The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-24

produces "f Germany. The population,
OF Beg um and France is to be de-
stroyed and tac fertile Ia. - tltlcd
over 10 German settlement Germany
is t" eX .en' from Berlin t.: Bardad to
the Sodth. AMI The shores 81 the Cas-
pan sea to the East. England is to
pc shorn OF her commercial power and
hef great navy come under German
control. The part assigned to the
Onittd States is to pay the cXLcnscs
OF 1t all. There are some wha scout
at the idea of actual invasion Of the
| United States by Germany. 1t is
easy to see how this will come. Ger
many for many years has had her
eye on South America ana given the
power she will confiscate the British
interests in Mexico The great oil
tIclds at Tampico 18th the railroad
IRON the Pacific to the Atlantic will
pass under German control; this puts
hcr between us and the Panama Ca
nal which she will seize on some pre-
text. She will teach German Kultur
ana ana Glllclency to the poems in Mexico
and keep standing army in that
country She can conquer America
ana never land a soldier here. All
that she would have to do is to force
france, England and other Euro
)ean countries to adopt a German
system of finance and make American
labor and products pay tribute. She
would have a tariff and rate of ex-
change so arranged that every pound
, or cotton that left these shores would
be paid for by a bill of exchange
drawn through the imperial bank of
Berlin, a proportion OF which would
go IN the German treasury. The GUS
tom houses the world over would
! ~ al
INTO or left the United States. When
this becomes SO burdensomc that our
people refused to submit she would
nave an army ready in Mexico to in
vade us from the South. No, nv
friends this is our war and it is IN to
us to break Prussian militarism and
to destroy the power of this modern
Attilla while the other nations of the
world are able to render. aid. If we
wait to meet this mighty force until
AFTER Europe has been conquered and
all OF the resources of the civilized
world concentrated in Germanv's
nands, our children's children will be
the slaves of the most powerful and
despotic government that the world
has seen since the beginning of time.
There are plenty of American trai.
tors, not all of them or German des-
cent, who from avaricc and ambition
would welcome the advent of Ger.
many and seek place and power under
her. These would be placed in
charge of the confiscated property of
loyal citizens, and the government
conducted through them. The Kais-
er. boasts of 250,000 German and Aus
trian reserves in America, ready 70
strike when the word is given and
ihey Will strike at the first opportun-
1ty. Look at Russia, Belgium,
France, Siberia and Rumania.
Preparation
There has been some harsh criti
clsm of the administration for not ac
compllshlng more during this war.
lhis has come from two sources. one
headed by Ex-President Roosevelt who
Is probably sore because he was not
permitted to go to France at the head
or a division. No one doubts the pa
triotism of Col. Roosevelt, but I
cannot help think that his criticisms
are unjust and that he is endeavoring
TO MAKE political capital out of the
war. There are others who were op-
posed to our country going into Tho
war and who went as far as thew
dared IN encouraging resistance to the
draft Some of thees men are in the
pay OF Germany and others have be-
nlnd them German constituency.
Otners are going as far as thew can
ana keep out of the penitentiary from
sheer general cussedness. | have put
myself to some trouble to see what
this country has done in one year of
war. 1T is marvellous record and
now any man can take into consider
ation our total unpreparedness and
tnen Grltlclse those in authority is
beyond my comprehension. You may
De sure those doing it are either
ignorant of the facts or have some
Interior purpose. They should be
looked upon with distrust and treated
as enemies until they prove other
wise. Listen, on April 9Th, 1917 we
mad only 100000 trained soldiers un :.
der arms and 1854 Officers; on April
9th, 1913 we had 123,8OO officers, al
most as many officers as we had men
a year ago, and when you consider
the fact that modern war depends
very largely on trained officers you
reallZe what a tremendous work has
been accomplished. The number of
enlisted men is 1,528,924, an increase
IN one year in the army of about 900
per cent. One year ago we had 81 900
enlisted men in the navy and TODAY
we have $4,000, an increase of 400
per cent. In the aviation service q
year ago we only had about 1000
men and today there is about 140, 900,
an increase Of 10000 per cent. Our
experts have standardized the liberty
motor and will revolutionizc the air
service. Twenty-Five large compa-
nies are manufacturing airplanes, Is
more are producing accessories and
supplies. We have produced 10000 au-