Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-08-29
HITLER ONLY A TOOL
Editor ASkOv American:

When in the year 1914 the royal
couple of Austria was killed in Serbia,
the authorities at once started an
investigation to find the ones guilty
of the crime, and about go persons
were held on suspicion, but nothing
was found out about it; whether
Serbians had killed them, or if it was
somebody from Austria who could
have followed them to get chance
to kill them.
There was not much disturbance
about it in Austria, but Germany
could see a chance in it to get a
war started, and without the rest
of the world knowing it, the Germans
massed strong army at the Belgium
border, ready to go through that
country into France. That took about
month. During that time the Au-
strians acted as if they did not con-
slider it of great Importance to them,
as they had no proof against the
government of Serbia. Unexpectedly
Austria served an ultimatum on Ser
bia at the time Germany was ready
to start war.
Serbia then asked to have it settled
by arbitration, but Kaiser Wilhelm
would not allow that. He wanted
war and declared war against the
Allies.
That showed that he had it all
planned with Austria from the be-
ginning. He had it planned we'll
and would have come out nicely if
the United States had kept out of it.
But Germany learned a lesson, so it
knew how to 60 about it the next
time.
At the time the Allies had the
Germans down in the World war,
they could have kept them down,
but the Allies would be kind to the
poor, suffering Germans, so it was
only short time before the Germans
were on their feet again. Then the
Germans repudiated their debts to
the creditors and nobody bothered
them on account of that, so they could
live in peace with all other nations,
and their people could have a good
living. But judging from the mill
tary expense they put themselves out
for more war, instead of living for
the people. Germany could have
been happy nation by working in
that direction, instead of robbing other
nations, and thereby bringing more
suffering onto many millions of inno-
cent people, as we'll as their own.
Many people are bound to blame
Hitler for the barbarian war, but he
is only a sharp tool in the hands of
others, or the other big fellows would
not allow it. Germany is a war ma
ton. This war is the sixth war they
have been in during the time have
kept track of it, and they have been
the aggressors of all of them.
The first was against Denmark in
1864 when l was II years old; the
second was against Austria in 1866,
and against France in 1870. Ger
many kept on irritating France so as
to make her angry and have her de-
clare war, as Germany was ready
for war. Germany by that was the
aggressor even though France de-
clared war. The next war was the
World war. Then Germany and Italy
were together in Spain; and now the
present war. Nobody has made war
on Germany.
Think of Germany and Italy! Two
of the most religious nations, being
the aggressors of the most barbarous
war which ever took place. What
does their religion amount to, when
it can not keep them from doing harm
to others? What kind of religion is
it? It can not be the Christian re-
ligion, as the principal part of that
is, love all others as you love your
self, and the action of war goes in an
opposite direction. According to such
facts, their religion must be anti
Christian if they have a religion.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.