The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-15

what point Fat" lrt.. brought them II
Ihry fall barl; or ar forced back an
inch. their H"w'r boil abroad ana ~
home will fall 10 pieces lik" Il h"uS' OF
cards. |, is ih"ir power at HON" thrE
are thinking about NOW NOR" ti'hn th"lr
power abroad. 1t IL that power whi''!
j. trembling under iE"Ir very itrl' an"
T,rp fear has rut"r"I their hearts
They hhLr bat nn" rhunr" to p"rr't ha'c
their military puw"r or even their con-
trailing l",IIfIrHi InNn"n"". u IH"! 'ai'
>'"ur,' i'"ir'. ii',w with IA" iiniii''ilS" "''-
Ian;ag"> ,tiil III ,h.ir hands which they
Inv" UP L. iHi~ point apparently saln'h'
they WIN hay" justified themselves l"'-
ru,r. tho German J"-"rl": they Will nave
gained l.y FORE. what they promised ~
gam lay ii: an Imm:n"" expansion III
German power. An ilnm"ns" "nlhrH"'
mont ~ German industrial and c"nlm"r-
cul opportunities. Their rr"stig" VIII
hv SECURE. and with their pr"StIc" their
political power. II they fan. their pnh-
rIc will thrust them aside: Inv"rn-
m"il :i,'r'nilnrah' 10 the p"upl" them
selves viii lc sci up in Germany as It
has hr"u in England. in the United
States. III Frnnrr and i'll all the great
countries AZ tho modern time except
germany. II they succeed they ARE safe
and Germany aud the world are undon":
IL they FIJI i;,rmrry Is saved and the
world wII! hr 1t p":srr. II they succeed,
America will tall within the menace.
W.. and all tn" rest Of the world must
remain ARMED. rs they Will remain. ana
must MAX" ready for tn" next step in
their aggression: If they fail. the world
uny unit" for peace and Germany may
n tn" union.
IN, you moi now understand tho new
intri cu". the intrigue for peace. ana why
the. masters Of iicrmauy dn not hesitate
L. USE any agency that promises Ia cl-
I'ct their purpose. The deceit of The ma
items Their present particular aim is
10 deceive" all those who throughout tho
world stand for tn" rights Of peoples
and the self government Of nations: for
they So" what Immense strength the
forces "f justice and of liberalism are
gathering OUT Of this wnr. They arc en-
pl0lIug liberals in their enterprise. They
are using mon. in Germany and without,
~ their SInl"Smcn whom they have
hitherto G"SpiSrd and oppressed. using
them for their own deStructinn.--social-
ISts. The leaders 0f labuur. tn" thinkers
they have hitherto sought To silence.
Let them once succeed and th"S" mon.
nov their tools will he ground TO powder
beneath the weight nf ihr great military
"mpIr" I;,'v will have sci az: tn" r"ro-
utinuiSis, III Russia viii be- cut off from
all Snrcnur or cooperation IN western
f.urnr' and a "0untrrr"Nuluti"n foStcrcd
and Supported: ri"rmHny herself VIII
Lose her rhanr" IF rr",hom: and nll
Europe will arm for tho next. the final
struggl".
Sinister Intrigue.
"'Thr sinister intrIru" Is being II" irSS
actively conducted in this country than
III liussiH and in every country in Eu-
rope t" which III" agents and dupes of
tn: Imperial German government can
Ec' access. That government has many
Spokesman here. in places high and low.
They l;lr learned discretion. Ih"y
keep within ihr law. II Is opinion they
utter now. not S"hli!on. They proclaim
the liberal purposes Of their masters;
49,, l,tI aiErn .,
touch .imrrira with no danger To either
her lands ar her institutions: SCI Eng
land 1T tn" center at IN" stage hud talk
"t h'r ;tImhItlnn t. assert economic 40
miri"n Throughout tie world; appeal 1"
our aIriru, tradition al isolation III tho
rullticS If tn" nations; mud seek 10 un-
lie rlnlnr tn" government with ialSr pro-
frSsi"nS "f loyalty t" It's principles.
"Ifui they will .makc no Roadway. tn"
false h,trny themselves always III every
accent. !, is only friends and partiSAnS
- tn" German government whom we
hav" ALREADY Identified wh" utter these
'hmly disguised Lisloyhlii">. tn" facts
ar" patent IN all the world. and no.
whore arr They more plainly seen thnn
in tn" l'nil"i states. where VIC ar" Hr-
'ust"mrI Ia deal with facts and not
with ."phistri"<: and tho great fact thar
stands uur above all thc rest Is that
his iS ! rrnplH9' war, war FOR free
dom and justice and self government
amongst ali the nations Of the world. Il
war Ia max" the world safe for the
people who live upon il and have made
II their own. the German people them
selves included: and TINT with us rests
rhn choice 10 break through all these
hyrnrrsios and patent cheats and masks
&c brat" force and help set the world
free. or else stand aside and let II u"
dominated Il long ago through sheer
weigh; of arms and the arbitrary choices
"f S"lf-CnnStituted masters. by tho ma
ti"n which CEN maintain the biggest
armies and tho most irresistible arma-
nrnts.--a power To which tho world HIS
afforded no parallel and in tho face OF
which political freedom must withcr and
perish
For us there is but one choice. We
have made II. Woe he 10 tho man or
group Of men that socks tn stand in DIR
| way in this day Of high resolution when
/ every principle VIC hold dearest Is to be