Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1918 — CALLS KAISER A MURDERER [ARTICLE]

CALLS KAISER A MURDERER

The New Yorker Volkszeitung, a Socialist daily printed in German, I announces the committee on public' information at Washington, express-| ed its opinion of the first great battle of the German offensive on the Somme in a powerful editorial, the editor taking for his theme the i lines of the poet Herwegh: “You have won the world’s foremost place in murderous infamy. Germania, I shudder at the mention of you.” After reviewing the cynical disregard of the kaiser and Hindenburg for all moral laws and human decencies, the editorial continues : ------7-

The worst battle of the great war, the bloodiest battle in all world history, continues. ♦ ♦ * Aggression continues. * * Murder continues. ♦ * ♦ But it is by no means certain that the German armies will succeed in opening the way to Paris and in throwing themselves upon the capital of the unfortunate country. \ If the military masters of Germany believe that the advantages they have already won in' this battle — yes, and even if they should come out victorious in this greatest of all battles in history—that this would bring nearer a conquerer's peace for them, they will be greatly disillusioned. The (resources of the allies are well-riigXz inexhaustible. The marauding march of the Hohenzollerns into the heart of revolutionary Russia has changed the views of all friends of peace in the allied countries. The nations are aghast at thought of the outlook in this war and at the ruthlessness with which it is conducted. Sharpened opposition will be the only outcoine of a German victory. And the worst feature of this greatest battle in world history is ! that it will undoubtedly serve to set back the thought of peace with the [German people.' The greater the. i victory the easier it will be for the | military masters of Germany to 'spread the view among the people [that the German army is unconquerable and that all that is required is patience and endurance: and then I peace will be attained —a conquer- | er’s peace. A great victory at the western front now will serve to weaken the growing opposition of the German people to the military caste. Through such a victory the junkers and pan-Germanists will get the upper hand more than ever, and the reasonable and peace-loving part of the population, and especially the working classes, will have their influence curtailed. All this the iH'ohenzollerns and their junker companions know very well. And that is why they stake everything to make this worlds greatest battle into a world’s greatest victory. This is the objective I for which they are ruthlessly sacriI fleing ‘upon t’lie altar of the father|land’ the sons of German mothers land the fathers of German children. It is for this objective that the ! blood of German soldiers flows in 1 streams into the rivers of northern I France and thence into the ocean. ■ This is the objective for which the flower of the German nation is beI ing slaughtered, for which a whole 'generation is being .wiped out. I And the kaiser thanks his God I for the help which He presumably lis giving him in this stupendous murdering. And the German people? * * * I ‘Germania. I shudder at the menI tion of you.’ .

The Evansville Demokrat, a daily and weekly German language newspaper published by F. W. Lauenstein at Evansville, Indiana, ceased publication and went out of business with last Sunday’s issue, after a mass meeting held there at which its suppression was demanded. The paper was started fifty-four years ago by Mr. Lauenstein’s father. Personally Mr. Lauenstein is a patriotic citizen, and his wife is chairman of women’s division in the Third Liberty loan campaign and has been doing great work for the American soldiers.

It’s rather puzzling to know whether it would be best to go by Mexico on our way to Europe, or wait and come by there on our return. That trouble spot is due for a, visit before long. Political discussions are taking second place these days. What is the use of going so far afield for a topic, when even such a simple thing as a loaf of bread furnishes an opportunity for-argument as to what it contains?