New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-20
Bonds or Bondage?
Let All True Americans Cheerfully
Respond to the Call

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II is too late to deny that Germany
planned a world empire. In the year 1892, at
a conference in the Potsdam Palace, the Kaiser
placed in the hands of five hundred picked
men from his domains a pamphlet beginning
with these words: 1.-THE Pan-German Empire,
from Hamburg, on the North Sea. to the Per-
sian Gulf. Our immediate goal, 250,000,000
Of people; our ultimate goal, the Germaniza-
ton of all the world" Explaining this bold
and ambitious unde rtaking, the Kaiser said:
From childhood have been under the in
Auence of five Alexander. julius Cesar,
Theodore II, Frederick the Great and Ma
poleon. Each Of these men dreamed a dream
of world empire. They failed. | am dream
ing a dream of German world empire, and my
mailed fist shall succeed" With these soar
ing aspirations, is it any wonder that without
provocation he plunged into war 10 accom-
plish his object? Ignoring international
pledges. trampling upon all law and human
rights wagng a war of "frightfuness' worse
than that of the Huns under Attila the
Scourge he plunged through Belgium with
the cry "On t. Paris" The next step was 20
checked in his immediate plans, the Kaiser
now boasts that he will take mo nonsense
from the United States after the war"
German war methods ought to inspire every
American to buy Liberty bonds TO the limit,
rather than risk German bombs and German
bondage.
Listen 10 Or. Parkhurst's thrilling arraign-
ment of these modern, cultured barbarians,
and notice his conclusions:
II you and could have only had the opportunity
of witnessing the going down of the Lusitanis car
lying with It its precious freight of 400 innocent
non-comba.ant men, women and children. could
have been present at the incubation Of Entente
prisoners with germs Of ncurabe disease or have
been intimately obseryant of the process Of unsexing
hundreds of Serbian boys. could have been part
OF the host OF men deported from Flemish homes or
could have had among them sister a daughter
carried away into Germany to render such service
the eXgencies of agriculture lust might re-
auire of them. il could have stood at the
malicious bombar dment of consecratod temples or
if it had been little babe of that saw
tossed upon the point of bayonct of of these
Teutonic savages. with what shudder should we
regard the remote possibility of coming under the
domination Of power instinct with the very
genius OF hell
To avert this dread calamity 10 root out
from the body polite the cancer of Prussian-
ism, to heal the long-runnng sore of gen
Grafton, 70 remove the fear and dread long
overshadowing and cursing Europe and about
20 menace our continent, 20 reinstate crushed
and bleeding nations and make the world safe
for democracy, let every dweller under the
Stars and Stripes lend literally to his govern
lent, that tho sinews of war MAY Tot be lack
ing and that great and sudden oversubscrip-
ton may spread confusion in the ranks of the
enemy. All who understand the present need
and who are truly loyal will cheerfully re-
spond-"to tire last cent. 70 the last man. 20
the last heartbeat"-until unconditional sur
render is accepted and a victorious peace IS
established.
"He is sounding forth the trumpet that shall
never call retreat.
He is sitting out the hearts OF men before
His judgment seat.
Oh. be swift, ny soul, TO answer Him. be
jubilant my feet
Our God ia marching ON
". j. MOSIER.
DemaroSt