East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-16


/, Of treaty or the long established prsc-
tlees and long cherished principles Of in
ternatonai action and honor; This
power Is not the German people. 1t ~
the ruthless master of the German peo-
pie. It Is our business TO see to
II that the history Of the rest Of the
world is no longer left 10 its handilns."
President Wilson, August 27, 1917. \
THIS WAR is ONE OF SELF
PRESERVATION. fl
Here" says EUerymdn was q
Kaiserdom seeking world domination
and perilously near encompassing
it unless the world united to repel
him" Thus the radical land reformer
sees the issue. Is there any one still
blind to it?
But we're we in America directly
4 threatened? We tcere. and tce are
| threatened. A German book published
/ in the United States in 1914. and
/ called Truth About Germany" sought
/ to inhame us against England and
/ France, and to persuade us that Amer.
4 lea and Germany had common ideals.
characteristics, and methods MAY
God save usl) 1t argued smoothly: I
1.-TWO nations united by such common
inclinations ard ideals, boldness of en-
terprise, far-sightedness, quiekness OF
decision, admiration for intellectual
achievements, can not help being ex-
ceedingly congenial to each other"
Pleasant words-but a lying tongue.
Would Germany, once master Of Eu-
rope. remember cur "congeniality," /:
and be a good neighbor in the Amer
icas?
The Germans when writing for home
about world relations and "neighbors" 4"
Formerly German thought was shut
up in her German corner. but now
the world shall have its coat cut ac-
cordlng to German measure. and as
far as our swords flash and German :
bloods flows, the circle of the earth Z
shall come under the tutelage of Ger.
man activity" "A sturdy German :
egoism must characterize all political :
action. The first principle Of
our policy, both at home and abroad, z
must be that in everything that hap E
pens the Germans should come off :
best, and the others should have q E
bad time of it." A nice, congenial E
neighbor!
But Germany. when honest, directly
avows her purpose. ultimately, against E
America. We must wake up" or we 3
will be the easy next step" in her s
ambitions. Germany may in e
less than two centuries succeed in s
dominating the whole globe 49, IL z
only it can in time strike out a new 8
course and definitely break with An. e
glo-American methods OF government, E
and with the state-destroying ideals z
90 h.. Iar bn Eg
her new course" now "One thing
alone can profit the German people: e
the acquisition Of new territory. IL
that alone can really promote the z
diffusion, the growth. and the deep E
ening of Germanism." Before seek. e
ing to found a Greater Germany in e
other continents. we must seek to e
create a Greater Germany in Central s
Europe" I'VE must see to g
it that the outcome of our next sue E
cessful war must be the acquisition e
of colonies" 1--WE must make room 8
for an empire of Germanic race which z
shall number 100, ,O0O, 900 inhabitants, 8
in order that we may hold our own z
against masses such as those of Russia 8
and the United States"
Still further, it is no longer a secret 3
that Germany, while we we're still e
neutral-and while e
Germany still ostensibly sought our e
secretly planned. when vic. 8
torious in Europe, TO pick a quarrel 8
with us and wiring from US part OF the g
costs OF her European war
II the American easy chair" is e
still too comfortable for serious e
thought OF what Germany means 70 &
do 10 as. then America deserves the e
fate in store for her. This is the e
material side Of our peril, but there &
is another and deeper side.
This war Is our war 20 secure 0aF =
purposes in national and In interna- E
Iional development II Germany should e
icin. her principles must triumph and 5l
force alone must rule the world. with :
The strong exploiting the earth. II -,
he war ends in a drdicn battle. with
Germany unchanged IN ideals and pur.
poses. all that is left OF the world d,
viii be compelled 10 engage in the
race Of military preparedness. and The IN
world viii he forced to adopt Ger es
nanys methods-now so hateful to US Of
A Germany undefeated would force in
rs 20 destroy the very basis of our 90
our policy. our social and pr
Industrial life-to devote ourselves. ca
'apital and labor, persons ana prop "i
,rty. 10 one ohiect--a mighty mill.
arism. Unless we win this war The
highest. most upsetting. mor' far ~
'eachinE change this nation has ever y.
inown Is upon ps. We arc hgating Il.
or liberty 10 continue In our aocus' or
omed line Of progress.
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This is the sixth Of q series Of ten vi
.rtlcles by Professor Adama IN