The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-17
NATIONAL EDITORIAL SERVICE WHEELING
Divide AND CONQUER
Timely Lesson the Days ui Roman Conquest anu HINT
Amcrica in tho Prophecy vi die Fall of Babylon.
Lawyer and Publicist.

The prcscn; danger confronting the
nien,e allies is that Of division. either
among the lraGucd nations or ihrouSll
clravag. Of the strata into which th;
national units are becoming Stparatfu'
That the allies can win tn" war VI 1"'H
will-it We will--no HAN can uouoi' anu
the answer depends upon our reply l"
that oth.r quest iun--:Lrr VT. the people.
the whelt people. with all unr hearts ur-
termincd TO win II whatever cost:
The mcnacrS Of division. OF dlslnte-
grafton and Of Scditinn arc heightened
by the efforts OF diliEent antagonists
represented Ivy clever agents dlS'rrouteu
throughout the world.
Divide aud conquer. in military STRAIT
e.y. is IL principle as old as war The
Knmap< generals practiccd it tradition
ally. learning from the story OF the
single soldier faced Ivy three opponents.
each wounded but standing together and
strong in their unity. The single R"-
man soldier lied, pursued by his three
opponenls. the swiftcSt following close
", the second coming after and the
third falling far behind: whcrcupon.
suddenly turning in counter-attack. the
Romau slew the first before the second
could come mp. the second before the
third was able to intervene and then
dispatched the last and already badly
disabled man with ease.
Such was the theory Of Roman war
riors. winning by skill oftener than by
force greater Us tacticians than as
lighters Rome was almost beaten by
Carthagc because her citizens. COM
pany Of merchants and traders. would
not be tempted BY Roman agents of Sc
dition.
As policy OF statecraft even more
than Of war did divide and conquer
serve Rome. Conquest was her bust
ness. and conquest meant subjugation Of
others and profit AID plumber for the
home people.
Hapsburs. Eomanoff and Eohenzol-
lern could have taught nothing 10 the
senators or the Caesars OF Rome. Kaiser.
emperor and czar have only followed
where Romo led in philosophy and
laws. Factions or controversies among
bordering peoples always offered Rome
her opportunity to eSpouse the cause OF
one party. defeat the other and then eX-
tend Roman dominion over both to pre-
serve the peace.
Were Roman statesmen reincarnated
to-day they would DC fully fitted 10 as
sumo portfolios in the German chan
celry. Pagan ethics and law would he
found advantageous rather than incon-
vcnicnt. so closely do the German copy
lists follow those prc-Christian warriors
in seeking world rule. With them con-
quest domination and autocracy arc
sciences.
Rome conquered the ancient world
and held It in subsection with distances
greater, rs travel was then. than arc
the great circles OF earth OF our day.
,,-itb cS, nd
oplanes. Man for man. little Rome.
compared with the population OF the en-
pirc she conquered was puny in compar-
ison with the population OF Germany NJ
against the world. In other words. II
Germany were to conquer the whole
world she would be doing less than did
Rome. Roman colonies here and there
were sufficient vantage points 10 permit
the marshalinG Of Italians against
Greeks and Gauls. and the collection OF
soldiers from every land which should
20 to tho ends of the earth TO represent
tho power Of Rome.
With far-siGhted policy tho German
government established outposts in AM
erica colonies containing hundreds Of
thousands Of Germans. tools Of the Kali
SER reared in the state schools OF so
cialism and subsection and finished in
the camps and rneuocuvrcs Df military
bondage. Always were tho possibilities
of conquest in Wow. as ut Manila Bay.
AiGiers and Fashoda and always with
German trade and emigration clankcd
the sabre Of German military power.
Said IN American with q German
name. There are many Germans living
in Russia and at least they will act to.
gether and form a nucleus. My friends
call me dsloyal. but I speak what
know Ard even 50 1t has proved TO hc.
Tho Ukraine. for thirty years q scat Of
Germanic activity Poland. the Baltic
Provinces. Finland. these have gone t.
tho Teutons. Where will be the end"
Great Russia, Little Russia Tho eau