Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
Manufacturers Record,
Baltimore, Nd.

bonds and give them enormous flnan-
cial profit by loOtlng the world. to be
made good by Germany. while Bet
gium and France and Serbla and Italy
and England have had TO bear the tire.
mendous loss In lives and In money
for keeping the burglars. these loot
ers. these murderers. these destroy.
ers OF womanho0d and childhood. from
Overrunning the worid9
It would be unspeakable folly for
the Allies to permit this at least until
Germany has paid the last fsrthing Of
the cost of the war to our European
Allies and to America.
Moreover, the criminal should be
made to pay to the families of every
soldier killed in defense OF civilization
q financial remuneration, and also to
every man permanently invslided In
the struggle Of civilization against bar
barism.
To oil of this should be added On In
demnity sufficient to restore oil prop
erty destroyed by Germany, and to
repay every dollar spent by America
and its Allies In this great struggle.
These terms are not harsh, when
considered in the light OF the fearful
crimes committed BY Germany in this
long. planned war for world domins.
ton and world looting.
Even II every suggestion here made
should be enforced 10 the letter, the
financial condition OF the German peo-
pie would be far better than was the
condition of the South in 1885.
Within fifty years sfter the war the
South rose from the depths Of power.
ty, from overwhelming ruin and wreck
to triumphant prosperity, and ct the
end OF the first half century after the
close Of the Civil War the agricaltur.
al and manufacturing output Of the
South and the banking capital OF this
section, and the amount expended on
public school education, fsr exceeded
the total for the entire country In
1880, though the populition Of tho
whole country at that t,me exceed BY
II 600, 600 the populatiou Of the South
in 1880.
No one has charged the United
States with having d6sit' unfairly or
dishonorsbly with NE conquered
South; no ono ever thsaeht that the
country should redseq Tie bonds and
the money Issued. .-&ks South fol
the carrying on Of the war, sud tho
It seemed . great hardship upon .
section stricken to desperate poverty,
as was the South, that u should Be
taxed toward the payment Of the PEN
sions for the mon who fought against
1t, yet there was never sny sggress-
i've agitation against this hardship.
The South, though It had fought q
long and desperate war for what Il
believed to be Q sacred constitutional
right, sccepted the decision OF the
sword and never cringingiy struggled
against bearing its burden.
The South fought its war In the
highest form Of civilized warfare, typ.
fled in thst superb order Of General
Lee, when he invaded Pennsylvsnis,
In which he warned his soldiers against
violation OF the laws Of civilized war
far, and required them to protect life
and non. .comhatants, foB said he: 1--WE
do not war upon women or children
or unsrmed men,"
As against this struggle Of the South
to maintain principle, which It 10
garded as constitutional right, guar
anteed from the foundation OF ouI
Government, with this civilised meth
cd of warfare, where the highest o.
honor prevailed, there 10 contras
as wide a. the distance between Hesv
en- and He'll, compared with the wa1
Germany has made. .......
Germsny's var was for no principle
it is definite, prearranged and prede
termined war for the express purpos'
of conquering and looting the world
It 10 the most unholy war known Il
mankind. Its barbarian has been tn
barbarian OF He'll itself. It has de
stroyed cathedrsls and churches an'
works of art.
After years Of preparation, throug'
its schools and its universities, for tn
purpose OF encouraging its people +
long for . chance to loot the world
and through years OF strenuous worl
to create the greatest fighting mschin
ever known. 1t launched upon . peace
full world its campaign OF murder an
, plllage.