El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
VIII SON ANSWERS THEOUlTTERS;
MAKES IT A FIGHT TO A FINISH
(BYH. S. H.

enough Of them still here to form intellectual
sOdable and very patriotic club
But in spite of the vassalage Of Aasra-Hungary t.
Germany, the fact remains that the ties exist that the
slave fighting to aid the master and that the slaves troops
may any time be encountered by troops on whatever
front may engage in war Therefore the declaration
Of war against Austria-HungaTy was imperative.
his address to congress- president Wilson again made
the mistake Of derentatng between the German govern
ment and the German people To the German government
he attributes all the despotism cruelty, world ambition
and frghtfulness which Germany has displayed the
outset Of the He holds the German government 1T
the people, responsible for the crimes IN Belgium ana
France all the MURDERS brutal assaults, muations child
Staying poisoning burning, lOOting and starvation
That distinction only be upheld by the assumption
German high command at the outset of the
passed the word: "Parayze and terry the enemy
countries with your frghtfulness and that each COM
mander Obeyng orders interpreted fghtfuness in his
way and each enlisted man. Obeying orders, as
frightfui as he was ordered to be- Otherwise stnc
ton made for would be impossible for any
high command to direct all the myriad and often stimuli
taneous atrocities which have been committed.
In fact distinction between the German government
and the German people to cruelty viii not stand close
examination, for there too many hundreds of testi
MONIES all authenticated, to prove that German soldiers
of their yOion and without orders committed acts
of torture acts of hdeous baTbary such the worlds
history previously never recorded German soldiers repre-
sentative of the great of German population, them
selves bayoneted babies pitched them into the fire. cut
breasts from women; shot the faces from little children
crushed the skulls Of helpless old and chopped
legs from cOmbatants OF all ages Here the point
Had not the awful spirit Of cruelty lurked in the
breasts Of the German soldeTy, it could have
itted these revolving crimes under orders. Had not
the officers been beasts they could not conceived
much less ordered the execution Of such crimes Had they
not been thieves at heart thy could not have looted Bel
/ giun and France each for his benefit.
about the blasting to bits of American wOrkmen
in American factories? the fires ships docks
and manufacturing plants the dynamng of bridges to
hur innocent people to destruction. Have not many OF
these been traced directly to Germans Of the mass?
It than useless for the president to that
an overthrow Of the German emperor house would
rFa- he R-1
kans ustria-Hungary and Turkey from bondage, and
lberate the world from the of reveron to bar
barsn It VIII take more tnan that Both the German
government and the German people must be so thoroughly
beaten down by blows that they will be rendered
not penitent, at least imPotent-
Then then only viii be time put into practice
the presidents finely generous theories Of eectng peace
without reprals, annexatiOns punitive indemnites
aer-war boycots peace based justice and the rights
Of all nations, great and small
We are top dog in this and mustn't forget it.
Economy doesn't mean penury. Buy you need it and
keep the cash circulating
It's just moderately safe for Francisco the Villain to
to the border, that Pe-shing is in France.
Americans are absolutely united in the var Anyone Of
opposite views convics himself Of being un-Ame1ican
The attacks of the crown princes troops against the
allies might be called the charges Of the Lghtheads Br
gade
is highly fortunate for the world that German dipo-
macy during the has been less efficient than German
militarism-
The German aviatOrs again have been dropping poi
s5nad candy the babies As the woud
say, Coward with God"
FOrd slogan, "Out of the trenches by Christmas" has
been modified to suit the nations purposes by substituting
for "out of" the word ainto"
While urging conservation the people OF the country
the government should Whpple Barracks at Pres
cot ARR, which abandoned years ago Just
after large had been spent make It every respect
first class army post Time after time Arizona has called