The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-25
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Uuder the memorable cOmpulsiOn Of fate, the Hohen-
1oIIern and HapBburg empires move onward to doom.
The made by the two emperors and their agents
ore such fate and destiny command The war lords
give or withhold the order to attack but the aterna-
tive of failure to attack is domestic insurrecton driven
by famnea blind regicidal force that is more disrup-
tive than armies in the field. Therefore the emperors
give the word to strike and BY frantic endeavors and
vain boastngs they strive to divert the wrath of their
people from themselves to the allies Your fresdes are
in danger" cry the emperos; "your enemies are bent
upon your destruction They try to conceal the fact
that they began the for purposes of plumber and
now facing destruction at the hands of the avengng
world.
The two predatory empires began process that they
cannot stop In the long reach of time the world will
give lefthanded thanks to William of Germany for hav-
ing stirred humanity to its depths and making it perceive
its suggishness in failing to throw off its oppressors
It his innate savagery and lust for spois which
guided the sene hand of Franz Josef in striking at Ser
bia. The two empires to swoop down upon the
weak, despoi them, and then devour the spois in def
"HSS Va
been done before, many timesxHumanity in the mass
unable to stop IT, the bigger nations were preoccu-
pied with their interests the little ones were neg
gible
The destruction Of Serbia might have been achieved
without immediate ruin to the spoilers if Hohenzolern
had not undertaken more than he could accomplish He
believed he in position to destroy france He did
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plunged forward and in order to strike at Britain he
committed such frghful atrocities at sea that he forced
the United States into war Again he plunged forward
by this time inextrcably involved in the coils of fate
He could not 60 backward he could not surrender he
could not induce the outraged world to accept fraudu
snachng victory by accident on the road to ruin His
hopes were revived by the collapse of Russia Transfer
ring heavy of troops from the Russian 'front.' he
then struck with all his force at England and France
But the stars in their courses fight against Hohen-
zoern Despite his forces the allies united in
bonds and withstood his thrust He lost
more men than they He struck again and again he was
loser. Once more, with waning forces
he gained few miles and lost few divisions Then over
his shoulder he the dreaded spectre of famine sum-
mOnng his people and the people of Austria to rise
and destroy the two empires With furious haste he or
dered the drive against Italy, and hungry and sullen
troops moved like automatons to slaughter before the
keen edge of Itay's revenge ut is impossibe it
suicidal reported the Austrian captains when they saw
the heavens pouring out help to the Italians by swelling
the Pave and sweeping the invaders into the Adratic
Forward, forward" came the imperative order, and
again the Austrians were dashed forward to death
Forward they go. Soon the Germans in France and
Flanders will go forward also, scheduled for humiliation
in the last efforts to sustain two topping thrones The
black threats Of nnumerable guns will redden the air
will rain death and the earth will boil up with destruc-
ton, but the German legons will not pass Before them
in the flesh, stands the avengng spirit of Liberty The
arms that strike down Hohenzollerns forces are thrice
powerful being animated by consciousness of right and
victory. Behind Hohenzoern stalks famine and revo-
luton and before him is the implacable sword Let him
take his choice he is doomed perish and with him will
Hapsburg and the accused house that has made hell
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