The Taney County republican., 1917-12-13

tabllShmcnt Of the empire. - IL hud Errn in
Prussia fnr seventy years hriurr, that they
really believe 1t, Read what they say
am glad to cast my vote with those
who counsel territorial expansion out.
side Europe. We should relieve Ger
tain States with African colonies Of the
burden Of governing those colonies,
Portugal, too, if really bound by treaty
to assist England by land and sea, we
could relieve Of Angola at very slight
expense. We had been purposing to
purchase this colony, but it is better to
get it for nothing, and TO add 10 it the
Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, and
MADEIRA. Within Europe, IN the other
hand, we must be exceedingly careful,
and must acquire new territory only
after the most mature deliberalion,
especially where it will take years Of
unremitting labor to convert our an
tagonists to the view that life under the
German scepter-war state though We
proclaim ourselves--is we'll worth liv-
ing. True, our foreign policy must
not be too tender heaned-hard times
need stout fists. In the
coming diplomatic convention, if the
glib foreign hucksters present cooked
up objections to our taking our rights,
our fist, like Bismarck's, must pound
the green table till the ink bottles
dance, if they refuse to give us our due
what we think necessary for perma
nent peace. This is selI-evinent, and
must remain so.-Alired Ruhsmanr:
Die Zukunt B:lgieps, 1915.
"As the Glrman eagle scars high
above the beasts OF the earth, so must
the German feel exalted above all sur
rounding peoples, and must look down
upon them in their bottomless depths.
But noblesse obl'ge. The thought
that we are the chosen people lays
heavy obligations upon us. 1t is our
first duty to keep ourselves strong
people. We are no! marching to world
conquest Don't be afraid, dear
neighbors; we won't swallow you up.
Waat good would such indigeStible
morsels be2 And as for conquering
hallcivilized OF savage peoples in order
to fill them with he G.rman spirit--we
have no desire in that direction-and,
in fact, such 'Germanizing' is not
possible.
I'VE must be a strong people, q
strong German state. This means that
our growth musJ be organic; and il il
proves necessary to widen cur toIder:
so as to find room for development fol
our increasing population, we shal
take so much as seems necessary. We
shall set our loo' Just SO lar as strategic
reasons render advisable for the main
tenance Of our invincible strength; bu
not one inch farther, ,"-Werner Som
bart: Handler und Helder, 1915.
1--WE seek to foli'l deliberately TIT
century old destiny Ct cur race, TO ex
tend ourselves without limit. NJ
German wishes to enslave the othe
nalions--our aim Is rather 10 make tn
whole world free, iTre for the ,x-Tcis
of our Glrma7 powers ard our Germa
activities" Abridged from Dr.. Fried
rich Sieve: Deutschland vor Gen Tore
der Well, 1915.
Whoever canrot prevail upon him
self 10 approve from the bottom oI h
heart the sinking Of the L1sitauia whc
ever can not conquer bis sense Of tn
gigantic cruelty to unnumbersd pc
fectly innocent victims az
give himself up to honest delight I
this victorious txpoi Of German dt
iensive power-him We judge to be Z
true German. Pastor B. Baumga
ten, in the pamphler series entitle
"Deutsche Reden 10 Schwerer Zsit,
i9l4--l5.
''Ye shall love peace as means
hew wars. and the short peace bett
than the long. / do not advise you
work, but to fght. l do rot advi'
YOU ic cont: mise and maxi p'ac,
hrt fo CONQUER. LIT y1'