The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-17
A LOYAL AMERICAN.


and once served in the German ar
nv But he is an American nova
suu American. The other day ne
made a speech in Milwaukee, and II
is such good reading that we Wlsn
to reproduce it here in this column
because we consider it one of the best
things we have seen since America
.o+ into the war. The Herald once
before commented on something MT
Kahn had said, but at that time we
did not know who Mr.. Kahn was, or
that he was a German, even. In MS
Milwaukee speech, he says:
"It is not enough for we Amerl-
cans of German birth to merely 40
our duty and be loyal to the Unlteo
States. We must speak out. FAR
minded men will understand that we
are not merely blatantly patriotic IN
so speaking but that we are prouo
to let it be known that the blood III
onr veins cannot drown the con-
science in our breasts; that the talnt
of Germany is not in the oloou' ou'
in the system of rulershlp.
s'I was born in Germany. serV-
ed in the German army. was close
ly connected with German business
interests until the outbreak OF tnls
war. I know Germany and l know
the real causes of this war. Thirty
wears ago-almost to the day-Ger-
many began laying her plans tor
world conquest. The true German
saw this war coming and tought
against it, but there was no chance
against the system.
Germany cannot offer the Rus
sian mobilization as an excuse. IL
was provoked by Berlin and was
menace only to Austria. l know OF
my personal knowledge that the stage
was set for it six or seven years ago,
in connection with the Agadir cpl
sode. I know that the Pan-Germans
meant to have a footing in South
America, and, once there, would have
threatened and had prepared plans
to threaten this very country OF ours.
In 1913 Austria planned to conquer
serbia and so informed Italy, then
her ally.
'.The spirit which brought about
this war was expressed by Nietzsche,
a great German, who wrote years be-
fore the war started the following:
"eYou shall love peace as means
to prepare for new wars. You say
that a good cause may hallow even
war, but I say to you that it is good
war which hallows every cause
"And Vorwaerts before the war
started declared:
4 Z" The camarilla of war lords is
working with absolute INSCRIPTIONS
means to carry out their fearful de-
signs to precipitate a world war.
Americans of German blood know
that it was not the old Germany
of which we are proud-that brought
about war, but the German system"
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The government is urging the far
mers to plant castor beans. We un-
derstand that this bean grows and
thrives we'll in Bamberg county. If
our farmers can cease long enough to
think of thirty-cent cotton, it would
be a good idea for them to plant some
castor beans. It would give the
county another crop.
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The sinking of the hospital ship
Rewa by a German submarine last
week is but another bit of evidence
that the people need not be surprised
at anything they do. If dollar for
dollar and pound for pound is not
extracted from Germany for all the
damage and inhuman acts perpetrat-
ed, she will not get her deserts.
So
We are of Governor Mannlng's S
opinion that woman suffrage ought
to be left to thsvarious States. We
do not think that the women OF
South Carolina, as a whole, desire
the ballot, and We see no reason why
it should be thrust upon the State
If the State does not want it. And
we do not think that the handful OF
clubwomen in the State who want SUI
frage so ardent1y express the opinion
Of many of the States women. Per-
sonally speaking, if the women OF
the State want suffrage, we say give
it to them, but we are not convinced
that they want it, or would use it
if it were given them.
+ + = =
The Germans are worse than bar
barians. The American Indians, in
their fighting days, never perpetrated
the inhuman practices and barbari,
ties that we know the Germans have
wreaked upon those who have fallen
into their power. What they have
done that is not known is doubtless
worse than anything we know Of, fol
they are polite enough to hide theil
L. IL h@rp