Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-16

f.r ruurPmHCN low urlhk Nou'eS''"
r., T,ugc anI Belgium. the gfrSs
,s, nnltc OF the present war. put
I, b.. rns greatest Of all time NeNci
r.s tfert peen such vicious tlBhtT
a.. .,.n terrible slaughter az now
,.'',r,.,,,e .nows of the Rtrocitief the
,.,,r.ra committed In these same
,...... In 1874 " the Germans
.,l.ts then. think what they
,,..., he now, after four years OF
t.a,.re ou blood
.ra ~ your greatest generals
o.rr sud
War ~ hell"
p.I.rye rlc. ladies and gentlemen.
it,.t ever go TO he'll yourself, take
D.. word with YOU rs a consolation.
N,H won { be war.
r,r.... Ia absolutely no doubt that
ir General sherman was living to-
goy Doe would acknowledge that
tr.rr - something wrong with ms
statement. and feel perfectly sure
ts.t hc would apologize to the deN
believe you realize that ui'h
country hutered into this WAT no,
uuN for the victory or rlshl ana
f.r the liberty OF other nations, but
also f,r ber own safety A good
number Of pcopIe still believe that
n, trnl.ei states has no interests
nc tho other side OF the world and
th,t II this country had remained
nautrRI Germany would never have
m anaced her integrity.
Like Caesar OF Old.
But II IL is true that history re-
pcais its"lf, just remember what
happened two thousand years ago.
There was a man in Rome whose
name WAS Caesar. lie was told ut
thr richness OF q country lying
mcwher" In the north. lie said
Let us go there and sec
lie WrUt marching with his le-
tions from Rome to the upper part
cf france, which he conquered al
most entirely one OF his successors.
Adrian vented e. 80 further lie
crossed the enamel and carried the
Etnndards Of the Roman empire
straight into the mountains OF scot
land
Many other men, frCm AicSandcr
to Churlcmagno. and from Caesar
60 Charles Twelfth OF Sweden. have
tried to conquer the world. and IL rs
fact that none Of them have ever
hosltated~Ssp front OF the greatest
difncultsT TIE vastness Of the ter
ritorice. never proved to hc a reu-
hon for Encouragement but on the
C"ntrarNn acted as n mirage '--as
an attHsuon-as as a reason to go
furthefeAnnd further, like discover
rrs, str"ight 10 the limit ot the
known world. Even the great IA
polcou hlmsclt fell in that tempta
uOn.
Inst NJ Conquest Rules.
In the course OF his'op. every ma
tiou has tried at one time or an
other, To conquer her ucgunorS
Gong from victory 60 victory is n
road without end and every con
uucror abandoned his ambition only
efter having been helplessly defeat
ed BcCaure orEaniz1tion - the
main feature of the modern world.
and because one man had power
nnd organization, he said.
"Othere before me have been vic
torious. others have conquered, 9TH
ers have written their names high
above on the temples or fame and
I'm the pages OF history Now Is
my movei Others have not con
Uucre the whole world because
they knew on'y a part Of IL. but |
l-now tho world thruout: know
about conditions everywhere I have
what others had NOT I have organ
ilatlon Il have military and naval |
yowor ! am strong while my neigh t,
lars are weak Gou nit uns und !
deutschland uber allies''"
That man was so proud OF himself /
nnd so sure OF victory that he had |
pr"parcd for over forty years 1
that he overlooked the regulations |
~ war Women children, old peo- |
PIE without defense, have been ruth |
lcssly slain by barbarian soldiers.
Hhcre Is no cruelty which they con
''l'ed which was not carried into /
execution
World Falls with Frtncc.
DO YOU realize now that only one
thlng on earth can stop such an or /
EaniHcd enterprise the victory OF .
tho allics2 should / ancc be de /
t'hted. all Of ,Lbe allied nations
would be dcfeafSA one after Inc
uiher. They would have 10 abandon
10 Germany their guns. their ammu- |
tell mo what In five months or five /
years from now, could the American .
Ncct do against the combined fleets |
OF erpany. Russia, Italy /
France, England and Japan2 You /
must realize that an engagement
would he futile against such odds |
J FIRMLY believe II would not be moro /
difficult for the bloodthirsty kaiser
TO bring his soldiers over to this
country than II was for the Caesars
I" takf their legions from Rome over
10 England and Germany nearly two
thousand years ago without rail
roads and without organization.
lf the kaiser should conduer
Europe he could not stop there IIe
would be obliged to try to conouer
America, TO insure the safety of an
empire built and maintained by the
lorce or tyranny and autocracy. A
permanent danger to him and his 1
tinplre ana menace which he could |
uol AFFORD 10 overlook, would he 4
America, living only by and for |
should the kaiser himself now he
= ,',E .,I.nE 20 stop this war he would be
a. ;, ,,.,. ''SS TO- do It, A single man
ne might ne. cannot ston
VT. ms war will be over only
-" we very reason for Il will be
pl,ri,,.nat ~ when the German
~ 10 n .sn VIII have been crushed
m o hetman people do not smash
tr,ss,, u,"racy. We Will have 10
All OF Us Can Serve.
rl5nn ancient times men were ort,
,,,. 10 be soldiers who wcro
r...,N ana vigorous constit,,ior IT,
ing, '''iure of the preseat -
,,r.,''y citizen OF every ratio
rrr..' 'i may be his rh,,si;
t,-,.rH1.H cHn serve his counir,. -T,n
.rr.l-s'' as In the peat vi,
.th...''' but the otheruo,i
Af..t even women - can tod, ,
.rl-u. man has passed tbo