El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-17

civilized countries
1T is a well recognized fact thai
the very finanrial basis which has
prepared Germany so well for this
war. was forced from poor bleeding
France as indemnity settlement Of the
war Of 1870. Since the close OF that
war Germany has had but one desire
and aim as government and thai
has been 70 make 1lnal preparation
for worlds conquest and place the
German empire as ruler over all the
I world
Every line OF education for years
among German people has been an
/ education for warfare For years the
I mothers Of Germany have been taught
I that 1t was their duty to their coun-
/ try TO rear large families that they
I might be helpful in the war which has
} been so long promised
1T has been a household saying
throughout the German empire tor
years OF Germany over all and,
through her governmental schools
and military training her people have
{ been brought to believe in the IN
Z questionable divine authority OF the
kaiser and in the unconquerable mil
Itarism OF the fatherland.
when one knows Of their heinous
acts towards children, aged men and
women, and their worse than heather
treatment Of young women and girls:
when one fully realizes that war is
the business Of the German people
and that they hold no sacred feelings
towards either the innocent or help
less, IL is little wonder that we
tremble when we think what the
consequences would be should Ger
many come out of this war victorious.
World Taken UnaWares.
The masses Of the people through
out the world have been so busy in
the pursuit Of their various works
that they did not see the gathering
Of the clouds of war until the storm
was fairly upon US In our own coun-
try men who had made a study OF
the worlds condition set forth a little
warning among our people and a few
men in congress asked for an in
crease in our army and navy
we al remember the criticism
which followed their warnings and
what the masses regarded as unwar-
ranted preparedness and waste OF
money.
when a warning went forth OF
the German entrenchment in business
and public positions and Of the teach
ings, the majority Of the people looked
upon the apparently honest indus
triOus German immigrant in this
country and believed that from such
people no harm could come but now
we have had ample proof that even
these so called simple, industrious
and honest Germans were indeed
part Of the great spy system Of the
kaiser.
German Spies Everywhere.
1T was only after the commence
ment Of this great war that France,
Belgium and England awakened TO
the fact that their countries were and
had been infested by the great Ger
man spy system and that their lands
had for years been prepared for this
war.
What seemed to be the honest
German shopkeepers in London and 4
Paris have proven TO be the mead OF
and Information departments I
which kept in close touch with the I
real conditions and made direct re-
ports to Berlin
Repeatedly or our own shore line .
cities wireless stations have been I
found on the roofs OF the shops con-
Quoted by these same innocent, honest
and Industrious looking German peO-
pie, so that there is little wonder that
in all the countries today arraiEned Z
against Germany and her allies, those
who speak the language Of the faith
erland are held under suspicion.
German FuthfuIness
There mas been more property
destroyed by the Germans in this war
than IN all the years that preceded its 7.
commencement
Churches, schools, colleges, hos
pitfalls, ships, buildings that today are
AAA4anAEn Vast LlAAEELA0Aa Oh UNI
placeable art-au these have gone
down before these German barbarians.
Even today on the place where our
Saviour LrOd while on earth, the very
ground IS being soaked with the blood T.
lf those who are trying 10 prevent the
German invasion and countless. help
less, innocent men, women and child
rem are dying Of starvation
AT night the demons Of the air,
Tying at heretofore unknown and IN
Lttainable heights. carrying their mis-
les Of death and destruction, are scat E
-erinE havoc and terror in otherwise
peaceful and happy communities, kill
nE those who are helpless and who
lever have OF never could do German
'oyalty any harm.
The seas which were intended for
III mankind. are OVerrun with subma-
ines manned by German educated
lrutes with instructions from the
5erman government TO spare no per
on or property
1T was on account Of this unwar-
anted and uncivilized treatment and
he breaking OF the many promises IN
elatiOn TO this mode or warfare that
.ur own country has been drawn into
his awful war
Red Cross Good Work.
at has not taken the Red Cross OF
he world long to establish itself on
firm basis When the people OF
france were fleeing by the thousands
.efCre the German invasion. the Red
ross nurses met the trains and gave
resi- milk TO the babies and children
nd fruit and biscuits and chocolate TO
he older people
7 saw one OF these trains nearly a
nile long, with people packed in like
ardines, all fleeing before the Ger
mans, leaving all their earthly pos
essions behind, excepting what little
hey could carry in their hands. Many
+ them left valuable and sacred be
onginEs behind, which now adorn the
renches occupied by the Germans
no rausacked all the homes they
ONE TO-
when I came to America two and a
alt years ago to procure financial
Id for my hospital and I told my
riends OF the horrible crimes com
litted by the German soldiers ] was
armed against repeating these tales.
s the people here, who knew only
that appeared to be the innocent.
onest and Industrious German. would
OF believe such stories. but since
hat time the means restored TO by
he Germans in their fighting and the
actics used by them with other coun-
RES has convinced everyone that
hey VIII resort TO any means possible
D fight and that, unrestrained by
heir officers, the German soldiers are
[ liberty TO satisfy their british de-
Tres, whether il calls for victualS,
rink, or poor innocent girls.
zach Of US has a special duty to
ertorm- Some by the conservation
food, some by sewing and knitting
ome by sending books and magazines
, the boys who are at the front and
Ill help US in our work, for We are
IreLE In the right