The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-10-19
A BERNsToRFF1AN EP1sTLE

A BERNSTORFFIAN EPISTLE.
The front page Of this issue Of
the Rip-saw bears a verbatim copy
Of a letter written by congress-
man Miller to Duluth business
man just before the United States
declared war on Germany. This
letter highly Eliminates the char
acter, sympathies and methods of
Duluth's Little Giant
If this letter is any indication,
congressman Miller runs true to
the sly, slippery, sinister, snaky
system Of the Infamous Count Won
Bernstorff.
Stating that it is unnecessary
to discuss politics, every phrase,
clause and sentence of Mr.. Miller's
letter reeks Of partisan politics as
I we'll as shows footprints of the
Beast Of Berlin.
Congressman Miller brazenly
tells how he roamed over seven
teen states, prejudicing the peo-
pie against the President by as
sertions that he, eventually, would
lead the country into war.
Who paid congressman Miller
for that roaming and that talk
ings At that time, it would have
been comparatively easy to get a
fat sum from Count Won Bern
storff for the purpose Of putting
stumbling blocks in the rough
pathway Of Wilson.
When congressman Miller was
making his Mephistopholean
speeches in seventeen states, mil
lions were clamoring for President
Wilson to take the Kaiser by the
collar and, by force Of arms, shove
him and his imperial armies back
into Germany. President Wilson
did not feel that the time had
come for such radical action. Con-
gresham Miller, however, not
only misrepresented the presiden-
tial policy, but rocked the boat.
When congressman Miller was
accusing Wilson with plotting
to drag the American people into
war, the News Tribune closely
bordered on criminality in abusing
Wilson for not declaring war on
Germany. Today, the dear old
News Tribune is warmly support
| ing Miller. This not only shows
that politics makes strange bed
fellows but that it is difficult to
please either congressman Miller
or the News Tribune.
Count Won Bernstorff's favbrite
method was to throw bricks at
| Great Britain, seeking to draw at
tention to that power and away
from Germany and her many
crimes. Congressman Miller, in
his letter, keeps entirely in har,
mony with Count Won Bernstorff s
methods.
Mr.. Miller gently refers to Ger.
many's lawless, ruthless subma.
rine policies and practices. He ap-
parently looks on the Lnsitania
murders as less important than
seizure Of a few American car.
goes by British war vessels. In the
latter cases, international law and
courts afforded recourse, by civil
action. In the former, no power
on earth could restore to life the
| thousand souls sunk in the sea by
piratieal sea wolves. Z
Mr.. Miller apparently favored
stern and strenuous action against
| Great Britain. For Germany, a
gentle reproof of naughty,
naughty" and a light tap on the
wrist seemed sufficient.
The dissemination and champion
of seeming German propaganda
| admits there was excuse for Viii.
son s policy but hastily lodges adj
mission as to any reason or war.
rant for entering the world-war.
Time has passed. Conditions
have changed. Count Won Bern
| storff has been sent home to his
imperial master. President Wilson
still remains at the national helm
stronger, wiser and greater than
before. The people are behind