The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-29
THE WARS ANNIVERSARY.

Your years ago today the two murderOus heads Of the
houses Of HOhenzollern and Hapaburg gave the word
which they fOndly hoped would the humiliation Of
Serbian independence and the extension of the German
empire to take in all middle Europe from the North Sea
to- the Persian Gulf Franz Josef was in mis- dotage and
completely in the power of William H. Austria Hungary
was in fact only dynasty, army and corrupt sys
tenn of politics dominated and directed by Berlin For
twenty-five years William had plotted for the day when
he might crafty his towering and halfinsane egotism
and the time expand Germany at the expense Of
neghbong nations He thought the Opportune hour had
arrived when the Kel canal was completed and the
sassinatOn of the Austrian prince gave Austria
chance to simulate just and avenging anger
What appalling roll of calamities and honnors fol-
lowed the fatal decision of these crowned assasns What
nexrcable coil Of misfortune and disaster surrounds
the master conspiraton he to his doom!
The war was to end within few days. few hurried
strokes to dispatch the principal victim If Russia
should interfere, few weeks at most to be sui
cient to disable and humble her. The German murder
machine was vastly more powerful and efficient than
the unsuspecting world could know All possible contin
against If France should not remain neutral under
threats then France to be attacked and slaughtered
These strokes to terrorze the world and keep such
possible enemies as Great Britain and the United States
at a safe distance.
The fifth year of the war begins today and the Ger
man lord is further from victory than he was on
July 20, 1914 He has millions of his people slain,
starved, manned, and captured He has seen his en-
pres and industry paralyzed, his house and
his people abhorred throughout the world, and nation
after nation rising in blazing wrath, determined to
terminate the system he persOnes die in the effort
Serbia crushed, it is true but not until Austria
had been beaten back by the gallant little nation which
only succumbed when the Ausrans reinforced by
Germans and the blackhearted Bugars, who drove a
knife in Serbas back while they had an oath of friend
ship upon their lips But the program of easy nation
Staying miscarred Russia was not inundated and not
beaten Paris not taken in week or a month or
year. The weeks and months dragged on and the Ger
emperor gained nothing substantial except new
miles, He became desperate horrors accumulated
and his empires fate became more and more involved
Finally he dared to strike fairly and squarey in the face
of the United States of America, which was nation
that he knew to be peace-ovng and peace-abidng and
absolutely void of oense toward him or his empire When
he forced the United States into the ranks of his enc
mics he set the seal of extinction upon his military sys-
tenn and invited the humiliation of his empire and his
dynasty.
The mills Of God grind slowly and exceeding small.
The tortured world deems it many years since peace
regned and every day Of war is another turn of the
screw that racks humanity But the end is worth the
agony TO rhe end is and must be the determination of
mans oppression Of man. When the war ends there
will be no Hohenzoern holding millions of human cattle
terror of slaughter There will be no emperor or king
who dares assert that he holds power by divine right
by any other right except the consent of the people
The nations that have been held in bondage by the cor
rupt emperors of Austria Hungary will be set free and
aided to establish their own governments Belgium will
be rescued from the paws of the beast that has deed her
beautiful house. Serbians will 60 back to their homes
with joy and thanksgiving. Poland will rise from her
sorrows and shine once among the nations
1t is not as bounfu uncle that the United States
has determined to fight till these changes are made GER
tain 1t is because these changes must be made if liberty
to abide in the United States or anywhere else in the
world 1t is for liberty ITSELF not liberty in places that
America has drawn the sword of destruction
The years of the will not be many if the prospects
Of the beginning of the fifth year are not misleading
The enemy fants with hunger and lack of blood. The
allies was stronger with abundance of food and abund
ance of men. The enemy war experts have met war
experts who outmatch them Patience for while and
there will be peace that no HohenzolIern will ever dis.
turb Washington Post.