The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-30

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AT conference of field men of the
United States food administration held
In Washington, F. G. Walcott pictured
conditions as he had found them in
the countries invaded by German
arms. Mr.. Walcott served with Mr..
Hoover on the Belgium relief commits
sion when this nation was attempt.
Ing to feed the starving civilian pop
ulation of Belgium, Poland and north
ern France. In his address he had
pictured such conditions as he said he
could not believe unless he had seen
the situation through and through, and
had lived with 1t for weeks. He
showed these terrible conditions to be
the result Of deliberate plans on the
part of official Germany, and in sum
ming up he said:
"Such is the German mind MS II
was disclosed to me In several weeks
contact with officers of the staff.
Treaties are scraps of paper, if they
hinder German aims. Treachery is
condoned and praised, If 1t falls in
with German interest. Men, lands,
countries are German prizes. Popula-
tions are to be destroyed or enslaved
SO Germany may gain. Women are
Germany's prey, children are spoils of
war. God gave Germany the Hohen-
zollern and together they are destined
to rule Europe and, eventually, the
world-thus reasons the kaiser.
"Coolly, deliberately, officers of the
German staff, permeated by this mon
strous philosophy, discuss the dena-
tionalization of peoples, the destruc-
ton of nations, the undolng of other
civilizations, for Germany's account.
TN all the world such thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like. Even among
the thing would be incred-
ible. The mind can scarcely grasp
the fact that these things are pro-
posed and done by modern govern
ment professedly a Christian govern
ment in the family of civilized ma
lions.
This system has got to be rooted
out. If 1t takes everything In the
world, If it takes everyone of us, this
domination must be overthrown. 1t
must be ended or the world Is not
worth living In. No matter how long
t takes, no matter how much 1t costs,
We must endure to the end with agon-
zed France, with imperiled Britain,
With shattered Belgium, with shaken
Russia.
1--WE must hope that Germany will
lave a new birth MS Russia is being re-
'orn. We must pray. as we fight
lgainst the evil that is in Germany,
hat the good which is in Germany
nay somehow prevail. We must trust
hat In the end Germany really great
With the strength of a wonderful race
nay find its place as one of the broth
rhood of nations in the new world
hat is to be.
1.-THE responsibility Of success or
allure rests now upon our shoulders;
he eyes Of the world are anxiously
'atching us. Are we going to be able
D rise to the emergency, throw off our
deficiency. and prove that democracy
safe for the worldT
In the above statement Mr.. Wal
oft has described condition that
lust be changed If America, If the
'orld, is to remain a, "ft place to
We in" And the only way by which
his change can be effected is the de-
eat of German arms In this war.
'othing good, nothing but evil, can
Dme out Of Germany, so long as the
erman people are controlled by
lllitary autocracy, and the German
eople cannot be made to realize this
ntil this autocracy is crushed. The
)irit Of militarism that has made of
lie Germans rcbber and a murder
ltlon must be utterly crushed If the
orld is to remain free, and to accom-
ish this those Of us who cannot fight
France must lend our support to
lr men who are fighting for us. /
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