The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-20
CAPITAL PUNl SHMENT FOR
GERMANY

Most, and we hope all Americans
heartily approve of President Wilson's
statement of the reasons why the
United States is involved in the great
var. the purposes sought to be ac-
compliHhcd and the declaration that it
is not war Of conquest
These statements cover the aims Of
this country in the enormous sacri
ficcs which are being made now and
in the assumption of burdens which
must be carried throughout the years
to come.
These future burdens may b" best
,,.airchCndcd by a consideration Of
the tact that, ii the war shall con
tinun Tor three years. our part OF
the cost viii equal tn" total present
valu" of all the real property in tn"
country and must be paid from the
earnings of that property.
The Emitted States can for itself
properly say no territorial aggression;
bat sho that be her position with
rcfcr"n to other of the allied coun-
tries? cry patriotic American cit
izen h., thin him grim determin-
ation tha without regard to cost this
var must be won and that its win
ming must be so decisive that the al
Hes can make the terms of settlement.
Prussianism must be crushed, so com.
pletely crushed that it must sue for
merry and be obliged to accept such
conditions only as the allied councils
believe to make for the safety OF de
mocracy.
can anyone believe that reorgan'
i2cG German Empire will ever be any
thing but a menace to world safety
viii the temporarily subdued Prus-
sian be else than Prussian, still re
sentful of defeat. filled with hate for
his conQuorors. and obsessed with the
horc of rctaliation@
German thrift and German skill haa
made TOR Germany pathway To the
industrial supremacy of the world
German disregard of the right OF
women had made for her popuia-
ton. which would have conquered Eur
one hut for the advent into the struE,
gle OF the American armies through
which alone will the tide be turned
ard democracy made to triumph
Is it safe to permit this process
to lcgin over again? Is il fair to the
world to allow the auimus which in
1872 began preparations for the pres
cnt conflict to again nest its touI
brood? We have brr3ilcd ourselves
with the thought that Is" are fight
Ing the German government and MOI
the German people. We are begin
MIN, to comprehend that the German
1rorIo are at one with the German gov
Comment and that it is the German
idea. /. is Prussiansm which is to b'
conquered and, When thlS is uohc' S''C'
must every possible hope of its regen
Grafton be exterminated. The German
nnnDle must. like malefaCtors with II
hcrent possibilities of reform, be pu
under control of beneficient govern
ments to be taught the elements O
brotherly love and kindness; to b
taught industry for the sake of huma
happiness and not as a preparation 10
Wholesale human butchery. The Ge
man government has forfeited all IT
right to existence. II has been quit
OF the greatest capital crime OF
history. The infiction Of the deaf
penalty Is all too light a punishmer
for its brutal offense. Let the &c
man government be dismembered an
its territory be divided among the a
lied surrounding nations both for tn
future safety of the world and ais
10 recompensc. to a small extent. thos
nations whose territory has been de
olated and desecrated. Germany, b
virtue OF its premedtation of its grel
world crime, was able to save its ow