The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-01


German nation into his own hands.
ana what has he made of it?
TO be cut off from active life, au-
thority and admiration is a possibility
that never occurred to him. He is
relentless, can we forgive him, hard
"! Can we give. him sympathy, and
tor some natures the expression of
sympathy is an invitation to be SYM
pAthized with means to be pitied, and
We certainly don't pity him. The ac-
tlphs of the kaiser are not a pleasing
chronicle, no very choice pages to
add to the book of real life, still va1u-
able items in their way, representa-
tive Of the actual as opposed to the
ideal, and in this instance there would
be ample testimony to the conduct OF
that cruel monster known as the
'sBeast Of Berlin"
Shakespeare says ga little fire is
quickly trodden out, which being suf-
fered rivers cannot Quench." The
kaiser could have trodden out this
fire but his unsatisfied desire for
world supremacy got the better of his
good Judgment and he permitted it to
develop until it has gotten beyond
mis-" control TO quench it,4and he is the
victim OF his own decept ton which
VIII ultimately result IN bis undoing.
A very serious problem confronts
America and Europe. but Amerisa in
particular What win our attitude be
toward Germany or anything eminat-
ing from there and how will they get
along? There is a deep-seated preju-
dice against them now. Can they re-
sumo their former place in the busi-
ness world. Can they expect to re-
ceive the same consideration in any
line of endeavor that they had before
the kaiser showed his hand? No, GER
tain1y not; they have made an indel-
ible impression by their devilish and
wicked actions that win always be a
brand of a cruel and deceptive nation.
No galley slave bearing on his naked
shoulder the f1eur de lis as an ident1-
fication of what he has been will be
in more deplorable condition than
the Germans on our shores after the
war Do not infer that this applies
to every German citizen in the U. S.
A., not by a whole lot. We have lot
of good, loyal German citizens who
have come nobly and willingly to the
front and gave both time and money
to help win this war for democracy,
but I do refer to lot of ignorant and
conceited people who express an Opln-
ion they really do not mean nor un-
derstand. These people are danger
ous We have also class of people
who read and think they understand.
They create a spirit of unrest and dis
satisfaction amongst their own class
and finally get themselves and others
into serious trouble. This is why Mr.
Daniels, Mr.. Baker and other good
men in the public eye, insisted that
all aliens, with sentiments expressed,
and often unexpressed, we're interned
to prevent any concerted effort
through ignorance on their part from
making any trouble. Don't you know
that it is through this channel that
some of the German spies get their
best information. Our executives at
Washington know this and are ever
on the watch to check any attempt at
dislOyalty to our flag or country. And
no amount of repentance can justify
forgiveness is a case of an eye
for an eey and tooth for tooth.
There are cases where forgiveness
may come through repentance, but 1t
is nice point of discrimination to
draw the line. OF course, in social
and family adjustments, it may be
done, but to forget is quite another
Odu We AOISOL LuG Uup1OFOhOO
crueltfes of the kaiser? No. never.
Then how can we forgive? No, the
whole black stain on cruel Germany
will go down in history as the great,
est calamity that ever befell ma
ton and when the smoke of battle and
the roar of cannon has cleared away
and the nations of the earth have re-
turned to their peaceful homes and
firesides, our :nhildren's children will
read the history of the greatest
slaughter of the innocents that was
ever written. And the half has never
been told; and you ask can we for
give? There is only one answer: No!
And when the kaiser is called to give
an account of the deeds done in the
body, can he expect forgiveness?
No! There is a provision made for
him and then and only then will he
realize that What does it profit a
man If he gain the whole world and
lose his own an,,1 9''