Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-13
ENGLAND FORCED
WAR ON GERMANY
u Saith One ]. T. Adams, "Whe Vas
Candidate for National Chair.
man Of Republican Party.

ST. Louis, Feb. 13.-Here is the pro.
German letter that is the chief cause
a. the trouble in the Republican ma
tional committee 1t was written from !
Berlin Aug 81. 1914. by John T. /,
Adams OF iowa and ii was published |
in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald |
Sept. 20. 1914
Berlin, Aug. 81. 1914.-Editor Tele- |
eraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. Sir:
i am mailing you today through our
ambassador. a copy OF the German
White Book and Truth About
Cermany.T AS America has been
flooded with lying and misleading re-
ports from London, Paris and St PEI
ersburg, would like to see some CT
these articles which present the sit
nation from the German standpoint
published in the Telegpaph-Herald.
To the best Of my knowledge and
belief these statements represent SUD-
stantially the unanimous sentiment O:
the many thousand Americans who
bappen to be at this time in Germany.
would like to write a chapter my
self on the causes Of this horrible war,
hut this letter may not reach its deS-
tinatiou / will make the assertion.
however. that there are no more
peace-loving people in the world than
the Germans. from the kaiser himself
10 the humblest citizen. and there are
no people who have progressed far
Their in all that is best in culture AMI
civilization.
But Germany in recent years has
surpassed all other countries in Eu-
rope in prosperity and she has inter-
fered incidentally with the foreign
commerce of Great Britain. This Is
really her great crime, and this is the
principal reason why the small war
party in England headed by that arch
hypocritc, Sir Edward Grey, has
nursed the anti-German sentiment
among the bloody shirt" politicians
OF France. and the degenerate aristoc-
racy of Russia This is the reason
why Sir Edward Grey, while making 4
few plays to the galleries in behalf OF
peace. was actually working "a hours
a day to make certain the outbreak Of
hostilities.
1t is now perfectly clear to all OF
us. who have been living in Germany
that when Russia and France were
secretly planning to make Austria's
determination to punish the Serbian
assassins the occasion for q sudden
attack on the German borders, these
two countries were given adequate as
surance that England would support
them.
That France had intended to march
her troops through Belgian territory
in order to flank the right wing OF the
German army. and that she was to do
so with the knowledge and approval
OF England, is absolutely certain, and
that Belgium was party to the un-
derstanding is highly probable.
=. When Germany crossed the Belgian
border first it was England's excuse
for declaring war, but not her reason.
the opportunity to restore her COM
merclal supremacy by helping France
and Russia destroy the German en-
pire.
That such motives should impel the
rulers of England to impose terrible
war upon the people of Europe is iu-
credible to those who are ignorant of
English history.
But they will not destroy the Ger
man empire. The hostile preparations
which have been going on In France
and Russia for several years have
been too threatening for Germany to
ignore, so they have prepared them
selves and the good people of Germany
will successfully defend their homes
and maintain their right to live and
prosper against the whole gang oi
deyilish conspirators who have forced
the innocent masses Of Russia, France
oil "a Aah a1aina than