Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10

Thor stood mt the midnight end Of
the world and threw his heavy battle
axe. so far as my hammer goes whi2-
2ing through the air Shall the land and
the sea be mine And the hammer
flew from his hand. flew over the whole
earth; it fell at the furthe.t end of the
South, so that all should become his
own. Siuce then It's the Joyous Ger
man right with the hammer to win
land. We are OF the race Of the Ham
wer-God ana mean to inherit his world
empire
So wrote Felix Dahn. famous Ger
man poet. So spoke the kaiser and
his ministers. 50 taught the German
professors and economists, and SO be-
li.yed the great mass of the German
people as they started gayly on the
world war, sure in their own minds Of
easy conquest, arrogant in their be-
ief of mental and military superiority,
and confident Of the protection Of the
German God" not the benevolent
Deity of other lands, but the Thor Of
the barbarian tribes who oyerran Eu-
rope nearly two thousand years ago.
Prussans Long Land Grabbers.
Expansion has been the sole aim Of
the FrusSan rulers since the days Of
Frederick the Great. Expansion, to a
PrGsSian, means not peaceful settle
ment Of unciYilized lands, bur forccful
Spolation Of ones neighborS; not col
oni2ation but conquest. Prussia, by
conquest, expanded from little in.
land state to the great German em-
pire of today The PrusSian dream
now is expansion until the world Is
mustered as Rome mastered it; eXpun-
sion until there Is no room on the
globe for any trade but German trade
One Of the most popular books il
Germany during the years immediate
ly preceding the war was Greater
Germany ana Mid Europe ia the Year
1856" 1t tells how Germany must
dominate Europe, take what ii wants
from those who now have ii, and re-
luce The population Of conquered lands
to seryitude Here Is a typical quo.
tation:
THE Germans, being alone entitled
to exercise political rights, to serve In
the army aud navy and to acquire
landed property viii recover the feel
ing lhey had iu the middle ages Of be-
ing II people of masters. They will
gladly tolerate the foreigners living
amongst them, TO whom inferior man
ual services would be entrusted"
Others TO Sweep Streets.
Presumably they woud allow the
French, the Beigjans and the Italians,
who now are opposing them so vail
mily TO sweep the streets and dig
the sewers.
Klaus Wagner, noted German writ
err in his "KrIcg," says:
South America must also and may
easily become a home for new free
Teutouic races, ResettIement of the
territory by people Of Teutonic stock,
removal Of the non-Teutonr inhabi.
lNnts Ia reservations or best of all,
10 Africa. Retention of Teutonoid
Lalns in South America In So far as
thcy are physically, mentally and NOR
ally sound, and are passed by a com
mission of anthropologists, physicians,
artists ana teachers"
Imagine such 4 specialized German
commission passing on your fitness to
live IN these United States; picture.
If you can, how you would pass your
examination And IL the German mr..
tisI happened not 10 like the color Of
your eyes or the shade Of your hair,
TO Africa you would 90. If the Ger.
man teacher thought you failed to ar.
tcnlntc your guturals properly, II
would mean deportation.