Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1918 — SAVAGE RETURN HANDED WILSON BY HUN PRESS [ARTICLE]

SAVAGE RETURN HANDED WILSON BY HUN PRESS

As was to be expected, the industrial organs of western Germany savagely commented on President Wilson’s address. The Rheinshe Westfallische Gazette under the caption, “Wilson the Poisoner” says: “They are talking , to save their necks—Wilson, Lloyd George and the toothless tiger in Paris. With lawyers’ trick they are trying to humbug their deluded peoples. It is impossible to take President Wilson seriously.” Assuming naughty contempt the newspaper proceeds to prove to its own satisfaction that President Wilson failed in what it terms his three objects, namely, to hearten the British with tales of .inexhaustible American resources, to try and split Germany and Austria-Hungary and to play off the reichstag majority against the military power. “President Wilson, has had no luck,” the paper continues. “We can tell him that a complete accord has just been arrived at between Germany and ’ Austria-Hungary the effect of which will-become patent before long.” The newspaper concluded by enumerating all the misdeeds of the United States is supposed to have committed against Spain and sundry South American republics.