The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-02

HelCnSDunk, DOCtOT NOcn, anu even Vi
the emperor's brother, Prince Henry of
Prussia. On the 31st of July, 1914, he
urged the emperor TO deslst from the
war, and when he failed In his attempt
he flung at the cmperor's feet his COM
mission as grand admiral and COM
mandcr in chief Of the German navy.
FACTS NOT GIVEN
TO GERMAN PEOPLE.
Up 10 the last moment England
even held out until noon of the 4th OF
August, 1914, when the German army
had already swept like a torrent over
the boundaries of the neighboring coun-
tries on every side) the rulers, minis
tiers and diplomats of England, Russia.
France and Serbia did all that lay
within human power, even TO the ut
most self-abncgation, In order TO pre-
serve peace for the world. This fact
Is clearly manifest the documents con-
corning 1t set ii forth In black and
white to the gaze of the world. They
are acknowledged as authentic by the
German government, but they are nat
urally withheld from the German peo-
pie. No one wished to attack us, either
then or at any later time. All that Aus
ria could ask of Serbia with even tie
slightest sembIanee Of Justice was free
!y granted.
Thus from the very beginning of the
war the sympathy of the entire world
belonged properly to our neighbors
who had been so wantonly attacked.
But 1t did not stop at sympathy; the
scoundrels who govern you and control
you, By the colossal atrocity of their
methods of warfare, by such brutality
as in itself to be menace to the whole
neutral world, by disregard of all es-
tablished treaties, managed step by
step to enrage all civilized humanity
TO war against us.
IL bloodthrsty maniac should be
let loose on the streets those whom he
attacked would defend themselves. All
peace-loving men would hasten to their
rescue; only towards would stink tim
idly away. This is today the attitude
of the world toward Germany. There
will be no peace, and Justly so, until
the murderer is imprisoned and shorn
of his power to harm.
THIS MURDERER rs
GERMAN EMPEROR.
Comrades in war, this murderer is
the German emperor and his govern
ment; that is>to say, the men whom he
himself las chosen for his Infamous
plan, without consulting the people,
and without regard for their wishes !;
and these are accomplices he has Sc
lected after men of honor have refused
their services. In the spring of 1914.
by an overwhelming vote of lack Of
confidence, the reichstag showed its
distrust of the only man whose sigma
ture the emperor needed for mobili-
cation and declaration of war, Beth
mann-IIolweg, his imperial chancellor.
In no modern civilized state would it
be possible for q minister to remain in
Office after being openly branded by
the representatives Of the people as I'M
fit, but in Germany any criminal may
become and remain imperial chancellor
at the will of the emperor alone. Pun
ishment has already found him out. An
other lackey has been promoted TO
lackey-jn-chief, without consultation,
with the German people and their rep
resentatives.
This murderer is the German en-
peror with his accompl;ces; but not
the German people, the poor people
defrauded and exploited by their gov
ernment; not the poor soldiers, who
are driven TO slaughter by these knaves
under the iron shackles of military law,
like the miserable galley slaves of old.
Comrades, how long is it your wish
to put up with this? When will you
rouse yourselves? When viii you take
arms on the side on which every man
of honor must now fight; on the side of
humanity and civilization against this
gang of slayers? When will you free
our poor, down-trodden, famishcd peo-
pie from its tyrants, and again estab-
llsh justice, liberty, morality, reason
and civilization in Germany?
JOIN FIGHT ON
SIDE OF JUSTICE.
WHY hbl NOihC Wv q w hSht oh shN
side of justice, of truth, of freedom, all
of you; the side on which all civilized
nations as well as the noblest and
most far-seeing OF your own people
have taken their st;cnd?
l know the reasons which hold you
back:
1. Your ignorance; the false doc
trines with which you were .inoculated
in your school days in all matters of
history, civil life and politics; the pre-
tentious lies of the German press,
whipped into line by military dicta-
tor; your implicit confidence In your
"GOd-given" leaders.
2. Fear of your masters, especially
of the officers. But these hangmen of
the kaiser are cowardly and hide them
selves In time of danger behind cover.
Shoot them down like mad dogs If they
get in your way. Rather that they
die than the hundreds of thousands of
honest, Industrious fathers of fami-
lies whom they have already hunted