El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-03

and was introduced by Robert Kra-
kauer. This speaker declared frankly
that his object was TO make his audi.
ence so mad that il would not COO
: down until the war ended
I He assailed 'slackers'' freely, open
Ing his talk with the declaration that
there are people in this land who are
ready TO sacrifice the money and
lives of others TO save their own lib
\ erty." The speaker was glad to have
observed during his tour Of the coun-
try that this great prosperous
sleepy people Of ours are waking VI
like a powerful giant" He said the
entire cost of running the govern
ment in 40 years was S26.O0O,00O 600
/ but one year Of this war has meant
, S21,000,00O000 alone.
Have Fight at Home.
THE whole force Of human civiliza-
ton are lined IN against beasts IN
this war, and while IL may not come
E tomorrow, next month or next year,
we are going TO VIM he Numbered,
and it's a long way 10 win yet We
must raise more money and send
more soldiers. as Germany stands to-
! day on the war map OF Europe a vic
! torious nation. And while our sol
{ diers are fighting abroad. we at home
] have the big battle Of cleaning 10
! those among US who are not 100 per
cent loyal"
That we have become damn fools"
I for becoming imbued with the idea
/ that Germany is a nation Of super
men, with a marvellous efficiency was
! the subject Of a great part Of Mr..
O'Delis talk He said the exchange
3 of professor idea had meant that our
I delegates TO Germany imbibed Prus-
sian philosophy, while Germany's del
/ egates in this country spread the same
doctrines.
Lore Is Not Prussian.
In the case Of literature and music,
the speaker called attention to the
I fact that Goethe, Schiller. Wagner,
Mozart and Beethoven were all from
Independent German states who were
forced TO .seOme annexed to Prussia,
and that Fhere has not been a man of
literary or musical note ever produced
by the conqueror German state. par
ticularly since the -Prussian
war The speaker advocated the.
wreclling Of all made in Germany"
articles in American homes. declaring
he refuses to be Influenced by men
who take their inspiration from
sauerkraut-"
Told to Foment strikes.
He closed BY calling attention TO
the fact that in November, 1914. be
fore America was at war with Ger
many. all agents Of the PrusEian gov
eminent were instructed TO foment
strikes, blow W storehouses contain
Ing goods for the allies. 10 wreck ships
and do similar damage. aud that 90
days after those instructions We're is
sued, there was @ nationwide long
shOremen's strike in this country, and
that during the year following the
instructions. this country had more
fires than ever in its history
M Shaw, the third speaker, was
introduced by Mr.. OrndorfG and spoke I
in part as follows:
Fight for Liberty.
Back in the 18th century our fore /
fathers, with blood and sacrifice. !
placed upon the map OF the world .
union OF states a republic In the
18Th century our fathers with yet
more blood and greater sacrifice set
tied fratricidal issue that threatened 4
the integrity OF that union. that re-
public Now in this goth century the \
conflict broadens and it rests with
MS and our children to determine {
whether organized might or organ
lied liberty and organized Justice 3
shall prevail. not alone in this hem
isphere, but throughout the world
Better A. British Dependency.
TO my mind this conflict exceeds /
each Of the others in importance. as
its cost in blood and treasure trans
cends everything in human history.
Far better would IL have been had the
war for inde-e Evidence been lost. and
America remained dependency of
England, with a government like that
Of Canada. than 10 be forever a vassaI
Of Germany
we entered the Spanish war be-
cause OF ideals. Spain disclaimed any
responsibility for the destruction OF
the Maine. She then suggested ar
bitrating her liability and ultimately
offered TO pay It has ever been
"a al
ish war was altrUistic. It's iustifica-
ton rested on the report of a com
mission, created by authority OF con-
gress that found that Spain had Tio-
lated human rights.
SicSeniHE Atrocities.
When the present war began
atroclties began more s-ckening in de-!
tail than anything Of which the Span-i
ish mind was ever capable Of conceiv-i
ing. or the Spanish hand capable Of
perpetrating- But the American peO-l
pie. hearing only unsu5stantiated ~
mors, gave no evidence that they cared
a rap what happened elsewhere in the
world, provided they remained uumo-
.ested- For more than 80 months Of
falsely fancied security. not q bank
Frs convention not a bar association
not a church conference. not a politi-i
cal or other gathering Of men or Wom-
IN so much as considered a resolution
declaring It to be the opinion Of those
present that the United States should
stand in the first quarter Of the goth
century for what it had so nobly
stood in the last decade Of the pre- I
,eding century And when we did en-
er the war not a quarter Of the
American people would have so voted. .
America the Objective.
Il do not hesitate to express a re-
gret that the proof which Mr.. Ian
sing declares is on file in the office
II the secretary of state. showing con-
.lusively that the United States of :
america was the German objective {
rom the beginning. was not made
lublic- Possibly self interest If Moth
ng else, would have then led the peo-
Ne to demand that some preparation
E5uld be made for the inevitable. and !.
hat the congress. as wei as the presi-i
lent. would have respected this public !
emand.
After two and a half years of out T,
aged international law, and unblush-
ng terrorism inflicted upon conquered
copies, our patient president Off
tally advised congress that a state OF
var between Germany and the gov
rnment Of the United States Of
merica actually existed. and congress
Nth commendaole promptness passed
he resolution that sent us into thu
-ar.
In 1t to Guard Ourselves.
But now that we are in the wal
-Od grant that the old American
leals shall again assert themselves, O
nd that the Stars and Stripes hence Il
0rth shall stand for human rightsf
'hererer humans dwell This little $