The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1918-06-08
Why We Fight
Because Germany Law Ia the Law
Of the Jungle and Her Doctrine
"Misht IL Right"
By CLARENCE y. SPEED y"
Secretary, OF the WAY Committee OF the
Unioh League Club Of Chicago.

the law. of. the jungle, her doctrine
"Might Is Right" and her policy. In
dealing with other nations, one of rob
bing the weak and terrorizing the
strong. Germany has grabbed terrie
tory and exacted tribute from her
neighbors, and finally, her greed ber
coming greater. has looked Dat over
more distant lands, and has commit
ted herself to a policy Of world domi,
nation which men2ces the continued
free existence of every nation which
will not submit to her will. =.
Germany's policy is not an acciden1
tai one,, 1t has been carried out with
remarkable singleness Of purpose
from generation to generation OF
Hohehhollern rule, from the time
of the Great Frederick until tor
day. .Germany's atrocities are not
accidental. They are deliber7
ate, well thought out part Of this
Hohenzollern policy, which was to
break. down the resistance Of her OPP
ponents, not only by fighting and de.
feating their armies but by killing,
torturing and terroriSing the civil
populations. "a
;, The German rulers committed themy
selves to the doctrine of the survival
Of the fittest. Through generations OF
teAching they made the, German peo..
pie, believe that they, and they alone,
were the fit.
We have the words Of the German
rulers and German warriors and Ger
man leaders of thought for all Of this
More than that we have the perform
ance of German officers and German
ARMED in conquered lands to prove it
Let's start with Frederick the
Great i'm presenting the evidence
This monarch, who earned his sou
briquet through despoiling his naigh'
bors, rather than through any real
qualities Of mind which he showed
said. in letter to his minister, Rad
ziwill:f. \ %
"If there is anything to be gained
by 1t, we will be honest; il deception
is necessary, let u be- cheats. One.
takes what one can, and one is wrong
only when obliged to give back"
This philosophy, applied to present.
conditions, means that Germany was
right wheh she took Belgium. and will
be wrong only If she Is not able tt
hold it. -: ... {"
From Frederick tha, Great to Bis
marck II a long jump in the matter
Of time but we find the Prussian pol
icy unchanged. Speaking before the
military committee Of the Prussiar,
Chamber Of Deputies in 1862 Bis
marck said:
mot by speeches. and resolutions
of majorities are the great question:
of the time decided, but by iron anf
blood"
Then, with blood and iron, Prussis
went out and despgiled Denmark OF
territory in 1864, beat and robbed Aus,
tria in 1866. and finally, in 1870
brought France to her knees and tooh
her richest provinces, a..
Here Is what the present kaiser tOlG
his troops when. In 1900, they wert
about to depart for China to put dowr
the boxer uprtsihg,. j
use your weapons in such a wa.
that for a thousand years no Chi;
pese shall dare to look upon German,
Askance. Be as terrible as Attilla'f
Buns" -. ..,t
Coming on down to the. present wal
we find q German minister accredited.
TO a neutral state far across the sea-.
one which one would think should be;
free from the entanglements Of world
politics-writing home. to his govern
ment in state paper, advising the;
sinking Of two ships from this neutral
be left. Dead men, he believed tell
no tales. ~ - So: !:
1t was Baron Luxburg, minister plenf.
pOtentiary to Argentina. who wrotf
this amazing dispatch on May 10, 1917 &
II beg that the small steapers Orap
and GuazO which are nearing
Bordeaux be spared II, posi-
BILE, or else sunk without trace be
ing left" ~ p.s
This telegram was intercepted in the.
United States and published. 1t sens
d thrill Of horrc1 around the world. :
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg is
a true disciple of Frederick the
Great, Bismarck and his royal master
In public speech on January 81. 1917,
he said:.3 j.. ,. a.. n =:
"When the most ruthless methods
are calculated to lead us to victory
swift victory, they must be employed |
So they were used, and are being
used today. They include sinking OF
hundreds of neutral ships, the burning
Of cities, the deliberate devastating
Of the fair lands of France the ravish- 4
ing of women. the elslayement OF
workmen and the murder Of little chill
dren. ~, Ia T.. 2iat,.
Horrors such as these are told In de-
tail In 1.-THE Prussian System" by F. G.
Walcott, who, for long time. was en- I,
gagged in behalf of America In trying to
get food to the Poles whom the Ger 4
mans were deliberately starving by !
the hundreds of thousands so that they
might not cumbeE the land which the
Germans intended to occupy. .4o..3 .
knowing all this, can the American
people talk of any peace by negotia- /.
ton? Can they stop. this war. until
this mRd dog of nations is freed from
the military rulers who teach frightfuf- /
ness from the cradle. and will only !
seize a respite now to prepare them
selves for further conquests2
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