El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-01

I Before il was pledgec. however, the
3 cure went out IN the village and re-
/ urned with a Belgian soldier. This
I one sat down at the piano and, as we
3 drank, the strains Of the star Span
; gled Banner resouuded in the billet
and, / am sure. in all our hearts. The
sentiment of the whole invaded peo-
ole was changed. because they knew
! that a declaration by an American
/ 7 PRESIDENT. from Washington down,
/ had always meant more than any
J mere scraps Of paper.
Only Half L. =. Understands.
But 1 believe there are yet more
I than 90 percent of the people mere ia
America VINO don't realize what IL
means TO be at war with Germany.
] we are making the same mistake that
they made in England-thaI Of uu-
derestimating the euemy's strength.
! We are at war with the strongest
military nation and The pest organ
lied country in the world The man
who talks about peace this year is a
traitor TO his country We cannot
[ have peace this year Why Because
the only peace we could have this
year would be a German peace and
were not going TO have that How
and when are we going 10 get peace
We're not going TO get peace BY
starving Germany out, because II we
wait for that well all be dead before
it happens. We are not going TO get
kaiser among his people or revolution
among his soldiers If we wait Tor
that 10 bring peace il viii be a Ions
wait and a vain one
Two Years War Yet.
1--WE will get peace only by driving
Germany out Of France and Belgium,
breaking her lines and hate 10 say
this-killing as many Germans as
possible. We canot do il this year,
and not until we have 100000 10
hnT-a in France ON
that basis. when viii we have peaceE
/ believe the war viii end along to-
ward the close Of 1920 The Amerl-
cans might as well know the truth,
and. remember, I'm an optimist about
the final outcome Everyone OF you
will have TO do a great deal more,
along the line OF what you call your
Dit than YOU have yet dOne-each
one viii have to do all ne possibly
can one who doesn't stand back OF
the boys over there, doesn't deserve
TO enjoy the privileges OF American
Goes TO Germany to Observe.
I went to Germany as student,
writer and as an American. having
taken out my first papers Spending
a few weeks in Rome, through Thorn
as Nelson Page / met Won BuelOw and
a German named Hindenburg,
nephew Of the general / was bound
for Germany at the time, but / kept
my mouth shut about it. One day
young Hindenburg said that Germany
had no secrets and that in Germany
one could go anywhere ! afterward
found out you could go anywhere al
most. closely chaperoned by a Prussian
officer who saw TO il that you didn't
see too much Hindenburg gave me a
letter to his uncle Whenever I
showed il. the guard saluted and said
Pass. friend. 1 had what you call q
bunch, and had the letter photo
graphed. and never stirred outside the
door without a pocketful Of copies OF
it. And it's well ] didn't
HindenburE's Face Keats Villas.
4 had always thought that PanchO
villa had the most cruel face OF any
one ] had ever seen That was until
saw Hindenburg, and after that l
ielt Ike apologizing to villa Hin I
denburg has large frame. which his
uniform makes 10 appear larger. a Z
small head and small. rattv ewes. [
which have a way Of looking at you as
II he didn't believe a word you say 4
said TO Cen Hindenburgs I think I
you are making a great mistake with !
these air raids on London Wei
Americans. YOU know, do not under !
stand that kind OF warfare. in which ]
you have killed 300 women and chill I
dren.' Hindenburg looked at me +
very sternly and said: Those raids are I
not for the purpose of killing women ]
and children. III for no other reason Z
because zeppelin bombs are too ex-
DenslFe TO waste on killing merely Z
women and children
says Defeuceless Shall Perish.
There you have the German atti- !
-ude- Everything is merely except a !