The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-14
The Hand In Argentina
Is the Hand That Brings D<
This Country Into War


Iessness, German mendacity, German
outlawry, grows.
Day by day the indictment against
kaiserthum mounts and mounts, until all
the world-except Germany appalled,.
Drop for the moment their barbarous
cruelties in wantonly and purposely
bombing hospitals, which hitherto have
been held immune even 10y semi-savage
races, and just consider how the masks
have been torn from the faces of the
German diplomatic liars in the past few
months-in each case thru American lu-
trumentallues-
Our own state department revealed
that while we were still al peace with
Germany, Prussian intriguers were try
ing TO bride Mexico and Japan to war
on us.
Caught with the goods. the Germans
cynically avowed that it was perfectly
proper in time of peace to prepare for
war against a friendly power by seeking
10 enmesh it in the tolls.
In the past few days an American
newspaper man. working in Russia, has
revealed the kilograms exchanged be-
tween Kaiser Willy" and Gar "Nicky.
In these. Wilhelm Hohenzollern, who
has constantly and lyingly tried TO shift
his own blood guilt to others By ayerrng
that other nations started the war, was
revealed as striving for a temporary ale
lance between Germany, Russia and
France whose object was TO isolate
Great Britain and make that country an
easier prey for the war Germany desired
to make upon her
That object achieved, the turn of
France, of Russia and of America would
have come later-if they stood in the
path of German ambitions Again and
again German apologists have attempted
an alibi as to the reasons that impeled
them to violate the neutrality Of little
Belgium. But in these kilograms the
kaiser was revealed frankly stating 10
the car that in case OF war between
Germany and Britain, ne would invade
and seize Denmark if it became neces-
sary for his objects.
And in the past few days, once more
due to our own state department, has
come another revelation Of German meth
DDS and of German barbarity
The German charge at Buenos Aires,
knowing he could not send cables to Ger
many over his own signature, sent them
thru the medium of the Swedish minister
to Argentina.
The crime is both Swedish and Ger
man.
The excuses so far offered by the
Swedes show the extent to which they
are non-plussed by the sweeping reve-
lation.
1t was fragrant breach of neutrality.
that definitely places Sweden as an ally
+. of Germany
But the graver crime is that of Ger
many.
That country had a dispute with Ar
gentina about the sinking of the latter's
ships.
While the two nations were at peace,
while Count Luxburg, Germany minis
ter, was the guest Of the Argentine peo-
pie, he was recommending that in the
future, if Germany wanted TO sink Ar
gentine vessels, they be "tracelessly
sunk"-"spurlos versenkt'
That can mean only one thing not
only blow up the vessels, but kill the
crews, so the disappearance of the ships
will forever remain a mystery.
Nothing more cruel, more cold-blood-
ed, has been revealed even about Ger
many.
Just as Bethmann-H ollweg's contempt
uous reference TO the treaty with Bel
GUM as "a mere scrap of paper will al
ways be a blot upon Germany, so will
Count Luxburgs dastardly policy Of
"spurlos versenkt."
Such things as these can never be ex-
cused, can never be palliated, can never
be forgotten.
The Luxburg policy is not only policy
of murder, it is a policy of murder by
stealth and by night
II is the policv of a nation that aeea.-