The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
TUE 1NSOLENCE OF GERMANY

Of Germany''-in describing the de-
mand of the German Imperial Gov
eminent that the United States obey
the German war zone decree and re-
fuse American citizens and American
commerce the right to use the high
ways of the sea.
The fact is that insolence and con-
tempt for the American Nation and
the people have marked the attitude
and conduct of the German Imperial
Government from the beginning OF
the war down to this day. 1t con-
sistently showed willingness and
ability to maintain it's honor and its
rights, and contemptuous disbelief
in the integrity and loyalty of the
American people toward their Gov
eminent and toward themselves.
It was not alone that they insulted
our Nations honor by the ruthless
murder of our citizens on the high
seas. sending to death noncOmtatalit
men and women and children, and by
DENYING to our commerce rights long
recognized by the international law
that prevails among civilized nations.
They made every effort, and some
times with success. to foment strikes
and disorders among factory and
other workers, They sought to de
bauch the national spirit Of The
Americans. They sought to make
traitors Ct American citizens and by
a systematic campaign Of falsehood
and chicanarv to poison the minds Of
American people and especially the
people Of foreign birth who were Il
wing amongst us.
They sought to make traitors or
slackers Of our people and to make
enemies Of friendly nations. When
the German ambassador and many
German representatives and citizens
were living here under our protection
secured in the honor and good faith
Of America, they themselves were
conspiring against the peace Of this
country, and were in effect actually
waging WEI upon this country by gil
wing information by which ships were
sunk, and by actual acts of war in
this country. When Ambassador
Bernstorff in Washington was asking
for money to influence the American
Congress-, Zimmerman, the foreign
secretary in Be- lin, was seeking to
array Mexico and Japan against us.
The rules Of international law regar-
ding ambassadors have been held by
honorable nations to be particularly
sacred; German contempt Of America
violated them without scruple.
Absolute contempt Of Americas
courage and willingness and ability
to enforse our rights was shown by
the German Imperial Government
time and time again. With one stroke
of the Kaiser's pen in signing the war
zone decree it was sought to destroy
more than $3,4OO, 900 of our an
nual commerce with Europe.
Our exports to the nations with
which Germany is at war constitute
the greater half of our exports to the
entire world. Not all the German
Imperial Army and Navy can damage
our commerce as much as the Ger
man Imperial Government sought to
do it by simple decree which its
insolent contempt of the United
States led it to believe would be
obeyed by US. Not yet, and never
can any nation with impunity order
the vessels of the United States off
the high seas.
The challenge of the German I'm
perial Government has been met;
sea and land forces have been pur-
gained; ships have been pur-
chased and are being built; the Ma
ton is being organized all along the
line; nearly $3,0OO,OOO,OOO have
been loaned to the nations fighting
Germany and more will be furnished
them. The irresistible might of this
organized invincible Republic is
going to vindicate American honor
and Americans rifhts and establish
peace, justice, liberty, and right for
the world.
Berlin has invited comparison
between the German support of the
seventh German war loan and the
American support of the second Lii
berty loan. This is another evidense
of German inability to appreciate
American loyalty. How senseless it
is, how undeserved by the people of
the United States, has been shown
time and time again. And it is
shown again by the subscriptions to