The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-08-02
Why We Fight
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@MsxAs b RagAt~ ana A4r policy. In
d~1aax useA ether sxsioaA eas ~ Fots
eaag rAe wssk and s@rrsFznaS tho
stroax. Germany A&l grabbed terri
tory sad enacted trsbSts fspsa hw
ssaxhnofx ard aaaliy. bee rSsi b.
eeshtnx greater. Ina ssek~d cat over
@ere distA~s lsnaa end has ee@zait
ted Asss~af 10 . petiey u world dasat'
nAtioa which nsn&s~s the e0etiaS~t
frs~ exsxssars u sssry nstiea which
viii not sabszis 10 hss will
Cs<rmsny& policy b net N aecst~u.
tal oas. II has hsca carried cot ~iie
r~markahis siagieae~s VI parr.ss
from yen~Fxtiea 10 gsOs~ston VI
Hoh~nsaliwra rale. fram the time
Of tho Grwat Fr~aessck assi to-
day. dersnAay'x atrocities ss~ ~@t
accidental They ara Z as,si~r
sss. welt thought cot part II tAss
Hnasnscliern ratlcy. vhleA VAS 10
break down ths resistance 81 her ee
poaeasA MT sniy ~ ashtinx and d.
feating their armies but by ksilins.
tsrturtng and terrortxiax the civil
repuistian
The German rulers committed them
selves TO the dectYtas al the sarsissl
Ut the nttr~s. Thvugh generations ut
teaching they made the German p~o
pie believe shst they. aud they ,lens.
we're the II.
We have the words II the Germas
rul~rn and GennAs warriors and Ger
man leaders II tAoaght for sii al thiA.
More than that ~ have The perform
snse cf ts~rinaa otiesrs sud tsSfrnsn
armies In conquered lands 10 prove a.
Let's start with rr~isrfek The
or~at 10 prssntiAx the wsidsa~e
This monarch. Who earned hss SOU
briaact throasa dsspaiinx his neigh
bors. rather than through any real
qualities of mind whkh he showed,
said. 10 letter to his mlaistcr. Rad
twill.
III there In anytAing 10 be sssn~d
by H. ~s viii b. hoaext II d~e~psioa
In necessary. ist W h~ cheats oas
takes what enc can. and ons II wroax
emily when obliged to give back"
This PHILOSOPHY, apClied 10 present
coalitions. mesas that GeHmaay ~as
right when she tosk Belgium, and viii
BE- ~~as only II she In mot able to
hold II.
From Frederick the Great 70 His
mArct h q long jump 10 this matter
af time: bat ws and the prssa.sn pol.
.ry unchanged SseaAing before the
military commitsss al the Pru~Asn
Chamber IT Dsputsss In isda Bis
marek said:
"Not By speeches and resolutions
Of maioritiea sr~ the great questions
Of the time decided. but BY iron and
Ala.si
Then. with blood md ircn. Prussia
went out and de1sal-sd p~nuHrk cf
territory In 1884. beat and robbed Aus
sr.A In 1904. snd finally. In 1870.
brought France IN hTr knees and took
her richest provinces
Here 10 what tfH present ks.s~~ ibid
his troops whea. In 1s0o, they we're
about to depart for C1xna to pu, down
the boxer uprising;
Use yoar weapons In such q way
that for 4 thousand years no Chi.
nese shah dare to lsssk apoa q German
sstanes. Bs ~ terrslAe ~ A,tii!ns
Huna-
Cemlas ~ dswn TO n. present var
" nnd . German miIi,s ~ accredited
to = neutral state far asvoss tho -es~-
one which one woaid TANK should he
free from the eo,ansi~aSnts cf world
poiitics--wrtting hosn- " his govern
meat. Ia 4 sssta pSpsr. aasssaf rfs
sinking Of two ships fran this Neutral
nation, In such 4 mann ~ that NO Issc~
b left. Dead men. ~ believed tell
10 taieA.
II *ss Raron Luxhurx. minister rieni'
pcteusiary To Arg~nuns. who wrot"
this afnszinx dispatch ON May 10. 1917;
+ hee tina, the small steamers nrsn |
and 0osso which are nearing |
Bordeaux be spared II fso~ss' |
bic. ~ else sank without q srs~s b. |
Ing left"
Thls telegram waw1nsrr~ped In the
Omitted States and ysahi;sh~d. II ssnt
. thrill of hcrrar around the world
Chancellor Won ihethmsnn Holl~eg In !
. true Disciple Of Fr~wrsrk the
Great. Hsmar~k md his roral nsesssF.
In = public speecA>oa January 81. lpi7.
- said.
when tne moor rushAess methods
ars csIcala.~d to lead ~ 10 vsctosJ.
svtss victory. they nsst BE- smpaoy%d
y" they we're assA ana ara hxirk