Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-24
THE MOST AMAZING REVEAL
TON OF NATIONAL DEPRAYI-
ITY IN HUMAN HISTORY.
(From manufacturers Recordl


conquer the world Its leading bus
mess mon were repeatedly called in
to consultation with the kaiser, and
in consideration Of the promises made
by him and the military leadsr of
Germany that they would be able to
loot the world and enormously en-
rich themselves if they would uphold
the kaiccrs' proposed war, these men
literally sold their souls to the devil,
and for personal profit pledged their
hearty cooperation in Il war which
they knew would mean the death of
millions of soldiers, in n war which
would mean sorrow and woe such us
the world had never known. They
entered into this unholy compact
with Il distinct promise from he
kaiser and the military clique that
within on year from the beginning
of the war they would be able to reap
the enormous profits which were
promised to them, and dominate the
trade of the world, as Germany pro-
posed to dominate the nations of the
earth.
In all human history there is no
record so damning and damnable of
a nation which definitely committed
itself to murder, to outraging, to pill
laying, to all the horrors of world
war, for the individual profit of its
business men and aggradizcment Of
its military power.
This is the blacklist story i'm hui
man history. 1t indicates IA degree of
moral Innrnyit,y nF thn ,Inl
which found Il fitting expression in
the fearful crimes in Belgium and
France upon women and children, up
on churches and cathedIals, and upoH
all civilization wherever the accurscd
army of these frccbooters and loot
crs and outragcrs and woultl-be world
conqucrors have marched.
And now that these murdercrs and
outiagers and world robbers and the
lootcrs find themselves baked, and
realize that civilization is greater
than barbarism. that honor is great
cr than dishor0r. IT, IN cnraged and
| outraged wood is making impossible
the carrying out of thci.' plans for
highway robbery and murder, plans
deliberately entered ufcn after years
| of study, efforts arc being made in
many directions, through pro- German
activities and in other disguised WAYS
to raise the cry for peace; and here
andtherc suggestions ara seen thai
the kaiser was forced into this war by
| Prusslan militarism, hoping in this
| way to create Il sentiment in favor
oil saving him from the gallows OF
the firing squad
1T bchooves every honesL-heartcd
man and every good woman on the
face of the arth to set their faces
against this peace propaganda, and
to vow before man and haven that
there shall he no talk of peace unit!
the armies Of the allies-and this. of
course, means our armies with the
ether allies-havc marched through,
Germany and Austria and by thci,
presence have proved to these nations
| that right is greater than might
that righteousness is greater than
unrightcousncss; that the heaven of
prosperity based OH integrity and
honor Is better than the hell created
by the baseness and the vleness of
Germany in which all its people.
from the kaiser to the lowest of its
peasants, united for the purpose OF
| looting the world, for their individ-
ual enrichment, and the domination
and the damnation of The world under
German rule.
Any man in this country or in that
oil our allies who thinks peace on
any other terms than the uncondition-
al surrender of Germany and its al
lies, who thinks peace EXCEPT on tho
basis of death to those who have
brought this fearful war upon the
world, who thiks peace upon any
other basis than penalty through
the indcmnities imposed upon Ger
many and its allies which will tax t,
the utmost of their ability for gencr-
atoms to come, will be Il curse to civ
illzation and prove himself to be
without moral backbone. without hon
esty and integrity of character. II
matters not where the suggestion of
peace without penalty may appear. it
matters not in what devious WAYS il
may crop out in church circles. in DO
litlcal circles, in newspapers. or in
public lifc-he who yields to the
thought of peace except peace bas-
ed upon the righteous destruction
OF Germanys' power and the right
eous punishment of the criminals
who have blackened the earth with
their crimes, is weaklng, a coward
IN thought and in act and is indeed
a pro-German and should be spurn-
cd by every man who regards honor
and integrity and womanhood
Should we yiled to suggestion for
peace which Germany will soon be
putting forth in many directions as
1t seeks peace without penalty. we
would be putting premium upon
crime. upon barbarism and upon out
rage a premium upoa the work OF
the hieEwayman lod the looter. p
premium upon the moral degradation
ot the German business men who de-
llberately, after years of study.
pledged their to-lt';.t;oa &C war
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