The Parker post., 1918-11-09


At conference of field men of the
Z United States food administration held
In Washington, f. c. Walcott pictured
conditions as he had found them In
the countries invaded by German
arms. Mr. Walcott served with Mr..
Hoover on the Belgium relief commits
sion when this nation was attempt
Ing to feed the starving civilian pop
ulation Of Belgium, Poland and north
ern France. In his address he had
pictured such conditions as he said he
could not believe unless he had seen
the situation through and through, and
had lived with it for weeks. He
showed there terrible conditions to be
the result of deliberate plans on the
part of official Germany, and In sum
ming up he said ny
"Such Is the German mind as 1t
was disclosed to me in several weeks
contact with officers Of the staff.
Treaties are scraps Of paper, if they
hinder German aims Treachery is
condoned and praised, If 1t falls ia
countries are German prizes. Popula-
tions are to be destroyed or enslaved
so Germany may gain. Women are
Germany's prey, children are spoils Of
war. God gave Germany the HOhen-
zollern and together they are destined
to rule Europe and, eventually, the
world-thus reasons the kaiser.
''Coolly, deliberately, officers Of the
German staff, permeated by this mon
strous philosophy, discuss the dena-
tionalization of peoples, the destruc-
ton of nations, the undoing Of other
civilizations, for Germany's account.
'In all the world such a thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like. Even among
barbarians, 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 a Christian govern
ment in the family Of civilized ma
ti0ns.
"This system has got to be rooted
world, If it takes everyone of US, this
abomination must be oyerthrown. It
must be ended or the world Ia not
worth living in. No matter how long
1t takes, no matter how much 1t costs,
we must endure to the end with ag0n-
lied France, with imperiled Britain,
with shattered Belgium. with shaken
Russia
"We must hope that Germany will
have a new birth as Russia is being re-
born. We must pray, as we hght
against the evil that Is in Germany,
may somehow prevail. We must trust
that in the end Germany really great
With the strength Of wonderful race
may find its place as one Of the broth
erhood Of nations in the new world
that Is to be-
"The responsibility Of success or
fejlure 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 Off our
ineficiency, and prove that democracy
Is safe for the world?"
In the above statement Mr.. Wal
colt has described a condition that
must be changed II America, If the
world, is to remain "flt 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, so long as the
German people are controlled by
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 a rcbber and a murder
nation must be utterly crushed If the
world Is to remain free, and to accom-
plish this those of us who cannot fight
In France must lend our support to
our man whn arn f1Chtinv For ,,s