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7 his attack on the Espionage bill, measure
designed to punish disloyal and seditious
speech in time of war, Senator Hardwick
waxed so vehement that of his colleagues was
moved to ask him if was seeking to protect pro-
German utterances in Georgia.
To appreciate the import of that question and the
import of the remarks which provoked it, one should
understand that the bill under discussion is one Of
the peculiarly essential measures now pressing for
enactment. Its Importance is emphasized al
daily by the righteousness with which recreants
and enemies within borders defame the Govern
ment the army the flag itself, and seek to obstruct
the prosecution of the In some places
toasts the Kaiser and to Hindenburg are proposed
with impunity, while American boys at the battle
front giving their lives for freedom. In other
sections the |. w. VS., VIGOROUSLY pro-German
organization, though vilifying the Government and
preaching sedition. unwhipped of justice Not
long ago the editors of German-anguage newspaper
in Pennsylvania escaped punishment for treason be-
cause the existing law could not reach the onense
fragrant though IL IL is TO safeguard the nation
against such disloyalty and such proermanism that
the pending Espionage bill is designed.
While a number of Senators, particularly Re-
publicans opposed certain provisions of this meas
ure, Senator Hardwick, according to Washington
dispatches, opposed all Of its amendments pertain
ing to disloyalty and opposed them so vehemently
to draw from Senator Poindexter, OF wash
ington, the dsquieting question we have quoted
II goes without saying that the people or Geor-
gia deplore and resent the attitude of the
Junior Senator from this State. They deplore
and resent it all the more because it throws
sary of Americas entrance into the and at the
splendid of their drive for the third Liberty
Loan. Standing they do for the vigorous prose
cution of the straight to victory, no matter
how far or how grim the way may be; standing for
steadfast support the Government and the Presi-
dent on all measures essential to the security and
success of the American cause; standing stanchly
for patriotism in every form and fint-like against
dsloyalty in any FORM the people of Georgia de-
mand that each and every one of their spokesman
at Washington represent the broad, true American
ism of this Commonwealth, not the narrow preJu-
dice and egotism of personal animus.
Senator Hardwick is reported to have replied to
his colleagues question by saying there is no pro-
Germanism in Georgian which opinion he is
quite correct. We venture to add that in due time
the present Junior Senator will discover another
truth namely, that there is no Hardwickism in
Georgia
Shooting up Paris is not easy formidable
an affair in the wild west days in America
man in the garden is worth a dozen in the
poolroom.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-09
OUIPS AND QUIDDIT1ES

Alfred Francis, composer of THE Love Mill"
was examining girl applicants for places in the cho-
rus. When he asked her name she replied
Minnie Sofa"
Il took the name of my native state" she said
"Why?"
We'll, my real name is Skoopey-and-''.
ample"
Ten-year-old Dicky did not always err on the
One day he sitting stile. unconcernedly
munching apple, and made attempt to make
way for the vicar, who was crossing the field.
"Dicky, my lad said that worthy cleric. I'm
afraid you better fed than taught.
Dare say l be-" retorted the urchin for feeds
myself, and you teaches me-"
This show written for the tired business
man., remarked the manager. The production cost
a fortune"
That's the one thing" replied Mr. Dustin stax,
that bothered me. I'm tired business myself,
and got so busy figuring how you are going to pay
interest yOuf investment that couldn't keep my
mind on the performance"
Mrs. Norman whitehouse. head of the New York
Woman Suffrage party, talking at the Colony
club about the Russians.
THE Russians found distastefu," she said,
so they knocked off and had a revolution instead.
But their distasteful made men of them, where
beasts.
"The Russians are in a position to agree with
little Willies dictum.
81 can't understand groaned little Willie. with
both hands pressed to his stomach why good things
like mince pie and plum pudding make sick,
while nasty things like castor oil ard nux Vom1ca
make me well. Confound it! 1t ought to be the
other way about.
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A HERO EVERY DAY

Patrong the North has brought great hard
ships to the men of Uncle Sans fighting ships
Added to the constant danger of attack is that OF
running gin strange seas and in darkness One of
the losses sustained in foreign waters that of
the u s. S. Chauncey. which was sunk in collision
The vessel, a small destroyer. was running without
lights when she was struck by army transport
The after portion of the ship Immediately submerged
Her stood to their posts and only those who
were on the forward part of the ship saved
Among those who lost their lives was Lieutenant
Commander Walter z. Reno, U. S. ~, who was in
charge Of the shin. He born in Ohio in 1881 .
entering the naval academy from Missouri in 1901
In 1907 he appointed ensign, promoted to
Junior lieutenant in 1910. and senior lieutenant ten
months later He ives made lieutenant commander
in May 1917, and eight months later lost. He
leaves a widow, Mrs. Beatrice Reno, of 2319 South
Twenty-frst street, Philadelphia, Pa.
There is Eat least one consolation: the German
spies will be up against 1t after the WIFE,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-09
The German People.

We entered this war with the wel-defned idea
that were not lighting the German people, but the
German government
But the conviction seems growing on every hani
that We cannot separate the German people from the
German government, for the simple reason that the
German people worship their government and an
prove its acts
One Of the most interesting and significant de-
velOpments of the war, and development which has
a sinister meaning for America in the light OF the
wars events. is the seemingly ineTadicabe influence
which the rule of PrUssianism has imposed upon the
minds OF its subjects
Ii is hard for Americans to understand why a
German immigrant TO this country, TO all appear
ances who deliberately fOrsOOk his native land
TO Dledge allegiance to the flag of freedom across the
seas. cannot shake of the hypnotic spell which the
Kaiser cast upon him.
We in this country did not go into the war with
any bitterness OF hatred against the people of Ger
many, but the more il becomes apparent that they
are fnseIarabIy bound to their government and seem
ingIy sanction all its acts. the more realize that
the distinction cannot be sustained.
II the Kaiser ever is hanged, there will be
plenty of volunteer hangmen-
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Latest accounts would indicate that the Germans
paying man for every inch of ground in their
famous offensive"
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Neat to PrO-GermG7o1Sna.

Next to an open service for Germany
comes the cunning work of disheartenlng
America and making its citizens believe that
their Government has been dealing deceitfully
with m.'-The Savannah Press.
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man in the garden is worth a dozen in the
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Shooting up Paris is not easy as formidable
IN affair as in the wild west days in America.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04

structure Of human existence" Let
them hear the revered pastors of Ger
many: Franche saying, Germany is
the representative of the highest NOR
atty, Of the purest humanity, of the
most chastened Christianity; its de-
feat would mean falling back to the
worst barbarism"; Lehman preaching
"The German soul is Gods soul. II
shall and will rule over mankind";
and KONG exhorting, "We must van
quish, because the downfall of Ger.
manism would mean the downfall of
humanity" Then perhaps will the
:houghtless realize that the German
nation, driven by a policy 1t cannot
control, presses inevitably forward to
new conquests, ever toward the goal
of world dominion.
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1907 the large taxpayers, represent
ing go of the voters, elected one
third of the electors, or as many as
small taxpayers representing S7% of
the voters.
Even this does not tell the whole
story of autocratic Prussian rule. The
Reichstag, or lower house has no con-
troll over the Kaiser's salary or civil
list, none over the Imperial Ministers
who determine national and interna-
tiona1 policy, and almost none over
legislation. Practically all legislation
initiates with the upper house of mon
archical appointees, and it may, with
the Kaiser's consent, dissolve the low
or house. The Kaiser has the power
to declare defensive war, and since
even this war of conquest is to him
a defensive war, he may in practice
declare war at will. He can make
treaties, appoint or dismiss the chan
cellor and imperial ministers, and
with the consent of the upper house,
dissolve the Reichstag. He is assign
ed enough votes in the upper house to
enable him to pass any legislation
which he desires, and to block any
measure of which he disapproves. In
word, the Prince-appointed upper
house controls the misrepresentation
lower house, and the Kaiser in turn
controls both. Despite the outward
form of constitutional government,
Germany possesses the strongest auto
cratic despotism in the world today.
The Prussian government of Ger
Concluded on page 3.)
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Holstein were conquered and annexed
to Prussia, Austria was overwhelming
" defeated and her influence des-
troyed, and a number of the indepen-
dent north German states which sided
with Austria were brought under Prus-
sian control Soon after, the south
German states were brought into the
Prussian union for a new war of con-
quest, Alsace-Lorraine and huge in
demnity were extracted from PROSTATE
France, and the Hohenzol1ern king of
Prussia became the autocratic ruler
of a great world power, the modern
German Empire (Figure 81. The
Prussian ideal of government was now
firmly established among great peo-
pie pledged to a policy Of aggressive
militarism.
It is well for us to review these
salient facts of Prussian history, lest
we forget that from the earliest time
the house Of Hohenzollern has eff.
GENTLY and consistently pursued a
single policy which inevitably in
wolves the maintenance of great
military machine and the periodic en-
ployment Of that machine in ever-en-
larging conquests of neighboring terri
tory. He is blind indeed who would
imagine that, after pursuing o given
policy for five hundred years with
phenomenal success, the Prussian gov
eminent should today suddenly aban-
don that policy in favor of another
which it truthfully admits would lead
to the downfall of a painstakingly
reared autocracy. Both the nature of
the Prussian ideal of government and
the facts of Prussian history assure us
that Germany is today, as she has
ever been in the past, struggling for
world domination in order to prevent
the downfall of the autocratic Hohen-
Zollern rule
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-01-04
TWO sIDEs OF A SHIELD.

We have traced the history of the
Prussian ideal government to the pres
emit and have found that its very ex-
istence depends upon an aggressive
militarism which must ever conquer
new dominions, or suffer decay and
death. It follows that the American
ideal of government must in the end
conquer or be conquered. There is
no truce in this warfare of ideals.
Lincoln realized that the Union eouA
not exist half slave and half free.
! The Hohenzollern realizes, and we
must realize, that the world cannot
exist half in political slavery and half
in political freedom, half autocracy
and half democracy.
1t is fair to ask, however, whether
after all the Prussian ideal of govern
ment may note the best, if wisely ad-
ministered. Human instinct may in
cline all mankind toward individual
freedom, but instincts are not always
safe guides to action. There is no
a priori ground for assuming that the
American ideal of government is SUI
perior to the Prussian ideal, and many
an intelligent German has conscien-
tiously argued that the Prussian Gov
eminent is the most efficient, the
| most liberal and the most truly free of
all modern states. Let us in all can
dor consider whether the American
ideal is so good or the Prussian ideal
so bad that we would shed American
blood to preserve the one and de-
stroy the other.
No fair-minded man will deny that a
government of the Prussian type may
attain the highest efficiency in many
fields of action. With an intelligent
and energetic ruler at the helm with
centralized control and responsibility,
decisions may be quickly reached and
promptly translated into action by the
orderly teamwork of a disciplined peo-
pie. For more than five centuries the
Hohenzollern dynasty. has consistent
ly and efficiently progressed toward
the ultimate achievement of a single
ideal, while more liberal governments
have Numbered in confusion and
LuIOuSH ISNOluIlOAO dAAu
profound changes of national policy.
To-day Prussianized Germany, hope
Iessly outnumbered, holds the world
at bay, counting her military victories
while her enemies count their dis
astrous plumbers. In social legislation,
in municipal government, Germany
gives lessons to the world. In the
application of science to the arts she
has no equal. Autocracy is admitted
ly efficient, democracy is certainly in
efficient.
When every count in its favor has
been duly recorded, however, the truth
remains that the Prussian ideal of gov
eminent is so immoral, so iniquitous,
so debasing to the mind and soul of
man, that it's humiliation becomes the
supreme duty of the hour. Let us
review the indictments against this
monstrosity of the Hohenzollern in
tellect.
In the first place it should be noted
that many of the beneficent features
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The Peril of
| DOUGLAS WILSON JOHNSON
Concluded from last weekly
GROWTH OF PRUssIANlsM.


The historical development Of the
Prussian ideal of government shows
Prussia's realization of the fact that
nothing save the most aggressive ex.
ploitation of that ideal would prevent
It's ultimate extinction. Some time be-
fore the discovery of America by Co
lumbus, there appeared on the world
stage an unimportant house by the
name of Hohenzollern which ruled
over a small tract of country sur
rounding the little town of Berlin (see
map, Figure ~ Successive rulers Of
this line added to their holdings by
conquering neighboring lands, until
the scattered domains under Prussian
control stretched from the banks OF
the Rhine eastward beyond the Wis
tula. In 1910, there came to the
throne one of the most famous among
the early opponents of the Prussian
ideal of government, Frederick Will
liam, the Great Elector. He is des-
cribed as coarse by nature, heartless
in destroying opponents, treacherous
in di plomatic negotiations, and entire
" devoid of refinement" Fully real
izing that the Prussian theory of gov
eminent could live only by perpetual
ing and extending the policy of con-
quest successfully pursued by his
Hohenzollern ancestors, he organized,
against the protests of his subjects,
an enormous standing army, the be-
ginning of the modern Prussian mill
tary machine.
1t would not be profitable to trace
In detail the particular part played by
each HohenZollern ruler in exploiting
the Prussian ideal of government. 1t
is the proud boast of the Hohenzollern
dynasty that almost every one Of it's
members has in peace or in war added
something to the extent of Prussian
dominions. The rough and boorish
Frederick William 1, secured all Eu-
rope in search of tall men for his
armies, selling the royal jewels and
turning the family table silver into
money to defray the cost of building
up an invincible military machine for
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the German Emperor. This President,
like our own, controls the foreign poll
cy of the federation and is command
er-in-chief of the army and navy.
There is an upper house or Senate
called the Bundesrath, and lower
House of Representatives, the Reich
stag. There is also constitution de-
filming the rights and privileges of the
people and their rulers. All this
sounds familiar to Americans, and
might easily deceive them, as it has
deceived many of the German people,
into supposing that Germany enjoys
se1f-government. But let us look more
closely. We find that the upper house
does not represent the people, but
consists, with three exceptions) of
men personally appointed by twenty
two hereditary princes. Even the low
or house is not truly representative,
for the so-called universal suffrage is
a. farce. The conservative country
districts, which are the strongholds of
reactionary ideas, may have in pro-
portion to their population ten times
as much representation as the great
cities where education and liberalism
flourish. Less than two hundred thous-
and voters in certain country districts
have sent to the Reichstag as many
representatives as two million voters
in some of the cities. In Prussia, the
dominant German state, Young Is has
ed on system which gives to the
large taxpayers nearly thirty times as
much representation as to the small
taxpayers Thus it is stated that in
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further conquest. His son and sue
cessor disliked military pursuits, pre-
ferring the company of music and
books. But he, too, realized on ascend
ing the throne that the Prussian ideal
Of government could not endure apart
from a policy of aggressive militarism,
and skillfully employing the military
machine painstaking perfected by his
thrifty father, be became the all-pow-
erful Frederick the Great, one of the
most renowned military geniuses of
history. Silesia was brutally wrench
ed from the helpless young Empress
Of Austria without the pretense of an
excuse, and the shameful partition of
Poland was successfully begun Mill
tarism approximately doubled the size
Of Prussia in the lifetime of this one
man (see Figures and 81.
The time soon came when the
normal growth of the Prussian ideal
Of government demanded the extern.
sion Of Prussian influence on an en-
ormous scale. Thus far the Hohen-
Zollern dominion had risen by success
sive acquisitions from a small pro-
vince surrounding Berlin to a Euro
pean power Figure ~. It must next
ascend to the position of world pow
or. To accomplish this two things
were essential. Austria had long
been powerful rival of Prussia in the
struggle for dominant influence among
the smaller German states. Since the
AhanrnfiNY of Afc ~
sible, her influence must be destroyed
by military defeat. With Austria
eliminated, Prussian domination over
the remaining German states must be
consolidated, to the end that a great
Eermanic power, pledged to the sup
port OF Hohenzollernism and the Prus-
sian ideal of government, should arise
In the world. Two remarkable men
undertook this colossal task. William
{. OF Prussia, grandfather of the pres.
emit Kaiser, bent all his energies to
developing the military resources Of
his kingdom, while Bismarck proceed
cd to apply his policy Of blood and
IRON In defiance Of the Prussian par
liament which refused to vote taxes
ecr q great army, m defiance Of the
constitution which guaranteed 10 the
parliament control ever taxes, and IN
dsHance OF the voice OF the people as
expressed m the public press,s the mil.
ltazy ,e5rnachineJ was enormously
strengthened. William I..ao and tils
iron Chancellor Knew that al crimes
egafnsf thsspsople's liberty would BE
eersottsn when q war tof1conquest had
LA the Sourss lof d fswsm0ntAs, the
Danish D1oYinesa. az : Echlaswig ana
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Prussianized Germany from 1871 to 1914.
showing the result Of Bismarck's policy
of blood and iron. The Danish PROV
inces of Schleswig and HolStein, and
the French provinces of Alsace
and Lorraine have been forcibly
seized and the smaller German
states brouht under PruS-
sian domination.
associated with Prussian autocraoy
are not essentially part OF the Prus-
sian ideal of government. They are,
In not a few cases, brides offered to
. disconnected people to quiet their
grumbling against despotic rule. Take,
tor example, the workingman's insur-
ance laws to which Germans justly
point with pride. Both the accident
insurance law and the sickness insur-
anoe law were introduced by Bismarck
for the avowed purpose Of quieting the
socialist agitation for greater politi-
cal liberty, after drastic laws for the
imprisonment Of socialist leaders had
failed to crush their propaganda. A
eontented slave is better than one dis
contented, and 1t is q wise paternal-
ism which provides for the material
welfare Of dts subjects whether the
form of government be good or bad.
II has been well said that the German
|autocrAcy strives to govern so well
that the people viii have no desire
10 govern themselves. {
Ii The Prussian government Of Ger.
many is. in point Of fact despotism
in disguiss. II has all the trappings
OF constitutional government but the
features are an empty
sham designed to cloak the iron rule
Of Hoheuzoilern autocracy. n this
seems an extreme ststements look for,
~ moment ct fthera structure offthe
EHohenzellerns strongheld.s Like our,
own government, there IL federation
Of. different gtates under- President