New Britain herald., 1918-03-09
ANSWERS ID AGILE
 ENEMY THINKERS
Booth Tarkington Makes Reply to
 PropagandiStS' Rumors
{ By Booth Tarkington) )


 Lie No. 1.--"This is a capitalists war because the capitalists wanted to keep on making money by manufac- turing and shipping munitions, and they forced the government to de- clare war in order to protect the boats"
 Answer. The entrance of the United States into the war took from the capitalist his profits and is turn ing them into labor. Probably there have been a few food 'profiteers'' and the like, but they are being dealt with, and the only financial profit from the war accrued to laboring men.
 Lie No. 2.-"This is a capitalists war because the capitalists had bought English bonds and were afraid the bonds would be worthless if Ger many won"
 Answer: Then, since the "n1uni- tion capitalists lose money by the war, and the capitalists who had bought German bonds would oppose war. It was struggle of these two classes of capitalists for peace, op- posed by those who had bought Eng fish bonds. The latter were incom- para,bly in the minority and could not have won such a struggle even if it had taken place. Of course it is also necessary to assume that the capitalists who brought on the war caused the events which caused the American people to declare through their representatives that they were in a state of war with Germany. These events which the capitalists must have caused were, namely, the sinking of the 'Lusitania" (114 Amer jeans murdered); of the Arabic" 6 Am ericaDs murdered); of the Hes perian" (1 American murdered): of the Marina 6 Americans n1ur- dered; of the Russian" (17 Amer jeans murdered); of the 'Laconia' 6 Americans murdered) gof the FVigilancia'' 6 Americans mur- dered); of the Aztec" (2S Amer jeans murdered), and of other sink ings and murders. If this is a cap italists' war the capitalists were In control of the German submarines.
 Lie No. 3.--''America has more to fear from England than from Ger many"
 Answer. The English and German warships in Manila Bay, 1928. zim- 1 merman's note to Mexcio. Tie Kali l ser's proposal to England to join him in attacking the Monroe Doctrine. l The kaiser'S regrets that Europe had | not encouraged the South during the 1 Civil War and his hopes that the East l and West might yet be set against 1 each other so that two weak coun- { tries might take the place of a sin 1 gle stronge one. "I shall stand no 1 nonsense from America after the : war" he said repeatedly to the Am- 1 erican am basSador while America and Germany were on terms of 1 peace. But the final answer to this 1 most stupid of all lies is the History | of the World since 1911, and in par ] ticular the record of relations be- ] tween the United States and Ger l many beginning with the 7th of May, l 1915.
 Lie No 4"Germany wants a just l peace and England is preventing it.
 Answer. Ask the man who tells 1 this lie to state the German terms.
 Lie Nc. 5-"The Red Cross is a l capitalists money making concern. It 1 sold 8 sweater made by the grand l mother of girl who lives on the cor 1 ner of Washington Street and Wilbur l Avenue"
 Answer That girl hasn't got aRE l nrandnn other. Three corner lots at 1 the intersection of Washington Street l and Wilbur avenue are vacant, and 1! the fourth IS occupied by stag i1o 1 tel. Find another grandmothor.
 Lie No. 6-"Jf you have food 1 conservation card in your window the l eelIvm will come ln and take 1 away all Tour jellies and preserves and everything else you put up last fall"
 Answer Yes: they're for MT. Rock efeller. He's fond of Jeihes and pre- serves and can't afford to buy any.
 Lie No. 7.-"1f the aihes lost the war, that wouldn't hurt A.merica any Germany wouldn't try to do ,n,,tt,in,r to America, even if Ameri ]