Evening star., 1917-12-02
Typical German Lie.

Is there a doubt anywhere that the
German rulers will lie, in any manner
whatsoever. If they believe the lie will
result to their own advantage? Then
take one lie with which they have filled
Germany: That the President OF the
United States and the American Con-
gress. with the American people behind
them, declared the United States to be
in a state Of war with the German en-
pire because the American munition
makers wanted to make more money:
and Mr.. ]. P. Morgan was afraid OF
the depreciation Of his loans to Eng
land.
There are two significant things about
this lie. One is the state OF mlnd Oh
the German politician who puts 1t forth,
and the other is the state OF mind Of
the unfortunate German subject who
believes 1t. The politician must neces-
sarily count on an abysmal Ignorance
as well as loyal credulity IN the SUD-
ject and the politician who uses sucn
lies is of a type we know in our own
country, in certain lower forms OF
slum precinct Manipulation. But IN
Germany this type-better educated, In
comparably more powerful, put never
theless the moral twin of one OF our
corrupt precinct committeeman OF the
slums-is in actual high control OF the
German destiny and has as It's ooeoieht
machine, not ward heelers from the
barrel houses. but the most terrible
army known in history. And if the
German spirit truly manifests itself
through such an agency, 1t Is spirit
So sinister and of such mighty ill-omen
to us that we must either exercise IL Dy
high explosives or be its slaves. For
this Is the voice that we hear from
Germany:
I'VE Germans" it trumpets. I'VE are
Gods chosen people. His special favo-
rites. and God is German HimseiI. GOO
rules over us in the person Of our kaiser,
whom He appointed for that purpose
We are better than all other people OF
the earth: We are wiser and purer ana
nobIer and more Industrious and more
learned and stronger and cleverer and
kinder and Drawer and more spiritual
and more war like than all others.
I'VE are so much greater than they
that whatever we do to advance our
own interests, at the cost of theirs. is
great many of them. those who survive
will in the end be improved, because
they will work for US and learn some
thing by observing US. Any deceit is
fits us: and when we practice a policy
of terror upon those who oppose us 1t
Is really philanthropy and shows how
gentle we are, because the survivors
useless to oppose us. therefore they the
sooner submit their wills to ours. We
cannot do wrong, no matter what we
do. SO long as all that We do is for our
own benefit. And, since our nature is
warlike. war is beautiful and neces-
sary. We study in peace times how to
use every man Of us in time of war.
and that is our great glory. By our
bright swords we will take possession
of the earth. which ought to belong
to us, because we are Germans. We
believe in the heaviest possible breed
ing of babies. that they may grow UP
and be trained to carry liquid fire and
poison against any opposition to us.
And. all the same. we are the only real
peace lovers in this malign and preju-
diced world, which. except for us and
the Austrians and the Bulgarians and
the Turks. is composed exclusively of
stupid ruf1ians who were SO jealous
and envious of US that they forced
this war upon us. hoping to make some