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The crowls tlut jiiukly gtilrr(, IddkcJ mi ttic4 u,,ri!s who lui dru ii thein frum ihr taet rrn m-lf-walk, Hiih f n r i aii.l lotntire (cet. 1 hpy remnl so wrvt t hinrrül coHcr. Ami, imlcril, ntnctlnii in our ,!ic life, ome lliini? that , vtrv (kr t u wai bHfitd her th.it J.iy. There Wfrc tweiity-siv truck. The rat end of arh ai closcd v,nh a thick tecl wiriiiu. irum lehnn each of thrse gtatiitg oiie could dUtiiiKitish the grnn formt and facei of four mcn, with riflcs and autoinatic pistoli in their hand. 1t was in thi way thut Kin George of England cnt to J. l'ier pont Morgani ht accrcdited agcnt, the goitl m paymcnt tor bayonct and slirapiici. And a I tood the.' on the aide- walk the blood wellcd to my face and rage aurged ttirotiglj my hcart. tor i askcd jnyself, whoia do armed men threaten on the open street? At whom do they aim those ioaued ntlcsf Brothera, they were nieant for you and nie. It was the desiance of Morgan and his Money Trust to the silent wrath of honest men. He said: "13ow to my will, or I shall shoot you down." Ihe plcasing masks these bankers wear bad dropped, and there were revealcd the hideous male, the prima! brüte, cowering over the gold they had earned by the rnangU ing ot human tlesn, gnashing thcir , tusks in rage ät the people whose Sympathie they had thwarted, whose ideal they had crushed by the shaineful trade in war tnunttion, To those who dwell in the vast Stretches of our country that spread iit west of the Hudson River, the doings ot walt Mrect are an un solved mystery. They suspect and tear. They do not knowr Wall Street's Underworld. f shall draw back a corner of this mysterious curtain and disclose the workings of Wall ötreets under world. Vou shall read here -some-thing incredible, unbelieveable, of men who have duped, deceived, dis honored you, and are nw bent on plundering you on a scale vaster than bas ever betöre been attempted n the history of our time. V,OJonci KoDert W. iliompson, a high-minded American patriot, in augurated on. June 6th the organiza- tion of the wavy League of the United diätes. He advocated an im inediate issue by the government of $300,000,000, to be devoted to the constructiou of a greater army and navy. He then invited a large number oi citizens, supposedly im bued with similarly patriotic sen timeuts, to aktend a luncheon and Conference on this iniportant Subject. But' hold, one Moment, Colonel. Why, when you lssued those in vitations, did you not address thera to public-spirited and disinterested inen, who , have the peace and wel fare of our country at heart? Why, on the contrary, did you invite the nienibers of J, P. Morgan & Co., ost'icial agents of the British gov ernment in the purchase of war munitions, and financial backers of the Steel Trust, whose products are being , turned into bayonets and ahrapnel for the Allies? Why did you invite to your patriot! luncheon the directors of companies making niillions in the manufacture of war material, and bankers who make further millions from sueb concerns by selling their securities and acting as their transfer agents f Why, when you purposed to spend $300,000,000 of the public money, without Consulting the people who earn it, did you' confer with the nienibers of Wall Street's Money Trust, into whose pockets those $500,000,000 would flow? Here are sorae of the gcntlemen to whom that ardent patriot, Colonel Thompson, addressed hiraself ; J. Pierpont Morgan Thomas W. Lamoiit William H. Porter Henry P. Davison Charles Steele Paul D. Cravath Elbert H. Gary Harry Payne Whitney Seward Prosser S. II. P. Pell Cornelius Vanderbilt Ogden 1 Mills ' I rederic R. Coudert Francis L- II ine Edmund C. Converse Uanitl G. Reid Percy Rockefcller Frank A. Vanderlip L. JU Clarke. The luncheon was held. The in nocent Colonel, addressing his dis tinguished and "disinterested" guests, broached his pet plan of dis tributing $500,000,000 of American money to America's armament man ufjcturers., To his gratiiieation, the isu was "enthusiastically advocat ed," as prornptly recorded in the Trtifit Wniil;. Vir. M IttMlS 'I, t!ll N: Vl'ffc I ' . ut iui-iii i ( ( ''is'(. . ', k r! ,S !!" ,i I' MM! h!f 1H, .in'.t!, f. , '' I Hifi'U . - tf.(i)'f (( ! I.anltr. f I J . M ,,,, , ., , iJ 1.. i.iHl.,,- i P"N '! II !)!. tit l! ptif, bt ' I wf jlful, urt, nir. -t-l in ! r-.iM n h-t't fft'-f,t ft. ii te tiu.tiit st ,N, t-hi. I !' VVjil ff J ,., ?! ,, Iht "tbf 1. j Stiif ' '" i U !' 1 i, ! rrn I. I (ft OflUfl (r liiert (i,m U'iurrn I- Ibis tfiuntir, hüll I,,vO täk'ft t-f'lft filf-lir,inii('l r nninii,n,. ' A'i'i it bini ,n A'iMi ;rd ,!,,,, "ti' l'iiitcd Mste ! C, '''!,,,!' lim ' i iiiio I a ltutln i;nl i.r.li-r NM",II fn ; vmhmioo, , , Mfn. Motiraii (..iry !,,! ( t:ff r inrmlirri tl the tfer im! b'und. Hie Wall Slttcl Journal a.l.lr-d lli.it tlif uckjmnnj i.tfrl Cmu l'Atiy Im btrn hi'IvtA in war Order, !) the fxtent of $7,!t'HUi'o fur rail and uteel." Two tA the Invited l'ntriots, Mfn. Cornelius Vamler biit nd Ouden 1 Milln, re dircclori ot Uns cnitiranv. The Wall Street Journal further fdaud on May 4tli: "The Pres ident of the National Kiireiy Com pany estimatcs that $l,50t),0uo,0oo in war material has been contracted fur, lhe tstimate is based on th appiieations for surety bonds which Ins Company has received. ' Strantre to retato, wo find among the direct ors of the iNational feurety Company the nanie of Mr. Frederic R. Coudert who, in the public prints, so bitterly (leuounces uermany every time delicate diplotnatic crisis occurs between that country and our own Surely, Mr. Coudert does not desire to sec this country o to war on be half of his bcloved France, that the maiionai may unaerwrne more surs ty bonds? The Colonel Unmasked Again we sind that on Mav 4th the Wall Street Journal informs the street that the International Nickel Company is enjoying an improve nient in it, busincss because of th, increase in the consumption of nickel brought about by the war." And what do we lind here? Oh. shame to teil it! Oh, Colonel,. Col onel, is it thus you dupe your coun trymen? Colonel Robert M. Thomp son is cnairroan ot the board of the International Nickel Company, and among the directors are Messrs. Ed mund C. Converse, S. H. P. Pell, an üeward Grosser. The Wall Street Journal further chronicles that "the Äruerican Loco motive Company's Order for shrap- nei arnounts to approximately $05, 000,000," which niust be of specific interest to Mr. L. L. Clarke, one of the directors. Westinghouse Electric & Man ufacturing is one of the deadliest of the "war Stocks" on the Stock Ex change, and Mr. Paul D. Cravath is a rnernber of lts board. Anothcr "war stock" is General Electric, . one of whose directing geniuses is Mr. Charles Stecle, of J. P. Morgan & Co. The Farmers' Loan & Trust Com pany is transfer. agcnt for the Gen eral Electric Company, and on the trust Company . board we locatfr Alessrs. l'ercy Kockefeller and Frank A. Vanderlip. The Guaranty Trust Company is the transfer agent for the Westing house, American Car & Foundry, Atlas i'owder Company, Hercules Powder Company, and other war munitions concerns. Messrs. Daniel G. Reid, Harry Payne Whitney, and Thomas W, Juamont are its direct ors. The Bankers Trust Company is transfer agent for the Baldwin Loco motive Works, and among . the directors of this concern are Messrs. Reid, Hine, Davison, and Converse. üo there, all the disinterested patriots are aecounted for, yea, even the founder of the Navy League. Why then, 1 as. should not Col onel Thompson's scheme to anend $500,000,000 of government money have been enthusiastically advocat ed" by gentlemen so closely ' äff il iated with the war munitions fact- orics? Why should they not have leaned back in thcir chairs at the obliging Colonel's luncheon, clinked their glasses 'and chetred, laughing in thcir sleeves over the jest they were having at the expense of their siraple-minded countrymen, , . while they slapped their capacious pockets in the hope of soon secreting there the $500,000,000 to be spent on armament. For, you see, the war in Europe some tinie will be ended, and the MoneV Trust's war munitions plants must not be idle. No, it is the duty of Wall Street patriots to organize Navy Leagues and National Secur ity Leagues and the like, that the government may be urged by the great Patriot! clamor to spend vast sums on war material. Colonel, I have a further word to say to you. Vou are a personal fnend, I believe, of Mr. James Gor don Bennett, owner of the Herald, who, 1 see, subsenbed scvcral thous- and dollars to your singular scheme. Mr. Bennett is an expatnate, who is cabling frantically to this side of the water that the Ünited States must join the war to rescue his adopted country, Franc. Colonel, if the people of this country wish to have a .arger arrny and navy, they will not consult the chairnian of the International Nickel Company, or Bennett, the Franco American, vor your friends, the niakers of shrapnel. Their represent atives in Congress will attend to that. And the government will build its own armament plant. It will not buy the idle ones of the Money Trust when the war bas ended I V i t" k t (! fSlHl l!,i,tz rlt 11(1 tn I, f' I . tl !' ,,!',' I,n f "'! n. 4,t' t-i fi I ni i- ! " 'S In i n i Vi i't f eii Will fMt f.!.-.n.-;r Ut , ii',. i i On (if n 'i f 4 thrr ! ! l'i-f l -i h t ff (f !.. thut ;n, i'fi. iff i l'mir h ! !'' 4t f. i ii ) tt i.i f n v-fi liwifll'' I ' I '. i ., ,! , V-'T l'tlt t't li-l WrH f! Hi I t . j r ! t i I it-. -är ii , , I i im i'i-iW if i ' )'). !f t' J.tf 4''l i 'f (' !'!' I t i'i' ."i l-t. fi i 1. 1 r i (' n,fi tu , f I w .. , . .. , - . ' r t ' ' , . (' iknow) i fi!f bta ih St ' ihil it ,il a tifjr ,1 1Rf n !i. H.-h Ist f'jkp. l lhif e'i'ii'My ti .1 I., 5, i ... n i! . !'.' t l".. in i I I I i ''ist f.f rr. -lief ft i " "-r ' h IM r-H. !"..., M, In mfin i i I t 'i .-' II' l, I"i f " I I i,l " I. 11, I r .Ituri ih : ii i in i it In in rftiMMri- ..iit.n. h-tif i,i!i zii'jiii!,!,. hin th liemt Im nn Ii, tlm Iransfi ffn lind nf l'ri Ui-lKirt iulfi lhe Amir i ii 1 im, tii Kftitmiiidn C.iti("ny n. I he Uftiotl Meliüic Crlii-Iü t. ,'iii,iiy ifsn li hf:iinh ir.it an ut p Rff! b'liMinM Ih.i? tlsr thoie iMf.l in l!e pjMt.'t !ii.kiy ne ipuprr ) Juli IHh.CliiuIr M. Siliwab of tii ISedilchrm !!erl Ci'inpiny will Imüd the thtfd fi. tory for the iiianulatltire of sliniinel. August S.'d Followiiig th feernt tnj hre of Charles M. .Schwab wit!. Bringn ni'l Kusii.m arniy of fic.er, it is annnimced that Ihe Ilethit'he in Steel Company will buil a largo faetnry near its hell proviug mund at Cape May Point, for th niaking of powder and Shells. Autiust 12th The Dupont Powder Company has begun the work of staking out the building on the fourth addition' to the Dupont plant at Carnry's Point. The addition will be larger thau, any of the other three plants now in Operation. When the war began, the Company had only one plant, the others having been added in quick time as Orders in creased. August Loth' Ihe Dunont Company is to distribute $58,000,000 in new stock in a new Corporation. August llth. The plant of the srnitb Wallace Company, man ufacturers of electrical supplies, has been leased to an association of New York financiers and will immediately be converted into a war munitions factory. August llth. The Bethlehem Steel Company has purchased the modern plant of the Detrick & Harvey Alachine Company, lhe manuiact- ure ot munitions of war will be be gun as soon as possible. May a9th. The Atlas Powder Company has secured control of various powder mills on the Pacific coast Stockholders of the Com pany have authorized $5,500,000 6 cumulative preferred , stock for necessary hnancing. Here is a samt Conception of the tremendous new enterprises of the Money Trusts. Now I shall quote the VVall ktreet Journal of July 19th: Will the demand tor war matedal outlast the Conflict? Will the great industry that bas been established in so short a time end with , the" war? It is noticeable that those concerns that are erecting plant extensions or new plants to take care of the war business, are not providing tempor ary and inexpensive structures. Ihey are building modern anet permanent structures of brick or concrete and steel. More Wars to Come "If the war continues or is fol lowed by others, the munition makers would be in a Position to reap enormous prokts as a result of having the plants ready. Yes, our iar-sighted financiers will see-fo it that this war "is followed by others." And they will . "reap enormous profits. But who, at the dictum of the Money Trust, will toil to pay . for those untold millions to be spent by our.- country on armament for the upkeep of the new war plants? Who, at the' dictum of the Money Trust, must shed their blood in the wars that are followed by others i Brothers, you and 1. Yes, my thoughtless brotbers, and then we, too. shall echo the bitter groans we have heard emitted by despairing 'millions, staggering under the military burdens of Europe s monarchies. And now are we to be the dupes of Wall Street patriots ? If we investigate the patnotism of the members of the Money Trust we shall find it to be thin-skinned, in deed. Their ambition is to amass great fortunes, and then t,o seek their homes abroad. They choose new homes in France and England for reasons such as to escape un pleasant public inquiries, or that they may lead lives that would not be approved by their fellow country men. , 1 refer to expatriates such as ames Stillman. one-time President of the National City Bank; James Hazen Hyde, of Insurance scandal fame; William E. Corey, of the Steel Trust, and James Gordon Bennett, of unsavory name. I refer to men ike Henry James, who renounced his country; to men like Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and Sir William C. van Hörne, who sold their American birthright for a foreign title. But when the day of trouble comes, such sine gentry troop back home, as these have done. And then they read us a ksson in patriotism, and teil us that we must fight for the countnes of their adoption. Yes, they say that to us: we, the millions who stay here and toil and unser for our country s good: we. who are descended from races other than the English; we, whose falbers tilled the soil in pioneer days, tpd shed their blood in all our country's wars. f They teil us that we must fight for England, these expatriates, these ip-patnots, their pockets tat with British gold we must fight for Eng- and, the hereditary enemy of our land, for her against whom our fathers fouglu, for. England, t eur worst enemy ta-day i . tm-U trlMf !f t - I ,, ,.", i , , lil ml !) nti! I f ,.tf ,l, ff (- t.M hrifdli'.1 .,.!,(,- Ali'iffiff t -riiil t ,!i f, fi -", r''i" pf h '' I P'ixritf l-fiit (1 ltn t H!t t-i Mi'i, I , l-l l, f. ni .-(f ,.,11,1, -sf V. ,!! ' i i r H 1 ! ! , S ( , ; ii - tn, fiiif i i ) , ,, , h -in , f ,".,' M'Mf f f f i ! i r'V't l .', I . ii üteti, s,,,, ß, f-n.);.-,gf mith I ' i M i ' "' ' , ', ni'. i i v im i-i,,", ,,.. ,i,r,i, -f r'!!i"fi '" r-n )ft Ii'1!! i I !, !!! IfitfU, I i'W ,,. ! , in ! f si'Hfl 'H "'-',, ff ifil inif th i it.U, s -.'-. i . I I, , i r-i'.it ii In1: "I - trt i ii. k thu ni I -f Hf.tnH n (Imt - tl hüll i ffMintfy in! S 1 '1 . l f 'l ' ! I) ,,1 1. ,!!". If n!I r.f ymif ). fen-ji ni! j:i !,j, h iiir l I,i 's. tiifti Mir rmtiilf 1)4 i'iiik I t IfW (i-i in Mi"'! i ! yemi ü )!!!!, Itltl t frtttft'ieij r ui(.!i,- ,ry iiiut h Ii' fuifl, tu ,i" e snd Korne 15it I,,y suc Ctmilii-d I' l'liiliisiil'. G'iii!nii,n. sie tlure tli'im aniotur ton who hl cou'' sd no fmti Spins !, y oil I fcn'iw well. I cn 1' (Itrm Irin In, k und inffr: Oh, 1 dnn't rr !nt i publi'hed "!, ine In lhe ratliit!;trnl Thi latlifrbnd !, Iiowitht with Grrman (t"ld,M and ibrnlhey Unith and wink aml jingle in their pneket their IJritiil gold made in a liarncfiil trade. Do you kne" wl.y tliis is pnb lishcd in The l-atherland? I shall teil you. I ran pomt out among you and your Wall Street friends the nies of men who are part owners of the great New York dailies, who fmance thcin, and dora- inate ttiem with thcir advertining. Small wonder that the Money Trust has poisoned the public mind with the taintcd syndicate news Services sent broadeast throughout our country. The New York newspapers know that what I write about the Money Trust is truc, but they do not dare to print the truth. And that is why it is printed in lhe ratherland. Brothers, these men have wealth and power, but they are few. We are many, and as Edwin Lawrence God kin traly said: "In the voice of the majority there u all the maiesty of doom. You, who love your country. join us, work with us, for "the dark night cometh when no man can work. (The Fatherland.) Britain's Comraereial War on the United States. The United States government is officially mformed by one of its trusted and capable representatives that Crcat Britain, while shutting off American commerce with the neutral hations of nortbern Europe, is increasing its --. own ' exports to those countries. -The merchandise that Americans are not permitted to seil is now sold by British export' ers, thanks to the fraudulent block' ade. In some commodities British exports have . quintupled during the last year, while American exports of the same commodities have been diverted to British ports. Under the pretext of necessity, Great Britain is preventing American goods from going to Holland, Den rnark, Norway or Sweden. All car goes are Subject to detention, and most of them are detatmd in Brit ish ports. When the I Americans make an extra clamor their cargoes are purchased at its own price by the British government. Then Brit ish merchants send word to the waiting consumers that the Amer ican cargoes have been held up, but that British goods are available Thus the trade of the neutral coun tries named is being taken over by Great Britain, all in the name of "military necessity," and with the smug Suggestion that our American cousins will sympathetically under stand our necessities." No more cold-blooded, rapacious conspiraey was ever concocted than this robbery of American commerce under the guise of legitimate war operations. Recently Great Britain has made cotton contraband, so that it may be seized without compensation to the owner. At the same time British exports of cotton to countries ad- jacent to Germany are rapidly in creasing. Heretofore cotton cargoes were paid for; now they are merely robbed on the high seas. The United States government has delayed making an effcctual Pro test to Great Britain against this high-sea piraey because of the complications arising from the Lusi tania, Arabic and similar horrors, which fixed public attention upon the questions affecting life rather than property. In the meantime, the British policy of destroying American trade relations with Hol land, Denmark, Norway and Sweden has been pursued with the utmost diligence. It is time that the United States should call all offenders to aecount. The commercial war that is being waged against this country calls for decisive action, unless the United States is willing to become an adjunct to the British commercial System. (Washington Post.) Wenige Stunden nachdem Frank Granco, der in Snow Hill bei Cambridge, Md., drei Menschen er mordet hat, an Bord eines nach Bal more bestimmten Dampfers gebracht worden war, stürmten 125 Lyncher don Snow Hill daS Gefängnis in Salisbury und waren bitter ent auscht. als sie underrichteter Dinge wieder abziehen mußten. - Allerdings. A.: JE 'aast, Du lügst nie, aber neulich, als Du Dich von einem langweiligen Tee Abend drucken wolltest, schütztest Du. obwohl Dir nicht das Geringste fehl te, Schwindel vor!" B.: .Nun. das war dock auck Schwindel!- ' - ;, j M'iflhkkl5,k?i. ! I (Ilini dl -Srr'.ff ßrr'Mch 'i,'iif, f'.it h'ltH i( llo5int Ii I',' '"i r-M'i'iM-t.tan 4 Vihn stii'ii w?'. ( I Mi'ff, ii''t !',ß t',rn !(t hUt (-;x,f' ;t k i,. 1 1 ttUtf is r LittirUh'it!ti .1 ,,!, , r i r t'i'fii h-mk-tstif ?-! 9U'ff.tf i3, r-f! 0 .:!! '!'( $ ft?( n (,i!;f ,!! 1 H-utH, .It t'ixii! t':fi!-ifi ;f.t v't f!nif.l.jti4 ftfii-l tl chntfti,. M ffft gi(;f wb trVt'tvt l (Hifpf tlll fl tt MliM ilf I-Wi l i (..!i.( -) 1 kUl'pkl, n-.üss, !kzi,k.,d ' ftiil C etsuil'n. tif t-fitttif.iiif.tfti f'iff nijfnfii, s ,.-,! tt, ,.innl,,'.,!'!ft au.h hl bt,,ilz,k'.tt liiifffifif w ft tir,;fr.Sfii-ifr), n.imkiifli.b ihren d'UNI im PiN,'Ntt,!stitI 1,'t Iksf'lfil 'I'.'u, und bt tiflCftUrfif iliiini ht tlfiiifte, it'fü.i i dn fafiif.tfrt Mrlhvdt Pst djttkkti'.hisch NNch.nl .lfii tffilfti in fifiiitftrn (i'.??n iä sZed!'. Er tiitml bit QoUbMi Itit im ftiilitntfvtfrt .s'ktk und tu fl kinrk.ifisk) iiul: ,'Äklchfr Uniktschlkd pvisäien dieser brudeilichen Cvlidari las. welche eine fctt fifsönflen lllftf male unsere Hcrrtz iff, und dem chkkSkii.keqiüie, nk wklchem bal seindliche Hecr zusammkngkhciükn wird". (It fnKtf von einet Un. jodl von Siegen und Gefangknen. oyne auch nur eine lonkrele Angade zu machen, und all dnS si'gi er in ei nem Zone, als ob b e c terte rfitf ungarische Armee bereits aufgerieben Ware. Cadornas schwülstige Tiraden wirken umso komi cher. als die Zici liener bekanntlich in Wirklichkeit nicht den geringsten Erfolg auszuwei sen haben. Mit unnachahmlichem Zzumor alos siert die österreichisch ungarische Heeresleitung diesen Sadornaschen Bericht.' .Selbst eine Schnecke, so langsam sie sich bewegt, kommt", so heißt es in diesen Glossen, we. gen der Stetigkeit ihrer Fortbewegung im Laufe der Zeit ganz beträchtlich weiter. Cadorna, der zwei Monate hindurch die Nennuna von Ortsbe Zeichnungen sorgsam vermied, um das Geheimnis des Tempos stetigen" Fortschrittes zu verhüllen, fühlte sich am 25. Juli, also bei Beginn des dritten Kriegsmonats, endlich doch ge drängt, der allgemeinen Spannung Rechnung zu tragen. Was seine Landleute hofften und wünschten, die ueverwiNduna der ?!somofront. konnte er allerdings nicht berichten, nicht emmal die Elnnabme von Gor,. dafür tischte er andere Trümpfe der siegreichen Waffen auf". Von diesen Ersoiaen i t aber nur einer em wnk licher- Erfolg: - die .Eroberung ' des Monte dei sei Busi, und auch dieser überlebte öie Verlambaruna der Be richte Cadornas nicht, da die Italic- ner reim Abschluß der zweiten Gor zer "Schlacht ' aus diesen ' Stellungen wieoer ymausgeworsen wurden. .Wie wir Cadorna kennen gelernt da den," so fahren die Glossen fort. wird er sich indessen auch über diese schwere, bluttriefende Niederlaae zu trösten wissen. , Ein Schwall von Phrasen wird auf das italienische Publikum niederprasseln und in dessen Seelen vollbringen, was der taae- lange Geschoßhagel bei unseren Trup pen nicht zu erzielen vermochte. Das Geschick will es eben, daß die Italie ner trotz erdrückender Ueberzahl sich, statt mit Eroberuna der Liierreickisch, ungarischen Stellungen am Jsonzo, mit stetigen ffort chruten Zutrieben geben mußten zur Erleichterung Cadornas, der bei einem wirklichen Siege verlegen würde, wie er seine bisherigen Berichte überbieten könnte". ?kürwabr eine köstlickie und wobl- verdiente Abfertigung der grohmäuli gen Phrasendrescherei des italienischen Oberfeldherrn! Der Nernsvreck, Sei kehr in Paris leidet unter dem Kriege ganz erheblich. Vielen Geschäftsleu ten ist es fast unmöglich, die Fern sprechanschlußgebühr von 400 Frank zu zahlen. Der Kleinhandel ist des halb bei der Post und Telegraphen direktion vorstellig geworden, Einzel gesprächsgebühren einzuführen, wo durch auch die Fernsprechverwaltung eine tägliche Einnahme hätte. Diese Erscheinung wirst em grelles Licht auf die darniederliegenden Geschäfts Verhältnisse in Paris. Auö Königsberg wird berichtet: In wenigen Wochen wird sich nun auch hier au dem schönsten Platz der Stadt, dem Paradeplatz, ein eiserner Wehrmann erheben. Die Lokalhistoriker waren entschieden da für eingetreten, als Gegenstand der Darstellung Hans von Sagan zu ivählen: jenen wackeren Schuhknecht, der durch sein besonnenes und tapse res Verhalten die im Jahre 1370 den Heiden gelieferte Schlacht bei Rudau zu gunsten des deutschen Ordens ent schieden haben soll. Man hat sich aber in den ausschlaggebenden Krei en schließlich sur einen .eisernen Roland entschieden. Etwas Gutes wird in jedem Fall entstehen, da die künstlerische Ausführung des Nage ungdenimals von dem Bildhauer der Königsberger Kunstakademie. Prof. ltanislaus Eauer, übernommen wor. den ist. Dte Litt au er haben für .lie ben" und .bewirten" ein und dasselbe, Wort MZIM M0L0CII ANI) tit n. U yt l"f r!lf (if (,'8..s f. 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'1 1 !!,i!,"!!!k! atm, ilie itnti;il rrnl'l iirii nf Ihe Trtilonic iMttir, hnh Il rli (if it rriint Vtrlii- s Wfll r-i l n jjreafit diisrr, seiln, In Im v Iiinniplifil irr all th tm Imty ti,-iiiin f ii,,rf by tho g-cit Cnme ml Coiiipirary. Italy talls f'Uih contfiniit that lies t too coi sni low a levrl to rne to tlit liiiity of half England' mraner act evcK iü'lain rat lief tlian raite. Inipossible ia the t liir of tlie Gcnnan which the I.iiIi,h have creatcd for thcmnclves. It i one with the monttroui imaginations of rtiiilfornied and niurky braun that fura up with halo one moment theil are choked with inky futnea the next. Un readinif the Enk'lifli paperg one aski onesclf, half in liorror, half in a aort ot ttunncd amusement whether it he possible that human leings could accept as real the ghastly caricattirea and incredible monsters they have made of other human beingsf Ihe behef of the Bushman in his grotesque chimeras is as nothing compared to the belicf of the Uritisher in his Monster Ger man. In the days of Napoleon the ignorant Britisher firmly believed that, JJoncy ate women and chil dren; in our day the educated Brit isher believes as firmly that the Gcrmans slatighter them. In the same way we must measure the pro found debasement of a man capable of uttering such low and revolting words .as those recently spoken by Rudyard Kipling "there are but two creatures in the world today human beings and Germans" (cheers.) by what they disclose of the Speaker and not by what they preposterously declare. Iherefore we and our Allies must continue to press through fire to Moloch: till Moloch perishes." (cheers). Moloch! How came this incredible German to- take root in the British braia? How- was it possible to make sane men accept as real the crimson deviT which the slanderous British press painted in such horrid hues upon the nrmament? from what wicked sorcery and poisonous fumes did this hideous fiamboyant gerne arise in the dull imaginations of an easy-eoing and no loneer heroic racef Ihat is a psychological puzzle for those whose minds can probe national morbidity. But its mere existence is damning1 not only for the English but for that petite nation of virulent and fanatic gaminy, the French. The pendulum Swings constantlv irom one extreme ot madness to an other from shrill jeers of contempt at th weakness and despair of Ger many to frenzied screams of terror at her power and cold-bloodedness. As I have more than once pointed out, the mud-cemented, rotten-tim bered House of Lies which the Al lies reared to shelter their so-called Cause . cracks, totters and melts away under the slow but elemental attack of Truth. Hence desperate, tunous, embeole attemots to vrov it with lurtner struts and lashmes of lies like the Bryce Report of German atrocities. she falsehoods men believe accumulate to a raoun tain within their sight. And - this mountain m the Imagination of the real barbarians becomes in time a mythical monster. That monster is Germany as seen by the fevensh, war-maddened eyes of her western enemies. There is, to be sure, one deeo- lying psychological reason for this. The achievements, the victories, the colossal physical power and moral strength of Germany are by a pecuüar process of perverted thought re-translated into evil attributes by the obsession in the brains of her enemies. in other words white is deliberately transformed into black because one sees nothing but red. The inevitable results of modern war waged in the most scientifie and energetic and intelligent way in the enemy s country, are converted into black "atrocities" by her foes who have not a single positive achievement to show. The conviction of this truth, which must at times steal over such reason as is lest in the hands of the Allies, produces in turn that ill-balanced, impotent fury that finds no outlet save in coarse abuse, or brutality against the help less, or in torrents of indiscriminate slander that bespeak the illness of the nausea at a nation's soul. When the inky pall that kangs before the eyes of these nations shall be lifted and the clean cool wind of a sweet reasonableness blow once more over the hissing lava of their bewildered minds the , true character of the Germans, that grandest of all modern nations, will emerge stainless, serene and strong. White will be white again, and black black. The atrocious attempt to hold up the most cultivated, peaceful, kindly, in dustrious and law-abiding people in the world as Molochs and monsters merely because the same superior in telligence they display in the pur suits of peace, guides thera in the conduct of war, will collapse like a rank, uprooted weed. . Shall I declare to you why, ia the .word of the Allies, white is now ; jWWOGH Mll. KII'MNO. orrcMtLLr. IV: tt ff I tf t i f. "'' tf4 friJ hl ' ''. f -f ir4'-i 1,1, 4 f I ' I I f!r,ch I , liff S- lt. l,!-!rl, ,.tz, ii. Hn f' ' it i-tttn. i, V'tf ."! it' ..',,' d--.. jfclf !f r ";1. -fi ,, l 'f-f't I -Vi nf i" l f,i.Im ii , !(-.,,(. I), f!i! Irln.) i i( !, f" ifif 11 r-f"! .;'(' If .'his. 1 ., Ü (.,, Ul- I II , .....,yf (tiif, fi'..(i ,,r,imi,il ). I I l",-,l'x, ill ft. li!frii:i.ii II-,, wr . . f, .i'-ilfm st I l'ür jii-. f.fiüi!' -.ii ! on! I," liu! !-.ü. nn(f , -, ii (-(.ii iiii,,i )'inl für ( j!iiji,-iii .f mutn, ifif -fi. ' r ,.n''I ,!s-'r! ii i',i,i,ii !, , i,!-l, (.t-ll4tiy I 1, i.uttll ft t r: ; f ttl s , M arMt z,,rr., livin intflUtliJ i.-r inm -nli ii i)ifrrj.,r ,,!,.!,. If (I mi rii i,'l II t . i M 1 II. rutliifnl ' m . Itme." t.-mnjr f itni-lif In l!,q n-.iil a hmIi-1 v( l'Mtn:, rn !r-r, r!c.irl g-v. tniiiifüt iiij ilüiiiinni! rlfn n. jf he ii thrrrfurt (rtrt?ittcil , linfüli niiliii itity. 'ia dy h tiiij unshakrii upon the njtauile p!,li of tt.r tiithtcmii (aiiitr, csilm, ' ' , I i.i.vi-,1, ii,.tju,(ii inmui, in th f,ic of h-f di'li,,u, eneimcs ilie ii therefure dfnouiued 3 "Ihe Mail l)og of Kuruie." But rjuit apart from Convention! mofjliiy, thrre is an immorul teil acity in Truth. And b-cau it it immortiil it is tcrnLie. This tron hw i the everlasting Nemesis that hang above the paper tents and naked tongues of the armius of falschood and hypoerisy. Can they bind the clustcr of the I'lciadcs or loose th band of , Orion? l'erhaps this quotation may corne home with a pecuüar light to the soul of Mr. Rudyard Kipling, with its flair for the Biblical? Ferhaps he will recall the sentiments of his "Rccessional" and give us a new desinition of hypoerisy? l'erhaps be will not reiraii! from claiming a gift for true prophetic analysis when re reading the warnings of his "Is landers?" Perhaps he has not for gotten those days when he lay ill in America with a fever from which he seems never to have entirelv recovered, and Moloch inquiredNafter his condition in hourly telegrannä? Une or the fatal signs of the dawe. ness that has overtaken a press-- poisoned people is the peculiafv blight that seems to gnaw at the minds of England's foremost think ers and gifted men. Their tongues are wryed and what they utter is as sand and gravel. Their brains ring as hollow as the vibrant leather of the recruiting drum. For all this is the fatal, dreadful and inevitable result of the attempts to des end a cause begotten in iniquity, delivered in darkness and nursed upon lies. It has slain genius and numbed the sinews of logic. , X am sitting here in the clear Ger man sunlight, amidst the rustlinsr of the German lindens and the song and laughter of healthy, beautiful German children playing in one of the splendid, flower-decked parks of this bright and . peaceful Barbarian Capital. All about me I feel, as though it were an electric current. the gigantic throbbing of the heroic German heart, the masterly, deep, harmonious rhythm of this people's soul. A thousand evidences of their innate kindliness blossom up before my eyes the kindness to children, to dogs, to the aged, yes, to their very enemies, as I saw yesterday at Doebentz with my own eyes. This deep solicitude for the poor or help less is but a spark from that wonder ful and imperishable fire that towers to heaven in Love of Fatherland, Here are soldiers that fought in Belgium now playing with the children, or lost in sentimental rhapsodies with their sweethearts. And he who says these magnificent men were guilty of the horrible cruelties begotten in Belgian brains and sown broadeast by the Franco- Bntish press, lies in his heart of hearts. I have three newsoavers in mv hand a German, a French and an English. The German, like nearly all German newspapers, is quiet, re strained, seemly in its tone, a re flection of the true values of the gentleman whfeh this war has proved as residing more deeply in the German nation than in all others. The second is Le Matim It reads as though written by maniacs and men possessed of devils, the revela tion of a people gone raving rnad witn . the red lunaey ot war. Its rnuddy prints swarrns with the rnouth-rnissilcs of the French hys terical shrieks of "les Boches" rid- culous, unpotent yen of 'Tes Bar bares 1" But the darkest depth's of brutal- ity and nialignity are reached with the English paper. Here, black upon white, in the pure sunlight pouring from these blue heaven s, I read these words in the London Times of June 19th. They oceur in an art icle entitled A Tour Thrmich th" Trenches.' "Yesterday one of our brave soldiers captured a German and plunged his bayonet into his body with the, words: "This is for the Lusitanial" Then, after a short pause, he transfixed him for the second time; "And that's for my seif." No love is lest between us and the enemy. Not long ago a Ger man came toward us shoutine: "I am a Christian." The answer was: "Are you really a Christian! All right, we II make an angel of you." A bul let ended the life of a German scoundrel." Without harne, without one siirn of recognizing the enormity of its words, the Jeading tnglish news paper lays bare something that men have hitherto stnven to hide m the deepest depths of their souls. You are right, you proud and Kon orable Germans: there is no need to lie about your enemies. The inexor able law of things has brought it about that even out of their own mouths they must inevitably reveal the truth about themselves, jUfeS tontÄenta CCigStJ, ' n A " VU-