The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-27
Why Y ! / We Fight
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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
Germany's policy is not an acciden'
tai one. It has been carried out with
remarkable singleness Of purpose
from generation to generation OF
Hohenzollern rule. from the time
Of the Great Frederick until to-
dry. Germany's atrocities are not
accidental. They are a deliber.
ate. well thought out part Of this
Hohenzollern 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 and terrorizing the civil
populations.
The German rulers committed them.
selves to the doctrine Of the survival
Of the fittest. Through generations Of
teaching they made the German peo'
pie believe that they, and they alone.
were the at.
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 Nthe 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 letter to his minister, Rad
twill:
III there is anything to be gained
by it. we will be honest If deception
II necessary, let us be- cheats. One
takes what one can, and one Ia wrong
only when obliged to give back"
This philosophy, applied to present
conditions, means that Germany wat
right when she took Belgium, and will
be wrong only Il she is not able t
. hold, It. \; q.sgs ii ~ :,5g,,
4 From Frederick the Great to Bis,
marck 10 . long jump In the matter
Of time; but We find the Prnssian pol
icy unchanged. Speaking before the
military committee Of the Prusstar
/ Chamber Of Deputies n 1852 Bis
marck said ~ I
mot BY speeches and resolutions
Of majorfties are the great questions
of the time decided. but BY iron ant
!. blood" t i. =
Then, With blood md Iron Prussa
went out and despoiled Denmark o1
territory In 1854. beat and robbed Ans
tria in 1860. and finally, In 1870
{ brought France to her knees and toob
Her richest provinces.
4 Here is what the present kaiser told
His troops when. q 1900, they vert
shout to depart Tor China to put down
the boxer uprising:
- Use your weapons In such way
tAat for a thousand years no Chi
nese shall dare to look upon a German
askance. Be as terrible as Attillas
Huns"
Coming on down to the present wal
We find German minister accredited
to neutral state far across the sea
one which one would think should be
free from the entanglements Of world
politics-writing home to his govern:
ment, In a state paper, advising the
sinking Of two ships from this neutral
nation, in such a manner that no trace
be left. Dead men, he believed tell
no tales
; 1t was Baron Luxburg, ministerpleni.
potentiafy to Argentina. who wrote
, this amazing dispatch on May 10, 1917:
II begsthat the small steamers Oran
and GuazO -. which are nearing
Bordeaux !. be spared If posi-
Bile, or else sunk without q trace be.
ing left"
This telegram was Interested in the
United States and published. It sent
q thrill Of horror around the world,
Chancellor Won Bethmann.H ollweg IL
true disciple Of Frederick the
Great, Bismarck and his royal master.
In public speech on January 81. 1917,
he said:
"WLen the most ruthless methods
are calculated to lead US to victory.
swift victory, they must be employed"
So they were used, and are being
used today. They include sinking Of
hundreds Of neutral ships, the burning
of cities, the deliberate devastating
Of the fair lands OF France, the, rayish-
ing of women, the enslavement Of
workmen and the murder Of little chill.
dren. n
Horrors such as these are told in de-
tail in 1.-THE Prussian System" by F. G.
Walcott, who, for a long time, was en-.
gagged in behalf Of America In trying to
get food to the Poles whom the Ger.
mans were deliberately starving by
the hundreds of thousands SO that they
might not cumber the land which the
Germans Intended to occupy.
Knowing all this, can the American
people talk of my peace by negotia.
ton? Can they stop this war until
this mad dog of nations is freed from
the military rulers who teach frightful:
ness from the cradle. and will only