The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-31
THE MOST AMAZING REyELA-
TION OF NATIONAL DEPRAvITY
IN HUMAN HISTORY.

fOr It's own aggtandizemenl Ue-md
ny, after years of preparation, deliber
ately entered upon a war to conquer
the world. Its leading business meT
were repeatedly called into cOnsulta'
ton with the kaiser, and in considera-
ton of the promises made by him and
the military leaders of Germany that
they would be able to loot the world
and enormously enrich themselves il
they would uphold the kaissr's propos.
ed war, these m en- literally sold their
souls to the devil, and for personal
profit pledged their hearty cooperation
in war which they knew would mean
the death of millions Of soldiers, in a
war which would mean sorrow and
woe such as the world had never known
They entered upon this unhOly COM
pact with a distinct promise from the
kaiser and the military clique that
within one year from the beginning of
the war they would be able to reap
the enormous profits which were prom
Used them, and dominate the trade Of
the world, as Germany proposed to
dominate the nations of the earth.
In all human history there is no rec
ord so damning and so damnable of a
nation which definitely committed it.
SELL to murder, to Outragign, to pit
Laying. to all the horrors Of world
war, for the individual profit of its
business men and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of its military power.
This is the blacklist story in human
history. 1t indicates a degree of moral
deprayity of the whole nation which
found a fitting expression in The fear
full crimes in Belgium and France upon
women and children, upon churches
and cathedrals, and upon all ciyiliza-
ton wherever the accursed army OF
these freebooters and lOOters and out
RACERS and would-be world cOnquerers
have marched.
And now that these murderers and
Outragers and world robbers and loot
ers find themselves baked, and realize
that civilization is greater than bar
bkskq1, that honor is greater than dis
honor, that an enraged and outraged
world is making impossible the carry
ing out of their plans of highway rob
berry and murder, plans deliberately
entered upon after years Of study,
efforts are being made in many direc-
tons, through pro-German activities,
and in other disguised ways, to raise
the cry of peace; and here and there
suggestions are seen that the kaiser
was forced into this war by Prussian
militarism, hoping in this way to ere
ate sentiment in favor of saving him
from the gallows or the firing squad.
1t behOoves every hOnest-hearted
man and every good woman on the
face of the earth to set their faces
against this peace propaganda, and to
vow before man and heaven that there
shall be no talk of peace until the ar
mics of the Allies-and this, of course,
means our armies with the other al
lies-have marched through Germany [
and Austria and by their presence
have proved to these nations that right !
is greater than might; that righteous
ness is greater than unrighteousness;
that the heaven Of prosperity based
on integrity and honor is better than ,
the hell created by the baseness and
vileness Of Germany in which all Ct !
its people, from the kaiser to the low
est of its peasants, united for the pur-
pose of lOOting the world, for their in
dividual enrichment, and the dOmina-
tin and damnatiOn of the world under
German rule. h
Any man in this country, or in that
of our allies, who thinks peace on any {
other terms than the unconditional sur
render of Germany and its allies, and
who thinks peace except on the basis
of death 10 those who have brought {
this fearful war upon the world, who
think peace upon any other basis than I
a penalty through the indemnities inn |
posed upon Germany and its allies [
which will tax to the utmost Of their l
ability fnr generations To come. will be :