The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
WHAT GERMAN VICTORY WOULD
MEAN.

Contributed by ARTHUR TRAIN
to the National Security Leagues cam
paign Of Patriotism Through Educa-
tion.)
A German victory-or an %inconclu-
sive peace-would mean the ultimate
realization of the German idea that
Germany for the good of the world
must rule the world. This has been
taught in her universities as philoso-
ply and In her pulpits as religion.
The German nation unquestioningly
accepts II and intends to force the rest
Of the world to accept 1t. This they
call "Kultur." which they claim Is
'above morality, reason and science"
Kultur teaches that there Is only
one sort of right-that of the stronger
1t argues with specious ~profundity
that In the relations of nations with
one another there car be no such thing
as truth or honor. Frederick the Great
taught that the Germans must make 1t
their study to deceive others In or
der to get the better of them" Fred
erick William Nv. 10 years ago said
that all written constitutions were
only scraps of paper" and Beth
mann-Hollweg In 1914 referred to The
Hague convention In the Identical
words. The "scrap Of paper" idea Is
an old one In German diplomacy.
The Germans believe themselves to
be a nation Of supermen and the Kais-
er the war partner-not Of the God of
humanity, but the "guter alter Gott"
of the Pagan North-the War Cod
who revels In the shrieks of women
and the torture of children. In blood
shed and cruelty. II am his sword,
his AGENT" declares William Hohen-
zollern. LET all the enemies of the
German people perish God demands
their destruction-God, who by my
mouth bids you do his will 7"
To accomplish this "divine" will the
German military authorities believe
that any means are justifable-the
moving down Of crowds of helpless
civilians with machine guns, the cut
ting off Of the breasts of women, the
battering In Of the skulls Of the
wounded with rife butts. BE as ter
rible as Attilla's Hunsl ordered the
Kaiser" 'It Is better to let a hun
dred women belonging to the enemy
die of hunger than to let a single Ger
man soldier suffer- "All prisoners
are to be put to DEATH" ordered Gen
eral Stenger in Belgium Writes a
Bavarian private: During the battle
of Budonwiller I did away with four
women and W. young girls In Ave
minutes. The captain had told me to
shoot these French sows, but l pre-
ferred to run my bayonet through
them"
This is the concrete result Of what
the Germans call 1.-THE Religion OF
valor' and "The Gospel of Hate
Says one Of their spokesman: Must
Kultur build It's cathedrals on hills OF
corpses, seas of tears and the death
rattle Of the vanQuished? Yes. II
must.'S
If Germany wins the war the Unit
ed States win either be paying tribute
to the Kaiser or German soldiers will
be ba~yonetting American girls and wo'
men In Jersey City rather than take
the trouble to shoot them.
IL Germany wins all u ideals OF
truth, justice and humanity-which
we call Christian-will be trodden
down into bloody mire under the iron
heel Of the Kaiser's armies, and the
coming generation will be taught that
there Is no God but the merciless God
of Battle, who speaks through Ger.
many's treacherous tongue and by heI
brutal sword.