The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-11-27
AMERICA WAR AIMS
MYSTIC les GERMAN
DISTORTED GERMAN MIND NEVER
COULD UNDERSTAND WHY WE
WENT INTO THE War
BY EDWARD M. THIERTT.
O. E. A. Staff Correspondent

IN. f. A. Staff Correspondent
| PARIS. France.-The distorted ,;.r-
man mind never could Understand Why
America was in the war
The Hun minds warped condition
was illustrated in an issue of the
kriegszeitung. the official newspa-
per of the First German Army, found
by American advancing forces 1t told
the German soldier that America plan
ned to throttle France and to levy
tribute upon her in payment fo help.
ing her.
1t is the same sort OF propaganda
German spies circulated through
France some time ago, as | mentioned
in a previous letter.
copy of the "Kriegszeitungs was
found in a German dugout, just after
the Hun evacuation, by an ambulance
driver, who sent it to the Radiator,
weekly paper published by the United
States Army Ambulance Service with
the French army. Here is an excerpt
Since the fading of the royal lilies,
France has chosen for her emblem the
cock. that serious knightly bird, who
crows his might to all the winds, who
can brook no rival, whose pride is
mostly show. whose comb swells so
easily and who wears his warspurs
so becomingly.
Frances pride was to be the 'Kul-
tur-nation, the 'Grande Nation and
it's war glories were something which
this childlile people mixed daily with
their garlic on their butterplates.
Frances culture was there when
the war began. Look into French
home or a French newspaper. The
'Grande Nation fades instantly in
! Frances war glory Frances pride
means no longer liberty equality, fra
ternity. Frances pride today means
America.
Napoleon presided over a tribunal
/ of kings Foch struts about with his
Bigger Brother About las years ago
France sent to the New World that
Champion of Liberty, Lafayette, and
today she ,begs Wilson for negro regi-
mentssto save her from slavery. This
procedure has something unspeakably
hmmiliating about it for this proud ma
ton; that she should permit bringing
into her own land the armies of her
foreign allies of all colors impairing
the health and stock of her own peo-
pie; it'can only be explained by the
deepest despair,
And after the war? Will beaten
France feel safe when her Big Broth
er' has sailed over the big ocean
again? Will she not be afraid to be
alone in the continent with wicked
Germany? Won't she want to keep her
Big Brothers And won't the big
Brother be only too glad to stay?
1T is already rumored that France
must answer for Wilson's war aims.
and keep her troops there until it is
paid? Old aristocratic FRANCE. col
ony of the New World! Not SO bad. Ell
And all this on account of the wound
ing of her pride. For Alsace and Lor-
raine-all of France,
Perhaps something altogether diff.
ferent will result. Strong movements
and stimulation of blood circulation
such as comes about when one receives
whipping, often cause sudden chang
es of mind. Perhaps, one day, this de-
ceived people will realize that they
have been on the wrong side
Needless to say. this rambling
screed was published before the Ger
man Junker VINO wrote it became ae-
quainted with the fact that Berlin
was ready to throw up the sponge.