The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-19

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States had become democratic nation
she secretly despised our government as
being contrary to her own ideals. She
I did not like our republican spirit. This
/ feeling was increased by German realiza.
ton that France, her neighbor, was
catching the spirit of liberty from Amer
| lea. She did not wish her own people to
come in such close contact with demo
cratic ideas.
! When the South American countries
threw off the yoke of Spain in the early
! 10Th century, Prussia fearing the growth
Of liberty, organized an alliance to con
quer these newly liberated nations A
1 great British statesman, Lord Manning.
discovered this plan and sent the infor-
nation to President Monroe, then the
! chief executive of the United States.
/ President Monroe, fully awake to the
great Importance of preserving liberty
/ on the American continent, announced
the famous policy that no European pow
er could interfere with the welfare Of
/ American people except through sanction
of the United States. This policy has
become famous as the Monroe doctrine
and it was created to stop Prussian ag-
| gresson.
| Prussian hate for America really began
with that particular incident, though it
was artfully concealed by a smooth and
friendly exterior that has been the cloak
Of German propaganda in her dealings
all over the world.
! The INSCRIPTIONS and greedy Bismarck
looked longingly toward the United
States in 1870, and made the famous re-
I IL. a
fat hog waiting to be stuck"
In 1898 Prince Henry of Prussia in
suited Admiral Dewey at Hongkong
China Though the German government
apologized, it was plain to the United
States government and Admiral Dewey
that the insult had been intended, but
Germany was not quite ready at this
! time TO launch world war.
/ Germany tried by every means to or
ganize the nations Of Europe against the
! United States upon the outbreak Of the
| Spanish war 1t was only the
action of England in staunch support of
us that blew up her plans.
Though our government knew of these
actions of Germany, they were soon for
gotten through our indulgence and peace
loving desires.
/ When Admiral Dewey blockaded Man
/ liza bay, German heet broke the rule of
| international law, ran through the block
ade at will, and a German cruiser ac-
tually loaded supplies TO the Spanish
fortresses under the nose Of the Amer
lean guns.
| When Dewey started the battle of
Manila bay the Germans attempted to
place their fleet so that the American
ships would be between the Spanish
guns and the German fleet. A British
admiral, seeing the maneuvers and be-
lieying the Germans were going to fire
on the American ships from behind,
quickly steamed his feet between the
Americans and the Germans so that the
Germans could not fire without hitting
the British. The British were too pow
erful a foe to be attacked at this time,
and the Germans backed away and soon
left the harbor.
In 1902, Germany sent fleet to Ven
ezucla with instructions to occupy ter
ritory, offering as an excuse the fact that
the Venezuelan government had not paid
debts owed to Germany Venezuela also
owed money 20 England and the United
States, and neither had considered 1t nee
esssry to make such an armed demon
stration, but instead were willing TO set
tie the matter by arbitration.
Theodore Roosevelt, the president of
the United States at that time, notified
Germany that she had As hours to re
move her forces. When Germany made
no effort to comply, President Roosevelt
sent second notification stating that
would oatI Cor Van
ezuela Immediately If the German feet
failed to comply at once with Americas
request. Realizing that the United
States government meant business, Ger
many again backed down and the matter
of Venezuela was settled by arbitration
Fooled in her attempt to get grip on
South America by force Germany began
sending her soldiers TO train South Amer
lean armies, and also to make large set
Elements Of German colonists for the pur
pose of building up German localities in
these new lands
In reference to South America a Ger
man writer said in 1911, Germany will
take under her protection the republics
Of Argentina, Chill, Uruguay and Para
quay, and also that part of Brazil where
German kultur prevails" 1t is very
plain that Germany was planning for her
kultur to become supreme in all South
America.
1t was not until 1916 or 1917 that the
people of the United States realized how
Germany had organized great spy sys
TEN all through America. Her agents
were everywhere working for the inter
ests of Germany, The German govern
ment spent millions Of dollars paying
agents to blow up bridges, munition
plants and federal property, and this
was all done under the cloak of friend
ship, and before the United States had
any intention of entering the war.
In 1898 a German admiral, Won Goet-
zen, told Admiral Dewey that Sin about
ms years my country win begin great
war. Some months after we have done
our job in Europe we shall take New
York, and probably Washington. and we
shall keep them for time. We shall
extract one or two billion dollars from
New York and other towns"
OF course the American people laughed
at such statement at the time 1t was
too absurd to believe, but we know now
that the German admiral meant what he
said, and because he knew we wouldn't
believe. it was safer to tell it.
We also know, now, that Germany be-
fore the United States entered the war,
was keeping a list of every man sup
posed to have been killed or wounded by
American ammunition supplied to the
allies This list was made according to
the worth of each man in dollars and
cents. Before January, 1917, this sum
had become SO great that it was sutfi