Arizona republican., 1919-06-17
Thought Might Was Right

Thought Might Was Right
 In order to attain their ends, they used every channel through which to educate their own subjects in the doe Urine that might was right in inter- national affairs. They never ceased to expand German armaments by land and sea, and to propagate the false hood that it was necessary because Germanys neighbors were jealous of her prosperity and power
 She sought 10 sow hostility ara. suspicion, instead of friendship, be- tween nations. The Germans devel- oped system of espionage and in- trigue through which they were enabled to stir up international rebel lion and even to make secret offen- sive preparations within the territory of their neighbors, whereby they might, when the moment came, strike them down with greater certainty and ease. They kept Europe in a fer ment by threats of violence, and when they found their neighbors were re- solved to resist their arrogant will, they determined to assert their pre- dominance in Europe by force.
 As soon as their preparations were complete, they encouraged a subser- vient ally to declare war on Serbia on AS hours notice-a war involving the control of the Balkans. which they knew could not be localized and which was bound to unchain a general war.
 in order to make doubly sure. they refused any attempt at conciliation and conference, until it was too late. and the world war was inevitable, for which they had plotted and for which, ] alone among the nations, they wets | adequately equipped and prepared. Savage and Inhuman
 "Germany's responsibility, however is not confined to having planned and started the war. She is no less, 1u ! sponsible for the savage and inhuman manner in which it was conducted l Though Germany was herself the guarantor of Belgium, Germany vi,, lated the rules, after 9 solemn proms ise to respect the neutrality of this unoffending people.
 Not content with this. they delib- 1 erately carried out a series of pre- miscuous shootings and burnings with he sole object Of terrifying the in- habitants into submission by the very frightfulness of their action. They were the first to use poisonous gas notwithstanding the appalling suffer. ing it entailed. They began the bomb ing and long distance shelling O towns, for no military object but solely for the purpose of reducing the morale sof their opponents by striking at their women and children.
 "They commenced the submarine campaign with it's piratical challenge of international law and it's destruction of great numbers of innocent passen- gers and sailors in mid ocean, far from i succor. at the mercy of the winds and the waves and the yet more ruthless submarine crews. They drove thou sands of women and children witt brutal saVagry into slavery in foreigT lands; they allowed barbarities to be practiced against their prisoners ot war, from which the most uncivilizeC people would have recoiled.
 Conduct Unexampled
 The conduct of Germany is almos unexampled in human history Tho terrible responsibility which lies at hel doors can be seen by the fact that no less than seven million dead lie buried in Europe. while more than twenty million others carry upon them tht evidence of wounds and suffering, be- cause Germany saw fit to gratify hel lust for tyranny by resort to war. The allied and associated powers believe that they will be false to thos, ! who have given their all to save tn, freedom of the world, if they consen to treat war on any other basis thaI as crime against humanity and right This attifuda of fhe a allied and asro , ciated powers was made perfectly clea, , to Germany during the war by the 5 principal statesmen. 1t was defined b, President Wilson in his speech of Apri 6, 1918, and explicitly and categorical. ' accepted by the German people as principle covering the peace - 1e everything that we say, my felloy