The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

At a 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 it 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 as it
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 it falls in
with German interest. Men, lands,
countries are German prizes. Popula-
lions 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 undofng of other
civilizations, for Germany's account.
''In all the world such thing has
never been. The human mind has |
never conceived the like. Even among |
barbarians, 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 Christian govern
ment in the family OF civilized ma
lions.
This system has got to be rooted
out. II 1t takes everything in the
world, If it takes everyone OF US, this
abomination must be overthrow. 1t
must be ended or the world is not
worth Hiring Ia. No matter how long
It takes. no matter how much it costs,
we must esdure to the end with agon-
zed. France. with imperiled Britain,
With shattered Belgium, with shaken
Russia.
I'VE must hope that Germany will
lave a new birth as Russia is being re-
,orn. We must pray, as we fight
against 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 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 a
allure rests now upon our shoulders;
he eyes Of the world are anxiously 4
us. Are we going to be able !
0 rise to the emergency, throw off our !
deficiency, and prove that democracy
, safe for the world?"
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In the above statement Mr.. Wal il
oft has described condition that
lust be changed If America, If the {
,orld, is to remain eft 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.
Tothing good, nothing but evil, can n
ome out Of Germany, so long as the
erman people are controlled by q k
hillary autocracy, and the German r,
eople cannot be made to realize this \
ntil this autocracy is crushed. The
brit Of militarism that has made Of 8
Re Germans rcbber and murder
alton must be utterly crushed II the
GRID Is to remain free, and to accom-
ish this those Of us who cannot fight
Ernnco Ynucf lend Our SYIDn0rf to =