TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-03-07
WAR WITH GERMANY
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refuse then them i they were :. offered us IS : ~ : gift gift Do " want .s to ef f%T
the nightmare Of the gold plethSrai we resemble King Midas, who turned
are starving 4 crushed Germany would not be able e pay any indemnity
but @' one 9T ain SsIS help help England nd "A 'lAlD mao - s~ ~.
The argument i this: # We help England now England will have to
we want al ally IN a possible war we are rushing into sure war Seen tbs
WIZARDS wizard ' say, SO it, ID better better to fight Il out now with Enehnds help than
later alone. But even the cieverest statesman can never say that a war
has 4. to !, COME It. Y arrogant an and and sinful ~ It., to say t that We e. are s4 fpq ba snst
in case Of war with Germany Japan will use this opportunity to settle the
give j. we shall face war with Japan while we are in war with Germany.
licked Germany 70 tear up our treaties with Japan and the Inevitable con
the greatest imaginable blessing to England i TALES beautifully with the
While they are a%sH asbt E% and / ez z&s Hs each other. 1Ssrs s Is 70 reason Why
Europe only because this time the competitive nations dwell in other
Whie We would battle wit, Germany Japan would 90 on establishing
wr A efSeent 1Io and to o0p protect 20 ID r1 o~n he / Mexico eo' could III f% Do whatever VI a@e
she pleases, Cuba would bother us-n short, we would have lost al liberty
submarine warfare, a view which we shall have to give up the moment We
disaster. Most people think that even after war is declared there viii be
no war war Blu But that td i = mistake is &C.. a terrible enhle mistake dsHs ,S Sir d. Edward va Grey said said
propheey. turned out to be tommyrot II we have to fight Germany we shall
wage war ID a half hearted way lives in childish illusions and viii be over
bn im 9sasf e is T6e only # g sensible Il uP pofey to n my mn dsi IS to Saep has1 with S0 tbe
services sqfss saf faRda l@e af American SHesSsaSy iin t aioe to @' sVoid e easaaei1 aga RaPsp al
alliances, to keep out Of war IS long as it is possible to do 81 with honor
and if we have TO fight then to fight as hard as possible. WashingtonanI
isolation, founded Of the spirit of true patriotism and supported by uni
versal military service, that should be or motto.
The system Of alliances brought on this war and the system Of alliances
prevents ending it, Don't you think that France would be glad to get out Of
it, And so would Austria. France knows that she could get a very
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ton whether a nation Is obliged, y even entitled, to commit suicide for
sake. We are 81 luckily situated that we can rely n ourselves
We don't need any alliances. We have money, we have men, and all we
need Is the spirit People say: Isolation is impossible in our days. Eco
nomical isolation certainly is impossible, e all know that, but this trmsm
alliances. And 50 / repeat: To fight Germany for the purpose Of get
ting Engands help in a possible later war is unwise.
War Is unnonnIa AL xonr raa+ives venr F-a,dg .m oa.n;,
tances, your enemies; they will all tell you that the nation wants peae
with Germany, with Japan. with Engand-peacei The nation Is not
a heroic mood. Frankly speaking, / do not think that this psychological
is satisfying in all its aspects, but here it Isl and must bel
reckoned with. Moreover, a war with Germany is unpopular with the
GerTnan-Anerleanst the lrsh-Americans, and many Ango-Americans
II there were a moral issue it probably would be different. If we could
say, IN imitation of England: IF submarine war is not wrong, nothing isl
wrongH-the nation might be united. But nobody-except a few cranks-I
that and therefore It must be stated without any circumlocutons
the nation is not united Reporters are husting around TO question
prominent citizens about their loyalty and, of course, everybody says
he rs loyal, but that does not mean that they are for war. Thousands
are wearing a flag or hanging At out Of the window, but how many OIL
them would volunteer? LET George do itg"-that is the real mood of
the nation.
Congress is FESTIVE. Why? Because the senators and congressman
feel that the alton does not want war and that or representative fngHtu-I
tons would have to undergo a terrible assault il in this age they would
not represent the people. The agitation for the national referendum Is mo-
mere pro-German artmce, no tHhe to be waived away; IL has con tol
stay. shall say a few words about its advantages and drawbacks in nv
next article.