The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-04-13

CIuc0 V0I u0uy oI0 W0 0O0Iux 10
that every one has . chance t,
live right
} Why Are tho Central Powers :
FightiDgi
! Why are those 0ermans, fight
lnei They are fighting because o.
the orders which they have receiv
ed. They are fghting because ol
the feeling that they will be nc
more II they should refuse and be
cause they would be towards OF
slackers II they did not Aght.
A Mere Handful OF Men Direct
the Central Powers.
Who is 1t directs. urges and i'm
pels this wsii just q few. Un
dsrstand, . mere handful OF men
carry on Germany's war. They
are causing Germany to be q mar.
tyr Of countries. This very hand
ful of men is numbering Germany's
manhood and womanhood, and
Germsny's boys and girls. Oon
seQueDtly, these very men are
causing the flower OF the manhood
Of England and Of France, the
flower and virility Of Russia and
the most daring flower Of the
United States manhood, youth
and posterity to be consumed for
ever and ever.
Yes, q mere handful cause oil
this.
Germsny's leaders are persist
emily persistent. She sees her eu
genie youth, her flower, her per.
lection, her oil lost BY the thou.
sands, and Jet, "the darkness
despens"
The Central Powers Bear the
Heavier Loss.
Germany has been GU the Of.
fensive. The party doing the At.
tackiDg, 10 the party running the
greater risk and thereby 10 likely
to lose more men. How long can
Germany stand when losing, more
men every day than her ensniesi
But even when the allies outnum
Der her ten, yse, fifteen to one,
even If Germany should lose one
for every two. three, four or i've
whom the allies lose, she would
lose out io the end. Will this de.
luded handful Of man recognize
the fact that they cannot defeat
the whole wOrldi
For What Are the Central Powers
FigAtiDgi
Germany started out seeking
conquest Of territory aud power,
and mastery Of the "high seas"
Did she gain her points? No, mis
erably %. Altho che violated
Belginm's Mentality with whom
she had made treaties spparently
in oil good faith-vis OF Belgium.
Germany did not roach Paris.
She lost out in the very beginning.
Germany Failed 10 the Very
Beginning.
Germany wss forty years per-
fectiug the lar gest and best equip
p d army the world has ever sssD.
ln less than two months after the
outbreak Of the war, this army
vas defeated and has never gained
more than temporary advantage
.ince. Belgium delayed Germany
long enough to make Fraocs's vic
tory ct the M@rne . possibility.
Germany announced IN unre
sirlcted submarine warfare that
vas to bring the allies to thslI
knees in six m0nths. That was
February Is, 1917
Germany iDtrod ucsd poison gas,
lQuid fire and airplsnes a. impor
tant weapons. Gas and nre have
been used against her with great
success, aud the sirplans will
probably bring about her final de.
feat. Germany made certain that
England would stay out OF the
war England went in. Germany
sent Zsppelins ever DDglsnd to
scare her into making peace. Al
British volunteer army Of . mil
lion, men wAs the result. In mol
case has the Germaa thor0ughaess
been efficient.
Now,-Gsrmany 10 Ashting. for
self preservation snd psrchescs
indemnity for her flower Of ehival
rs, eugspics and Der logically
would be learned and powerful
posterity. She could Be hShting
for no other than these reasons
unless it be conquest. However.
cong uest to her 10 impossible, ex.
cept 10 the manner Of fdctuation.