The Delta independent., 1919-01-31

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; military secret that if the armistice
had not been signed when it was the
Allies were ready to launch the great
est offense that would have meant
the annihilation, as fighting force, of
German arms. An offense where the
| American army would have been used
in its entirety when Germany surren-
dered, to save her army organization
for the next war. of which General
Won Freytag-Lorenghaven was writing
SO recently. The civilized nations
may see the time when they may wish
president Wilson had not entered into
correspondence. which finally re-
suited in the armistice and saved Ger
many.
/ remember reading an artilce writ
ten by Mr.. Lytle about the time
Germany first asked for an armistice,
entitled, ''The Great War of 193S'' if
we permitted Germany to have peace
before we had carried the war into
German territory. He went on to ex-
plain with Germany's resources, their
propaganda working in Russia. Tur-
key, Italy and Austria, their officers
in command of all these armies and
with the people of Germany increasing
by the thousands each year how the
world would wake up some morning
and find an army of twenty million
men under arms with Kaiser Bill or
some of his clan at the head directing
to the world. I have often thought
of this article since the armistice has
been signed and wondered if such
would be- If so our hard earned vic
tory of 1918, our great losses and sor-
row this war has caused will be
of no avail
! Their seems TO be a tendency among
the American people to not be too
thing left and that is to make the
peace conditions so drastic that the
Germans may be made to curse Ger
man. militarism. so drastic as to make
generation after generation feel it and
so Germany will never be considered a
nation and their people will know it
OF course We find good Germans, but
We do not need them in the q. s.
What we have who have proved loyal,
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send them back TO Germany. Stop
German immigration for now and all
times to instill in the American peo-
pie the hatred France and England
have for them. Our Americans who
have gone through hell to win this
war have that hatred. We who have
not been fortunate enough to see real
action have it Let's see America in
the same mood. they are not human.
Any people who have committed the
crimes they have, who could murder
children. who raped women, who were
dirty enough to ruin some young girl
and then cut off an arm telling them
they would not help France and them
with child in their arm, that is was
possible to know who the father was,
a nation who would catch children
and cut of both hands. That is the
Germans. We cannot blame the Kais-
er altogether for his soldiers were the
ones TO blame. Do we want to assoc
late with such people? No. thousand
times, no! Let's here the world de-
mand of Holland. the Kaiser and fam
lily and demand of Germany the offic-
ers who would permit such deeds and
then try to think of some slow death,
the most horrible ever heard of before
and put them up. We have Germany
at our mercy. Don't give way.
Another question comes to the
American soldier, is our country going
10 depend on our army that We have
now for protection or are we to have
universal military training? OF course
there are two sides to this question.
bur if it were left to the soldiers it
would be one sided.
Lots go back to the fall of 1914. If
America at that time had been pre-
pared even as we are now. would
Germany have invaded Belgium.
neutral country. contrary to the Hague
convention. would they have killed
helpless children, would they have
murdered old men and women, would
they have sunk our ships at high sea,
would they have bombed Red Cross
hospitals or thousands of other things
they have contrary to the laws of
war and humanity?
War is business, a grim business.
but as in any other business We must
have well trained men. In this war
there is no doubt if we had had Of
ficers who were well trained and our
men have had enough military train
ing our losses would have been small
compared with what they are.
There is lo doubt about the courage
of the American army. but there is our
trouble. We have not been nation for
war and our boys would not always
listen to orders. They would walk
into certain death at times where it
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