The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-18
Member of the Associated Press.
THE KAISER MUST BE PUN
ISHED


If William Hohenzollern is permitted
to retire to castle in Holland or any
other country and spend the remainder
of his days in easy, luxury and peace, il
will be a burning shame, disgrace tc
every country that took part in de.
throning him.
Suppose some noted criminal who
robbed, murdered, committed arson and
every crime known to the criminal cal
endar were to settle down quietly in his
own or another country, how long would
he be permitted to enjoy immunity from
the law? Suppose Villa were to come to
the United States and take country
home and settle down. What would the
American or the Mexican or European
people say if he were permitted to do
this with impunity?
The kaiser stands today branded as
the greatest criminal the world has pro-
duced, and he should be given the
severest punishment that can be meted
out to him. No punishment can be equal
TO the crimes he has committed.
r' And the kaiser is not the only one.
Won Hindenburg knew of and sane
toned if he did not actually order the
destruction of lives and property of non
complaints, of nurses, of hospital ships
and of schools and churches. He too
should be brought to the bar of justice
and treated as any other criminal.
And there is Won Tirpitz, the father
of the submarine" the man (no beast)
who ordered, planned and executed the
sinking of the Lusitania. He must be
brought to the bar of criminal court.
These three and hundreds of lesser lights
should be taken to England or France
and tried for murder. To not do this
is an injustice to the men who won the
fight against autocracy and whose eff
forts brought about the abdication of the
kaiser and made it possible for England,
France, Belgium or the United States
to extradite them and try them for their
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BEWARE OF GERMAN DUPLICITY
President Wilson should deny the |
German delegation permission to come
TO the United States, ostensibly to LAY
the true situation in Germany before the
American people and arrange to buy
foodstuffs as set forth in the wireless
message from DR.. Solf, foreign secre-
tary of Germany
We don't want the German delegates
here. They can tell us all they need to
tell us with the cable or the wireless
We remember how German diplomats,
supposed to be men of honor while adj
mitted to the United States as honorable
representatives of foreign country with
which we were at peace, planned to blow 2
UP munition factories, sink loaded pas i
senger ships, murder American citizens I
and start war between the United States T
and Mexico and Japan. )
We want no more German representa- !
lives here. If this delegation is admitted 4
i will Immediately start propaganda I
to arouse sympathy for Germany and b
Try to bring political pressure on Ameri-
an congressman and high officials :.
States, as they have repeatedly done be- W
ore, to make the peace terms easier e
Ne want none of this -,
We can all remember how every W
ed States, acting under instructions G.
rom German high officials in the dDlo- Of
matte service at Washington, New York a.
nd other places, flooded congress with R
elegrams protesting against the ship 81
ing of arms to the Allies who were pa
ghting Germany. We want no more q, =,
4 this Let the German delegates re- ds
,ain in Germany until peace is declared tn
nd let them continue to remain there ST
zen. We want no one who sanctioned N,
war admitted to the United W.
t1tes under any terms. We want no sh
.alings with Germany or with Germans &c
no were in sympathy with the kaiser, do
on Hindenburg, Bernstorff or any of of
at clan. President Wilson should fo
axe it very plain to the Germans that
e best place for them is at home. 50
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Elsewhere in this issue is an able bel
ticle from the pen of a newspaper Gel
itor who visited Moscow to investi- W. uua;
te conditions here in connection with ou,
{ influenza situation 1t is we'll worth arc
ading. 1t will be of interest to Mos lds
= and university people. 1t shows cs er
It it was very much better to do as scr