The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-08-29

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At Q conference Of field men Of the
United States food administration held
In Warrington. y. Q. Walcott pictured
conditions - he had found them n
~ eU0ntz1po invsded b. German
arma Ar. Waleott served With ~.
Hoover On ths Belgium eelief eommls-
SION wien thig nation was attsmps.
Ing - fsed ne Starving ceivilSsa Dog
ulat1on Of Belgium, Poland and north
efn Tranes. h his address hs had
pictured such conditions % he said he
could not believe unless hs had seen
the situation through and through, and
had lived with Il for weeks. He
showed these terrible conditions to be
the result Of deliberate plans on the
part Of onlcial Germany. and In sum-
minsup he said:
"Such IL the German mind az II
was disclosed to me In several weeks
contact with officers Of the STAFF.
Treaties are scraps Of paper, II they
hinder German aims. Treachery IL
condoned and praised, II II falls In
with German interest. Men, lands,
countries IRE German prizes. Popula.
tions are to be destroyed or enslaved
SO Germany may gain. Women are
Germany's prey, children are spells Of
war. God gave Germany the Hohen-
zollern and together they IRE destined
to rule Europe and, eventually, the
world-thus reasons the kaiser.
"Coolls deliberately, officers Of the
German staff, permeated by this mon
strous philosophy, discuss the dena-
tionalization Of peoples. the destruc-
tlon Of nations, rhe undoing of other
civilizations. for Germany's account.
''1n oil the world such a thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like. Even among
barbarinns, the thing would be incred-
ible. The mind can scarcely grasp
the fact that these things are pro-
posed and done by a modern govern
ment professedly Christian govern.
ment in the family Of civilized na-
lions.
This system has got to be rooted
out. II It takes everything In the
world. II It takes everyone Of US, this
abomination must be overthrow. II
must be ended or the world 10 not
worth living In. No matter how long
Il takes, no matter how much Il costs.
we must endure to the end with agon.
ised France. with imperilsd Britain.
with shattered Belgium. with shaken
Russia.
we must hope that Germany win
have new birth a. Russia II being re-
born. We must pray, a. We fight
against the evil that 10 In Germany.
that the good which II In Germany
may somehow prevail. We must trust
that In the end Q Germany really great
with the strength Of Q wonderful race
may ind its place - one Of the broth
erhood Of nations In the new world
that u to be.
1.-THE responsibility Of success or
failure rests now upon our shoulders:
the eyes Of the world are anxiously-
watching us. Are we going to be able
to rise to the emergency, throw on our
ineficiency. and proye that democracy
IL safe for the worldly
In the above statement Mr.. Wal.
colt has described condition that
must be changed II America, II the
world, Is to remain ut place to
live In" And the only way by which
this change can be effected Is the de-
feat Of German arms In this war.
Nothing good, nothing but evil. can
come out Of Germany, 50 long as the
German people are controlled by a
military autocracy. and the German
people cannot be made to realize this
until this .autocracy is crushed. The
spirit Of militarism that has made Of
the Germans rcbber and murder
naticn must be utterly crushed II the
world Is to remain free, and to accom-
rlish this those Of US who cannot fight
In France must lend our support to
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