During my three years in Germany
did everything and anything in my
power to try to keep the peace.
stood every insult. But the war would
! have followed upon us Immediately
the Germans had conquered the Euro
nean countries.
Worth Less Than Honor.
THE war is n great thing-.so IL
democracy-hut like everything else ir
the world, 1t has no value to MS IL i,
has to be bought and kept at the price
! of honor.
Some people ask why we are send