Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-30
REVIEW OF WAR BY LEADING
GERMAN LANGUAUGE PAPER
TN EAST

! august 1. i''4'.'
| To-day four years ago, az Prince
Lichnowsky has shown lis. the German
military party, by declaring war upon
Russia, brought on |, catastrophe under
which the world must suffer unspeak-
ably. Four years of gigantic struggle
such as history never saw before. And
what has Germany achieved during the
four-vear world war?
! !. Germany has taken possession
of nearly all Of Belgium and part
now growing even slnallcr-of northern
France.
! 2. She has taken rich booty and
many prisoners.
F: 3. Through the revolution and the
subsequent carly collapse of the Rus
sian empire, she has temporarily
through the outrageous treaty OF Brest-
Litovsk, cnslavcd the now helpless
Russian people who are struggling for
liberty.
! 4. Together with Austria Hungary
Germany has well night destroyed Ser
via and Montenegro and crippled R'l-
mania.
! ). She has helped Bulgaria and
Turkey to increase their territory and
las former ambassador Morgenthau
says in his series of articles i'll the
current numbers Of the World 3 Work
she encouraged the Turkish military
leaders, Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and
Diomai, to massacre over ono million
Armenians and the other Christian
inhabitants Of contiguous territory.
6. She has sunk millions Of tons OF
shipping and destroyed property worth
|billions, showing no regard tor the
Lives of the noncombatants, and not
Ieven for those Of women and ch1ldfea
! 7. The military party hindered the
passage of the election reform bill and
delayed the progress Of democracy III
blocking the Reichstag resolution fol
"annexation and no indemnities.
| All these are the achievements OF
Germany under the whip of the mill
tary party. But what do we find in
the other side of the ledger!
!. Germany has sacrificed the
flower Of her arms-bearing youth
Millions of her sons have fallen on the
field Of battle, have been crippled
of her colonies by war in Africa and
not be made good by the greatest vie
tories.
| 2. She has lost by far the greatest
is removed and the world relieved OF
else where and has placed Il burden OF
debt upon her people under which they
will have t. yroan FOR decades to come.
! 3. She has completely demorallzed
her domestic commerce. She has;
brought herr people to want and hun
| ger and destroyed !cr foreign conmcrce
for an indetorminate period. Fol hc
/ last four years her merchant t4ag'nas
uot been seen on the seas Of the world.
, 4. The acts of her army command
crs aud statesmen have brought the
German name into lisrcpute in amer
! lea. For more than ECO years Ger
mau-Amcricans successfully endoavorsd
! to build here a new and happy home
for themselves and their decedcnts
and took care that their name should
| be Respected everywhere. Their IN
dustry and sense OF duty became
provcrbial everywhere. and now IN
bitterness of heart they had to see that
they were regarded with dlstrust.
However, through their unshakaole
loyalty to the United States they have
succeeded in retaining the confidence
and goodwill Of their fellow-citizen*
This in spite Of the doings of the Ger
man military party.
5. Millions of the people Of Ger
many are firmly convinced, even it the.
10 not dare to speak Of it openly, that
the defeat of che present aatoeratic
government would be blessing for
them and their posterity. They have
at last seen through the. motives Of their
rulers, whose purposes are selfish and
aim at the suppression Of the ideas Of
liberty and the forcing Of theiE hated
government upon the whole world.
For q long time German-Americans
were unable to see tho peril, and rude
was their awakening. Their sense OF
duty showed them the right course to
pursue. They point with pride to their
sons and grandsons fighting for them
under tho star spangled banner. And
they will fight on until every danger
is removed and the world relieved Of
Ia burden which lies upon it Like an
incubus, for it is only through the
overthrow Of the present German gov
eminent that the repetition. OF . sim
liar world catastrophe can be prevented.