Douglas Island news., 1918-01-11
BY HERBERT QUICK U. S. Farm Loan Commissioner

A pro-Ccrmon is a man who, by IprIyatc or public uttcranccs. stands n the way of wholo-hcarted pros ccution of this war and the defeat ! of Che German who win to conquer. lie may do it by finding fault with ! thc conduct of Che war. He may do |it by impractical peace arguments. | He may do it through a mistaken policy. He may do it because he is in Che pay of tho German gov crnmcut. He may do it because he has been bcfoolcd and bomboozled ] by those who arc in Germany's pay,
 The German win to expansion by conquest must loo broken by defeat |If that rapacious win be not broken, thc war win not give us peace In |uu thc history or tho world there never existed a couquoring nation ! less nt to rule others than arc tho . Germans. This is true because the l German policy is SO brutal. SO cruel, SO scientifically cxtcrminatng. In thc streets of every town in German Poland children are falling and dy- ling of starvation. Children Co 12 years of age are being carried through Che streets by their parents because they are too weak to walk because of starvation. The Poles are being oytcrmiuated os fast as possible by Che Germans just as the ArmonIaus tbc oldest Christian na- ton iu Che world arc being cxtcr- minated by thc Germans and Turks. Why? Because Germany wants the property of the Poles for Germans after thc war; and because they want Che property of the Armenians for Che Turks and Germans after the war.
 Their win can and must be broken by defeat. It Is not tho win of the individual German 10 is the bloody, brutal. cruel. dcyilish win Of the German government and the Ger man ruling class. miscducatcd in Che school which believes that war is Che summation of human good
 A pro-Gcrman is anyone who stands u Che way ot our successful prosecution of thc war Every word that falls from thc tongue of any American or is written by him ear rIcs with it a responsibility greater than ever existed in the history Of thc nation. Look well to what you say or do.
 Germany has m this country hun drcds of papers printed in Che Ger man tongue. Whether this ought Co Doe OF not is a grave question. If any Of these papers are loyal, do not know of them Some of them may Doe. but ] have not heard Of chem.
 These and other papers and many individuals gay they are for America. but mono of them say they are against Germany
 Uc who is for us is against Ger many He who is not against Ger many tooth and nail, in this war ls not for America.
 You cau tcl tho pro-Gcrman by another test. Il he is against Franco. or against Italy, or against Russia, hc Is pro- German.
 Tho armies and nayics of these powers are fighting our fight. They arc dying by thc thousands very day Co make thc world safe for dem ooracy If we win we must win because they do most of the fight ing and dying, while We only do somc of it.
 The enemy of Great Britain is | |pro-Gcrman.
 The enemy Of Russia is pro-Gcr- man and anti-democratic.
 The enemy of Italy is against America
 The enemy Of France is lost to every claim of patriotism.
 DO not lot these pro-Germans poi son Che atmosphere in your locality 1 by slauderIng our allies without challenge. lt Is time Co call down the man who fights against our ar- mics with tongue or pen, no matter what Hag those armies are fight ing under
 Words are things In such a crisis they are dreadful things, DOT tenJous things, things which can not be allowed to pass as of no acc count.
 Germany is penetrating every