The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-07-31

~Tnz Emitted States must be taken
tf1sza &. peg. America is growing too
lprgsDryp1nOus. She is obtaining too
-zz,1tSl " The worlds trade. She is in
fts-ssTi1g with Germany's commerce In
i4EcxSyl Sends, and piling up too much
ggRfis.h Sooner or later we will have
u Essnw her with the sword the might
ax i5e-xHuy, and teach her not to in
Ag1xisrR With our commercial develop
2,zaz."
lE1T Inany American tourists have
SsssT1 iais kind of talk in Germany
iaGg- f-ga diplomats, from merchants,
9--Es Bankers, from professors in the
EJzkyF-HsieS, and from the man in the
lEtrgs1- Yet, in years gone by they
gxssa I'D attention to it; saw no German
uHT2eG They merely pulled out their
dshests with pride at the thought of
ssz1st Z great nation they represented,
Isz6 dismissed the German threats as
kile iSlEyts.
Designs Hard to Believe.
"Aa Wal AAAOAiNNlHHblI W LIN 1
.szHP,p-gple Of civilized nation could
.agNaEy think of taking up the
1urgyi Just because another nation
Eas SfgEing some ability in capturing
IN ga-i Of the trade Of foreign
'anzris. They could not believe that the
s&gTzrz government actually had in
t'RrnsnpatiOu plan for making war
Esg fhE ulited States, taking away Il
a2se yEgtion Of its wealth in the form
M ssHits7niiies, and so Gripping it that
2 x7s.N 40 longer menace Germany's
ssxSd supremacy.
S2ct tourist was Prof. Albion
" SIS1ii, head Of the department Of
1sEfs,ilucy If the University of Chi
;zgsp. Professor Small knew Germany
nj WI as an American could. lie
Ss1zs ,siucrted in a German university.
KS saarried German woman; he
sssS9. s1e German poets and the Ger
RnR PHILOSOPHY; he had spent years
E@rgg; she German people. Yet he be
sgrSg convinced, after time, that
asrNXuy was actually planning blow
-9I sne United States. He exposed the
slsa ia 1a0S-tiye years after the Span
,4st AMERICAN war; yet he was given lit
gSe EIe,ience in this country.
~ -tit.39 Ills Experiences.
Professor Small tells Of his expert
sres and conclusions in a pamphlet
csssffls-g: "Americans and the World
s'ar@tES ISSUED as No. 2 in the series
- ytTiFrSity Of Chicago War Papers,
q fllsOws:
an uhe summer of 1903 l was in
'He-zEansy on business which gave me
III oocusiOn To sample the opinions
'xtgscs var country of more different
trAsSes Uf Germans than / had ever In
ssTrtEved before. The itinerary sched-
gfti,n stDps at Cologne, Luccrne, Vienna,
fe.BS,gst. Munich, Dresden, Berlin,
Nj tbeDce an excursion into Russia
,ae eacn OF these points, and in the in
isryaeElaie travel, l had opportunities
i,R Llil: With many men Of prominence
uazs WftG as many more whom | could
,fSaEslly as merely ordinary specimens
cES stssr various types.
- Ro0u became aware that, quite
xslne from the direct purpose Of my
N.Y.. ! was gathering from these
s0xs1-ss a collection of significant and
.ux0llIriye evidence. Over and over
,S1zs Germans of different social posi-
,iasaa 6Ving in as many different parts
nj Sexlsany and neighbOring countries,
aanesEsered the same opinion in almost
mr. came words:
-AyDu Yankees are all right. but II
10 snsy a question of time when We
Brr4as will have 10 fight you. not
ax1cb wade regulations. but with can
ma, And my question 'whyT inyari