Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22


their people into itaristc nexible machine
making desperate effort not only power
but enlarge and extend peoples possible
dominate world At the Of this they only frankly
confessed their purpose but advocated desab extending
what they termed their Kut which simply their system
government political and organization
possible by the Of the They making
great effort auocratc itself against
movement for liberty autonomy and selfgovernment for
people
Prussia Turkey controlled directed by
military of their governments have
chosen this time widespread dominion for the principle of
absolute monarchy arayed against them almost every
oving se1governing people
irreconci1abe conflict America stay it,
because the fires OF liberty lighted here and she stayed out
until the Of Europe would fall the vic
tim Of that codblooded, iron-c1ad system
The directing will of the Central Powers of Europe or they
have neither heart sou is Prussia Its imperial
in the form of despotic machine made of utterly selfish
constituencies and ambitious is ruling and directing the
Teuonic throughout Germany and Austria and reaching
far Bulgaria and Turkey That will driving forward their
great machine with purpose crush beneath its ponderous
wheels every people which reach Its purpose plainly
spoken by the system itself make subject and dependent
many people possible dominate Europe with absolute monarchy
with the divine right kings and then perhaps the world
The in which Prussia power not only prepared the
way attempting accomplish has made
the present project of the Central Allies perfectly natural and
logical result.
There came Prussia King William
He bitterly opposed every concession liberalism gov
Pruss army and with opposition from the Prusan para
because this required large Then he
found prime minister Count Bismarck, who both able and
ready carry his will parliament parliament The
Prun parliament consisted of houses of representa-
ve of the people and the other Of house Of mobiles The
sentative house could do nothing without the consent the nobe
the king had absolute of BOTH Bismarck invented the
theory the houses did the king and the house
mobiles could govern and without the of the
representative and they did in spite
protests and denuncaon by the representative house and
despite hang Bismarck quote from standard
history.
When Bismarck ready he by series Of unscrupulous
daring nrigues brought three years. The
Denmark included the provinces of
Schsw and Hoen and the Danish king the duke OF those
provinces When the Danish king died. dispute
fhn
rights of the conendng parties is certain that
Prussia devoid Of right and Of shadow Of claim But
stepped provinces for Prussia who had
right ALL The scheme would have been impossible to scu
pulous But with cunning and deceit he drew Austria
accompce he deceived the other powers keeping
by of his Prssan machine he took the
provinces from Denmark by plain of robbery
for which Wisconsin court would sentence the epeaor to the
pententary.
Next the question with Austria Of dividing the spols
only ALL He forced quarrel with Austria
although nearly other German stood by Austria
Prssas machine six weeks had Austria and its adherents
his mercy Prussia annexed not only Scheswg and Hosten
but three provinces sided with Austria and thus
Bismarck made of Prussia nation of 100000 Of people and
the @ re o. ae nx - I on
the with France He bound all the German confederation
tightly Prussia by exciting their fears OF France He circulated
of intended invasion by France At the time he put
Prussia into marvellous of military preparation and when
all ready the first opportunity ne faxed lying telegram
which nAaed the French people and produced The crushing
France Prussia had like the hand
of closing egg she'll And Prussia, IN addition to
great ndemne France the provinces of Aace and
Lorrane William of Prussia became emperor Of Ger
many Of greatest military power the world then
This process had only been of blood and on but
fasehood and uno and in the German
people of the liberty they had previously had The right
the conquered provinces sefgovernment ruthessy
brushed aside Bismaks theory of absolute monarchy firmly
The became everything and the individual
nothing except he might the purposes of the state Each
individual cog great machine unable ext
himself from it IS real cog IN an iron wheel When
william was emperor Germany he himself raised the
the table while declaring This crown
only from God and have received from his hands,
This bold declaration that henceorth the peoples rights were
nothing has been the principle Of German since
This highly perfected autocac and mitarsc organization
the present kaiser and he and his adherents
enlarged by muples and prepared for its engine OF
destruction which science could devise What could be
purpose could see unless invade conquer and violate
the rights and make subjects of their people No
threatening Germany Its maintenance and growth
nations and train for fear of being crushed
Europe bending under military taxation
until seemed that they must to
to disarm they would sarve