The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

"hi- tit events itulnS up 10 IT, us
| causes. and its prFreSs-more than
the kalser's governInnt likes. l assure
you that the weifarof the German
people demands that'ou come over;
aye, that you turn youEannon around,
that you join the entee and march
with them to the Rhin and over il,
and wrest our land fronthe claws Of
its destroyer, for now antor all time.
FREE MANKIND FROM
AN INSANE CRIMINAL
There are only two p0hle WAYS
of ending this war: Ethelumanity,
without you, without the Operation
of the German people, will 3aIhilate
Prussian junkerdom, and wstarye
out the German people that Il they
may free mankind, for now q. for
ever. from n curse which restspon
them with the weight of Alpine snrs.
| from any insane criminal on TIM.
who, by stroke Of the pen, "
change millions of men into corp,
and cripples and ruin the industry a.
welfare of a nation; either this or 20
yourselves will assist In the task o.
freeing mankind. PEACE WILL NOT
COME ONE HOUR BEFORE THIS
GOAL is REACHED, BUT NOT ONE
HOUR LATER But if this goal should
be reached without you and in spite %
you you will be ground down int
ruin. and what is more, the people Oh
our German fatherland will be given
over to the will of the cOnquerorS.
Then your intellectual and political
leaders, the true leaders who are not
| the lackeyS of the emperor. Will have
no right and no opportunity to inter
pose word concerning the future or
der of the world and Of Germany. but
if you cooperate, and that with all
your might, To carry on. This purpose,
the honor of the German people, which
is today Scorned as merely an inscn-
safe tool in the hands of murderers.
will be restored; and more than that,
YOU will have Il voice in the establish
ment of the new order of the world
ard of Germany. And take my word
fer it we shall have peace, and we can
have it on such terms that the German
people will be happier in the futur"
than they ever We're before the war. But
leave us in the lurch, and we must rec
ognize with sullen rage and scorn that
we are the fellow countrymen of hope
leSSly deluded slaves, upon whom will
rest the blame for their own ruin and
for the humiliation of Germany.
EMPEROR WlckEDLY
DECEIVED YOU
Comrades in war, you have taken an
oath Of allegiance to your flag. But the
emperor, too. took an oath at the be-
ginning of his reign, an oath of al
legiAnce to the German constitution.
The confederation which forms the
German empire was established ac-
cording to this constitution, ITO PRO-
TEcT THE UNITED PROVINCES
AND THE LEGAL RIGHTS THERE
OF, AND TO PROMOTE THE WEI.
FARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE,"
To guard it is the foremost, indeed the
only. duty of the German emperor. II
this purpose cannot be accomplished
without war, then the emperor may de-
clare war, but not until then. But tho
emperor wickedIy, wantonIy, by deceiv-
Ing the German people, by mlsrepre.
senting facts and by forging official
documents, by breaking sacred treaties
which he as the defender of justice
should have observed. has overthrow
Belgium, declared war on Russia
France and Serbia, and has thereby
violated the laws of justice and thu
constitutions; has hurled the German
the welfare of the German people. The
oath which you have taken means al
legiance merely to an emperor who Is
the protector of the German peOpe,
the guardian of their constitution, the
true preserver of their welfare; 1t does
not mean allegiance to burglars mur-
dererS, rascally drummers for greedy
cannon makers. But you took no oath
against the German people whom 1t
was this emperor's duty to protect:
whom you must now protect without
him and against him, miserable
wretch who betrays his country in the
hour Of greatest danger, who either
from stupidity or from cowardice
works against the good Of his people
KNIFE AT GULLET OF
SCOUNDRELS WHO RULE.
Let every man who loves the Ger
man people and the German fatherIand
come over. The password which Is to
be given at the French posts is:
REPUBLIC!
He Will meet not only French and Eng
fish and Americans, but also German
patriots, whose concern il Is that our
fatherland, the fatherland so shame
fully and treacherously sold by It's
rulers by divine right, should not be
annihilated; and he will be welcomed
with honor by the French If he gives
4 this password, and will be well treated
Comrades in war, the knife Is at thu,
/ gullet of the scoundrels who rule YOU
! and they would rather starve and bleed
| the German people to death to the last
man than make peace, or even make
| known the object of their war. For
they know very Well that the hour Of
reckoning has struck for them when
l they can no longer suppress the truth
beneath their martial law, and trample
, freedom In the dust. Before we make