The Brunswick news., 1917-04-11
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had the slightest intention OF attack
ing the United States. and has no
such intention now; has never deslr.
ed war against the United States, and
does not desire it now.
Then, in the very next breath, the
chancellor repeated oermanys oft-re-
peated threat to continue ruthless
submarine warfare against the ships
and citizens of the United States.
Up to now German submarine saw.
agery hascost the lives OF hundreds
of American citizcns-men, women
and children-and has sent to the bot
tom of the ocean millions upon mil
lions Of American property.
Every torpedo that a German sub.
marine has fired at an american ship,
or at an enemy merchant ship carry
Ing American citizens as passengers
or crew, has been an act Of war by
Germany against the United States.
The attempt to induce Mexico and
Japan to attack the United States
was an act of war against this coun-
try.
Every single act in the long series
OF conspiracies financed and organ
ized by Ambassador Won Bernstorff
for the purpose OF blowing up Amer.
lean munitions plants and killing
American workingmen was an act OF
war by Germany against the United
States.
And yet the German chancellor has
the face TO announce to the world that
Germany hasn't the slightest inten
ton of attacking the United States
and doesn't desire war with the Unit
ed States.
No, Germany doesn't want war with
the United States. All she wants is
to kill Americans, and destroy Amer
lean property, and conspire against
American neutrality, and try to get
other nations to attack America; and
while she is doing this have the
"idiotic Yankees smile and say they
like 1t.
No. Germany didn't want war with
Belgium. either. All she wanted was
to violate Belgium's neutrality. which
the latter was sacredly pledged to
protect; deprive her of her rights as
an Independent nation and make
battlefield OF her territory.
War with Belgium? Why of course,
not!
No, Germany didn't want war with
France. All she wanted was to in
wade France. destroy her beautiful
cities, dovastate her fair fields. rape
her noble women, commit unspeak-
able atrocities upon her innocent
children, destroy her priceless works
OF art.
No. Germany did not want war
with England. All she wanted was to
have England stand aside while she
violated her treaties with England in
respect of Belgium's neutrality and
ground France into small bits In her
monstrous military machine,
No. Germany has not wanted war
with any other nation. All Germany
has wanted or now wants is to have
other nations submit meekly to her
brutal will: to sacrifice their hoiior
at her command; to ofler up the lives
OF their citizens upon the altar of her
lust Tor world domination.
The United States has been called
upon this its president and congress-
to make final answer to this ques-
tion,
Shall we continue to submit to war
oy Germany against us without fight
ing back?
When Belgium had to answer this
question. she drew the sword, al.
though she knew that she was no
match FOR Germany and that she was
roredoomed to destruction.
When France had to answer, ev-
cry man. woman and child in the re-
public sprang to the defense of their
country.