The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-23

.n. Johns Hopkins University
rafis IN three weeks, London in
9; three months, New York in tbraa
: years was the accepted German
OF program. ''h
IS The Pan-German prona oanda ~.
"a 1u oeen going on for the last .
81 sears proved beyond the nar,d,,o,,4.
s3Yi a doubt that the only reason wb,
ehe attempt had not been made bofas,
y realize the grandiose concan+ioa !.
German world domination is 70 h
1lvuhd IN the fact that those resnon
IT,, IL. ior Il We're not ready. The dav
4 1 ,au not yet come. But in Auenst
lSi4, It was believed that the hour had
e. uek A short, aggressive and snc
fcessful war and the dream Of oan t S:'e-
would De a reality. Paris in three
weeks, London in three months No.,
York in thee years was the ae.a ,aeS
| stelfnan propaganda.
s. That the Germans might fine d,o
i world domination we NAV nossibl,,
s.l, But that the German
people should be willing to resort -
s practiees of which they have been
SHOWN to be guilty in order to reoluo
- sleir dream was hardly to be believed Il
iney nave, however, under Prussian
adopted philosophy of life
Nnich makes it impossible for other S
!. aatlons and peoples to ,coax;st ~ "
'efms Of equality. The pride indicates t
2 the classic boast of Roman c;ti1or C
mp is almost abject humility whar t
ompared with the belief Of the mod Il
in Germans in their superiority - "
anef peoples For the Roman was a
'iiiing 50 long as his political power o
rs recognized to permit conm,ered !.
ICES TO live in a condition Of af laast !,
I !. . representation 70 social and eco /
on to be unworthy of perpetuation
i'd announces his intention to dispense
5 degenerate followers to those parts
the earth where they will least i;
terfere with the spread of Deutsche
ultur. To him the Teutons are the =
aople chosen of God to redeem the pl
orld. Those who resist the will of &c
cd are guilty of impiety and for tn
lem no fate is too hard. With them OF
0 engagement however sacred need II
E kept. No means is too vile to re- ca
,rt to if it is thought to aid in the h;
of the divine purpose. &C
ever since the times of the Old Tes-
ament has a nation so despised its ec
eighbors as do the Germans of this re
ay and hour. We must go back to W
lie days of Assyria and Rome to find m
zamples of such treatment of subju-
ated peoples as modern German pol Ct
" presents. Either Germany must CT
> taught to see the error of her ways II
r we Germans must reconcile T
lrselves to become the submissive tie
ayes of German masters. The fate
{ Belgium and northern France may M
ell be ours. is
But detestable as the German
of life is, no man can doubt Iii
le triumphs of Teutonic efficiency. v
robably never in the history of the tt
uman race has so large a body OF Ell
zen become capable of such efficient d;
ction as has the German nation in
,eent years. From scientific point al
{ view, from a military point of Eo1
lew, from an economic point of view, Fiji
'om a social point of view, Germany ST
as shown great strength. Opposed in
v almost the entire world she is still Ia
nconquered. To teach her the lesson W
he must be. taught will require the G
eviction of all the power of those Of
lied against her. et
The nom German world is, then, a,
t the present time confronted by an S
lversary who combines unbounded II
mbition and insufferable Arrogance S,
it'll unexampled efficiency and UNI r;
without limit. We AM ii
ricans, far removed as we are from
le scene of Germany's first efforts Il
, realize her ambitions, form an I'M b
ortant part of the non-Teutonic D
-orld We must not lull ourselves r,
ito security because Of the remote Il
ess of our geographical situation or G
ne pacific character of our purposes. 8
he Germans of the present day de- v
pise our capacity, envy our prosper @
y, and are not inclined to comply h
18th our desire to pursue the even q
snor of our ways in the continents
,hich we have colonized and devel- S
ped "a
We have further in German preten- a
ions direct attack upon the kind of c