The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-08

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rH- OBJECT Il sas ~4r IS to aea.s-
t'- '.cu peoples u-rIl frcm tie
erale ar1 TIE aC-LsI puNer Of a .sst
0ttHtsry -sta1 zrrssat= Controlled cy 90
ir'~spors be e1gernr-e ert. Nta1n. ray
secretly planned to dominate the world,
proceeded 20 carry uut tire plan NIrrCut
regard either 10 the sacred obligations
cf treaty OF the ic11 established prac-
tces ana long cherished primo pies OF i1-
terraucnal action and honor, THIS
power IS not the German people 10 S
the ruthless master of the German peo-
p'e. II is Our Business 70 see 70
10 tnat the history Of the rest OF the
world is 70 longer left 70 its hsrdlirg."
President wilson August q, 1872
THIS WAR IS ONE OF SELF. II
PRESERVATION.
Here" says Ererumaa. was a
Kaiserdom seeking world domination
and periou~ly near encompas ing
it unless the world united to rt1el
him Thus the radical land reformer
sees the issue Is there any one sun
blind to it,?
But were we in America directly
threatened? We utfe. and zoe are
threateaed a German book published
in the United States in 1914. and
called Truth About Germany. sought
20 mname us against England and
France, and to persuade us that Amer.
lea and Germany had common ideals.
characteristics, and methods. May
God save usD II argued smoothly:
"rwo nations united by such common
inclinations and ideals. boldness of en-.
tarprise far-sightedness. quickness Of
decision admiration for Intellectual
achievements, can not help being ex.
ceedingly congenial to each other"
Pleasant words but a lying tongue.
Would Germany once master of Eu.
rope remember our "congenialitv."
and be a 00od neigh Dor in the Amer
icas?
The Germans when writing for home
consumption hold a different language
about world relations and "neighbors."
Formerly German thought was shut
up i'm her German corner but now
the world shall have its coat cur &C.
cording to German measure and as
far as our swords flash and German
bIoods flows the circle of the earth
shan come under the tutelage Of Ger.
man activity "a sturdy German
egoism must characterize all political
action The first principle of
our policy both at home and abroad.
must be that in everything that hap.
pens the Germans should come off
best, and the others should have
bad time Of it, A nice, congenal
neiehbor'
But Germany, when honest, directly
avows her purpose, ultimately against
America We must wake uph or we
win be the easy next step in her
ambitions Germany may in
less than two centuries succeed in
dominating the whole globe if
only it can in time strike out a new
course, and definitely break with An.
glo-American methods of government,
and with the state-destrovipp ideals
of the Revolution She is trying out
her new course" now "One thing
alone can profit the German people:
he acquisition Of new territory, !.
that alone can really promote the
diffusion, the growth. and the deep.
ening of Germanism Before seek.
ing to found Greater Germany in
other continents we must seek IA
create Greater Germany in Central
Europeo we must see ia
IL that the outcome of our next sue.
cessfu war must be the ACQUISITION
of colonies" eWe must make room
for an empire of Germanic race which
SHAH number 100 10000 inhabitants,
In order that we NAV hold our own
against masses such as those of Russia
and the United states"
still further. il is no longer secret
that Germany while we were sin
uunreparad- nputraI--and vhua
Germany still ostensibly sought our
friendship secretly nlanned when vic.
torious in Eurone. to pick quarrel
with us and wiring from as part of the
costs of her European war
If the American "easv chair" ia
stilI too comfortable for serious
Thought Of what Germany means 10
no 10 as. then America deserves the
fate in store for her This ia the
material side of our peril but there
is another and deeper side.
purposes in national and in interna.
tonal DEVELOPMENT. If Germany should