New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
COMMUNICATED.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Joseph G. Mann Totally Opposed to
 Peace Conference.

i crlmlnal, an outlaw among nations.
 eftorts are wholly personal, entirely
 lacking either the incentive or pur- ! pose Of principle. If she is sincere in ! her belief of the superiority of "Kul- : tur' which, by force of arms, she is 1 determined to feed to all other nations ] to the germanization of the whole ] world, then her sincerity must still be 1 adJudEed as based on a personal 1 madness wholly lAking in even the 1lrSt elements of ~Christian virtue And this fact must be patent to the
 whole world in that the Hun, by over
 "helmlng hOrdes under the dictation
 or a so-called royal person, would
 oriVe all mankind into submission:
 While Christ Jesus, the wayshower,
 the advocate of principle. the meek
 demonstrator of the golden rule. by
 his supreme sacrifice on the cross
 lmmortalizcd the Christian way of
 bringing blessings to mankind; and
 this d1Vinely illumined way in the
 Masters words, is: If I be lifted up
 from the earth, I will draw all men
 unto me-. If this means anything
 practical to a Christian. it must mean
 at least this: persons, hate-governed,
 drive; individuals, love- governed,
 draw.
 A man whose intention is really
 good does not spend a life time plan ming and plotting intrigues.
 Angels announced to the world
 through the wise men the birth of it's Savior; but the Kaiser is an nouncing himself and his divine-right mission; and, judging the German people by their submission and obe- diense to the German war-lord and his staff of military masters, backed by his officially accredited. educated, re- fined and Kultured propagandists the world over, whose inspiration and support is drawn from the mesmer- ism of the "fatherIand" officialdom; judging them further by the "schreck- lichkeit'' of the German warfare. the studied methods and well-pIanned crimes and cruelties in the name of war, and by the deliberate lying and unprincipled scheming of her ambas- sadors,-received as guests among friends, but self-prOVed enemy spies, and last of all, judging them by the guStO with which their long trained hOrdes, called soldiers, carried out the behests of the devil in their gratif- cation of the coarsest of animal lust, maiming and crucifying innocent children, Outra ging, maltrcating, and 1 killing women, judging the German people by these their accredited rep resentatiVes,- and official criminality l and outlawry unparalleled in the l worlds history of war -crime,-they | are only educated barbarians. By | her own unpardonable treachery and l crime Germany has put herself out l side the pale of civilization.
 The best in her, is submerged by l the worst And the worst in her now l appeals to the worst in every other | nation in the world for recognition 1 and support. Her hope of triumph 1 through the mighty rattle of the sa- Der having vanished she still has hope in the triumph of intrigue
 The world must not forget that | German mentality planned the over whelming of the world by the fright fitness of a German military machine backed by a German self-deceived m esmerism of German invincibility; 1 the military machine is being smashed | by the strong arm of principle on ] which we and our allies are united, ] but the mesmerism of German deter imitation will still strive to win in most plausible, spacious, and subtle ways.
 A good American, true ally or a worthy neutral, would not, at home talk peace, while our noble fighters are fighting on the world battlefield to apprehend the world criminal!
 Those at home talking peace when they should be quietly and harmoni- ously working to aid the fighters to arrest the criminal are in league with the criminal, in so far as their per sonal agitations and activities are not in harmony with the principle and purpose of the authorities or might in any way embarrass national governments and give encourag cement or comfort to the criminal Or-enemy
 Academic discussions of peace, of i the desirability of immediate peace by self-appOinted would-be peacema kers while the one purpose of the govern- ment is to win the War,-arrest the criminal,--is abortivc, to say the least; it is not working in harmony with the government as loyalty con- strains patriots to work. but it saVOrS of personal interference such as the enemy psychology mcSm eriCally sug- gests to the soft -hearted, accused in the scriptures of cOVetOuSneSS and false-dealing and condemned for su- perfcial healing, saying peace, peace, when there is no peace."
 Let us by all means take lip the cry of our statesmen that the war must end with unconditional su~ren- der" by the enemy, so that the allied nations, united on the principles of democracy, as uncOmprOmisingly op- posed to autocTacy, shall dictate a just peace that shall be a blessing 10 the entire world, including our ene- mics.
 The law does not talk peace with