The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-04
Spirit Of Militarism and Conquest
Is as Old as Germany
Itself.
SEEK CONTROL or WORLD
Failure Due to Fact That II Did Not
Include Reckoning With HUI
man Nature as God
Made II
(By HAPsBuRe LIEBE Of the Via.
iIantes)

ilantes.)
The average man of those who
have kept up with current events dur
ing the last few years will tell you
that Germany's colossal plan is 40
years old. AS matter of fact, the
seeds of 1t were sown more than
dozen times 40 years ago. The spirit
Of militarism and conquest and might
is-right is as old as the Teutonic war
party, which is as old as Germany IT.
self. The majority of the other ma
lions saw plenty of signs of the mon
ster, for the war lords were brag-
CARTS, and they could not refrain from
boasting of their scheme The won
der of all Is that these other nations,
the United States included. have not
been taking preparatory and defensive
measures for several decades.
The ultimate aim of the plan was,
of course, the complete control and
kulturizatiOn of the world. 1t was
born of brains rendered british
through the over and over intermarry-
ing of an autocracy that was barba-
rian to begin with. A little like a
moon-calf. it was at the outset. but Its
morally befuddled parents fostered 1t
until they actually believed 1t pos
sessed rare virtues; and they inocu-
lated the people with its germs until
the people themselves fell for It.
Human Nature Left Out.
So far this plan has failed, however
narrowly, for the simple reason that
1t did not include reckoning with
the human nature that God made. The
soldiermen Of other nations are in the
long run stronger than the cast-in-the-
mold iron soldiers Of Germany. 1t Is
the thorough organization of the Ger
man armies that has been the chief
difficulty Of the entente allies. Per-
haps the greatest strength Of the plan
itself, however, lay In the very stu
pendousness of 1t. Few would be-
lieve that any one nation would dare
attempt to enslave the rest Of the
world. Half the rest Of the world does
not realize 1t yet. II is too big for
their imaginations. TheirDfmagina-
tons are naturally. peace-tfme.
This is the main trouble with us
here In America. So many Of us will
not see what we are facing or what
we are fighting for. II we did see, the
success of the Liberty Loan and the
Red Cross drives, the food-saving and
the fuel-saving campaigns, would be
much greater. It's Of no use now to
harp that our administration leaders
should have seen the signs Of the times
several years ago; It kills no German
to blame our representatives at Wash
ington for having been in the past,
not statesmen, but politicians serving
their own instead of their country's In
terests during those fat, sleepy years
before Germany pried open the gates
of He'll and loOsed its legiocs upon
earth. The one thing to do noSs 10 to
make stepping-stones Of mistaker and
work for LIBERTY
The Pregnant Truth.
There is great deal of truth which
we must not let 60 by US. You are apt
to push out your chest, I know, and
say: Impossible ~ Let me remind
you of the fact that the last three
years have been crowded with achieve
ments Of the impossible Here is that
pregnant truth: II we let Germany
win over there. Germany will carry
the conquest over here. 1t is a part
of her colossal plan. Else why this
elaborate spy system in America? Man,
1t Is a more complete organization than
our own government! If they come,
Of course, we are willing to die for our
country, which Is noble and brave, but
what of our womenfolk? There lies
the reddest He'll of the war. brother.
Remember the unspeakable violation
Of Belgium.
And remember it, we who have
not gone to France. should do our part
to plant such crops as we never be-
fore planted, to support as we never
before supported such movements as
the Liberty loan and the Red Cross.
and to suppress German propaganda.
Selah, and Amen. Go to 1t, Amer
icanl