The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-20
Spirit of MiIitarism and Conquest
 Is as Old as Germany .s. Itself.
SEEK CONTROL OF WORLD
Failure Due to Fact That lt Did NoS Include S Reckoning With Hu- man Nature as God
 Made lt.
(Ry HAPsRURa LIEBE of the VIg-
 ilGntes.)

(Ry HAPssURo LIERE of the Viz
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 The average man of those who have kept up with current events dur ing the last few years will tell you that Germany's colossal plan Is 40 years old. AS a matter of fact, the seeds of tt were sown more than a dozen times 40 years ago. The spirit of militarism and conquest and might is-right Is as old as the Teutonic war party, which is as old as Germany It. self. The majority of the other na. tions saw plenty of signs of the mon- ster, for the war lords were brag- garts, and they could not refrain from boosting of their scheme. The wOn- der of all is that these other nations, the United States included, have not been taking preparatory and defensive measures for several decades.
 The ultimate aim of the plan was, of course, the complete control and kulturIzation of the world. It was born of brains rendered brutlsh through the over and over Intermarry-' Ing of an autocracy that was barba- rlan to begin with. A little like a moon-calf, 1t was at the outset, but its morally befuddled parents fostered 1t until they actually believed 1t pos sessed rare virtues; and they inocu- lated the people with its germs until the people themselves fell for 1t.
 Human Nature Left Out.
 So far this plan has failed, however narrowly, for the simple reason that 1t did not include a reckoning with the human nature that God made. The soldiermen of other nations are in the long run stronger than the cast-in-the- mold iron soldiers of Germany. It Is the thorough organization of the Ger man armies that has been the chief difficulty of the entente allies. Per haps the greatest strength of the plan itself. however, lay in the very stu pendousness of 1t. Few would be- ieve that any one nation would dare attempt to enslave the rest of the world. Half the rest of the world does not realize 1t yet. It Is too big for their imaginations. Their imaglna- tons are, naturally, peace-time.
 This Is the main trouble with us here In America. So many of us will not see what we are facing or what we are fighting for. If we did see, the success of the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross drives, the fOOd-saving and the fuel-Saving campaigns, would be much greater. It's of no use now to harp that oar administration leaders should have seen the signs of the times several years ago; 1t kills no German to blame our representatives at Wash ington for having been in the past, not statesmen, but politicians serving their own instead of their country's in- terests during those fat, sleepy years before Germany pried open the gates of Hell and loosed It's legionS upon earth. The one thing to do now iS to make steppingstOnes of mistakes and work for Liberty!
 The Pregnant Truth.
 There Is a great deal of truth which we must not let go by us. You are apt to push out your chest, know, and say: "Imposslblew Let me remind you of the fact that the last three years have been crowded with achieve ments of the lmpossiblel Here Is that pregnant truth: If we let Germany win over there, Germany will carry shs conquest over here. It is a part of her colossal plan. Else why this elaborate spy system ln America? Man, It Is q more complete organization than our own government If they come, of course, we are willing to die for our country, which Is noble and brave, but what of our womenfolk2 There Hes the reddest Hell of the war, brother. Remember the unspeakable violation of Belgium.
 And remember 1t, we who have not gone to France, should do our part to plant such crops as we never be- fore planted, to support as we never before supported such movements as the Liberty loan and the Red Cross, and to suppress German propaganda.
 Selah, and Amen. Go to it, Amer icanl