The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-04-19
WHAT GERMAN VICTORY WoulD
MEAN.

Contributed by ARTHUR TRAIN
to the National Security Leagues cam
paign Of Patriotism Through Educa-
tion)
A German victory-or an inconclu-
sive peace-would mean the ultimate
realization of the German idea thae
Germany for the. good Of the wori0
must rule the world. This has beesA
taught in her universities as ilosO-
ply and in her pulpits as religion
The German nation unquestioningiy
accepts it and intends to force the resi-
of the world to accept it. This they
call "Kultur," which they claim is:
"above morality, reason and science."s
Kultur teaches that there is only
one sort of right-that Of the stronger
1t argues with specious profundity
that in the relations of nations with
one another there can be no<Such thing
as truth or honor. Frederick the Great
taught that the Germans must make il
their study to deceive others in or
der to get the better Of them."' Fred
erick William ~. years ago said
that all written constitutions were
only scraps of paper" and Beth
mann-Hollweg in 1914 referred to The
Hague convention in the identiea2
words. The scrap of paper" idea iH
an old one in German diplomacy.
The Germans believe themselves to-
be a nation Of supermen and the h!is--
er the war partner-not of the God OF
humanity. but the "guter alter Gott
of the Pagan Nortb-the War God
who reyels in the shrieks of women
and the torture Of children, in blood
shed and cruelty II am his sword,
his agent" declares William Hohen-,
zollern. 'Let all the enemies Of the
German people perish! God demands
their destruction-God,. who by my
mouth bids you do his will!"
To accomplish this "divine" will the.
German military authorities believe
that any means are justifiable-ts0
moving down of crowds Of helpless
civilians with machine guns, the cut
ting off Of the breasts Of women, the
battering in Of the skulls Of thR
wounded with rife butts. "Be as ter
rible as Attilla's. Huns! ordered the
Kaiser."' 1T is better to let bur
dred women belonging to the enemy
die Of lunger than to let a single Ger
man soldier suffer" "All prisoners
are to be put to death.'' ordered Gem
eral Stenger in Belgium Writes n
Bavarian private: During the battle
of Budonwiller did away with Your
women and seven young girls in five
minutes. The captain had told me to
shoot these French sows, but l pre-
ferrad to run my bayonet through
them"
This is the concrete result of wnaTE
the Germans call "The Religion or
Valor" and 1.-THE Gospel Of Hate"
Says one Of their spokesmen: Must
Kultur build it's cathedrals on hsFis or
corpses. seas Of tears and the death
rattle of the vanquished? Yes, IL
must."'' D.
II Germany wins the war the Unit
ed States will either be paying tribute
70 the Kaiser or German soldiers Win
be bayonetting American girls ana wo-
men in Jersey City rather thar take
the trouble to shoot them.
II Germany wins all our ideals or
truth, Justice and humanity-whicfs
we call Christian-will be trodden
down into bloody mire under the iron
heel of the Kaiser's armies, and ths'
coming generation will be taught that
there Is no God but the merciless God'
of Battle, who speaks through Ger
many's treacherous tongue and by her
brutal sword.