Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
HERBERT QUICK DEFINES
WHAT Is A PRO-GERMAN

the way OF WuOie-uehrtcu PToeocu-
ton of this war and the defeat Of the
German will to conquer.
He may do II by finding Iault with
the conduct of the war. He may do 1t
by impracticable peace arguments. He
may do IL through mistaken policy.
He may do 1t because he is in the pay
of the German government. He may
do 1t because he has been befooled and
bamboozled by those who are in Ger
many's pay.
The German will to expansion by
conquest must be broken by defeat. II
that rapacious will be not broken, the
war will not give US peace. In all the
history of the world there never ex-
listed a conquering nation less fit to
rule others than the Germans. This
is true because the German policy Is
so brutal. so cruel, so scientifically ex-
terminating In the streets Of every
town in German Poland children are
falling and dying of starvation. Chill
dren to IL years of age are being
carried through the streets by their
parents because they are too weak to
walk-because Of starvation. The
Poles are being exterminated as fast
as possible by the Germans just as the
Armenians-theo oldest Christian ma
ton in the world-are being extermi-
mated by the Germans and Turks.
Why? Because Germany wants the
property of the Poles for Germans
after the war; and because they want
the property of the Armenians for the
Turks and Germans after the war.
Their will can and must be broken
by defeat. It is not the will of the in
dividual German. 1t Is the bloody,
brutal, cruel. devilish will of the Ger
man government and the German rul-
ing class. miseducated in the school
which believes that war is the sum-
nation Of human good.
A pro-German is anyone who stands
in the way of our successful prosecu-
ton of the war. Every word that falls
from the tongue of any American or is
written by him carries with it a re-
sponsibility greater than ever existed
in the history of this Nation. Look
we'll to what you say or do.
Germany has in this country hun
dreds Of papers printed in the German
tongue. Whether this ought to be or
not is a grave question. If any Of these
papers are loyal. I do not know Of
them. Some of them may be, but l
have not heard Of them.
These and other papers and many
individuals say they are for America.
but none of them say they are against
Germany.
He who is for us is against Ger
many. He who is not against Ger
many, tooth and nail, in this war is
not for America.
You can tell the pro-German by an
other test: II he is against France. or
against Italy. or against Russia. he is
pro-German.
The armies and navies of these pow
ers are fighting our fight. They are
dying by thousands every day to make
the world safe for democracy. II we
win we must win because they do most
of the fighting and dying. while we
only do some OF it.
The enemy of Great Britain is pro-
German.
The enemy of Russia is pro-German
and antidemocratic.
The enemy Of Italy is against Am
erica.
The enemy of France is lost to ev-
cry claim Of patriotism.
Do not let these pro-Germans pois-
on the atmosphere in your locality by
slandering our allies without chal-
lenge. It is time to call down the
men who fights against our armies
with tongue or pen, no matter what
nag those armies are fighting under.
Words are things. In such crisis
they are dreadful things. portentous
things, things which can not be allow
ed to pass as Of no account.
Germany Is penetrating every coun-
try of the world with her hired spies
and traitors. She disorganized the
Russian army through traitors after
the revolution. She knew the plan of
Russian battle beforehand through
traitors. She has filed this country
with spies and traitors. She has f.
nanced the /. w. w. without q doubt.
She has destroyed property and de-
bauched our citizens.
Is there any American who does not
long for peace? Not one! Neither is
there a Briton or Frenchman or Ital-
ian or Russian. But 1t must not be a