THE FUTURE MISSION OF THE GERMAN
, ELEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
lly ltUIOL.I' OllONAU.
When tbe National German Amor
kao Alllance held 1U slxth convea
tloa at Washington, D. C in ücto
ber ljll, the delegute were wel
conied In hearty edltorial by all
papen of our Capital. One of thes
edlturial read as (ullows:
"Th Gsrman American.
Throughout Auiericaa hlstory rum
testlaiony bearlug on tbe value aud
blgb cbaracter 01 tue Oerumua wuo
bave made tbe new world tbelr
bouie. U la beyond tbe powers of
siimatloa lor eveu tbe sbrewdcat
Judge o hlstoricai valuea to de
termln buw greut baa beea tbo
beaetit bestowed upon tbe western
republio by tbe aturdy aous of tbe
Fatherland who bave cum her to
Bettle, to build, to prosper aud to
beconie au integral uart of our na-
tluu. Tbe fact tbat tbey iuaiuUln
"German Ainerlcaa" soelettes aud
lustltutions ia no wlse lossens tüelr
value to tbla country or tbolr
loyal ty to it In all its actlvltles.
Tbe "Germaa American" ls flret
tbe American, and lt is to bla Credit
tbat be retalus an aHucUon' (or tbe
land ot bla blrtb or ot tbe orlgln
of bla pareuts, and preserves its
tradltions and couünues tbe use ot
lt language.
Tbe e&sion ot tbe National Ger
man American AUlaace now in pro
gress In tbis clty are attended by
inen , wbo comniaud unqualliled
respect tor tbelr cbaracter, tbelr
progreBS, tbelr lntluence in tbelr
coniinunlties and tbe constructlve
work: tbat tbey bave been
and are dolng in tbe up
b nilding of tbe nation. Tbey are
bat are known as "good citlzens,"
law abiding, charitable, conslderate
and patrlouc, Buch tuen as these
were of tbe most substantlal aervice
to tbia government tifty yeara ago,
wben it was meuaced wiib deslruc
tion. In Btatesmansblp, in sclence,
In business, In tbe professlons, tbe
tradea and tbe arts tbe German
Amerleana bave contrlbuted many
leaders and bave ritten a record
ot great achieveuients.
Washington welcomcs thes tuen,
ha stand for in laree & nart of
tbe American 11! ol to-day, and
trusta tbat tbelr vialt to tbe Capital
will make tbein appreclate tbe fact
tbat tbey are citlzeua of a country
which offer niore ot opportunity
tban tbe land wbose Memory tbey
bonor and to which America feeig
grateful for contributing tbem to
it."
Tbis appreclatloa ot tbe German
element bf tbe United Ltatea waa
reeeived by all delegates to tbe Con
vention of tbe National Uerman
American Alliauce with great satis-
faction. Recoguizlng tbat tbe alms
and effort ot tbe AJllauce wer well
uuderatood and valued, tbe delegatei
wer, lnspired to conünue in tbelr
worfc aa well as In tbe resoiullon,
never to relax in tbe duties owed
by tbem to tbi country as loyal
citiüens.
Ot these Obligation tbe most
aacred is to guard for all tuture
generatlooj tbat precious gift denved
from our ancestors, won with tbelr
blood and tbe acriüce of tbelr llves:
Jhe Independenc of our Country.
To aeep tbis country free and ln
dependent ia a duty equally In
cumbent on German Americans as
on all otber loyal cltizens. Tbis
taslt needs conatant vigilance, as
danger is abend!
All wbo Kave eyes to see and
ears 10 near must oe aware, tnat as
was poiuieu. oui ui j.31 oy lae
autbor ot tbis article In tbe pampblet:
"Do we need a tbird War for In
dependence?" anotber struggle for
tbe freedotn.of our United States is
Impendlng. It may become tbe most
diüicult and desperate ot all, as for
many years rnlgbty powers and
nurnerous sbrewd men kave been at
work, to deliver our republio back
into tbe band of tbat country wbick
since tbe days of our Declaration of
Independence kas been tbe worst
and unscrupulouB enerny ot our
United States; England.
The origin of tbe conspiraey to
reunite the dsstiny of our republio
witk that ot Great Brltain dates
baclc to September 19, 1877, wben
Cecll Khodes, tbe "Diamond King of
South Afrlca," and tbe Intellectual
origlnator of tbe infamous Jaiueson
llald aud tbe war of conquest agalnst
tbe South African Republics, made
lu tbe first draft ot bis will pro
vlsions for the tollowlng purpose:
To and for the establlshment,
promotlon and development of a
SECRET 80CIETY, the tru im
of which and Object whereof shall
be th extension of BRITISH
RULE THROUGHOUT THE
' WORLD and etpecially THE
Ui-TIMATE RECOVERY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AS AN INTEGRATE PART OF
THE BRITISH EMPIRE."
Ithodes, poBsesslug all tbe in
genuity, audacity and unscrupulous.
ness of bis Prototypes Robert Clive,
Warren Haatings and otber trans
gressors wbo were so instrumental
In tbe extension of tbe Uritisb Em
pire, was driven by a pasalonate
desire to make blmself a great name
In hlstory. With tbis aim in view
be grasped tbe da to make England
and tbe Anglo-Laxon race tbe
domiuuüng puweri ol tne wond.
To bring about tbe uuiou ot all
EngilBU speakiug peopie, Rhodos
estabiisbed, in tbe convictlon tbat
educatlonal relations make tbe
tioiigest tle tbe so-cailed "Rhodes
Scholarshlps' for which be set aslde
a fund ot ßeveral Million pounds. .
Tbis Institution provldes tbe eleo
tlon ot tbree to nlne sebolars from
each of the BrlUsli Colonles and
two from each State and Territory
t wuiLii diiilci, vi uue uuuurcu
In all. Each scbolarshlp covers a
tbrea years' course at the Universlty
nf Oxford, and carh ntmtpnt rocl
au wtv.wivB vfc Dwv jjuuuus a ycur,
which is equlYalent to X50ff. la
awardlng the scbolarsblps aecount
shall be taken of various uallties,
among tbem the desir, to sem in
publlo allairs.
ün July 1. 1S99, Rhodes dictated
anotber draft ot bis last will, In
wbteh the provislons for tbe scbolar
sblps are niore peclHed. In January,
lyul, be added tbe tollowlng codicli;
"I not tbe German Empcror bas
mado lnBtrnction in EngilBh coin
pulsory In German schools. 1 leave
live yearly Bcboiarsbips at Oxford
ot 250 pounds per annum to
Student ot Gttman blrtb, the
sebolars to be nomlnated by tbe
German Ernperor for th Urne
being."
Tbat tbese dlspoBitions are not
fully approved at Oxford, appears
from an article "Tbe American
Rhodes Sebolars at Oxford" In tbe
"Educatlonal Review" of February
19U5. On page 117 it says:
"Oxford is carrying out tbe
Rhodes bequest witbout being In
sympathy wlth the Anglo-Saxon
ideal. Wben tbe Dons think aloud
tbey blurt out the trutb that In
tbelr estimatlon tbe CoIobsub ot
South Africa made a glgantlc
mistake in undertaklng to educate
Germans, Americans, and even
OolonlalB, at Oxford on terma ot
equallty with Engllsbmen. Tbey
do not besitate to say tbat it would
bave been bette? it be bad lest
bis fortuue to tbe universlty ltself,
which is not well endowed. ai
tbough tbe Colleges themselves are
' rieh. Tbey conslder it a nils-
tortune tbat tbe Rhodes' Scholar.
Bhlp Trust is diverted from the
educatlon of Engliabmen. Welsb-
men and Scotcbmen, and posslble
iiiouuivu u weit, vu Luiuaiuuaiy
enterprlBe for eonverting Germans,
Americans, and Colonials Into good
Anglo-Saxon. Tbey would cer-
talnly bave dropped the Oermaus,
lt tbey couid bave bad tbelr way;
for tbey do not belleve tbat tbe
Student nomlnated from the palac
in Berlin will ever be good ,Angio
Saxons. Some of tbem say o'utrlgbt
tbat tbe Rhodes' Scbolarsnlp Trust
will nable tbe German Empcror
to give candidates for tbe
diplomutio servlce a good training
in Engusn studies witbout expense;
and ttiat wben tbey leave Oxford
tbey will be niore uncompromlslng
Germans tban ever. The Americans
ar regarded as more hopeful Sub
jects of Anglo-Saxon missionary
effort than th Germans."
These last remarks indlcat clearly
th Object of tbe Rhodes' Scholar
Bhlps. Uy taklng from tbelr native country
every year such largo numbers of
American stuslents and by placing
tnem lor so long a Urne under tbe
Btrong lntluence ot UritiBh students
and Professors at a Lrltlah universlty,
such an Institution cluarly alms at
nothing Icbs tban to form. In tinie,
from the reclpients ot theue scbolar
shlp a vast arrny ot active agents,
wbo may be counted upon to carry
out Ia tbe United State Englands
fund hopes, as tbey become in
fluential cltizens or leaders and
otncial represeutatives ot tbe Amer
ican peopie.
The great dunger to the freedorn
ot tbe United States from tbis in.
stitution becomes clear wben lt is
sbowu to us tbat Rhodes' idea of a
World Empire under control ot Great
Dritain ls endorsed and furthered by
Andrew Carnegie and many otber
men of great lntluence. An article
published over Carnegie's stgnature
in the North American Review nf
June 18L2, under tbe heading "A
iXKJK Aneaa , contains the following
passage:
"Let men say what they will, I
say that as surely as th tun in
the heavens once hone upon
Britaln and America united, so
surely Is it one mornlng to rise
shlne upon and greet again the
"RE-UNITED STATES " THE
BRITISH AMERICAN UNION."
Tbe purpose ot tbia unlon Car
negie set forth in the sama articia
as follows:
"The advantages of a race con
federatlon are so nurnerous and so
obvious tbat one scarcely knows
bow to begln tbelr enumeration.
Conalder its defensive power. A
reunlon of the Anglo-Americans,
consistlng to-day ot one-hundred
and eigbt milllons, which fifty years
bence will number more tban two
hundred millions, would be unas
saHable upon land by any power
or Combination ot powers tbat lt
is posible to create. We need
not, tberefore, take Into aecount
attacks upon the land; as for tbe
water, tbe comblned fleets would
sweep tbe seas. The new nation
would dominat th world aud
bauiah from tbe eartu lt greatest
stain tbe rnurder of men by
men. It would be, th arblter
between nations, and enforce the
peaceful settiernent of all quarreis.
Such a glant among plgmies as tbe
Re-Unlted States would never need
to exert ita power, but only lntlrnate
it wisbes and decisions."
Vnd at anotber place Carnegie says:
Wer Britaln part of th, Re
United States all that she wouid
be interested about In turope would
be fully ecured; narneiy tbe pro
tection of her own soil and
tne cornrnand of th sea. No
baiance ot power or any simliar
question would be of the sligbtest
importance. The re-unlted nauon
would be prompt to repel any as
sault upon the soll or th rights
of any ot Its parts."
V leave it to thos raripra
acquainted with tbe hlstory ot Eng
land to Imaglne the consequences,
which such a unlon. under theleader'
sbip of th unscrupulous diplomats
ot England, would hav for all otber
nations.
Carnele not only exoresaed hla
resolut Ion to bring about tbis reunlon
In the words:. "Whatevei; ebtructs,
rsunlon, . I oppo: whatsvtr pro!
m .1.. I I f.un.l" Kiif li olan liiAnt !
lflWV I tf I..VI . tl.lr ' W HIDV .''. 1.
many Million doltars for tbis same
purpose. Numeroiis Americans be
lleve that tbe establlshment of a
dlseretionry endowment penslon
kund of almost ZüV,0v.oM for Amor
ican ollege and universlty Profes
sors has been made with no great
inoral assiatance to Carnegie's aim.
Just as such help ls expected from
that army of men, wbo reeeived tbe
"txäoetlts" of Rhodes" Scholarshlps.
Sunnis is rife also, tbat Carne
gie's endowrnent ot Z10.000.000 for
"International I'eace," has no otber
end, than to proclalm tbrough it
large tast ot weil pald orators and
lecturer to the peopie of our re
publio the blesslngs they are to get
wben they will sorget tbe evil doings
ot Jetferson, Franklin, Henry, Wash
ington, Herchheimer, Mnehlenberg
and all the otber tooiish mutineers
ot the "War ot Rebellion,' and will
return to tholr original vassalage of
England.
To dlacredlt tbes "rebels," numer
ous orators and autbors are . con
stantly at work. Harvard Professors
hav explalned in publlo lectures,
tbat George Washington bad an un
exampled temper and dld neither
possess large brain power nor educa
tlon; that Benjamin Franklln was a
iiar and dressed freakishiy to be a
social Hon; and that Patrick Henry,
Jeremlah Belknap and Noah Webster
speculated on insid tlps reeeived
from Congresamen. It feil to the
lot of Foultney Bigelow to besmireb
tbe Memory ot Steuben by Publishing
in the New York Sun of May 2,
1915, that "the famous Steuben ob
talned bis rank in the American
Army by a pious Prusslan fraud,"
and that "he was one of tbe alleged
Patriot, wbo came to Washington
with bogus titles to rank, and sought
tor tbe triuinph ot American Ilberty
only In so far as a alary foliowed
in its wake."
The gradual eliminatton from our
publlo sebool blstorles of all reler
ence to tbe nefarious part played
by England in American hlstory; tbe
moveiuent to ignore tbe celebratlon
of the Fourth of July and substitute
the slgning of the Brltleh Magna
Charta to be celebrated by American
youth as the tru orlgln ot our
independence, as proposed by Cas
negle, are so many indications,
whither currents are carrying our
peopie.
Dlstrust in tbe real Objects of the
"International Peace Society" grow
wben we note tbat Its President ls
Elibu Root. England's sollcitor In
America; and tbat among its vice
presidents are men lik Dr. Charles
W. Eliot, President Emeritus ot
üarvard, and Joseph H. Choate, Ex
Arnbassador to Great Britaln. The
forrner is the man, wbo in 1913 at
a banquet In New York lauded Ger
man Civilisation to tbo skies, Btatlng
that to no otber country America
is so deeply indebted as to German y.
Since the outbreak of the Europuan
Conflict tbis same person bas be
come notorlous for expre&sing
diametrlcally opposit vlews and
tor Buggesting urgently tbat the
United States should prepare to
enter tbe war in aid ot tbe Allies
and help In the destructlon of Ger
many. Ex-Ambassador Choate start,
led in January 1916 bla bearers, wben
at a banquet of the "Pilgrims So
ciety" be addressed the guests in
the words: "I now ask you all to
rise and drink a good old loyal toast
to the President and King George
of England!"
Hand in band with such "Patriot"
work a powerful pro-Brltlsh press,
Inftuenced and controlled by Lord
Northcliffe. publlsher of tbe London
Times, and by J. P. Morgan, the
American financlal and inunltion
agent for Great Britaln.
By displaying an exceedingly
hoBtlle attitude toward everytblng
German; by accuslng tbe German
element In the United States of dis
loyalty toward the land ot its adop
tiern; by working up a strong antl
German entlment; by Bupplementing
tbelr abusive language with drawings
and Cartoons ot the most insulting
and abornlnable cbaracter; and last
but not least, by tbelr lncessant
efforts to force the United States
into war wlth Verrnany, thls un
American press has not only de
graded ltself but made evident ita
bondage to Brltlsn dictations.
Inveigled Into tbi dangerous con
spiraey ar tbe owners and Presi
dent ot hundred of factoriea rnak-
lng arnis and arnmunltion; Senator
and Representative. interested in
tbe Stocks of those establlshment,
which provide "thlngs to kill" or
are needed to bring our country In
the täte of "preparedness;" further.
more universlty Professors. Ministers.
autbors and many otber American
cltizens ot prominence.)
Wbat havoc and dreadtul de
moralizatlon bas already been
caused by thls pro-Brltlsh Propaganda
among our peopie, appears from the
tact, tbat an "American Legion bas
been forrned, to figbt in British uni
form in Flander agalnst that
country which since the birth of our
Republio bas been a true friend ot
our United States: Germany.
To giv th reader an idea of tbe
demoralization tbat bas taken place
among our peopie, we quote her
verbaiiy from a lengtby article,
which under th heading:
"First of American Legion off for
Flander"
appeared in tbe Magazine Sectlon
ot the New York Times of May ZU,
191b. Approving tbe forniation of
th "American Leglun," this paper
state, that tbe legiou couslsta ot
American cltizens and tbat they
adopted "as their brigads badg th
coat of arm of George Washington
U) on tne uanadian maule ieaf.
The recrulting Station ot tbe legion
) For füll Information about thls
Subject wa refer to Carnegie's article
in th "North American Review" of
June 1893; to the Publication "Th
Conquest of the United States,"
distributed by the "American Trutb
Society" in New York; to the well
documented dlsclosures appearing In
th "Fatherland" ot March 22, and
April 26. 1916; to 3. ivor Stephen's
booklet "Neutrality," New York, 1916;
to "Issues and Events," "Fair Play"
oj 191. c, ' '
ls Toronto, and her hav ssernbled
repreHentatlves of forty-flv States
and Terrltorle ot the United States,
and her, witbout renounclng Amer
ican cltlzenshlp, tbey hav, made
oath, each ot tbem, as follows:
I will b falthful and besr tru
lleglance to hl Majesty King George
V. and I will, aa In duty bound,
honestly and falthfully defend hl
Majesty In person, crown, and dlgnlty
agalnst II nemiea and will obrv
and bey all Orders of hl Majesty
and of all th Generals and Officers
set over ms."
"The leader of all these men who
hav taken that oath is a Unitarian
clergyman and a Citizen of tbe
United States in tbe uniform of a
British Lleutenant-Colonel, Seymour
BuIIock, formerly a United States
chaplaln,"
About tbi sounder of the legion
tbe Times states tbat be was
formerly a cadet at West Point, "But
wben be beard Moody and Sankey,
he was convinced that he should
b an evangeilst and not a figbter.
He was that until he went to North
western Universlty, graduatlng aa a
clergyman in 1889. He got hl next
Chance at tbe army when be went
out as a chaplaln In tbe Spanien
war. Then he experlenced a change
of falth and became a Unitarian
clergyman." In 1914 he wa th
preacher at the Unitarian Church in
Ottawa, although still an American
cltizen. When hostilitles among tbe
European nations began, Bullock,
accordlng to tbe Times, "was mulllng
over the idea that he should do
something beslde preachlng and
talking for the causa of tbe Allies,
and then was born tbe idea of the
American Legion. Sir Sam Hughes
was enthusiastic and authorized tbe
project immediately. The Rev. Dr.
Bullock became captain and chaplaln.
The legion soon became too big tor
a captain to handle, so Sir Sara
Hughes made bim a niajor. His
organlzation outgrew that, so he was
made a Lleutenant-Colonel, with
BupervlBing authority over all the
American battalions."
Tbe article states, tbat the
members ot the legion "feel very
keenly about their American cltlzen
shlp and take lt for granted that
there will be some to questlon it
In fact, the American Consul at
Vancouver told Americans that their
eulistment in the British battalion
of tbe American Legion will cancel
their cltlzenshlp."
Enger to dlspel such scruples, the
Times states "that the American
Consul at Wlnnipeg takes the op
poaite view." Continuing it says:
"That the opinion of tbe members
of the legion regarding the worth
iness ot their project is shared by
their friends in tbe United States,
and friends in high places at that,
ls indlcated by many letters which
bave become a part of the archives
of the organlzation. Some of the
letters to tbe officers and men ot
tbe legion congratulate them on
the Step they have taken. Incidentally,
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President
Emeritus of Harvard Universlty, has
promiBed Colonel Bullock that be
will wrlte a preface for the book
used by tbe meu at the rellglous
Services in the field ' And the Amer
ican Legion March is belüg composed
by Sousa."
Furthermore it ls said, that, when
Bullock "got his appointment he
reeeived a letter from ex-President
William Howard Taft congratulating
bim on bis promotlon aud expressing
tbe bope tbat it would be permanent."
The same article contains also
the interestiug notes, that "at every
nieal in the mess room, decorated,
by the way, wlth both the United
States and British flags, tbe Amer
ican officers rise and drink tbe toast
"The King" and that the Ninety
Seventh Batallon betöre leaving for
the front, appeared in review with
15,000 otber troops betöre Sir Sam
Hughes, and was greeted along tbe
line as "the Yankees."
Much ado has been made In our
blstorles about the poor Hessinn
soldiers, who, having no free will,
during tbe ISth Century by their
rulers were hlred out to King George
III. to flght bis battles and suppress
the Americans in their heroic
struggle for llberty. It wa lest to
our 20th Century to wltness the
much more sbameful spectacle. that
free American cltizens voluntarily
hire themselve to King George V.,
to fight his mercenary battles and
help to crush a friendly nation, which
i struggling heroically for Its
existence.
And these men wear a badge
showing the coat of arm of George
Washington 1
Agalnst this profanallon of the
coat of arm of the "Father of our
Country," and agalnst the gross of
fenes committed by these Americans
agalnst the pirit of neutrality,
neither President Wilson nor Theo
dore Roosevelt has raised one
slngle word of rötest. Whll they
strived to excel ne anotber in base
Isss Insinuation and unjustltled
attacks upon the cbaracter of tbe
German element, tbey remalned
singulariy silent in face of the pro
British Propaganda carrled on In
our country to rerify the dreams of
Rhodes and Carnegie of th "Re
Unlted States." Shall we assume
that these acts have tbelr consent?
To frustrat this , sinister plot
agalnst the independence of our
United States ls th nd German
American rnust trive for with rnlght
and maln. In conjunctlon with otber
loyal cltizens they must demand that
the noble heroes of our two wars
for Indepeudence shall not have
fought in vain and that the achieve
ments of Jetferson, Franklln, Wasb
ington, Herchhelmer, Steuben and
all the otber Patriotin men of those
great times hall not becom ob
lUerated. They must lnslst, that
our republio ha a higher deatiny
than that of becoming satrap ot a
country the hlstory of which is
made up of tbe most abornlnable
crimes agalnst liberty and of inces.
sant oiitrage agalnst every country
and Island too feebl to offer
reslstance.
Now ls th tlme, when every
citizen should take to heart the ad
monition of Carl Schurs:
"MY COUNTRYI WHEN R1ÖHT,
KEEP. IT RIGHTjj ,WHEN.WRONCl
Ä TlßIELY'WÄRNING
New French Loan
The French need more money
for their war with Germany,
and they came to America to
get it They have to pay a
good price for it, much more than
they would have to pay for it in
their own country. lt iä quite
natural that the French govern
ment would prefer to rase the
necessary money by the means
of an infernal loan, if such had
the slightest chauce of success.
But it has not If it had, the
French government, if for noth
ing but business reasous, would
not apply for a loan in the Unit
ed States.
Other French and English
loans, mall and big ones, have
been made w this country ve
for, and as they were very pro
fitable, the common peopie were
not allowcd to participate and
share the profits.
But things have changed now.
The French government is ap
parently unable to raise the
money in France, and the funds
are well nigh exhausted. The
new loan, consequently, is not
as good a business proposition
as were the previous ones. Big
business, Wall Street, is not
specially interested in the new
loan, because it probably regarcis
it a risky proposition, and there
fore kindly invites the public
to share the prosit of this loan,
which they themselves do not
care to take over.
The invitation, published in
all newspapers with pro-Allies
tendencies, is nothing but a
poorly disguised attempt to rob
the pockets and savings of the
common peopie, who, by the
spreading of lalse and exagger
ated news, have been led to
believe that the allies will event
ually win the war.
This same press, that boasts
of its patriotism and American
ism and heaps insult upon insult
on those who do not share its opi
nion on world politics, on those
who do not care to. see this
great republic again under Eng
lish domination, as, we are sor
ry to say, it is practically now,
finds its highest ideala in the
spreading of false news and the
suppressing of correct .news and
such news, which are notagre
able. When the English govern
ment, a few days ago, publicly
announced the intention 10
blacklist American merchants
and American bankers, who did
not believe in an An"loFrench,
victory, and refused to bow to
the Orders from London, this
patriotic press, for the sake of
England and to the detriment
of American citizens, refused to
publish this Information, al
though the genuineness of it
could not be questioned. Why,
we ask, was the public refused
this Information?
Is it Dossible that they were
ashamed to admit, that Ameri
Economic Causes
The Percentage Shares of England and Germany of the World's Coal
and Iron Production aftd its Copper Konsumption during the last decades.
(The Copper Consumption is ignincant of the Electrical Industry.)
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Worl'di Production
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;The above diagrarns show plainly how England's percentage
share of the world's coal and iron production and copper con
sumption has gone back during the last few decades. The Ger
maa share in the same period has increased and erther reached
the amount of the English percentage or even considerably ex-
ceeded it. England is now attempting to recover by means of a
war the economic hegemony which it could not hold in peace.
It is remarkable that the economic decline of England as express
ed in the diagrarns has been faster than the gain of Germany.
The latter country has therefore not been the sole wicked com
petitor who contrary to all traditions was crowding out the
neighbor from his good position. It has had other helpers and
one will not go wrong in assuming that these have been the
backward English merchants and manufacturers.
(From "Franks. Ztg.")
8 ET IT RIGHTJ" wbjen far urpas
ses the saylng "My Country, right
or wrong!"
The German American, on whom
falls again an important role In the
coming struggle, must continue to
use th eftectlv weapon Truth
against mlsrepresentation and de
ception. Tbey must und tbo Anglo
Saxon Propaganda and th Machina
tion to plunge our United States
into, th present European Conflict
a Poor Investment.
can business, thankg totbeweak
protests of our government and
the hypoerisy of our daily press,
is today by all means and in
tention vuiiti' the trict con
trol of the English government,
or have things gone so far, that
this press finds it quite natural,
that our industry, our com-
rnerce. our hnances should be
under English control or under
the eupervision of those, who
claim to be Americans, but in
fact are nothing but the servants
of John Bull?
We do not believe that the
present effort of the French and
English to break through the
German line is made in good
faith. It looks much more as
if intended to help along the
French loan in this country. It
is even possible, that the "big
push", as the offensive is called
by our press, has only one Ob
ject, and this is to convince the
American peopie, that the Cen
tral Powers must lose the war,
and that the loans of the allies
are a good Investment.
Wall Street and Big business
controls our daily press. .The
papers are used to fool the
peopie into the belief that the
allies will win, although the
cold facts and the map speak
against such a possibility. Since
nearly three weeks the French
and Enelish have made tne
most stupendous efforts to throw
the Germans out of France.
Their total gain besides win
ning imaginary victories in the
Anglo-American press con-
Msts of 35 square rniles of ter
ritory with not one strategical
point, and this was partially
regained by the Germans. They
have lost thousands of men and
their arrnies would be destroy
ed before they could gain 2ü,
000 squaxe rniles, which they
rnust gaLn in order to drive the
Germans from French territory.
Eehind the present German
lines we find the French and Bei-
gian fortresses of Eille, Douai,
Mezieres, Sedan, Cambrai, La
Fere, Antwerp, Givet, Namur,
Liege and many thers, which
have been rebuilt by the Ger
mans since they wrested them
from their foes. Think, ' what
it would cost to regain them,
it it costs thousands and thou
sands of men to advance a few
miles in open field.
It requires little brains to see
that an Anglo-French victory is
impossible and it requires even
less brains to see, that a French
or English loan cannot, under
any circumstances, be a profit
able Investment to make for an
American citizen, who easily
can invest his savings in Ame
rican enterprises with tenfold
greater chances of success.
Do not believe the war news
in the pro-Allies papers, for you
are being lied to and fooled
with a purpose.
of the World War.
.Worlds Cortsvtttfition
N. I Copptr
-st"
CtrmiHj-SZZZZ:
Hin
to
igott 131z y itgs 19"' 13? f)'i
or In any other that may foliow.
Only by adherlng to the excellent
advice given by George Washington
in his Farewell Address, to avold all
entanglernents with foreign nations,
our cltizens can maintain tbis
country as "the Land of the Free,"
and nable lt to becom a model for
other nation by vlrtu of Im
partiallty, Love of Justice and
Slneerlty of Effort t restor to
manklnd th blesslng et Peace. --
Rußlands charfschü'tzkn.
In den Jagdgriindkn Sibirirn, mit 1(1
sukgsii uSgebildef.
Immer wieder liest man in Schil
tcrungen von den erstaunlichen Taten
besonders schießgelvondter Soldaten
des Zaren. Teutsche und Österreichs
sche Krankenpfleger, die während der
EefechtÄpausen auf dem Schlachtfelde
verwundete und Tote sammeln, sind,
wie kürzlich wieder während der
Kämpfe an der bessz:abischen Gren
ze, ihr Ziel gewesen oder die nie feh
lcnde Kugel machte bcim Stellungs
kriege das Halten irgend eine vor
geschobenen Postens auf die Dauer
unmöglich. Der jeweilige Wachsol
bat wurde sietZ erschesscn, und bai
war noch das besondei-j Unheimliche,
alle Opfer hatten immer die gleiche
Schußverletzung.
Wenn nun auch, f schreibt ein
Korrespondent, ein sehr großer Teil
cll dieser Erzählungen, die über eine
außergewöhnliche Gewandtheit in der
Führung des Feuerrohrs berichten,
in das Reich der Kriegslegenden zu
tüctverwiesen werden muß, so ist es
doch Tatsache, daß M unter Väter
chens Soldaten auch ganz hervorra
gende Kunstschützcn gibt Zwar beim
Militär sind sie nicht dazu erzogen
worden. Hier spukte bis zum Kriegs
ausbruch immer bei' der Ausbildung
las Wort des bekannten alten russi
schen Heerführers Smorow: .Die
Kugel ist eine Närri. nur daö Ba
jonett ist ein fixer Kcrl", und neben
dieser Weisheit die Ansicht, daß es bei
der modernen Schlacht gar nicht mehr
auf die Schießleisiungen Einzelner
ankomme, da dcrÄegner doch unsichtbar
sei, sondern das Salvenfcuer alles
machen müsse. Also Schießen und
Zielen haben die russischen Soldaten
wenigstens bis zum L August 2514
nicht gelernt, nur Knallen in irgend
eine Richtung. Zwar setzte ja die
Regierung auch Preise für Einzel
schußleistungen aus und verlieh de
r.en, die sich dabei auszeichneten, be
sondere Abzeichen. Aber die Offi
ziere sahen diese Uebungen stets nur
als etwas höchst Ueberflüssiges an,
das da befohlen wurde, um die ho
hen Herren bei guter Laune zu er
halten und eben abgemacht werden
mußte, aber für die Wirklichkeit kei
nerlei praktische Bedeutung habe. AI
so gegen das russisd) Militär kann
picht der Borwurf hoben werden,
daß es viele Kunstschützcn erzogen hat,
auch der Jagdbetried, wie er im
Lande allgemein üblich ist, trägt kei
ne Schuld daran. Denn die Bauern
bedienen sich dabei meist der Schlin
gen und sonstiger Fallen. Sie ver
wenden zur Munitwn vielfach ge
hacktes Blei und vermeiden, den Lei
siUngen dieser Ladung ' entsprechend,
den Schuß auf fliegendes Wild als
aussichtslos.
Meister der Führung des Feuer
rohrs haben aber die Tundern Si
biriens und des nördlichen europäi
schen Nußli-nd und des Kaukasus
jäh ansteigende, zerklüftete Berge er
zogen. Hier jagt der Wann allein.
Oft hängt am Treffen oder Fehlen
der Kugel, die gegen reißende Tiere,
aber häufig ach gegen eigene , Ge
schlechtsgenojzcn gerichtet ist, das Le
ben. Da lernt man schießen! Auch
die Tundern sind ein solcher Lehr
meister. An Gefahren bergen sie die
gleiche Fülle wie der Kautusus. An
blutdürstigen Bestien g'bt es auch dort
genug. Stammesfthden entfesseln
da zwar weniger den Kampf, als die
Tatsache, daß ein Schütze sich im
Pclzjagdrevier des andern eingenistet
hat. Jeder ahndet eben unlauteren
Wettbewerb den Sitten seines Lan
des entsprechend, und der Kampf tobt
jo eben um die Träger des wertvollen
Pelzes. Ins Auge muß die Kugel
treffen, sonst leidet oU Decke. Aus
solchen Schulen lind Rußlands
Scharfschützen hervorgegangen. Sie
verdanken also ihre Kunst , nicht der
militärischen Ausbildung, und ihre
Zahl ist natürlich schon dank des
manneraustreibenoen eyrganges uno
der geringen Bestedelung der in Fra
ge kommenden Gebiete eine sehr be
schränkte.
Beim Spielen im Schlaf
g immer, der Eltern in Kingsland,
R. 2)., fand der funfiayrtge Edwaro
Tslostoli unter dem Kissen des Ba
ters einen Revolver; er zog die Waffe
hervor, im nächsten Augenblick ging
dieselbe los und sein dreijähriges
Sckweitercben Roste stürzte tot zu
Boden. Ob er auf die kleine Roste
anlegte und feuerte, oder oy pcy vre
Wafse zufällig in seinen Händchen
entlud, konnte nickt festgestellt wer
den. Als die Mutter, durch den
Schuß herbeigelockt, das Kmd sanv,
war es tot. Man benachrichtigte die
Bolizci. Bon einer Festnahme deS
Kindes nahm man selbstverständlich
Abstand, wird aber ven usaitx oes
Kleinen wegen des Besitzes der Waffe
verantwortlich machen.
Neter Runbera. ein Farm
arbeiter, 45 Jahre alt, ertrank im
Drv Greet tn der Rahe von Lsanna,
Kans. Er war unverheiratet. Es
wird vermutet, vatz er veri.uq:e, ven
Er! zu Pferde zu kreuzen. DaS
Nkerd wurde am nächsten Tage ohne
den Reiter aufgefunden. RunbergS
Leiche wurde am Ufer des Creef aus
gefunden, nachdem daS Wasser abge
laufen war ' ? ' V
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