The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
THE AWFUL WORLD WAN
Brutal Germany Responsible--How
 To Punish Her.

ID tile EulbOf O1 Inc Star.
 Permit some discussion of the above very important subject Think of it, the world war now go- ing on in Europe has already ex- acted toll of from four to five mill lion soldiers, slain upon the field of battle and as many more wounded and maimed for life, and there is mourning and deepest grief in al- most every home This awful war, begun on August ist, 1914, seems only fairly started, and it may con- tinue for years to come. There is no sort of question but that brutal Germany is directly responsible for not only starting it, but for it's being continued. Unimpeachable evidence proves conclusively that the Ger man people have gloried in militar- ism and vast preparation for war for forty years. From the pulpit, in her schools, literature, etc, the doc Urine of might being right" has been insisted upon as a part of Ger man culture, and also that any barbarity shown in war is permis- sible and even advised. When her ally, Austria, sent that almost im- possible ultimatum to Servia, soon after the crown prince was assas- slnated in Bosnia, one of the two small Balkan nations annexed just after the Russian-Japanes war, in direct violation of her treaty obli- cations, the other four great powers of Europe made every possible ef- fort to persuade Germany to call off a declaration of war but only in vain, the kaiser finally flat-footedly saying, No. I can not so humliate my ally, although he was remind cd 1t meant war immediately. So the responsibility for this awful war is directly upon the German people, her war lords, and the kaiser.
 We are taught that Tn the begin ming God created the heavens and the earth; Adam and Eve placed in the Garden of Eden. Then came Cain and Able, two sons. and Cain murdered his brother. For this one bloody crime the allwise God meted out dire punishment, branding him so that he ever afterwards was nothing but "a fugitive and yaga- bond summed of all men. Now that the really civilized nations of earth know of Germanys greatest crime i'll bringing upon all men this brutal war, whose results can not be atoned for in many centuries to come, is it not mete and proper that they similarly punish her as our Heavenly Father did Cain in the be- ginning? In thunder tones, YES, Let the Germans become a hiss and byword, and let every patriot hand upon earth be turned against her let them be "fugitives and vagabonds".
 Oh, the heinous crimes the Ger man soldiers have committed upon neutrals since the war began. Hun-
 dreds and hundreds of American
 men, women and children, and even babes, have been murdered in cold blood. In neutral Belgium hundreds of thousands have suffered sim liar fate, and not only murder com
 mitted, but large numbers of wom-
 en outraged, and many children
 wantOnly maimed and crippled for life. Louvain, city of 10000 peo- | pie, obliterated. with it's several times million dollar cathedral, cen turies old, and all because a few German soldiers were 'snipedH, or shot. as they were fighting therein At last after two and half years
 constant violation of every interna- | tional law, in her dealings with America, this great and powerful nation was forced into the war Our noble president was more than pa iient and long suffering, refusing to rush into war under every kind of provocation, until ruthless subma- rine war" was declared against all neufrals, as well as belligerents-- shen he promptly asked congress to
 declare war, first giving the Ger
 man ambassador his passports, and telling him Go go home. Now for
 uear ten months our president and
 congress have been making every
 effort possible to prepare 10 win
 this war against those human mon-
 sters, the Germans. Our brave boys are being transported to Europe for dnaI training ere they take their places in the trenches to help Great Britain, France and Italy win "a
 great victory for human liberty by
 avorpowering the central powers, dominated by Germany. We are told here are already across the water some 500000 Americans. 1t may re- guire four or five millions ere vic tory perches upon our banners but victory must and will finally come Let every true American do every thing possible to assist our country in whining this war-we must stand
 behind our president and boys al all times. J. w. Gardner
 Community Club at Ransom