Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-01
II 10 Austria's Hour Of Decision

Let the war masters go right ahead
with the high hand, and the mailed
fist. and the nights right procedure
with Austria. as with all others.
Austria deserves it. and Germany
richly deserves what they will get out
Of it.
ialsm stands forth for what it is. long
recognized by the world and at last
seen by Germans and their allies.
Won Hertling said world verdict
could not he accepted by Germany, be-
cause the world is prejudiced."
What has "prejudiced" the world
The world was favorably impressed
with German efficiency, German en-
terprise, German industry. German
manufactures, and even German
claims OF superiority in everything, in
1914.
Why does the world hate everything
German To-Day? Let Hertling answer
that.
Why is Austria Hungary turning
away from here long time ally? Let
iicrtling explain that to the world.
IT is hign time for Austria to rec
ognizc her duty to herself in the ages
To come. Let history say Of Austria
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perfidy Of her ally she withdrew
from the alliance. as Italy had done
before her.
Austria cannot afford to he party to
campaign Of slaughter and over
running Of helpless peoples who re-
fuse to fight and plead for peace Now
Austria can no longer pretend TO be
llcvc in the professions of fighting
for our lives, made py Germany in
every hour since August !, 1914
That utterance can be made only in
mockcry now, for Germany is bent on
imperialism. subjugation, power and
loot.
Dispatches say that Germany may
use violent measures against her ally,
10 compel obedience to the rrussian
Will, and To add more millions of dead
and MANNED and starving to the losses
already suffered by Austria Hungary
in the service of the Kaiser
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Austria aomc. The sooner the bet
ter for civilization, for the break be:
tween the monster and his d,,pes
must come some time. Let the Czechs
Of Bohemia and Moravia spread their
natural hatred of Prussian domino
ton into Bavaria, Saxony and Silesia.
as it has spread from Poland and
Courland
Frussianism entered it's own grave
yard when it cut loose in Russia. Let
the climax come and come soon. for
the sooner it comes the fewer good
American boys will give their lives for
world peace, world justice and world
democracy.
Three fourths Of the Slovaks and
Slovenes are Roman Catholics, let the
mad Kaiser trample upon them now,
In his reign of terror and let the story
Of 1t spread to Bavaria that rich and
powerful kingdom of the German en-
Catholics and only IS per cent Protest
ants. Let i. spread to that other king
dom of the German empire. Saxony.
where only five per cent. of the popu-
lation are Protestants and where
Roman Catholics number 100000 and
Jews $4,000: where the royal family
belongs to the Catholic church. and
where the Slavic Wends number
so 200.
Let the Prussian boot bruise Aus
tria- Hungary because it refuses to
make war on Rumania; there are
100000 Rupanians in Austria Hun
gary
The world now looks to Austria
Hungary - choose between a perfect
~ obvious right and brutally,
hrazenly demonstrated wrong. Not
that the Allies do not expect to beat
the outlaw into submission with all
MS dures and tools, but that moral
decisions can save world agony and
millions of innocent lives
Let Austria refuse to be dragged
down to destruction and degrade ton
IN defense OF a world despised cut
throat
Terrorism does not make for friend
ship, hut fear