New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-15
A FIRST LESSON ON
GREAT WORLD WAR
GOVERNOR LINDSEY
DRAWS CONTRAST OF AIMS
AND PURPOSES OF FORM
Err WARS OF GERMANY
AND OF THE UNITED
STATES
(Ey Gov. W. E. Lin~sey)

War Government. and Religion are
! the ind'ces to the self definition o.
nations and peoples.
For contrast of the self definition
of the Imperial German governmen,
with the Government of the United
States of America. index and define
in parallel, the wars, governments
and religions of the two nations.
Under the guidance Of Otto vor
Bismarck, "the man of blood ant
IRON" Prussia and part of the Ger
man states have fought three wars
That with Denmarck in 1864. wal
of conquest, ravishing that nation oi
Schleswig- -Holstein.
That with Austria in 1866, wal
OF subjugation, effectively removing
rival.
That with France in 1870, war OF
conquest, despoiling that nation OF
! Alsace Lorraine, and a billion dol
lars.
Our Five Wars
Under the guidance Of the people
/ of the United States, our nation has
fought five wars:
That with England in l776. estab-
fishing a new government. deriving
its Just powers from the consent OF
the governed.
That with England in 1872. for the
freedom of the seas.
That with Mexico in 1896 extend
ing the blessings OF free govern
nent to bleeding people.
That with Secession in 1901. pre-
-, ,,,I III
voluntary scrvitude.
That with Spain in 1903, gratuit ous-
ly extending the blessings of liber-
ty to enslaved peoples.
Tie present. fourth war for Ger
many and the sixth for the United
Stat 5. is in line with their previous
wars. For Germany-Conqucst and
the enthroning of the Power of
Might. For the United States-Free-
dom and the glorfication of the
p wer OF Right.
Writers and speakers are fond OF
saying that the present war is a
contest between Autocrdcy and De
mocracy, ncglecting to define either
in terms OF simple comprehension
Autocracy is that form OF gov
ernment in which the strong, the
rich and the wise ride upon the
backs OF the weak, the poor and
the simple.
What Democracy Is
Democracy is that form of gov
ernment in which the strong. the
rich and the wise raise up and sup
port the weak, the poor and the
simple.
In an Autocracy, government pro-
ceeds from above downward. in the
form of thou shalt" or a."thou
shalt not"
In a Democracy, government pro-
ceeds on level. and is "of the peo-
pie by the people and for the peo-
pie.
William Hohenzol'ern. the man
whose ally is Cod not Gods ally
King of Prussia and Emperor of Ger
many. wills for all the people of his
kingdom and empire; can will no
wrong even tho that will be fright
fitness"
Abraham Lincoln, whose great
concern was that he should be on
Gods side. once President OF the
United States, lowly. yet exalted un-
to heaven. toiled. suffered and died
for the endurance of a Dem )cracy.
conceived in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are
created equal"
Kultur is the new religion of the
German people. The people of the
United States are Christians.
Proclamation Of Kultur
Kultur proclaims: "We, (the Ger
man people) are of the race of the
rhunderer; we will possess the earth"
Christinity proclaims: blessed
are the meek; for they shall inherit
the earth"
Kultur commands and asserts
Be as terrible as Attila's Huns"
Providence has w;Iled that we shall
be his instruments"
Christianity proclaims. Blessed are
he merciful. for they shall obtain
mercy"
Kultur Kisses: 20 Germany. hate
Slaughter thy foes by the millions
and of their reeking corpses build
a monument that shall reach the
,louds."
20 Germany, hate now! Arm thy !