The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-10-05

That 10 the general story Of the kais-
.er's peace policies before the war. We
have neither time. inclination Of space
70 follow him in al the years beIors this
war, but it has feveaied both before and
since the war as we'll as by patent events
that the kaiser has thought Of nothing
else since he mounted the throne than
the increase Of German soil and German
power by subiugation Of other nations.
SINCE THE WAR BEGAN
~ kaiser has besf~tailure % ! gen.
eral, and diplomat since the war start
ed.
In an editorial like this we can refer
to but few things, but they are exam
Piles Of the whole.
The kaiser began this war with . lie
on his lips. He said he did not want,
he did not begin this war. Even the
warfaring man now knows that he lied.
Documents and acts have proven it.
The war itself has shown that he must
have been preparing for it for many
years, for only by years could have ac-
cumulated the munitions that he and
his armies have expended.
AS general he thought by breaking
through the most sacred treaties to sur.
prise France by crossing Belgium. He
undoubtedly did surprise France, and
also all the world. They had not be-
lleved it possible that he would do such
an unknown thing. He had also evi-
IDENTIFY figured that the crossing of Bel
gium would be an easy matter. Wheth-
er he counted on the sympathy Of the
Belgium people or their weakness. he
again made a great mistake; mistake
that has perhaps been the great reason
why he is now, and has been for some
months, on the defensive instead of ag-
gressive as he started out to do. He
should have been able to know before he
began whether such passage of Belgium
was possible or not.
Again he had planned by the sudden
declaration of war, the short cut through
Belgium and the unpreparedness of the
French that the only limit of time when
he could be in Paris would be how soon
his armies could march there. Again
he was mistaken. The French armies
we're fooled for brief period, thinking
as matter Of course, that the German
armies would come through Alsace-Lor-
raine, but they got back again quick
enough to drive the kaiser's army back
nearly to the boundary again: beating
him in pitched battles to do it. That
was another surprise for the kaiser, he
had never counted on the French as real
fighters. ~
Again, this invasion of France served
to stir the whole peoplethere to perform
almost miracles to defend against the
foray of Germans. Qhings that would
otherwise taken months or even years to
do were done in days and weeks, and the
German army was permanently stopped.
The kaiser had inaugurated vast and
speedy recruiting Office in which almost
every Frenchman Of military age enroll
led themselves.
Over in England it took considerable
time for the people to realize that they
were at war. In fact if it had not been
for the rape Of Belgium it is still ques-
ton if Britain would have gone to war.
In order to make the English under
stand that they were in it, the kaiser
sent fleets OF Zeppelins and aeroplanes
to lombard the villages and cities. He
wakened the slow going English up all
right and later some millions of British
vent across the channel to fight with the
French. No better incentive for enlist
ments could be divIsed that bombs from
Zeppelin that killed mans wife,
mother, sister or his little ones.
The history of the U.boat friEhtful-
ness is of the same kind and color. To
kill and drown innocent non-combatants
has produced horror and disgust from
every civilized country of the world,
with the military result of a few mef-
chant ships sunk and nearly a score of
nations as allies against Germany. This
may be military genius but it does not
appear as such to the naked eye.
sDiplomatically, recently published
documents show that the kaiser has not
only used ''irightfulness" as legitimate
weapon OF war but has also believed It
perfectly proper to abide in q mans
house as an honored guest willis plot
ting all sorts Of villany against his hastt.
Even in this, he has won more lol6ss
than advantage. He has spent thouip
ands Of dollars in this country ID ths ses
tempt by newspaper talk to make our
people believe that Germany was right
while at the same time III sorts ois plots
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