The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-16

To The Editor Of The Forum:
The Royal Bengal Tiger stealthily
stalks about instinctively, under
cover Of darkness, in a restricted
area in Asia, and he is content to re-
main in that area, seeking what he
can devour.
The Royal Berlin Tiger, ignoring
all human instincts, with ever in
creasing stealthiness, has for genera
tons, under cover Of treacherous
subterfuge, been stalking about an
ever increasing area in central Eu-
rope seeking whom he might devour.
So successful has he been in crush
ing one victim after another in CEN
trail Europe, that in July, 1914, he
determined to make his stalking
ground world wide, where he could
for all time accomplish his tigerish
purpose ruthlessly, at will.
The laws that sway the Royal
Bengal Tiger are the laws of the jun
gle, one Of which is-might makes
right. Having no conscience to
deter him the Asiatic tiger ruthlessly
rends and brushes his victims I'M
mindful Of their agony. In doing so
he follows the unreasoning instincts
OF his being, his sole purpose being
to satisfy the physical needs of him
self and of his mate and whelps. He
is morally irresponsible and there
fore guiltless. He is truly a ruthless
beast.
The Law of the Jungle.
The law, that the Royal Berlin
Tiger has been hugging to himself
with ever increasing fervor, is this
law of the jungle, this tigerish law
that might makes right. So long
and persistently has he allowed him
self to be besieged by this tigerish
idea it has become an obsession with
him and the conscience he once
possessed, for instance in 1S4S. has
become silenced, and the capacity he
once possessed to reason nationally is
lost. He has in fact become tigerish.
The entire world for him has become
mere jungle where he may feel
free to rend, and tear and crush as
he may deem occasion requires, I'M
mindful of the agony or pleadings for
mercy on the part Of his victims. II
his royal tigerish highness deems
that a certain tigerish act is "neces-
sary" that settles it, that tigerish act
is done. He is guilty of colossal
moral wrong, for he is moral enough
to call upon his god to bless his
tigerishness. The Royal Bengal
Tiger is no hypocrite, whatever else
he is.
The Royal Bengal Tiger iRstinc-
lively utilities the idea of "frightful-
ness. He is conscious of possessing
frightfully effective weapons. When
about to attack his victim he emits
a frightful roar or snarl, and shows
his teeth, and fascinates by the use
Of his glowing eyeballs of fire.
Both Use "FrightfulDess."
The Royal Berlin Tiger, by design,
deliberately utilities the idea 4of
'frightfuIness" like his Bengal
prototype. Being conscious of
possessing weapons infinitely more
terrible than are those possessed by
the Bengal tiger, he exults and
secretly prepares to use them on his
unsuspecting victims. When about to
spring upon the little Belgian Hare
his AZ centimeter guns gave forth a
roar such as was never before heard
upon earth. And the ugly teeth that
then first were barred by the vicious
Berlin brute were sufficiently fright
full, all hell knows, but not sufficient
to paralyze the dauntless Belgian
soul. In vain has the Berlin Tiger
shown his teeth, his Zeppelin 90
teeth, to noncombatant men, women,
and children in unfortified towns and
cities, in vain have his kissing gas and
liquid fire teeth appeared in the
French and Belgian trenches; in vain