Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-04-26

,SseIu e'ther 10 the sacred obligations
or treaty or the long established prac.
tloss and long. cherished principles Of In.
tsrnaNonal action and honor; This
power not the German people. Il ls
.ne ruthless master OF the German peo-
He. Is our business to see to
mat the history OF the rest OF the
word 10 no longer left to Its handlinc !"
--PresIdent Wilson, August a. 1917
THIS WAR is ONE OF SELF
PRESERVATION.
Here" says Eueryman. was a
Kaiserdom seeking world domination
and perilously near encompassing
II unless the world united to repel
him" Thus the radical land reformer
sees the issue. Is there any one still
blind to Il?
But we're we in America directly
threatened? We ioere, and zoe 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
lea and Germany had common ideals.
characteristics, and methods. May
God save us!) 1t argued smoothly:
TWO nations united by such common
tnclinations and ideals, boldness of en-
terprise, far-sightedness, quickness 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 Fu-
rope, remember our "congeniality."
and be a good neighbor In the Amer
icas?
The Germans when writing for home
consumption hold a different language
| about world relations and "neighbors. "
Formerly German thought was shut
up in her German corner, but now
the world shall have It's coat cut ac-
cording to German measure, and as
far as our swords fash and German
bloods flows, the circle of the earth
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,
must be that in everything that hap
pens the Germans should come off
best, and the others should have a
bad time Of it." A nice, congenlal
peiKhbor!
But Germany, when honest, directly
avows her purpose, ultimately, against
America. We must wake up or we
will be the easy next step" In her
ambitions. Germany may in
less than two centuries succeed in
dominating the whole globe II
only it can in time strike out a new
course, and definitely break with An.
glo-American methods of government,
and with the state-destroying ideals
OF the Revolution" She is trying out
her new course now. "One thing
alone can profit the German people:
the acquisition of new territory,
that alone can really promote tho
diffusion, the growth, and the deep.
ening of Germanism" Before seek.
ing to found a Greater Germany in
other continents, we must seek to
create a Greater Germany in Central
Europe" I'VE must see to
1t that the outcome of our next sue
cessful war must be the acquisition
OF colonies" I'VE must make room
for an empire of Germanic race which
shall number 100,0OO,000 inhabitants,
in order that we may hold our own
against masses such as those OF Russia
and the United States"
Still further, 1t is no longer a secret
that Germany, while we were still
unprepared-were neutral-and while
Germany still ostensibly sought our
friendship, secretly planned when vic.
torious In Europe, to pick a quarrel
with US and wiring from as part Of the
costs of her European war
If the American easy chair" 10
still too comfortable for serious
thought of what Germany means to
do TO us, then America deserves the
fate in store for her. This is the
material side of our peril, but there
Is another and deeper side.
This war is our war to secure 0nT
purposes in national and in interne-
tional development If Germany should
tCin, her principles must triumph and
force alone must rule the world, with
the strong exploiting the earth. Il
the war ends In drdt0n battle, with
Germany unchanged in ideals and pur.
poses, all that Is left OF the world
will be compelled to engage in the
race OF military preparedness. and The
world will be forced to adopt Ger.
many's methods-now so hateful to us.
A Germany undefeated would force
us to destroy the very basis of our
government, our policy, our social and
industrial life-to devote ourselves,
capital and labor, persons and prop
erty, to one object-a mighty mill.
tarism. Unless we win this war the
mightest, most upsetting, most far
reaching change this nation has ever
known Is upon us. We are fighting
for liberty to continue In our accuS-
toned line of progress.