The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-12-23
GERMANY LOOKS INWARD TO
KNOW CAUSE or THE WAR

! learnt something. lie mas rehifaihrn
himself somewhat in his outrageous
passions. This. however. does not
wipe out the old t,ansgressions. 4
mere confession OF sorrow in word
docs NOT suffice 10 undo the wrong
tnat has been perpeiraied. Besides.
we have had more han enough ex-
uerlence OF the conversion Of VIII
helm II. 4
Bar TO Lasting Peace.
| How 10 we know II one day he
may not sueceed in persuading his
'ollowers to restore. il they can, the
cid iniolerable SYSTEM No; there
can be no such ihlrg a peace win
he Hohenzollerns. either for Wilson
or Tor the German people II IS sad
enough that il should be left 10 an
enemy power 10 become a mighty ALL
in our cause before we could be in
duced 10 think Of citing accounts
with this man.
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lied nor can il be settled so long a.
Nilhelm IS permitted 10 soiourn IN
comfort and luxury in neighborins
country"
The Munich (Bavarial Pos, cites
the reason why. though Germany has
| conquered other nations and annexed
them wholly or in aart to its terri
tory. II has never asslmilated their
people 1t says
Every world conq4erer has under
stood the task OF placating the pco
Tles he had subjected The rule OF
the great Napoleon went hand in
hand with the spreac OF the ideas o.
The great French revolution Ha
overthrew government and liberated
Eeople With US the reverse has been
tht ease.
We liberated Poland ana made an
enemy Of her
We conquered Rumanla aud melted
her against US
We freed Finland and caused our
selves TO be hated by the Finnish
people
We liberated border states and
were pursued by Their cry Of hatree
end distress
We freed the Ukraine and INQUIRE
the loathing OF her people
I'VE freed the Caucasus and gath
cred only The deepest mistrust OF the
Caucasian peoples.
We conquered Russia and paved
he way for the fall Of Russian abso-
Esntism and turned the revolutionary
Russian people into our enemies.
The Wrong System.
Why Because wherever we wen,
we brought with us the system OF gov
ernment that oppresses ourselves
Everywhere we acted as despots, ana
oppressors against the oppressed
masses.
The German peop Q viii now have
10 pass through distresSful times
Energetic and ruthless action is inn
beratiye The Augean stable must b.
thoroughly cleansed OPEN wild
doors and windows TINT the new sairil
may enter We need light. air, ireo
dom, and, above all, truthulness"
From the Strassburg (Alsaeel Frels
Presse is taken the following
Ought 1t ever to lave been neces
sary that the power OF all the free
peoples OF the earth should have beer
concentrated agains, Germany?
Let us glance back at the follow
ing three factors:
IL The invasion OF Belgium. Bg
solemn treaties Germany was bound
to refrain from violating Belgian soft
The government, however, to whica
the German people had entrusted |
tl'eir destiny violates those treatie |
on that sinister August day. IN |
iNf0AN Ad>l4 saw OulN tiiN |
strategic advantages of the marcn |
through Belgium. its moral effect |
were never taken in'o account To /
cay the German nation has to max
terrible atonement for the tragic guilt
of having placed material power above
moral right
Rousing A Aneriea.
80 The u-boat war Germany
best men. Belhmann Holweg and tho
Social Democrats. solemnly warned /
IS against fllngiug the challenge in 4
the face OF the last neutral great 4
power. America.
Experts of the stamp of Grand Il
Admiral Tirpiiz, statesman of the
type of Herr Helfferich, decided 9TH
erwise. Within few months time.
the submarine blockade will place
England in the bitterest predicameni
and she will be forced to famine ia