Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 4

The Peril of Prussianism DOUGLAS WILSON JOHNSON (Continued from page- 2) ~ wrong. That which benefits the State is good, mo matter what evil it “may bring to individuals. Compared with the good of the State, the lives and the property of individuals, the suf- fering of mankind, and -the harm done to other governments are as nothing. These are doctrines born of the Prussian ideal, and applied with conscientous consistency in the pres- ent war by the Prussian Government. “The State,” writes Treitschke, “is the highest thing in the external society of man; above it there is nothing at all in the history of the world.” The ‘development of the State demands a Policy of aggresaive militarism, there Prussianized Centiral Europe as it exists in the early part of 1917, showing the vast territory now completely under the domination of Prussiam [y militarism. . fore war is moral aud in thé last anal ysis more ,to be desired than peace. The safety of the State demands ex- . pansion to the Mediterranean, hence /the provocative ultimatum to Serbia was thoroughly justified. The advan- tage of the State necessitates a quick attack on France through neutral Bel gium, therefore the wholesale slaugh- ter of an innocent people while un- fortunate is a proper measure. The security of the army, the strong right arm of State, is promoted by ter- rorizing the civilian populations of oc- ‘cupied territor'es, and so the shooting of hostages, the burning of cities, and the commission of unspeakable oiit- _ rages are to be tolerated for the good end they serve. International law for- bids the levying of indemnities on cap- tured cities, the deportation of civil- ians, the employment of enemy sub- ‘Jects in military work, thé bombard- ent of open towns; but the State is ‘higher - than international law and these things may be done if they are of advantage to the State. Humanity forbids the slaughter of non-combat- ants and the murder of women and children; but the State is higher than humanitarian considerations and these crimes are defensible if they are of convenience to the State. To the logical believer in the Prussian ideal of government, “military heces- sity” 1s an allsufficient explanation for any crime, no matter how bar- barous or revolting. There is no crime, if the State—that is, the Hohen- vollern™ autocrat—gains some advan- tage from the deed. ‘We ‘need not deal specifically with the burning of Louvain, the bombard- ment of Rheims cathedral, the Zeppe- lin raids on Paris and London, the sinking of the Lusitania and other submarine atrocities, the deportation of girls ‘from Lille and of workmen from Belgium, the judicial murder of Edith Cavell and Capt. Fryatt, be- cause all of these are but symptoms, und perfectly logical, and normal symptoms, of the aggressive militar- ism which is inextricably bound up with the Prussian ideal of govern- - ment. "A people devoted to the Prus- slan ideal become insensible to wrongs which revolt the consciences of other PSR e SN Y B AN W A1 %‘9—{\; Prussianized Central Europe according to + the mo-called ‘status quo ante,” show- ing the basis on which Germany is willing to end the war. Black areas show extent of absolute Prussian control; hatched areas, spheres German influence where Prussian control would be dominant, speople, not because such a people is inherently more barbarous, but be- cause militarism and the false doc- trine of the divine right of the State inevitably degrade the ideals and brut- alize the instincts of any political society.. The American people, sub- missive for a few centuries to the false teachings of the Prussian ideal. imbued with the pernicious idea that they were destined by God to force the superior culture of their divire State upon the rest of the world for its own good, would commit acts as bar- .. barous as any which have stained the " record of German warfare. THE ISSUE. We have seen that the Prussian ideal of government and the American ideal cannot exist together in the world, and that the Prussfhn ideal - 18 of fiecessity viclous in“its nature atid degrading ih its &ffécts, For Atnericatid thers is but oné issue from .mand ‘for an inclusive peace. must perish, the American ideal must live. We fight net to revenge the Lusitania, not to rebuild Louvain, not to exact-reparation for murdered wom- en and children. ‘We fight to slay thé government which taught its people to commit such damnable atrocities. ‘We fight that never again may a na- tion with cynical insolence throw in the face of the world the base asser- tions that treaties are scraps of paper, that necessity knows mno law, that might 18 the right of the strongest, and that the State can do no wrong. We fight to hurl the Hohenzollern and his dangerous .doctrine of divine right upon the scrap-heap of useless trum- pery, and to set the German people in his place, that they may learn to rule ‘themselves. : How shall the end be achieved? Not by a half-way war, not by conciliation or compromise. Great ends a&re not achieved by petty measures. The Im- perial German armies must be defeat- ed on the battlefield and driven from the lands they conquered. -The Ger- man people must learn that for all its inefficiency, democracy {is stronger than disciplined autocracy.. Restitu- tion of the fruitiy of past conquests must be required, Bosnia and Herze- govina, Alsace-Lorraine and Poland re- stored to rightful sovereignty. The German people must learn that the dream of a Central European Empire, founded on military conquest, 1s for- ever dashed to earth. Reparation for grievous wrongs, so far as these may be repaired by money indemnities, must be exacted. The German peo- ple must learn that upon the guilty aggressor, not upon the innocent vic- tim, falls the heavy burden of re- storing ravished lands, rehabilitating burned and pillaged cities, supporting ruined homes, and indemnifying those whose innocent loved ones were foul- 1y wronged or slain. War in the past has been immensely profitable to Ger- many. She must be taught that it is the most costly erime a nation can commit. With these ends achieved we may reasonably hope that the Ger- man people, sick of the bloody dis- asters born of Prussian militarism, will awaken from the trance in which they live and throw off the hateful Hohenzollern yoke. If they do mnot, then we must fight to force the central citadel of Prussian power. We must not lay down the sword till the Hoh- enzollern throne is empty. When the sufferings of this war press heavily upon us, when long cas- ulty lists fill the columns of our pa- pers, when business losses mount high and the people clamor for bread, there will arise a loud and insistent de- Then let us envisage the magnitude of the issue of this war, and prepare to make sacrifices commensurable to the ends we seek. Let us remember that we fight to tear out, root and branch, an ideal government deep-grown in cen- tral .urope. The gathered strength of centuries is not overcome by the efforts of a day, nor the strugglés of a deluded people stilled without much suffering. The contest may lengthen into years, defeat may humiliate us and dangers increase, every family may mourn its dead and every heart be heavy with foreboding; still let us fight on, shoulder to shoulder with our gallant allies, till the liberty of the world be won. As Christ died to make men holy, let us die to make men tree; for God is marching on. e e DRY CLEANING Clothes Clewners for Men, Women and Children Y:CLEANING HOU E(%@nwsm« BROS TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving Res. Phone 58 8§18 America Office Phone 12 FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E, IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave., - Bemidji, Minn, For satisfactorv prices, bring or ship your Hides & Furs CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. . —of— Beltrami Elevator & Milling Company. R ARTICLE 1. Section 1. The name of this corpora- tion shall be Beltrami Elevator & Mill- ing Company. Section 2. The general nature of its business shall be: (a). To manufacture, buy, sell, export, import and generally deal in flour, feed, breakfast foods and other articles man- ufactured ‘from grains or cereals; also to operate in connection therewith grain warehouses, elevators and cars, for the storing and carrying of grain, flour and food products, ‘ (b). To! purchase, lease or otherwise acquire all lands’and buildings necesary and useful in the conduct of said busi- ness, and to erect and maintain plants, offices,” mills, elevators, warehouses' and such “other buildings and ,e?uipment as shall”be necesary and useful; also to equip'the same with tools,, machinery, apparatus, fixtures and conveniences for the manufacture, man{pulation, prepar- ation, preservation, packing and hand- ling of the materials and products of the company. (c). To manufacture, purchase, or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, mort- gage, pledge, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, “to invest, trade, deal in, and deal with, goods, wares and merchandise, and real and personal prop- erty of every class and description; and in particular, lands, bujldings, business concerns ‘and undertakings, mortgages, shares, stock, debentures, securities, concessions, products, = policies, : book debts and claims, patents, patent rights, licenses and privileges, inventions, im- provements, processes, trade marks and trade names. and any interest in real or personal property, and any claims against such property, or against any person or company, and to carry on any business concern or undertaking so ac- quired either as sole owner, or owner o e L3 Kidney Disorder : (BY DR. V. M. PIERCE) “The most simple methods are usually the most effective ones when treatin| any _disorder of the human system.”, The mere drinking a cup of hot water each morning, plenty of pure water all, day, end a little Anuric before every meal has been found the most effective- means of overcol idney trouble, Death would occur if the kidneys did not work day and night in separating poisons and uric acid from the blood.” f The 3 _ are d:,uk.uhe, epressions, pains, heaviness, drowsiness, irntability, Legdwfm, ehilline’ts, rheumatic twinges, swollen joints or gout. Since it is such a simple matter to step into- your favorite drug store and obtain Anuric, A:{one who earnestly desires to | regain health and new life will waste no time in beginning'this treatment. d MINNESOTA WOMEN SHOULD TAKE THIS ADVICE. Minneapolis, Minn.—~“I suffered for many years with woman's weakness and kidney trouble. I would havedread- ful backaches and of an interest or part of such undertak- |} ing, as-a partner or otherwise. Section . 3. The principal - place for the transaction of the busines of said corporation shall be at the City of Be- midji, Beltrami county, 'Minnesota; 'but it may establish, equip and maintain of- fices”and carr{ on any of its operations and business in any of the states, terri- tories or districts of the United States, or any foreigm country, subject: only: to the laws of such state, territory, dis- trict or country. 7 ARTICLE II. Said ‘corporation shall commence on the first day of January, 1918, and shall continue for a period of thiry years, . ARTICLE IIL The names and places of residence of the .persons forming said corporation are; Thomas- S. Ervin, residing at Bemidji, Minnesota. H. C. Ervin, Jr., residing at St. Cloud, Minnesota. ; E George Rels, residing at St. Cloud, Min- nesota. Thomas Hughes, residing at Bemidji, Minnesota. ARTICLE 1IV. The government of said corporation and the management of its affairs shall be vested in a board of four directors, who-shall be elected from the stockhold- ers of said corporation at its annual meeting, which shall be held in the City of Bemidji, Minnesota, on the first Tues- day in September of each year, and they shall hold office until their - successpr: are_ elected and qualified. 3 - Until the first annual meeting of the stockholders of said corporation, to: be held at the City of Bemidji, Minnesota on the second Tuesday in September, 1918, and until their succesors are elect- ed and have qualified, ' the - following named persons shall constitute the board of directors of said corporation: Thomas S. Ervin, residing at’ Bemidji, Minnesota, H. C. Ervin, Jr,, residing:at St. Cloud, Minnesota, George Reis, resid- ing at St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Thomas Hughes, residing at Bemidji, Minnesota. ARTICLE V. The officers of this corporation shall be a president, vice president, secretary ‘and a treasurer, all of whom shall ‘be chosen by the board of directors from the stockholders of said corporation..The offices of secretary and -treasurer may be held by the same person. a4 Until the first annual meeting of the stockholders. of said corporation, and until their successors are elected and have qualified, Thomas S. Ervin shall be president, H. C. Ervin, Jr., shall be vice president, George Reis shall be secre- tary and Thomas Hughes shall “be treasurer of this corporation. R 3 ART o The capital stock of said corporation shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), and the same shall be divid- ed_into one thousand shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each. Said stock shall be fully paid for when issued. ARTICLE VIIL The highest amount of indebtedness or lability to which said corporation shall at any time be subject, shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). In Testimony Whereof we have here- unto set our hands apd seals this 19th day of December, 1917, . In presence of: GRAHAM M. TORRANCE MARGARET THOME As to Thomas_S, Ervin and Thomas Hughes. L. D. VALE M. E. NEELY 5 As to H. C. Ervini. Jr., and Georg els. THOMAS 8. ERVIN (Seal) A (Seal) H. C. E: (Sealg GEORGE REIS (Seal State of Minnesota, County of Bel- trami, -ss. On this 19th day of December, 1917, before me, a notary zubllc within and for sald county and state, personally ap- peared Thomas S. Ervin and Thomas Hughes, to me known to be the same persons described in and who executed the foregoing jnstrument, and acknowl- edged that they executed the same as their free act and deed. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE, Notary . Public, - Beltrami County, State of Minnesota. My commission expires Aug. 24, 1924. » . (Notarial Seal) state of Minnesota, County of Stearns, 88, - On this 19th day of December, 1917, before me, a notary public within and for said county and state, é)ersnna.lly ap- peared H. C. Ervin, Jr., and George Reis, to me known to be the same persons de- scribed in and who executed the forego- ing instrument, and acknowledged that they executed the same as their free act and deed. LEVI D. VALE, Notary Public, Stearns County, State of_Minnesota. My commision expires Nov. 8th, 1923. ' (Notarial Seal) State of Minnesota, - of State, ss. I hereby certify that the within in- strument was_ filed for record in this office on the 22nd day of December, A. D. 1917 at 11 o'clock A. M. and was duly recorded in book E-4 of Incorporations on page 716. Department JULIUS A. SCHMAHL, © Secretary of State. Office of Register of Deeds, Beltrami county, Minnesota. 1 hereby certify that this instrument was filed in this office for record on the 24th day of December, A. D. 1917 at 9 o'clock A. ... and was duly recorded in book 9 of Misc. on page 576. (Seal) C. O. MOON. Coldberg’s - Hide & Fur Co. 112 3rd St. Bemidji, Minn. We also pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for RUB- BERS, METALS and RAGS Phone 638-W -JACOB GOLDBERG, Prop. Register of Deeds HD. - 2td 1227-1228 DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Suite 10, O'L -pomr Bldg. .Oftice P! 153 DR. L. A. WARD . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppinan Block Bemidji, Mint. i ) ] to be able to give me any relief and finally told me nothm& but an operation would help me—this 1 did not want. Ahout that time I saw Dr. P; ‘medicine # began.' at ‘once’ taking. Dr. medicine restored good ~health, which I am still enjoying to this day.”— Mgs. L. LarsoN, 247 21st Ave. N. v 5 Pierce’s Favorite i l!l|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEII|I|lllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlVIIIIIII Headquarters For | Exceptinna’l’cnal Values To Our Customers After January first we feel compelled to place gasoline on a absolutely cash basis. You will Teadily understand why this must - be. Weé are allowed one cent per gallon for handling it. This must pay for the labor of a’ man at the pump, the necessary book- keeping it involves and the cost of mailing tsatements. 1f we sell you 100 gallons a statements. If we sell you 100 gallons a tomers exceed that amount, we make $1.00 providing we have no loss in shrinkage. You can see how soon this will run into money. Shrinkage and collecting leaves ~us very little profit, so little we feel we cannot carry a gasoline account.. For those operating trucks or delivery cars and find it inconven- ient’ to furnish drivers money, we will sell _coupon books, very handy to use. ‘We are ready to accominodate you in any reason- able manner and we know you cannot help seeing this matter in the right light and will co-operaté Wwith us. Thanking you for your liberal patronage in the past-and wisihng .you a happy and prosperous New Year; we remain, yours— ~ Letford Auto Company 50 COATS ON SALE wo’ AT = It was planned to put this event on just two wee s later; but because Easter falls so unusually early - this year and you will want to get the greatest amount wear out of your coat, we have hurried preparations along a bit, and begin this selling of 50 Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Coats for the first time Saturday, with values " that canjustly be called EXTRAORDINARY. : MATERIALS: Balivia, Pom Pom, Wool Velour, Plsh, Brsadeloh i ¥ Bem’ldjlr 0 I AT E——] i GREETINGS TO YOU That your future holds in store much prosperity, healty and wealth is our most sincere wish. - We have indeed appreciated your liberal patronage during the year just closing, and trust that it will be our privelege to know.you better, and serve you more efficiently as years go by A HAPPY NEW YEAR