The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-04-26
A BRACE OF SILLY REMARKS

Two men on opposite parts of the
earth. one representing the vary heart
and soul Of autocracy and the other
representative of the most perfect
democracy. made remarks that were
transmitted over the wires to the As
ISOLATED Press Thursday last that
stamps them as proper meat for the
fool killer. One seldom reads such
Inane and silly utterances attributed
to men in high place. enjoying the
reputation of possessing more than
ordinary intelligence.
In a speech at Globe. Arizona.
Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo is
quoted as saying I'VE won't stop
this war until the battle line is bent
far enough west to put Berlin in the
center of the circle formed by Ameri-
can troops" That sounds pretty. and
also untimely. when il is taken into
consideration that after this country
has been in the war full year there
are not sufficient number Of Ameri
can soldiers in France TO cut any par
ticular figure in the fighting, no mat
ter what their fighting qualities may
be. and at the same rate Of supply it
will require ten years to place suf-
ficient number of troops on the firing
line TO form any appreciate circle.
Indeed. after years preparation
there is not enough troops at the
front to form an independent Ameri-
can army. let alone very small
circle. and the divisions and regi-
ments ready for active service must
be Incorporated into the French and
English armies, thus losing their
identity as fighting units. If the allies
must wait until enough Americans ar
rive in Europe to form circle around
Berlin, undergoing the painful and
disheartening necessity Of bending
west in the meantime. the allies will
be showed back into the English chan
mel. and the victorious Huns leave no
room TO form that circle. MeAdoo's
militant remark may have been neat
figure of speech to arouse the ap-
lause of an audience. but really there
was very little sense to II.
On the same day. at Queant, west
of Cambria. Kaiser William. gazing on
the ruck and ruin of battlefield,
with a display of hypocraey that has
no counterpart in history. said: What
have not done to preserve the world
from these horrors!" What object
Bill, the Boche. had in view when
making such bald untruthful remark
is beyond understanding. unless TO
pull the wool over the eyes OF his de-
luded subjects. II he raised his voice
or hand to ward off this frightful war
no human being knows it. and mighty
few there are who are going to take
his word that he made any effort to
prevent war with the evidence to the
contrary before the world What
he did do to bring on these horrors
is patent to all who read. The kaiser
alone stands before the civilized ma
tons Of the earth solely responsible
for the war. and the blood Of millions
so far sacrificed and vet to be
sacrificed before the end will
rest upon his head. He had
been preparing for this war for forty
years. He chose hts own time for pre-
cipitsting the va. expecting to crush
France before that country could pre-
pare for defense, and dictate peace
from Paris. A single word from the
kaiser could have prevented war
When Austria demanded such humiii-
ating and impossible terms Of Ssrvis,
following the demand AZ once with
warlike demonstrations, all the kaiser