The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-09
THE. MAILED FIST ~ WORK.

THE MAILED FIST A. WORK.
q Fortunately for our clearness Of
vision, Germany's plans for her next
step toward the goal OF world domina-
ton are too plain to be doubted. They
are precisely what Pruasian history
would lead us to expect. A petty
Hohenzollern. province first dominates
Germany. and now the plans provide
that Germany shall dominate Europe.
The method Of achieving the desired
end 1s precisely the same with which
history has made us so familiar. Ad-
jacent territories are to be brought I'M
der Hohenzollern rule by the ,annexa-
ton Of some and the federation Of
others into great Central European
Empire, with Germany the directing
force and the Prussian military ma
chine the invincfble bond which holds
them together. Let us lift the curtain
for . moment and watch the mailed
fist a. it moves the pieces on the
European chessboard in preparation
for the coup of 1914. .szc - "a. >E.sss."
We see the evil hand In Vienna,
shaping the policy of the Dual Mem
archy and gaining that ascendency
over it's affairs which has reduced Aus
trfarHungary to q state Of vassalage.
We observe Italy bound in unholy al
lance with the historic enemy Of 1tal-
ian freedom. We realize that It is
the mailed fist acting through Austria
In the seizure Of Bosnia and Herzego-
VIVA IN fragrant violation of treaty
pledges. We behold the cPrussian war
lord appearing Tin shining armor" be-
side his obedient Austrian vassal to
threaten Russia when she protests
against this injury to her brother
Slavs. We see Servia robbed of her
hard-won port on the Adriatic and AL
ban1a erected into a >make-believe king
dom under Austrian tutelage; and we
recognize the old, familiar methods Of
the Hohenzollern. We find the mailed
fist clasping in fraternal greeting the
bloody hand that massacres the Ar
menians, the Emperor Of Christian
Germany becoming a brother to the
unspeakable Turk, training and offic:
ertng his armies, and securing from
him concessions for the future Berlin
to Bagdad railway. We see puppet
Hohenzollern kings placed on the
thrones Of Bulgaria and Roumania and
King Constantine of Greece married
to the Kaiser's sister. We watch the
meshes Of German intrigue wound
about the Russian government, and
the mighty Slav reduced to partial
impotence. BY ruthless conquest and
by peaceful penetration, the stage is
set for the great Central European
Empire, while at home the war lord
prepares for the coming contest by &C.
cumulating military stores in quaint
ties which have since astonished the
world, by forcing the passage Of a:
naval bill destined to make Germany
formidable on sea as well as on land,
by enlarging the Kiel Canal to permit
the passage of the largest battleships,
by building heavy metalled, double
tracked railways along the borders of
Belgium and other peaceful neighbors,
by securing grant Of $3.50, Zoo, 900 in
special war taxes with which to raise
the army to a peace footing of 700, 900
men and war footing of nearly ten
million and py marshalling the voices
Of obedient professors and the pens of
servile writer's in one vast campaign
of education, designed to poison the
German mind with dreams of Pan
Germanic power.
At last the propitious moment is
arrived, and the mailed fist pulls the
strings. Austria approaches Italy with
the proposition; that they unite in the
conquest of Servia; but Italy refuses.
A delay Of some months ensues,s while
a European diplomats struggle to avert
the impending calamity Then an Aus
trian prince is murdered in the cap
ital city of conquered Bosnia. This
furnishes the desired excuse for be.
ginning the long-planned war. Vienna
secretly confers with Berlin, and at
the end of a month Of silence sudden
ly astounds the civilized world by
accusing the Servian government Of
the murder and submitting ten de:
mands designed to be so humiliating
in their nature and so insulting In
their tone as to insure a prompt re-
lection. But unfortunately for the
Hohenzollern plan servia, on the ad-
vice of her peacebly inclined friends,
accepts outright eight Of the unjust
demands and agrees to submit to arhi-
tration the remaining two which SER
lously threaten her independence. This
Is most disconcerting. but the plan
must not be baked. War is therefore
declared on Servia despite her humil-
lating surrender, and the mobilization
Of Russia in support Of Servia gives
Berlin the pretext for declarations Of
war against Russia, France and Bel
GUM. The work Of conquering and
consolidating great Central Euro
pean Empire under Prussian control is
I now In full swing according to the
B most approved Hohenzollern methods.
Af WOLF IN sHEEP's CLOTHING.
It cannot be denied that as things
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