The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-02
Answers TO Heine's Nonsense
(By Booth Tarkiu gton.

Lie No. This is a capitalist S
war because the capitalists wanted to
keep on making money by manufac-
turing and shipping munitions, and
they forced the Government to de-
clare war III order to protect the
boats"
Answer-The entrance of the Unit
ed States into the war took from the
capitalist his profits and is turning
them into labor Probably there
have been a few food 'profiteers
and the like, but they are being dealt
with, and the only financial profit
from the war accrued TO laborlng
men.
Lie No 2-'This is a capitalists
war because the capitalists had bou-
ght English bonds and were afraid
the bonus would be worthless if Ger
many won
Answer-Then, since the 'munl-
ton capitalists lose money by ehe
war, and the capitalists who bought
German bonds would oppose war, 1t
was a struggle of these two classes
of Capitalists for peace, opposed by
those who had bought English bonds.
The latter were incompara5ly in the
minority and could not have won
such a struggle even if it had taken
place. OF course it is also necessary
to assume that the capitalists who
brought on the war caused the
events which caused the American
people to declare through their rep
reSentatives that they were III a
state of war with Germany These
events which the capitalists must
have caused were, namely, the sink
ing of the LuSitania, ia Americans
murdered; of the Arabic, 3 ,Ameri-
cans murdered; of the Hesperian, l
American murdered; of the Marina,
Americans murdered; of the Rus
sian, II Americans murdered; of the
Laconia, Americans murdered; OF
the Vigilancia, 5 Americans murder
ed; of the Aztec, % Americans muir
dered, and of other sinkings and
murders. If this is capitalists
war the capitalists were in control
of the German submarines.
Lie No. 3-tAmerica has more to
fear from England than from Ger
many"
Answer-The English and German
warships in Manila Bay, 1898. Zim-
merman's note to Mexico. The Kai-
ser's proposal to England to join
him in attacking the Monroe Doc
trine. The Kaiser's regrets that
Europe had not encouraged the
South during the Civil War and his
hopes that the East and West might
yet be set against each other so that
two weak countries might take the
place of single strong one. Il
shall stand no nonsense from Ameri-
ca after the war" he said repeated
ly to the American ambassador while
America and Germany were on terms
of peace. But the final answer to
this most stupid of all lies is the His
tory of the World since 1911, and in
particular the record of relations be-
tween the United States and Ger
many beginning with the It'll of May,
1915.
Lie No. 4-ttGermany wants a just
peace and England is preventing it."
Answer-Ask the man who tells
this lie to state the German terms.
Lie No. 5-'.The Red Cross is a
capitalists' NOR l1rlaking concern.
It sold sweater made by the grand
mother of a girl who lives on the
corner of Washington street and
Wilbur avenue" !
Answer-That girl hasn't got any
grandmother Three corner lots at .
the intersection of Washington st. .
and Wilbur avenue are vacant, and
the fourth is occupied by stag ho-
tel. Find another grandmother. |
Lie No. eff you have a food
conservation card in your window
the guv'ment will come and take
away all your jellies and preserves
and everything else you put up last
fall"
Answer-Yes; they're for Mr..
Rockefeller. He's fond of jellies and
preserves and can't afford to buy any
Lie No. IF the allies lost the
war, that wouldn't hurt America
any. Germany wouldn't try to do
to America, even if Ameri
ca were on the losing side
Answer-''My hearts bleeds for
Louvain-" (The Kaiser)
Lies No. s to No. 1858, 407-That
is, all the other lies.
Answer-Find the German who
started them.