The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-21

Atllu w W bhi piPNoNs
They have regarded the smaller states,
in particular, and the peoples VINO
could be overwhelmed by force, as
their natural tools and instruments OF
domination. Their purpose has long
been ayowed.
Attitude Toward German People.
Their plan was TO throw broad belt
of German military power and political
control across the very center OF Eu-
rope and beyond the Mediterranean In
to the heart Of Asia; and Austra-Hun-
gary was to be as much their tool and
pawn as Serbia or Bulgaria or Turkey
or the pOnderous states of the East.
The dream had its heart at Berlin. Ii
could have had heart nowhere else
II rejected the idea Of solidarity OF
race entirely The choice of peoples
played no part In 1t at all. They ar
IDENTIFY desired to direct their own af-
fairs, would be satisfied only by undis-
puted independence. They could be
kept quiet only by the presence or the
constant threat Of armed men. The
German military statesmen had reck-
Oned with all that and were ready TO
deal with It in their own way.
Policy One Of Deceit.
Is It not easy to understand the Gag
erness for peace that has been mani
tested from Berlin ever since the snare
was set and sprung? Peace, peace,
peace has been the talk Of her foreign
Office for now year and more; not
peace upon her own initiative. but up
on the initiative of the nations over
which she now deems herself 10 hold
the advantage. Through all sorts OF
channels II has come to me, and In all
sorts Of gulses, but never with the
terms disclosed which the German gov
eminent would be willing to accept
That government still holds valuable
part of France, though with slowly re
laxing grasp and practically the whole
of Belgium. 1t cannot go further; II
dare not 90 back II wishes to close
It's bargain before 1t is too late
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Germany is bleeding see very clearly
10 what point Fate has brought them.
IF they fall back or are forced back
an inch, their power both abroad ana
at home will fall to pieces like a
house OF cards. If they can Sc
cure peace now with the immense ad-
yantages etlll in their hands which
they have up to this point apparently
gained. they will have justified them
selves before the German people; they
will have gained by force what they
promised to gain by il; an immense
expansion Of German power, an I'M
mense enlargement of German indus
trial and commercial opportunities. II
they fall, their people will thrust them
aside; government accountable to
the people themselves will be set up
I'm Germany as II has, been in England,
In the United States, In France, and
in all the great countries Of the mod
ern time except Germany. If they sue
coed they are safe and Germany and
the world are undone; If they fall Ger
many IL saved and the world Will he nj
peace. If they succeed, we and all
the rest Of the world must remain
armed ms they will remain, and must
make ready for the next step of ag-
gresson; If they fail, the world nay
unite for peace, and Germany may be
of the union.
Have Sought TO Deceive World.
The present particular aim of the
masters of Germany is to deceive all
those who throughout the world stand
for the rights Of peoples and the self
government of nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces OF
Justice and of liberalism are gathering
out Of this war.
The sinister intrigue is being no less
actively conducted In this country ;han
In Russia and in every country In Eu-
rope to which the agents and dupes of
the imperial German government can
get access.
In War for Freedom and Justice.
The great fact that stands out above
all the rest Is that this is Peoples
war, war for freedom and justice and
eelf.govcrnment amongst all the ma
tions of the world a war 10 make the
world safe for the peoples who live in
II and have made 1t their own, the
German people themselves included;
and that with us rests the choice TO
hI enk through all these hypOcrlsies and
patent cheats and masks Of brute force
and help set the world free, or else
stand aside and let II be dominated
long age through by sheer weight of
arms and the arbitrary choices Of self
constituted masters, by the nation
which cnn maintain the biggest armies
and the most Irresistible armaments--
1t power TO which the world has af-
forded no parallel and IN the face OF
which political freedom must wIther
and perish.
For us there IL but one choice. We
have made II. Woe he 10 the man or
group OF men TINT seeks 20 stand ia
our way In this day of high resolution
when every principle we hold dearest
Is TO be INDICATED and made secure for
the salvation of the nations We are
ready TO plead AZ the bar Of history,
and our flag shall wear q new luster.