The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-05-30

HE SkA
he knows he can't break through
For Nazi purposes we have al
ready given provocation enough
for war.
HISTORY repeats
My memory goes back to the
beginning of what we now call
s'World War No. l." Like the
present war, that was a conflict
between two opposing ideals of
civilization. The only difference
between the Kaiser and Hitler
was one of rank. Both had the
same idea that it was their desti-
nv to become rulers of the world.
For close to a century the Ger
man people have been disciplined
to obey authority, .unquestionably
The Army has been superior to
the civil power. . Every German
youth has been compelled to per-
form military service and taught
to obey orders. Any Army officer
could give orders to any civilian,
even in the most peaceful times,
and woe to the civilian who dared
to disobey.
The great mistake the Allies
made was to negotiate peace
terms with the defeated Germans
in 1918. The German people never
knew that their armies had been
defeated. Not single battle was
fought on German soil. Soldiers
were not disarmed. No victorious
armies marched into Berlin. Pres
ident Wilson and the other Amer
leans at the Peace Conference
won that concession for the de-
feated foe. Their intentions were
noble, but they put too much
faith in the honor of Germany.
CHRISTIANITY American
Senator Vandenburg of Michi-
gan expressed the feelings of
most Americans the other day
when he referred to the war
against "Anti-Christ." The spirit
of America is essentially Chris
tan, in the sense that our natio-
nal guidance for century and a
half has been the fundamental
essence of religion as expressed
in the Golden Rule.
The spirit of the German lead
ership today is definitely and
openly anti-Christian. 1t is not
bound by nor does it recognize
any of the moral principles which
are ingrained in the American
character, and expressed in our
laws and the conduct of our pub
lie officials.
There are exceptions, too many
of them, to that broad generaliza-
ton about ourselves as a people
and nation, but on the whole it
is true. Nothing arouses Ameri-
can public indignation so much
as fragrant violations of the
Christian spirit. Isn't that so?
I do not believe that America
is in any inln ediate danger of at
tack from foreign enemy. But I
am reminded of the words of an
old hymn in which protection was
sought from foes within and foes
without" There is more danger
from ''foes within" today than
from foes without. The record of
the successful invasion of small
nations by Germany is one of
treachery in which peoples of
those nations served as spies to
prepare the way for the enemy.
"A mans foes shall be those of
his own household" said Jesus.
There has been plenty of evidence
brought forth, by the Dies Com
mittee and other Investigators,
that enemies of the American
system of government are at
work in our midst. If and when
the time comes that we have to
take up arms to defend our prin-
ciples, we may have to fight on
two fronts.
It will take much time to put
cur defenses against a foreign foe
into shape where they will be ser
viceable if the clash comes. It
should take little time to clear
out the nests of foreign agents
who are poisoning the minds OF
our youth against the fundamen-
tai principles of Americanism.
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