Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-26


heids supplies of oil. coal. iron anu
lood. Turkey is to be Il gateway 10
the teeming millions of the Orient for
the manufactured products Of Ger
many. The population OF Belgium and
france il TO br destroyed and the fer
tue lands turned over TO German set
ttement. Germany is 10 extend from
sSerlin TO Bagdad 10 the south and the
shores Of the Caspian Sea To the east.
England is 10 bc ShoIm OF her COM
n1ercial power and her great navy
comes under German control. The
part assigned To the United states is
10 pay the EXPENSES OF 1t ail.
There are some who scout N the
idea Of actual invasion OF the United
J States by Germany. II is easy 10 sec
how this will come. Germany for many
years has had her eye on South
America and given the power she will
confscate the British interest in
Mexico. The great oil fields al Tam
pico with the railroad from the Pacific
to the Atlantic will pass under Ger
man control-this puts her between us
J and the Panama canal which. she VIII
seize on some pretcXt. She Will teach
German kultur and efficiency 10 TN"
Poems in Mexico and keep standing
army in that country. She can con
qucr America and never land sol
dier here. All that she would have To
do Is to force France, England ami
other European countries TO adopt Il
German system OF inanc" ana make
American labor and products pay tri-
hutc. She would have u tarir ana rate
of exchange so arranged that every
pound OF cotton that left these shores
would b" paid for hy hill Of rN-
change drawn through tn" lmmrinl
bank of Berlin. n proportion Of which
would 20 in the German treasury. The
Custom Houses the world over would
levy n tax on each article which cam"
into or left the United States. Nhrn
this becomes so hurdcnSOm" that Oi!r
people refuse to submit she would haN"
an army ready i'm Mexico 10 invade MS
from the south.
No. my friends. this is our war and
ii is up To us TO break lrusSian mill
tarism and to destroy the power OF
this modern .Attila while the oihrr nii-
tions of the world are able To render
aid. II we wait to meet this mighty
force until after Europe has been con-
qucred and all of the resources Oi IN"
civilized world concentrated in Ger
many's hands. our childrrn's children
will bc the slaves of the most powerful
and dcspOtic government that the
world has seen since the beginning OF
time.
There are plenty of American trait
ors. not all OF them German de-
scent. who from avaricc and ambition
would welcome the advent Of Germany
and seek place and power under her.
These would he placed In charg" oi
the contiscatcd property OF loyal clti.
Zens, and tn" government conducted
through them. The kaiser boasts OF
100000 German and Austrian reserves
in America. ready to strike when Tn"
word is given and they will strike at
the first opportunity. Look at Russia.
Belgium, France. Scrvia and liou-
mania.
German Propaganda.
While developing great military
mower at home, one Of the most clii-
cicnt means Germany has used is her
propa ganda creating German Scnti-
nent in all the countries Of the world.
When the Office of Wolf Won lGrl M
No. 60 Wall street was raid"d by sec
ret service men. they found proof oi
plots to destroy ships, burn munition
plants and funds to organize tn" ]. W.
| ~. They found where million dol
lars was given l3olo Iasha to brlhc
aublic men and newspapers. In n sec
It. speech OF the kaiser to a German
xttetS5 Ifee-l- -SsGeARtf IL to-a-~ccap.-
tEfessionaI committee he said that ne
controlled one-siXth of the votes In
the United States and TO go ahead
that this administration did not dare
90 TO war. Look at the workings OF
the system in Italy. RUSSIA and In,
Balkans. do not hclicN" that All
Germans are dislOyal TO In" nitcd
States. The Germans came here, seek.
ing n refuge from tyranny at home ana
when the test comes the majority
will he true.
Germans began 10 come here after
the thirty years war; which made
Germany a bowling wilderness. rms
was n religious war. The Protcstan,
armies robbed. burned and killed the
Catholics and the Catholics did th'
same for the ProtcstantS. You know.
when pious people get to killing "ach
other for Christ's sake, they do IT very
thoroughly. The population OF Ger
many sank from 16 to million. Can-
nihalism reappcarcd. The gallows hnd
10 be guarded to keep people from de-
vouring the corpscs dangling from the
ropes. Where thriving towns had been
wolves roamcd unmolcsted.
Degraded. brutalizcd and poverty,
stricken the miserable Germans He'd
from devastated fields and burning
homes down the Rhine to Amsterdam,
where they sold themselves to ship
captains for the price of passage 10
new world. The rulers OF GERMANY
drove the people from the Fathcrland.
The stream kept up. men coming over
10 escape military service and heavy
taxation. They were received with
open arms, given the right Of citizens.
They have grown rich and powerful.
st. Louis. Milwaukee and Detroit are
largely built 10y German energy ana
thrift.
Preparation.
There has hccn some harsh criticism
of the administration for not accom-
plishing more during this war. This
has come from two sources. one h"adcd
|by Ey-PrcSidcnt Roosevelt who Is
probably sore because he was not per-
mittcd to go to France at tn" head oi
a Division. No one doubts the pa
triotism of Col. Roosevelt. but ] cam
not help think that his criticisms ar"
unjust and that he Is cndcavorinE 10
make political capital out oi the war.
There are others who were pio-'i'r-
man and who went as far as tn.!
dared in encouraging resistance 10 lic
ur1tt. some Ol lHtSt HUI az ~ 49,
pay of Germany and others have ne
hind them German constituency.
Others are going as far as they can
and keep out of the penitentary from
sheer general cussedness. | have pun
myself to some trouble to see what
this country has done in year OF
war. II is n marvellous record AMI
how any man can take into coDsidera-
tion our total unpreparcdncsS ana th'n
criticise those in authority Is beyond
my comprehension. Yon may be SUR
those doing it are either ignorant OF
the facts or have some ult"rior purt
pose. They should be looked upon Win
distrust and treated ~ enemies unth
they prove otherwise.
Listen. on April 9Th. 1917 we had
only 10000 trained soldiers under
arms and 9,54i officers: on April 6th.
1918 we had 123,S00 officers. almost as
many officers as We had men year
ago, and when you consider the TACT
that a modern war depends very
largely on trained officers YOU realize
what a tremendous work has been az.
complished. The number OF enlisted
men Is 1.52S.924 an increase In one year
in the army OF about 900 per cent. one
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