Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-14
SPURLOS VERSENKTT

Day by day the proof OF German
ruthlessness. German mendacity. Ger
mar outlawry. grows. Day BY day
n indictment against kaiserthum
u and mounts. until ali the
world-except Germany-is appalled,.
Drop for the moment their barbar-
u cruelities In r;wantonIy and pur-
poseiy bombing hospitals, which hith-
erte have been held immune even 'by
semi-savage races. and just consider
now the masks nave been torn from
the faces of the German diplomatic
llars in the past few months-in each
case through American Instrumental
ties.
Our own state department revealed
that while we were still at peace with
Germany, Prussian 1%ntriguers were
trying to bride Mexico and Japan ito
war on us. Caught with the goods,
tne cynically avowed thatft
was perfectly proper In time Of peace
to prepare for war against a friendly
power by seeking to enmesh it in the
tolls.
In the past few days an American
newspaper man, working i'm Russia.
mas revealed the kilograms exchanged
between Kaiser willy" and Car
Mickey" In these, Wilhelm Hohen-
z%ollern, who has constantly and lying
~ tried to shift his own blood-guilt to
others by averring that other nations
started the war, was revealed as striv-
ing Tor a temporary alliance between
Germany, Russia and France, whose
object was to isolate Great Britain
and make that country an easier prey
for the war Germany desired to mako
upon her. That object achieved. the
turn Of France. Of Russia, and Of
America would have come later-if
they stood in the path Of German
ambitions. Again and again Geruan
(apologists have attempted an alibi as
to the reasons that impelled them to
violate. the neutrality of little Bel
gium. But in these kilograms the
kaiser was revealed frankly stating to
the car that in case OF war between
Germany and Britain, he would in
necessary for his objects.
And in the past few DAVIS. once
more due to our own state depart
ment, hase come another revelation
fof German methods and of German
Ibarbarity. The German charge at
Buenos Aires. knowing he could not
send cables to Germany over his own
signature, sent them through the
medium Of the Swedish minister to
Argentina.
The crime is both Swedish and
GSiAidii. IHe eACuSeS 80 Iar OiLeFeQ Dy
the Swedes, show the extent to which
they are non-plussed by the sweeping
revelation. 1t was a fragrant breach
of neutrality. that definitely places
Sweden as an ally of Germany.
But the graver crime is that Of
lGermany. That country had a dis
pute with Argentina about the sinking
of the iatter's ships. While the two
nations were at peace. while Count
Luxburg, Germany's minister, was the
guest Of the Argentine people, he waa
Germany wanted to sink Argentine
vessels, they be ~ttracelessly sunk
"spurlos yersenkt."
That can mean only one thing: not
only blow up the vessels, but kill the
crews. SO the disappearance of the
ships Will forever remain-a mystery
Nothing more cruel. more1 cold
blooded, has been revealed even about
/ Germany.
Just as Bethmann-Hollweg's cons
~temptuous reference to the treaty
with Belgium as ia mere scrap of pa
per" will always be 81 blot upon Ger.
many. 80 Will Count Luxburg,s das-
tardly policy OF "spurlos sversenkts1
Such things as these a never be
excused 9 never be paliiated 9
policy Is not only q policy or murder;
1T is q policy Of murder bylstea1th and
by might. IL is the policy Of a n
ton that assassinafeg and seeks tt
hide the evidences OF Its crimes, sc
that it may not be arraigned befors
the bar Of international Justice.
There's one thing worse than tall.
ing candy from a baby. That is gly'
ling it~zpofsoEed candy. after the meth.
t0d OF German avjatofs.