The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-02-14

a large and powerful group or Ger
mans-prosperous people and OF high
attainment In certain speclalties-who
decided to have great numbers Of sim
ple-minded men under their orders 20
out and kill their fellow men, and con-
tinue to kill them In order to increase
the power of the plOtters. The great
majority OF the mel who did the actual
killing would obtain no benefit what
ever for themselves, and many of these
German soldiers might have brought
little enthusiasm to their task II they
had understood It, 81 they were told
that they were fighting Cor the exist.
cnce" Of the "Futherland" and that
Russia began 1t" and England be-
gan IT,"
or course, n government which bc-
licvcs In violating oaths-that is, vio-
intiug the honor of the nation which
II represents or controls-such n gov
eminent would lie to its own people.
ct made Germany IA pcrjurcr, for the
German government stands before the
world rs Germany ana acts as and for
Gcrmany-until the German people re-
move IT., and only by removing 1t can
Germans regain for Germany somc.
thing Of lost huuor.) This govern
mCnt deceived It's own people first
about the immediate causes of the
war, then about the historical causes
of the war, and then most vohemently
about the character and intentions of
the allies opposed to Germany.
Germanys Lies.
Is there n doubt anywhere that the
German rulers will lie, In any manner
whatsoever, II they believe the lie will
result TO their own advantage2 Then
take one lie with which they have
filled Germany: That the president Of
the United States and the American
congress, with the American people
behind them. declared the United
States to be in a state Of war with the
German empire because the American
munition makers wanted to make
more money, and Mr.. ]. p. Morgan
was afraid of the depreciation Of his
loans to England!
There are two significant things
about this lie. One Is the state Of
mind Of the German politician who
puts II forth. and the other Is the state
OF mind of the unfortunate German
subject who believes II. The politician
must necessarily count on an abysmal
ignorance us well as n loyal credulity
In the subject and the politician who
uses such lies Is Of n type we know
In our W country, In certain lower
forms OF slum-precinct manipulation.
But In Germany this type--bctter ed
ucGted, incomparably more powerful,
but nevertheless the moral twin Of one
Of our corrupt precinct committeeman
of the slums-is In actual high control
of the German destiny and has as It's
obedient machine, not ward heclers
from the barrel houses, but the most
terrible army known In history. And
II the German spirit truly manifests
Itself through such an agency. II is a
spirit 81 sinister and of such mighty
III omen to us that we must either ex-
orcise 1t by high explosives OF be Its
slaves.
Voice From Germany.
For this Is the voice that we hear
from Germany:
"We Germans" It trumpets, W
are Gods chosen people. His special
favorites, and God is German himself.
God rules over Us In the person of our
kaiser, whom he appointed for that
purpose. We are better than all other
people Of the earth; we are wiser and
purer and nobler and more industrious
and more learned and stronger and
cleverer and kinder and Drawer and
more spiritual and more warlike than
all others.
1--WE are so much greater than they
that whatever we do TO advance our
own interests, at the cost OF theirs, is
right and praiseworthy. II we kill a
great many of them, those who survive
will In the end be improved, because
they will work for US and learn some
thing by observing us. Any deceit Is
proper and morally correct II II bene-
fits us and when we practice n policy
OF terror upon those who oppose us II
Is really philanthropy and shows how
gentle we are, because the survivors
learn through our cruelty that It Is
useless TO oppose us, therefore they the
sooner submit their Wills to ours. We
cannot do wrong, no matter what We
do, so long as all that we do Is for our
own benefit. And, since ~ nature Is
warlike, war Is beautiful and neces-
sary. We study In peace times how to
use every man Of us In time OF war,
and that IS our great glory. BY our
bright swords W. will take possession
Of the earth, which ought 20 belong
10 US, because we are Gern"1s. We
believe In the heaviest possible breed
Ing of babies, that they may grow up
and be trained to carry liquid fire and
poison against any opposition TO us.
And, all the same, we are the only real
peace lovers in this malign and preju-
diced world, which, except for us and
tho Austrians and the Bulgnrians and
the Turks, n composed exclusively Of
stupid rufiians who were SO Jealous
and envious OF us that they forced
this war upon US, hoping to make some