The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1917-06-21

They have regarded the smaller states,
IN PARTICULAR and the peoples wne
could be overwhelmed by force. as
their natural tools and instruments of
domination. Their purpose has long
been avowed
The demands made by Austria upon
Serbia we're II mere single step in 4
plan which compasscd Europe and
Asia from Berlin to Bagdad, They
hoped those demands might not arouse
Europe. bat they meant To press them
whether HEY did or not, for they
ehaH@ht themselves ready for the final
issue Of arms.
Vast Empire Planned.
Their plan was to throw n hroad belt
of German military power and political
control across the very center OF Eu-
rope and beyond the Mediterranean in
10 lie heart of Asia and Austria-IIun.
gary was To be rs much their tool and
pawn as Serbia or bulgaria or Turkey
or the pendefeus states of the East.
The dream had its heart nj Berlin Il
could have had heart nowhere else :
II rejected the idea of solidarity of
race entirely The choice of peoples
played No part in 1t ut all. They ar
IDENTITY desired to direct their own af-
fairs. would be satisfied only by undis-
puted Independence. They could be
kept quiet only by the presence or the
constant threat of armed men. The
German military statesmen had reCk-
oned With all that and were ready 10
deal with II In their own way.
And they have actually carried the
greater part of TINT amazing plan into
execution Look how things stand.
Austria liz nj their mercy. 1t has acted.
not upon its own initiative or upon the
choice Of its own people, but at Der
lin'S dietation ever since the war be
gan Its people now desire peace, but
cannot have il until leave is granted
from Berlin The so-called central
powers are in fact but n single power.
Serbia is at its mercy. should its hands
be but for moment freed. From
Hamburg to the Persian gulf the net
is spread.
Why Berlin Seeks Peace.
Is II not easy To understand the Gag
crnesS for peace that has been mani
Tested from Berlin ever since the snare
was SET and sprung? Pence, peace.
peace has been the talk of her foreign
office for now n year and more: not
peace upon her own initiative, but up
on the initiative of the nations over
which size now deems herself 10 hold
the advantage Through all sorts Of
channels il has come To me. and in all
sorts Of guises. hut never with the
terms disclosed which the German gov
ernncnt would he willing to accept.
That government still holds valuable
part of France though with slowly re
laxfhg grasp. and practically the whole
of Belgium II cannot 20 further: It
dare not 20 back. 1t wishes to close
its bargain before il is too late and Il
has little left to offer for the pound Of
flesh it will demand.
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Germany is bleeding see very clearly
TO what point Fate has brought them.
If they fall back or are forced back
IN inch. their power both abroad and
mt home will fall to pieces Ike II
house Of cards. If they can Sc
cure peace now with the immense adj
vanlages still in their hands which
they have up 90 this point apparently
gained. they will have Justified them
SELVES before the German people. they
will have gained by force what they
promised 10 gain by il: an immense
expansion of German power, nm im-
menSe enlargement of German indus
trinl and commercial opportunities. If
they fail. their people will thrust them
inside Il government accountable To
the people themselves will be set up
I'm Germany as il has been in England,
in the United States. IN France, and
i'm all the great countries of the mod
ern time except Germany. If they sue
coed they ire safe and Germany and
the world are undone; if they fail Ger
many is saved and the world will be at
peace If they succeed, we and all
the rest of the world must remain
armed. as they Will remain, and must
make ready for the next step of ag-
erosion; If they fail. the world may
unite fer peace, and Germany may be
of the union.
Seek to Deceive World.
e 10
masters of Germany is to deceive all
those who throughout the world stand
for the rights of peoples and the self
government Of nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces of
justice and Of liberalism are gathering
out of This war
The sinister intrigue IS being no less
actively conducted in fhia country than
I'm RUSSIA and in every country IN Eu-
rope 10 which the agents and dupes Of
the imperial German government can
get access.
United States in War for Freedom.
The great fact that stands out above
all the rest is that this is Peoples
war. n war for freedom and Justice and
self.go1ernmcnt amongst all the ma
items Of the world, war 10 make the
world safe fer the peoples Who live in
il ana have made II their own, the
German people themselves included
and that with Us rests the choice to
break through all these hypocrisies and
patent cheats and masks of brute force
and help set the world free, or else