The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
WHAT GERMAN VICTORY WOULD
MEAN.

tCOntr1Dure0 by ARTHUR TRAIN
TO the National Security Leagues cam
paign of Patriotism Through Educa-
tion.)
A German victory-or an Inconclu-
sive peace-would mean the ultimate
realization of the German idea that
Germany for the good of the world
must rule the world. This has been
taught In her universities as philoso-
ply and In Ler pulpits as religion.
The German nation unquestioningly
accepts IL and intends to force the rest
of the world to accept 1t. This they
call "Kultur," which they claim is
"above morality, reason and science. ~
Kultur teaches that there is only
one sort OF right-that OF the stronger
II argues with specious profundity
that I'm the relations Of nations with
as truth or honor. Frederick the Great
taught that the Germans must make ID
their .study to deceive others In or
der to get the better OF them" Fred
erick William Nv. 20 years ago said
that all written constitutions were
only scraps OF paper" and Beth
mann-Hollweg in 1914 referred to The
Hague convention I'm the Identical
words. The scrap OF paper" idea is
an old one In German diplomacy.
The Germans believe themselves to
be nation of supermen and the Kais-
er the war partner-not of the God of
humanity, but the "guter alter Gott"
of the Pagan North-the War Cod
who revels In the shrieks of women
and the torture of children, in blood
shed and cruelty 81 am his sword,
his agent!' declares William Hohen-
zollern. LET all the enemies of the
German people perish God demands
their destruction-God who by my
mouth bids you do his will !"s
To accomplish this divine" will the
German military authorities believe
that any means are justifiable-the
moving down of crowds of helpless
civilians with machine guns. the cut
ting off of the breasts of women, the
battering In Of the skulls OF the
wounded with rifle butts BE as ter
rible as Attilla's Hunsi ordered the
Kaiser.'s "It is better TO let a hum
dred women belonging to the enemy
die OF hunger than to let single Ger
man soldier suffer- "AIl prisoners
are to be put to DEATH" ordered Gen.
eral Stenger In Belgium Writes a
Bavarian private: During the battle
OF Budonwiller did away with four
women and seven young girls In five
minutes The captain had told me to
shoot these French sows, but / pre-
ferred to run my bayonet. through
them.m
This is the concrete result OF what
the Germans call 1.-THE Religion OF
vaIor" and 1.-THE Gospel of Hate"
Says one OF their spokesman: Must
Kultur build its cathedrals on hills OF
corpses, seas of tears and the death
! rattle OF the vanquished? Yes, II
| must"is
II Germany wins the war the Unit.
ed States will either be paying tribute
! TO the Kaiser or German soldiers will
be bayonetting American girls and wo
men in Jersey City rather than take
| the trouble to shoot them.
! IT Germany wins all our ideals OF
truth, justice and humanity-whicf
we call Christian-wilI be trodder
| down into bloody mire under the iron
heel of the Kaiser's armies. and the
/ coming generation VIII be taught that
/ there liz no God but the merciiess God
| of Battle. who speaks through Ger
/ many's treacherous tongue and By hei
1 brutal sword.