The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-07-12

We are at war with Germany be-
cause Prussia dominates Ger
many. and from the days Of Freder-
lex the Great. Prussia's law has been
the law OF the jungle. her doctrine
might is Right" and her policy. In
dealing with other nations. one Of rob
bling the weak and terrorizing the
strong. Germany has grabbed terri
tory and exacted tribute from her
neighbors. and finally. her greed be-
coming greater. has looked out over
more distant lands. and has commit
ted herself to a policy Of world dOmi-
nation which menaces the continued
free existence Of every nation which
will not submit to her will.
GeTmany's policy is not an acciden-
tai one. 1t has been carried out with
remarkable singleness of purpose
from generation to generation Of
H0henzollern rule, from the time
Of the Great Frederick until to-
day. Germany's atrocities are not
accidental. They are a deliber-
ate. well thought out part Of this
HOhenzollen policy. which was to
break down the resistance Of her OPP
ponents, not only by fighting and de-
feating their armies but by killing.
torturing andA terrorizing the civil
populations.
The Germanlrulers committed them
selves to the tdoctrine Of the survival
Of the fttest- Through generations OF
teaching they made the German peO-
pie believe that they. and they alone.
were the TT
We have the words of the German
rulers and, German warriors and Ger.
man leaders Of thought for all Of this.
More than that we have the perform
ance Of German officers and German
armies In conquered lands to prove it.
Let's start with Frederick the
Great In presenting the evidence
This monarch, who earned his SOU
briQuet through despOiling his neigh
bOrs, rather than through any real
qualities OF mind which he showed.
said. In q letter tos his minister, Rad
ziwill:
II there Is. anything to be gained
by it. we will be honest: If deception
- necessary. let US be cheats. One
takes what one can. and one Is wrong
only when Obliged to give back"
This philosophy. applied to present
conditions. means that Germany was
right when she took Belgium, and will
be wrong only IL she ID not ,able tc
hold it.
From, Frederick the Great<to Bis.
narck Is long jump in the matter
Of time but we find the Prussian pol.
icy unchanged. Speaking before the
military committee Of the Prussian
Chamber OF Deputies in 1862 Bis
mot by speeches andi resolutions
Of majorides are the great questions
Of the time decided. butt byi iron and
blood"
Then, with blood andtirOn,, Prussia
went out and despOiled Denmark OF
territory in 1864, beat and robbed Aus
tria in 1865. and finallx in 1870
brought France to her knees$and took
her richest provinces.
Here is what the present kaiser told
his troops when, in 1900 they wert
about to depart for Chinat to- put,dOwE
the boxer uprising:
Use your weap0usv int such q way
that for q Thousand years no Chi.
nese shall dare to, look upon alderman
askance. Be as xeqrible as .Attilla's
Huns"
Coming on aown{to the present war
we find a German. minister accredited
to a neutral statejfar across the sea-
one which enc would think should be
free from the elatangiements of world
politics-writfng home to his govern
ment, IN q state, paper. advising the
sinking Of two 4l1 ps from this neutral
nation. in suchta ;manner that no trace
be last Deadt r zen. he believed tell
ItfwastBaron II lxburg. minister pleni-
potentiary to A rgentina. who wrote
this amazing dist latch on May 10. 1917:
'Iheg that TIN small steamers Oran
and GhazO which are nearing
Bordeaux be spared IL posi-
Bile. or else SUD k without a trace be-
ing left"
This telegxnu 4 was intercepted In the
United StateSf and published. 1t sent
q thrill Of hs6 or around the world.
Chancellor y ON -Hollweg is
true disco pie of Frederick the
Great, BiamAJ OK and his royal master.
In public sr eeckton january 81. 1917,
he said:
'When IL most ruthless methods
are calcalae ed to lead us to victory,
swift vfctor =. they must be employed"
So they were used. and are being
used today. They include sinking of
Oi neutral ships. the burning
Of cities the deliberate devastating
ofsthe fairI lands OdFrance, the ravish-
Ing OK III ,men. the enslavement Of
2 nd the murder Of little chill
dren-
HOsrorS such as these are told In de-
tail in 'eTb Prussdan System" by f. G.
Who. for a long time, was en-
Eaged INF behalf of America in trying to
ut food to the Poles whom the Ger.
mans ~ ere deliberately starving by
the humid reds Of thousands 80 that they
might n OF cumber4th the land which the
intendedtto occupy.
Know ing all this. can the American
people, talk Of my peace by negotia'
lion? sCan they stop this war untf
bis me dog Of f1ntions IL freed from
he nlR .tary rulers> who teach frightful
ness r0n the cradle. and win Onl,