Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-07
From the Committee on Publ!s In
formation. Washington, D. C..
Special Feature Service
Loan Commissioner.

A pro-German is a ma who. by
private or public ~utteranees, stands
in the way of a whole-hearted prose-
cution of this war and the defeat of
the German will to conquer.
He may do it by finding fault with
the conduct of the a He may do
1t by impracticable peace arguments.
He may do it through a mistaken
policy. He may do it because he is
In the pay of the German government.
He may do it because he has been be-
fooled and bamboozled by those who
are in Germany's pay.
The German will to expansion by
conquest must be broken by defeat.
the war will not give us peace. In all
the history of the world there never
existed a conquering nation less fit to
rule others than are the Germans.
This is true because the German
policy is so brutal. SO cruel, SO scien-
tifically exterminating. In the streets
of every town in German Poland chill
dren are falling and dying of starva-
ton. Children 8 to IL years Of age
are being carried through h streets
by their parents because they are too
weak to walk-because Of starvation.
The Poles are being exterminated as
fast as possible by the Germans Just
as the Armenians-the Oldest Chris
tan nation in the world-are being
exterminated by the Germans and
Turks. Why? Because Germany
wants the property of the Poles for
Germans after the war; and because
they want the property of the
Armenians for the Turks and Ger
mans after the war.
Their will can and must be broken
A.. iR> T. 80 Aha xzYi1N nf tha
individual German. 1t is the bloody.
brutal, cruel, devilish will of the Ger
man government and the German
ruling class, miseducated in the school
which believes that war is the sun1ma-
ton of human good.
A pro-German is anyone who stands
in the way of our successful prosecu-
ton of the war. Every word that falls
from the tongue of any American or
is written by him carries with 1t a re-
sponsibility greater than ever existed
in the history Of this nation. Look
we'll to what you say or do.
Germany has in this country nun
dreds of papers printed in the Ger
man tongue. Whether this ought tf
be or not is a grave question. If any
Of these papers are loyal. I do not
know Of them. Some of them may be
but have not heard of them.
These and other papers and many
individuals say they are for America
but none Of them say they are agains
Germany.
He who is for us is against Ger
many. He who is not against Ger
many, tooth and nail, in this war II
not for America.
You IAN tell the pro-German by an
other test: If he is against France, o.
against Italy, or against Russia, ne i
pro-German.
The armies and navies of thes'
powers are fighting u fight. The!
are dying by thousands every day tt
make the world safe for democracy
If we win, we must win because the!
do most, Of the fighting and dying
while we only do some of 1t.
The enemy of Great Britain is pro
German.
The enemy of Russia is pro-Germal
and anti-democratic.
The enemy of Italy is agains
America.
The enemy of France is lost t
every claim of patriotism.
Do not let these pro-Germans pol
son the atmosphere in your localit.
by slandering u allies without chal
lenge. 1t is time to call down tn
man who fights against u armie
with tongue or pen. no matter VIVA
flag those armies are fighting under.