Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-03-14
FOR PEACE AND A WHOLE SKIN.
Subscriber Takes Issue With Us ON
Recent Washington Incident.


~ with the Germans, since it issues
from that good old German town of
Walhalla. 1t Is strange how differ
emily people see a thing. Now, | am
opposed to war, and can see no more
occasion for war with the Germans
than with the British. think that
those nations over there should have
been allowed to fight it out in their
own way, submarines and all; and I
think that Americans (and, chiefly,
they were those with British inter-
ests) should have stayed off of YES
sells liable to attack.
l believe that the cool and consci-
entious historian of ten or twenty
years hence will write the names of
those represen tatives who attempted
to balk the Presidents war policy as
tho eleven wise men Of America-the
would-be preservers of the nations
peace. Also, 1 believe that the re-
cruiting lists, under call for volun-
tecrs, are going to show the war tenn
perature Of the common people sig
niflcantly near freezing point, If not
falling towards zero. Cam going to
ask you to hang these two predictions
on a hook in the back closet for fu-
ture reference.)
really think it fortunate that
few determined representatives pos
Sibly cen prevent the action Of
WI nj lfS3 ;nr
houses may poll. think that in Will
son the United States has a "czar;"
and that two years ago we should
have been just where we are now
with relation to Germany, had it not
been for the resignation Of Bryan,
which caused sudden modification
Of the Presidents attitude, due to
some fears for the success of COM
ing Presidential campaign. was
never Bryan man until that event
believe that Wilson, consciously or
unconsciously, is being used by the
munition people, the Wall street
crowd and the British government:
and the common people are going to
be the victims. They are going to do
the fighting (when draftedl, and
they are going to pay the war debt
afterwards. President Wilson, the
Cabinet, Congress, the Senate, Wall
street capitalists, the munition manu-
facturers-none OF them are going
to the front. They are going to re-
tain their legs and arms and eyes to
assist them in enjoying the fruits of
their gigantic scheme. 1t is the
TON, Dick and Harry" crowd that
will be showed into the breech.
do not believe that any member
OF the entire Washington and Wall
street groups think for single mo-
ment that there will be any invasion
by Germany. or, through any plot
that Germany may have in mind, for
the delegating Of that pleasant task
to Mexico or Japan. | believe that,
in view of the starvation Of Ameri-
can citizens in the large cities, 1t is
little short of criminal not to place
an embargo on foodstuffs to Europe.
All this big noise at Washington is
British thunder behind the scenes.
The scene Is very melodramatic,
thanks to diplomatic genius; and
lot of people will fall for the manu-
featured brand OF patriotism only to
indulge in some deep final regrets.
Just a peep into the political history
OF the United States back to 1912
will reveal the fact that this country
has not been involved in a diplomatic
difficulty Of any moment that Eng
land has not had finger in it, and
always with sinister design against
the United States. And now, again,
the shadow of the black hand is on
the canvas.
] am not kicking because there is
any danger that | shall be conscript-
ed any time soon-I am 46 But.
somehow, I can see a generation Of
our people growing old under limb
less, sightless and otherwise MANNED
and pain-racking conditions, eking
out mere existence through their
disabilities, and through whose sacri-
fees the war capitalists have fat
tened.
The daily news service Of the coun-
try Is clearly in the hands Of the Brit
ish interests, and is distinctively
medium for the propagandist work
of that nation.
| am not writing this in spirit Of
criticism, but merely to sound a note