The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-10
nous sacrifices Which the war demand
ed from them in course of time.

nous sacrifices " nlch the war demand
ed from them In course of time.
But the government, which even
then, foresaw the unfavorable course
the war was taking conceived the idea
of setting England up as the arch
enemy which intended to destroy Ger
many entirely.
The German war machine made use
of the blockade which England drew
around Germany to such an extent,
playing upon child murder, so-called.
that the people developed an ever-in-
creasing hatred toward England
The French language was no longer
spoken anywhere. A large part of the
German people formerly used the
French word "adieu," as a farewell ex-
preston but that was stopped. Care
had to be taken In the use Of this word
to avoid arrest on charge Of high
treason.
thought about these things as
neared my temporary destination. l
was sufficiently acquainted with the
border so that when / arrived In Kali
denkirchen was able to reach 1t with
out asking any questions. The spot
which | had selected for crossing lay
in forest. After a march OF two
hours / arrived near the border. It
was soon dark and decided to remain
In the woods over night.
The next morning at daylight ven
tured on and without being seen by the
guards crossed into Dutch territory.
With sigh Of relief arrived at the
next town, Ven In Holland.
Everywhere l was received in a
friendly manner. / observed that the
Dutch people hated the German people
as much as | did.
After passing several months in
Holland, where tens Of thousands more
German deserters lived, l made up my
mind to move farther away than that
from Germany for the arms Of the Ger
man government are long and its spies
are everywhere In most cases con-
scienceless criminals.
Some Of my Dutch friends made me
acquainted with sailors and these con-
scented to smuggle me to America on
their ship. When the ship departed l
was placed In the coal bunkers and ar.
rived after IA days in New York, safe
and well.
The first thing that struck me on ar
irving In the United States was the
wide latitude permitted German propa-
ganda. .
Most OF the German papers pub
lIshed here were body and soul for the
kaiser and tried daily to justify the
German fight for the German cause.
In this respect the government in
Washington certainly went too far I'M
til 1t was realized that no concessions
could be made to the Prussian govern
ment and thar concessions made to
Washington were nothing but deceitful
talk, sustained only by action when 1t
served Its interests OF Imperialism.
The promises which the German gov.
eminent made to Washington concern
ing the Lusltania case, the U-boat war
fare and so forth, were nothing but de-
ceit on the part Of the Berlin govern
ment.
1t was the desire to preserve peace
for the American people which im-
PEELED President Wilson, again and
again, not to declare war and If Amer
ica fights today 1t has only kept faith
with It's democratic principles and as
sisted the world in defensive war
against the autocracy that is a constant
menace for the world, which prepared
for this war over several decades.
With the entrance Of America into
the war the backbone OF Prussian mill
tarlsm will he broken. The linden
burgs and the Hohenzollerns are
doomed. A victory for the allies will
be a victory for democracy and vic
tory Of the greatest majority seeking
The welfare of the human race.
(THE END