The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-01
Why Germany Will Be Licked
Message of Christmas Good Cheer That is Appropriate
n New Years Day

By BRAD STEPHENS


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But with all the cards siackea III
Ihei ldVor, d' OleS navy ooa. -I ~,
theih, TIE GeIinSths "eIsn VIZ my az
caheo uboh TO lace ooio e'0oi
I'm their mass plays and IN thclr mon |
| strategy, the German soldier IS no |
| doubt the equal OF any other soldier |
| in the world. II X when he has to
| stand out alone and face an Individual |
! foe on equal terms that his mfeuonty
| becomes apparent. Then tie yellow
| streak generally shows. ihen the heart
of lin grows tlahhy. Then ne hlIb-
i bcrS, aud sticks up hIS fahd, and CRIES
"kamerad.
But the German who asks for mercy
gives meme when mercy is his to show
p,a. an,-onn. douLt thn trntI, If thi.
Indictment Doas anyone want 10
I,noc- fnrtbar ,nasops v,bv most Ger
man. mo covarls2 Cross ONT every
lthino. thar has baap written ga far'
VII, 3,,for. i, .ntodern Times aud IN
in,o,larn -r.,rfarn La,,. white mon uitb
~, n,.a PiIln anun s,,.h thinos .. tbe.
C4rrni.ns ba,-n neon aoino far TN. pa.-
+L,,, ,..ara1 ~ .baatira If ,tut.,in.
Fry,+t and of FJi+b rovr7I. Tho she'll
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a,",.,. o>.n,'i,d. IT.. ra.a an5. Jr,arta-
ton Of Bcloim Ana French women bv
; the thousands; the bombiug of cities
and towns and hosui+aIs bv air,iiips.
the murder of Red eros, nurses. the
sinking on bosuital sbin,. the SHOOTING
. aud havonctting Of women and cliI
drcn; the looting and burning Of
! homes; aud the systematic devastation
: Of all territory which they have once
held and been forced to cNacuatc.
VIII brave men do these things ut
the bidding of any king or kaiScro
''Crucltv springs from weakness.
= said Seneca That partly explains the
trail Of outrage and murder that fol
= lows every German armv-thy weak
ness in the character OF the German
q people: that claimi- love and affection
u for the wives and children OF theii
}, own family frc>idcs, they show none
81 for the weak and the helpless OF a
y fallen foe; that making much of The
y Christmas ceremonies in the Father
c land. they have revealed unthiuo of III.
% nnr.. with thr RESI- If the vurlG Bul
d., the thing that most adequately explain,
" their record. the blacklist so far in til,
1t history al mankind. is the fact that tn,
heart Of Germany is rotten.
ii But we micbt have known before
hand from the shahhv regard in uyh;cl
II thev hold their owr women and trei
u. virtue what the ;deala of .ha f.,oi1,
r. Preside amounted to in Germany
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is ~, ne .''''' l'''a
as aa ",' ~ ~. IL ~, i,lI "i,In !,
ne .torirs .am@,,,;n.r Ia ,rtI. i, ~,
Oh SUNS 'onSVi "I'1 ny Iiii"o ~ No"l
ld If Enron. one j.. ,,,os E,or,,E. !,
d hooL On hoard III nna al, III, Ia,fl,
hin. n,,a ao,. ~, ,.....d y.r,,;f.,.
10 remark about a Young woman. VII
yy CHANGED "a be fine cousin al 3, vo,,no al
hr fc.r v.t,,, .,ra.,.,t,n,fi,,r Nan, NJ
~ Young officer fcllcd the Kaiser with
He blow. Bnt the Young man had to con
= NIT suicide 10 save himself from cour
~ martial and firing squad
~: Such Is the condition Of serrituda
nj Germany No man can defend the goo
a. uame or virtue of woman against til
III Kaiser or any officer in the Germa
rs, army or navy There is no chivalr
H. in German militarisn An officer "a
he pull a shop girl or a stcnographer int