Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-05-17
CRUSH PRUSSIANlSM'
MISSION OF UNITED STATES SAYS
CONGRESSMAN MILLER OF
DULUTH

was rather small, principally due TO the
inclement weather. s H4s
Congressman Miller said that through
investigation he has found Morrison
county to be the banner county of the
state. It has the largest number of
members in the America First organiza-
tion, in proportion to size, Of any coun-
ty in the state. He said that the Ameri-
ca First organization is an organization
without religion and without politics.
It has only one purpose and that is
America.
Mr.. Miller gave review Of the war
from the beginning to the present time.
He said ever since the little kingdom Of
Prussia came into existence it has been
a war loving people with idea of a
strong army always uppermost in its
minds. Slowly by conquest and pillage
it welded together strong nation, al
ways under the military heel.
About the years of 1913 and 1914 the
German people began to wake up and
demand more rights of freedom. Up to
this time they had been working for
practically nothing, and without any
freedom of speech to demand what was
theirs. The kaiser became uneasy about
the sudden outburst Of his people and
called his cabinet together to decide on
what was best to be done. He decided
that a war would be necessary to quiet
the people and thus keep militarism su-
preme. Therefore the war was started
by the kaiser and no one but him. We
will have to lick the kaiser and his
clique before we can end the war, Mr..
Miller said
Mr.. Miller gave the development of
the war up to the present time telling
about the German advance through Bel
gium and how France stood the shock
Of the onslaught alone. Although Eng.
land had a small army they were fight
ers and when they were put in France
fought the longest and retreated the
slowest Of any men fighting in France
at that time. He gave a good descrip:
tion Of the battle on the Marine and the
battles of Vimy Ridge and Verdun
telling how at Verdun the Crown Prince
Karl with a large army Of picked fight
ers was beaten.
After the English had organized an
army Of 100000 men and put them in
relieving the strain on the French
things started to go the way of the
allies. The Germans were slowly being
pushed back toward Germany until
Russia betrayed the cause and laid
down its arms. This gave the Germans
a chance to put their men from the east
front on the west and thus check the ad'
vance of the allies. The allies are now
holding the Germans and the Germans
may bend the allied line but they will
never break it. Mr.. Miller said that il
is up to the U. S. A. to win the war and
by constructing enough ships to carry
100000 men to France we are going
to do it.
The food supply Of England, Mr.. Mil
Ter said, will last them but ninety days
and the people of England are living
by card. Last year we sent to Eng
land 100000 bushels Of wheat and
since we started conserving we have in
creased the export to 100000, 900 bush
els.
By an established system Of convoy
the submarine menace has also beer
quieted, breaking the blocade around
England and letting food in. :
Mr.. Miller urged the women to con
serve, saying it was only a small bit
compared to what the women of Eng
land are doing. There are 100000
women working in the munition factor
lies, industrial factories and farms
With the United States in the war il
means a speedy death to Prussianisn
and autocracy, in which case, tht
United States will write the history Of
the world for the next fifty years.
DR.. l.. M. Roberts introduced tht
speaker, expressing his regret that tht
weather was such that crowd could moi
attend. Congressman Miller has recent
ly returned from France and all that hi
told the audience was taken from per
sonal investigation
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