The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-02
The Invasion of Holland.

/ From the first day of the it has been Germany
policy to involve other nations The celebrity with which
Germany declared war on one great nation after another
and drew others in with apparent recessness was one
the astonishing incidents Of the beginning Experience
has shown that Germany proted by this prompt declara
ton of hostities 1t was not gust Of passion but
carefully calculated plan designed to yield military adj
vantage and did by catching the allies unprepared
Those early declarations are evidence that Germany was
plotting and ready and waiting for the signal
as the Kei Canal was completed the heir apparent
of Austria had not been OPPORTUNITY murdered another
excuse would have been manufactured
Now it is quite plain that Germany intends 4.~g
Holland into hostites The allies have called halt
Hollands procrasnation regarding ships, and the
of these ships by the allies constituting basis for retail
alton Germanys system of logic the Berlin government
has notified Holland that she must permit materials
squaring the account.
Holland cannot permit Germany to carry in her
territory or transport war material it, without be-
coming so grossly unneutral to invite attack from
the allied powers Holland does not wish to meet Ger
mans demand "War material" means soldiers guns
shells and all other means of making war; If Holland
should 90 so far as to yield to Germanys demand the al
lies would necessarily invade Holland and try to prevent
the transport of these supplies The result would be
on Dutch soil between the allies and Germany Whatever
Holland might do the country would suffer northern
France is now suffering.
Some German spokesman pretend that Germany is in
different regarding Holland but the of the Ger
government does not support that statement Ger
manys desire for neghborng territory than
tousness-t is ravenous, insane passion, intense
now than when the war began Germans of every class
Obsessed by by the idea of enjoying other mems goods
The spirit of robbery is universal and easy save
furnished by the argument that makes plundering
not only honest but praiseworthy, evidence of zeal
for ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the fatherand The greater the
theft the better the German hence, perhaps the eager
with which the kasers pilaged the chateaux
of France and carried off all movables
Holland is rich prey for the Boche, and it need not
think of escape The only doubt is the time for
breaking into the premises The Germans would prefer
to have the allies invade Holland first so that case
might be made up for in accounting that is bound
to come Germany, however, will not wait long, if the
allies are stubborn and refuse to invade Holland Ger
many will do So In that event the German argument will
be twisted around in this fashion, Instead Of claiming
that the allies invaded Holland FIRST it will be claimed
that they were on the point of doing So and thus
PEELED Germany to jump in to protect the Dutch well
to protect the empire Thsi is the that was
used for the German invasion of Belgium
The day of reckonng-that is touchy subject with
the German emperor and people. They would like to
avoid that day They are killing themselves by hun
dreds of thousands trying to change the of fate
order that the day of reckoning may have better set
Element for them Nothing matters to them now, if it
will enable them to starve off the day Of reckoning
give them better standing Therefore they will take
Holland, much of it they hold, and if worse
comes to worst and the German empire is beaten the
Dutch territory occupied will represent just SO much trad
ing material.
In the meantime the chief gladators struggling in
Falnedrs If there is any advantage whatever to Ger
many in sending material through Holland whereby
Gen. Arnm may be aided in driving the allied armies
back the invasion of Holland will follow without any fur
Their attempt the allies into wrong position
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