The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-03-01

empire. During the Spanish-Ameri-
can war the commander OF the Ger
man fleet at Manila Bay offered a
technical insult to Admiral Dewey
by the maneuver of his fleet and
would have attacked the American
fleet If 1t had not been for the firm
stand taken by the commander of the
English fleet. The kaiser stated that
he would have grabbed Uncle Sam
by the scruff of the neck and kicked
him out OF Cuba" II he had had a
stronger navy. 1t is believed by
many well informed persons that the
war in Europe saved us from having
to defend the Monroe Dictrine in
1914. In the early months of that
year we were havingtrouble with the
government of Haiti. Count Won
Bernstorff. acting for his government,
presented a note to Secretary Bryan
in which it was stated that the I'M
perial German government did not
concede the absolute right of the
United States to settle matters in
Haiti. but that Germany had inter-
ests there that she expected to pro-
tect. This note also contained the
astounding statement that the Imper-
ial German government expected in
the future to have hand in every
important question between nations
While this remarkable document was
being discussed by our statesmen and
diplomats the war burst upon
Europe and Germany had no time
to push the insolent question which
she had presented. These and many
other. utterances and incidents make
Ii apparent that unless Germany is
so completely defeated in this war
that her military leaders will lose
their Influence and power over the
people, we will have to some day
cross swords with her in defense of
the Monroe Doctrine. and II that
day ever comes the battle line will
not be three thousand miles away,
and the U-Boats will not be sinking
British ships in the Irish and North
seas. but will be sinking American
ships off the Atlantic coast. We are
fortunate indeed that the battle line
is three thousand miles away.
will ask the man who thinks that
numbers will win to remember that
numbers did not win the Russo-Japa-
nese war. and failed to win this war
up to the present moment. The
eight European nations that aligned
themselves against the four Central
powers in the early beginning of the
war had combined population or
three hundred million people. The
Central powers had one hundred and
twenty million, but I'm spite of the
superior population of their enemies.
they have completely defeated and
put out of the war five of the ma
tions that entered the war against
them; the five defeated nations have
population Of one hundred and
ninety millions. II takes more than
numbers to win wars. II takes pa
triotism. willingness to sacrifice,
combined effort of all the people,
tremendous preparation and training,
and these we must have.
Is there a reasonable hope that
the German and Austrian people will
soon revolt? No indeed. People dur
ing war revolt against their govern
ment only in the face of defeat.
They will endure almost any hardship
so long as they are led to believe
that they are winning. Fired by pa
triotism and hope of victory they will
fight and suffer for government
that seems to bring success. 1t is
not hard for the German leaders to
make their people believe that they
are victorious In view of the fact
that she has defeated five of the
enemy nations and now occupies and
controls twice as much territory as
she did prior to the beginning OF
the war. The German people are