The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
KEINIE'S FOOLISH 1. LIES ARE NAILED
 BY HARRINGTON
(By Booth Tarkington.)

Lie No. 1-"This is a capitalists war because the capitalist wanted to keep on making money by manufac- turing and shipping munitions, and they forced the government to declare war in order to protect the boats."
 Answer The entrance of the United States into the war took from the capitalist his profits and is turh- ing them into labor Probably there have been a few food ''profiteers' and the like, but they are being dealt with, and the only financial profit from the war accrued to laboring men.
 Lie No. 2-"This is a capitalists war because the capitalists had bought England bonds and were afraid the bonds would be worthless if Germany won."
 Answer-Then, since the "munition capitalists lose money by the war, and the capitalists who had bought German bonds would oppose war, it was 9 struggle of these two classes of capitalists for peace, opposed by those who had bought English bonds. The latter were incomparably in the mi> nority and could not have won such a struggle even if it had taken place. Of course it is also necessary to as- sume that the capitalist who brought | on the war caused the events which caused the American people to declare | through their representatives that | they were in state of war with Ger many. These events which the capi- | talists must have caused were, namely 1 the sinking of the "Lusitania' CHA Americans murdered); of the Arabic" 6 Americans murdered); ot | the "Hesperian" q American murder | ed); of the Marina" 6 Americans murdered,; of the Russian" CT Americans murdered); of the La conia" 6 Americans murdered); of | the "Vigilancia" 6 Americans mur- dereD; of the Aztec" (28 Americans murdered), and of other sinkings and murders. If this is a capitalists wal the capitalists were in control of the German submarines.
 Lie No. 3-"America has more to fear from England than from Ger many"
 Answer-The English and German warships in Manila Bay, 1898. Zim- | merman's note to Mexico. The Kaisers proposal to England to join him in attacking the Monroe Doctrine The Kaiser's regrets that Europe ha6 not encouraged the South during the Civil War and his hopes that the Easi and West might yet be set against each other so that two weak countries might take the place of single strong one. q shall stand no nonsense from l America after the war" he said re- peatedly to the American ambassador while America and Germany were or terms of peace. But the final answer
 to this most stupid of all lies is the
 History of the World since 1911, anG
 in particular the record of relation:
 between the United States and Ger.
 many beginning with the 7th of May
 1915.
 Lie No 4+"Germany wants jus
 peace and England is preventing it. 1 Answer-Ask the man who tell
 this lie to state the German terms.
 Lie No. 5-"The Red Cross is a cap
 italists' money-making concern. I
 sold a sweater made by the grand
 mother of a girl who lives on tn,
 corner of Washington street and Will
 bur avenue"
 Answer-That girl hasn't got an
 grandmother. Three corner lots a
 the intersection of Washington stree
 and Wilbur avenue are vacant, an
 the fourth is occupied by a stag hoteI
 Find another grandmother.
 Lie No. 6-"If you have food con servation card in your window tn government will come and take ava
 all your jellies and pr ives an everything else you put up last fall. ] AnsweF-Yes; they're for MI
 Rockefeller He's fond of jellies an preserves and can't afford to buy any , Lie No. 7-"If the Allies lost tn war, that wouldn't hurt America any , Germany wouldn't try to do anythin to America even if America were O . the losing side"
 Answer-''My heart bleeds for Lou vain" (The Kaiser.)
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