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By CLARENCE I. SPEED
aecretary Of the War Committee Of tho
Union League Club Of Chicago.
We are at war with Germany b.
cause Prussia dominates Ger.
many, and from the days of Freder.
lick the Great, Prussfa's law has been
the law Of the Jungle, her doctrine
might is Right" and her policy, In
dealing with other nations, q Of rob
bling the weak and terrorizing the
strong. Germany has grabbed terri
tory and exacted tributes from her
neighborA and finally. her greed be-
coming greater. has looked out over
more distant lands, and has commit
led herself to q policy Of world domi.
nation. which menaces the. continued
tree existence Of every nation which
win not submit to her win
Germany's policy d. not an accden-
tai one.s Il has been carried out with
remarkable singieness Of purpose
from generation 70 gene1atton Of
Hohenzoletn rule. from the time
of the Great Frederick mtl to-
day. Germanys atrocities are not
accidental They ate q deliber.
alta wen Thought out part az this
HohenSollekn policy, which was 10
break down the sreGstance9nf her OPP
lponents, not only by fighting and de-
.1eating their armies, but BY killing.
torturing and mrrortzing the civil
populations
The German rulers committed them
selves 10 the doctrine Of the survival
pf the; nttest. Through generations d
teaching. they made the German PEG,
pie believe that they, and they alone
were the At
We have the words Of the German
fulera and German warriors and Ger
man leaders OF thought for all Of this,
More than that we have the perform
ance Of German officers and German
armies IN conquered lands to prove IT
Let's start with Frederick the
Great In presenting the evidence
This monarch, who earned his sou
briquet through despoiling his neigh,
bors, rather than through any real
qualities Of mind which he showed
said. In q letter to his minister, Rad
twill:
IF there IL anything to be gained
by II, we viii be honest; II deception
Is necessary, let US be cheats, On(
takes what one can. and n Is wrong
only when obliged to give back"
This philosophy, applied to present
conditions, means that Germany wal
right when she took Belgium, and will
be wrong only II she IL not able Il
hold It
From Frederick the Great to Bis
marck Is a long jump In the matter
Of time; but we find the Prussian pol
icy unchanged. Speaking before the
military committee Of the Prussia1
Chamber Of Deputies In 1862 Bis
marck said3
mot by speeches and resolutions
Of majortties' are the great question:
Of the time decided, but by iron and
blood"
Then, with blood and iron, Prussia
went out and despoiled Denmark Of
territory In 1884, beat and robbed Aus
tria In 1885, and finally, in 1870
brought France to her knees and tool
her richest provinces
Here Is what the present kaiser told
his troops when, In 1900, they were
about to depart for China to put dowl
the boxer uprising:
use your weapons In such q way
that for q thousand years no Chi,
nese shall dare to look upon q German
askance. Be as terrible a. Atdlla'a
HUNS"
Coming on down to the present w,
we find q German minister accredi
TO . neutral state far across the ses6
free from the entanglements OF world
poliucs-wrlting home to his govern.
|! ment, IN q state paper, advising the
sinking Of two ships from this neutral
nation, In such q manner that no trace
b. left Dead men, he believed tell
no taleA
It was Baron Luxburg, minister plent
p~otenttary to Argentine, who wrote
this amazing dispatch on May 10, 1914
II beg that the small steamers Oran
and Guaso $500. which are nearing
Bordeaux be- spared Il possi.
BILE, or else sunk without q trace be.
Ing left"
This telegram was intercepted In the
United States and published. It sent
. thrill Of horror around the world.
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg 70
q true disciple Of Frederick the
Great Bismarck and his royal master.
IN q public speech on January 81, 1917.
be said:
ssWhen tie most ruthless methods
are calculated to lead rs to victory.
swift victory, they must be employed
So they were used. and are being
used today. They include sinking Of
hundreds Of neutral ships, the burning
Of cities, the deliberate devastating
OF the fair lands Of France. the ravish-
Ing Of women. the ensiavement Of
workmen and the murder Of little chill
dren.
Horrors such as these are told "a de-