The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-27

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of robber barons, and that William
should be hung and thus give sane
tion to international law.
While paid his expenses to the
military training camps of 1915
and 1916, and for unit of mill
tary training in Harvard, in April
objected to his going in advance
of his country's call; but his
cousin, son of Henry Hoffmaster,
one of the German republicans of
1913, gave him 500 and saw him
off, and told him he was fighting
for the liberty of the German
people, also. | wonder which of
you two, or any of the others up
there who will fall, will be writ
ten first in the history Of Dane
county.
He was only one Of some 2,200
others, educated in first princi-
pies, to go to the front. All of
them and others were inspired
with the same ideals in advance
of their country's call. He real
lied that the business of the Unit
ed States is war, and that war is
the business of every individual.
l, in particular, realize since his
fall that war is my business.
Ii you were senator in Ger
many, and doing the same for
America as you are doing for the
Hohenzollerns, you would face the
firing squad. You say you are for
free speech. Is free speech a vir-
tue in battle?
II you, as a senator, have a
license for free speech after war
is declared, everyone believing in
an hereditary imperialistic form of
government has the constitutional
right, with immunity, to debate for
the purpose of defeating America
In this war, and SO make innumer-
able sacrifices in vain, and fasten
upon the world a dynasty which,
by reason of its concentration of
power, will rule and be the chief
influence, in turmoil, until, by
evolution, the final plan of the
First Divine Master prevails.
For thousands of years this
contest between the Beast and
Spirit has waged, because in the
Divine plan Individual free cleo
tion was Incorporated. AS all the
world is now at war over the two
systems of government, it is the
hour. All who are for the Beast
must face the firing squad, now.
1t Is the hour! One and one
half billion people are arraigned in
serried battle front against Will
liam and his system. A hundred
and fifty million, many by force,
are on his side. The first have
just arisen from the table, or been
awakened from Sleep
The opposing forces have secret
ly subjected all their accumula-
lions and culture and extended
their propaganda for forty years
In preparation for this contest, and
expected to win in forty days,
while those who awoke, or. arose
from the table in hurried alarm,
have defended parliamentary in
situations to the extent. of hun
dreds of billions of accumulations
and five millions of lives to the
fourth year, and now have William
begging for breath, and Carl for
peace, and yet you, as tragedian
and as politician, willing to
throw your country in the breech
to save yourself, would defeat the
parliamentary idea. 1t was the
only booking role open to you.
One <of the first principles of
American institutions is jealousy
of power. Our first patriots knew
that its protraction is abused. Yet
we. in war, place In the hands OF
our executive more real power
than rests with an imperial SOW
eign; but our executive is ac-
count to the people at the end OF
his term. But you, like dog
swapping at the heels of the gen.
eral, would make him account
able to you and your ambitions
NOW.
Many Americans have died for
ideals few now, and great
numbers will in the future. II
sounds we'll to cry free speech at
certain times, but this cry Is inap-
propriate, misleads the multitude
and causes deaths as our gigantic
war machine proceeds, and en-
courages Soap Box in battle.
No speech is now appropriate
except that which leads to parlia-