Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-03-10
G[RNANY'S OFFENSIVE IN
AN ARMY GAAT0NMENT
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were thrown into the danger zone TO
some IL was apparent Jhen, and to all
now that the triumph OF Germany
meant war 20 Us from the victor
later on. We had M The time Ger
man sympathigors who made
speeches. published newspapers. and
wrote articles iu the latter ana On
magazine. an In the propaganda %.
diverting our sympathies from Ensl-
and. belgium and Franco and ir al
laying our su pici0ns of Germany
Our vessels sailing the seas were
seized and destroyed and our men,
women. and children on them mcr-
cilessly slaughtered Still our govern
ment hesitated. and properly. per
haps. and German activities. as stat
ed. continued, hut In somewhat lees
bold way. Then the war came ana
the German propaaaudism lowered
their voices 10 q whisper and dia p
peared from sight. but they We're not
prosclytod They did not die And
they dld not cease their work The,
are in numbers no WAS they were az
tho time ol the invasion OF Belgium
They arc out among ihp fathers ana
mothers of the boys who have en-
rolled in the Army ont In that civil
population which Is the mainsiay OF
inc ranks who must do the lighting
in front They no longer present the
cause of Germany as just because
they now affect 90 be- American par
riots who are more Interested IN ihr
Welfare of the American soldier than
IN ANYTHING else They have bored
themselves into an the avenues q.
our life bored into factories. farms
tho Navy. Army and the home, and
their mission and their work rs Co
spre3d the poison of discomfort ana
dissatisfaction with conditions To-
them the eossiper and tho scandal
monger and the puriynt-miuded dna
the anarchist and the disturbcr are
implements which they utilize easil,
and without danger % themselves
The innocent and ignorant re-
former is made o TOOL They deceive
the sincere and truthful preacher n
the pulpit They make tho moihe'
toss on her pillow ia thinking o. no
soldier child They caus" lac shallow
mated workman 90 SCI 'igo 90 hH own
work In the civil lie OF America now
Germany is doing more 10 overcome
ms than She can ever DO when sh'
meets MS face 90 face ON tho field %.
hattie. This may sound rNtrayanra0'
sensational bur the disclosure az
The Secretary of States. oi lh'
speeches OF President Wilson, %. ,h'
cXpo IRE by the secret service o' iac.
tory and other industrial destruction
day by dav warrant add that is sal"
and more
Right here DOB Texas carccly do}
psscs that we are not shocked with
some new Story ~ depiorahlc NOR"
or physical conditions existing al ih.
various Army encampmeuts esiahl
ushed BIS the Government 90 For
e. Worth. Waco. Houston and san An
II tonio II is impossible 20 conceive
~ lhais- n siaui4---H have their araain Il
tee ~ or deprayilv Oh .he hume'
y by could human being de
T-ynT m spreading story ot soidi'
boys. fresh from the tire,ide. hein'
placed against o wall and shot Tor 81
sertion when neryer @ d'sDr''r h'
been thus punished why could
mind be SO low as 20 originate ti'
carry the report that our boys q
these camps are rottiug with ten'i
eal diseases when r. is inla't Nh
ebould tho new soldiers Doc pictuTo
~ their mother az living 100 heasi'
state OF druufonnoss when Tier"
NOT a particle of truth m it' The
stories as said are iu circulation ~
er,,Wherr az al places and a. o..
times The women working H lh
Rcd cross goCeiir dIFcu7 ih'm
weep over them. and are discourage
nv them The father and mother loI
hone Tor their Army boy a. Mo
whisper them 20 each other Tho 81.
ter blushes tor her brother as SD
hear. them. aud those who SIRE ra'
od on Tor money and other m2iHua
assistance to carry 0n 'h' NNr 90
with feeling. perhaps tHH they W
doing their port hu' doing Of q
vain
have visited Iho camps .' Bowl.
Macarthur and Travis I visited inr.
camps with hrsr report h nF ear
and with tho determination NO. e"
down % tho truth oi b. end iN
trutb intended t1 taH whether
broughi abstraction of q. lIsiH,'iD
to the reader whether Or brought 3.
row or happiuaH f0 Inc rarehi
To illustrate tho character and ai