The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-03
OUR ENEMIES.
What We arc Fighting Against
(By Newell Dwight Hillis.)

(By Newell Dwight Hillis.)
Jesus made his choice between His
convictions and physical death. Man
kind survived His crucifxion, but the
race could not nave survived a big
moral compromise to save His life.
Today mankind can survive the loss
OF this generation Of boys, American,
French and British, but one thing So
ciety cannot survive namely, a COM
primisc with German lawlessness,
German cruelty and German crime,
Today in many cities and CONT
nents men are wondering how the
German spies and secret agents man
age to keep proposals fer peace in the
newspapers, at public meetings and
before the people. Short of ammu-
milton. short of food. alarmed by the
breaking Of the morale of her SOL
diers, the German war party begins
to fear a revolt against it's leader.
ship I'm the hope of saving =. her
plunder Germany is now using every
conceivable influence to force peace
proposition upon the allies. H..
During the first three years, each
week brought it's own revelation of
German preparation for war, through
the sinking of hospital ships, the
iooting Of cities,' tho murder of all,the
inhabitants Of villages, the treachery
by her ambassadors of every great
capital. Having ended the war epoch.
Germany is now preparing for peace,
and once more She is using gold,
bribes. He's and treachery TO gain, the
desired end. a tr,.,
We have the news from Rome OF
public official who has fed having
been secret agent OF Germany
spending millions in bribing men of
influence. Then came the shock in
cident to the revelations of Bolo
Pasha, with the fifty millions sent to
this. Country for seducing Americans
from their loyalty. And now shock
is due to the discovery that last No
vember pro-Germans began to join
all the American pca&e societies, to
control the nominations. and the Of
ficers TO. be elected for January.
A full expose OF those Vaccinations
would make one Of the most startling,
dramatic and venal of ell the subtle
and seductive schemes for peace con-
ceived by diplomatic tricksters. AS
never before. Satan is now trans
formed into an angel of light, that
the soul Of man may be betrayed
and debauched. For thoughtful men
who have weighed the issues, there
is something startling about the
enormous gains Germany would make
by securing an immediate pease.
Germany has missed the goal she
desired. namely the conquest Of a
kingdom from Hamburg on the North
Sea to the Persian Gulf, and two
hundred and Gfty millions Of people.
BY withdrawing from Belgium and
France and then closing the incident,
Germany would lea"e France, Grea
Britain and their allies broken by in
vasion, and saddled with ninety bill
lions Of debts. The rich fields cast
OF the River Rhine have not been in
vaded
Belgian steel mines, iron foundrfes
silk and cotton mills, sugar factories,
have all been looted OF machinery
and then burned, but Germanys fac
,orics are intact Frances farms
earns, granaries and vineyards
.lave been destroyed. but not Ger
many's. To rebuild the ships that
England has lost would mean the In
Dor OF half q generation. Not IL
fifty years will Belgium. and Franco.
roland and Serbia recover their
FORMER prosperity. Rut while thes
lands, ruined by German cruelty. are
J cling rebuilt. Germany, having lost |
nothing by invasion. will put her
billions upon n new army. and then
strike second time, and complete a
victory but half won. The cessation
of this war. therefore. at Gcrmany'S
request. and the acceptance of Ger
man peace. means an aliect capitula
lion to Berlin