The Dolores star., 1918-05-31

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today. You cannot ten the sort q
deeAss he win wear, what may b.
~ rank or station In fife, what may
oe - real ambition. his real aim In
ma He may speak German alone, or
broken Engiish. OF many tooxues flu-
enfiy. Buff any assurance be
nesded after the long list Of iucen-
diary fres. Of incendiary explosions,
oe Iosses Of ships, Of buildings, Of
mAnufacturing plants through the
treachery Of "German-Americans' liv-
ing this side the water-you may be
sure Of one thing: That same secret
diplomacy. that same treachery, that
same faithlessness, which broke open
Russia for Germany and took Russia
on the firing line for us; that same
treachery which broke down the first
Italian army at the Isonxo; that same
German treacherous diplomacy which
was undertaken at Washington; : that
same treachery Of the German guest
at the American table which has
marked that faithless nation all these
years-that same unvarying principle,
In the form Of q practical German
propaganda for the German cause,
exists all through the United States
today. The country Is honeycombed
with German spies. It is time wasted
to have too much sympathy with them
or those who back them and inspire
them.
Washington sent 1900 alien enemies
out OF the city limits not long ago.
In Chicago court recently there were
more than 100 alien enemies on trial
at one time. These are men whom We
may call bolsheviki In America. They
are doing all they can to undermine
this government. They are doing all
they can here. there. and everywhere.
In countless ways. in countless places,
to kill the American enthusiasm for
this war and the American confidence
in our ability to win this war.
Thoss Werss Than Traiters.
This propaganda II an enormous
thing and a tremendously dangerous
thing. Any man who countenances Il,
any man who apologies for these trail
tors, is himself worse than q traitor
to his country today. He sides with
the murderers Of innocent women and
children. He indorsss the German sub
marine. the German bombing ce non-
combatant towns. the use Of liquid flre
In war, and gas In war those
abominable contrivanees Of eowardics
with which Germany has attempted to
impose her win upon the civilised Dor
tion Of the world.
We Americans don't know how
many American troops there are on
French soil today = but Germany
knows; be sure Of that. There IL no
great move made here, nor any small
move Of military preparation. which
Germany does not know az well ~ we
do, or better. There has never been
In the history Of the world 30 COM
plete q campaign Of perfldy and
treachery and underhandSd faithless.
ness % Germany has shown to the
civilized world in this war. Why be
patient with 1T Why not root It outi
Why NOT call q spade a spade. Q spy
spyf And why not give to the spies
the things that we owe to spiesf
have heard tho mayor Of q very
big city-and q mayor for more than
one term. too-sit laughing at table
and say. Just b3ore one Of his cam.
paigns, "What do care for the Amer.
lean voter To - with I'll I want
the German voter"
Wen, he got the German vote. He
was elected. He could be elected again
by the German vote. But fancy that
by and BY It II going to be the ques-
ton Of good many Of our Knownoth-
ings. What II the American votei
Does that really need to include the
Spy voter
DsprsdatIens Of spIsa
America 10 being stabbed In the
back all the time by traitors and By
spies. It II not only the sort of rough
neck Spy who blows up munitior
plant or wrecks railroad train. It Il
the shrewder and more Machiavellian
spy who attempts to wreak yet greater
ruin ON us by undermining our own
national spirit, by instilling feeling
Of distrust Of the government, Of the
administration, Of our army. Of oul
country, OF our aims and purposes ir
this war.
Our aims and purposes In this wal
are ratified by practically the entire
world outside Of the central powers Of
Europe. II we had no other reason
in the world to 60 to war except the
sinking Of the Lusitania. that reason
alone were reason enough.
The horrors Of the German, practices
in France and Belgium now being
placed gingeriy before our American
readers. A few Of the writing men Of
this country have had thess facts in
incontestable form. illustrated, proved
attested by chapter and verse and line
and word any time these months and
years. So far as these awful thIngl
can be put in print, and. SO far as the
American people shall realize them
there will be enough even then to
prove beyond q peradventure that
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