Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 9, 1918, Page 4

GERMANY'S PLAN MANY AGES 0LD Spirit of Milifarism and Canueét Is as Old as Germany Itself. SEEK CONTROL OF WORLD Failure Due to Fact That It Did Not Include a Reckoning With Hu- man Nature as God Made It. (By HAPSBURG LIEBE of the Vig- Ilantes.) The average man of those who have kept up with current events dur- ing the last few years will tell you that Germany's colossal plan is. 40 years old. As a matter of fact, the seeds of It were sown more than-a dozen times 40 years ago. The spirit ‘of mllitarism' and conquest and might- is-right is as old as the Teutonic war party, which is as old as Germany it- gelf. The majority of the other na- tlons saw plenty of signs of the mon- ster, for the war lords were brag- garts, and they could not refrain from boasting of their scheme. The won- der of all is that these other natlons, the United States included, have not been taking preparatory and defensive measures for several decades. The ultimate aim of the plan was, of course, the complete control and kulturization of the world. It was born of brains rendered brutish through the over and over intermarry- ing of an autocracy that was barba- rian to begin with. A little like a moon-calf, it was at the outset, but*its morally befuddled parents fostered it until they actually belleved it pos-. sessed rare virtues; and they inocu- lated the people with its germs until the people themeslves fell for it. Human Nature Left Out. So far this plan has failed, however | narrowly, for the simple reason that it did not include a reckoning with the human nature that God made. The soldiermen of other nations are in the long run stronger than the cast-in-the- mold iron soldiers of Germany. It is the thorough organization of the Ger- man armies that has been the chief difficulty of the entente allies. Per- haps the greatest strength of the plan itmelf, however, lay In the very stu- pendousness of it. Few would be- lleve that any one nation would dare attempt to enslave the rest of the world. Half the rest of the world does not realize it yet. It is too big for thelr imaginations. Their imagina- tions are, naturally, peace-time. This is the main trouble with us here in America. So many of us will not see what we are facing or what we are fighting for. If we did see, the success of the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross drives, the food-saving and the fuel-saving campaigns, would be much greater. It's of no use now to harp that our administration leaders should have seen the signs of the times several years ago; It kills no German to blame our representatives at Wash- ington for having been in the past, not statesmen, but politiclans serving their own Instead of their country’s in- terests during those fat, sleepy years before Germany pried open the gates of Hell and loosed its legions upon earth. The one thing to do now is to make stepping-stones of mistakes and ” work for Liberty! The Pregnant Truth. There is a great deal of truth which we must not let go by us. You areapt to push out your chest, I know, amd say: “Impossible!” Let me remind you of the fact that the last three years have been crowded with achieve- ments of the impossible! Here is that pregnant truth: If we let Germany win over there, Germany will carry the conquest over here. It is a part of her colossal plan. Else why this elaborate spy system in America? Man, it is'a more complete organization than our own government! If they come, of course, we are willing to die for our country, which is noble and brave, but what of our womenfolk? There lies the reddest Hell of the war, brother. ! Remember the unspeakable violation of Belglum. And remember it, we who have not gone to France, should do our part to plant such crops as we never be- fore planted, to support as we never before supported such movements as the Liberty loan and the Red Cross, and to suppress German propaganda. Selah, and Amen. Go to it, Amer- fean! g’:xoxozo:o:oxo:o:op;o:o:o:o:o:o:ozoxoxbzo:o: - _%aWORKS IN FACTORY AND % fi' GIVES WAGES TO POOR SIITITOZOINS, C.*McCrady, a society favorite, is doing her bit by working ten hours and 45 minutes every day for the Unlon Switch and Signal company. Every morning at ] 6:45 Mrs. McCrady rides in her i %% big green automobile to the gar- age near the plant, stables her :.‘ machine, walks into the plant, .:, dons a uniform of khaki blouse, overalls and cap and works on ": a lathe making cylinders for ¥ the Liberty motors until 5:30 each evening. The wages she ] earns are turned over to a poor & family. Mr. McCrady is in the Pittsburgh, Pa.—Mrs. Howard ::, LIKE HIS IMPERIAL ' MASTER Von Buelow, Und, "m'-wmn of the ! German Eagle, Typical as of IlI- Omen to Mankind. \ From Brand Whitlock's story of Ger- man oppression in Belglum® in Every- body’s Magazine, we take the following account of a single incldent that oc- curred in. May, 1014, just-before the war. * Mr, Whitlock, with’ other diplo- mats, was the dinner guest of Mr. Von Buelow, the German minister to Bel- glum, / - “We were standing by a table in the corner of the room, and from among the objets d’art, the'various trinkets, the signed photographs in silver frames, with which it was loaded, he drew forward a silver bowl that he used as a cendrier. As I dropped the ash of my cigar into it, I noticed that it was plerced oncone side near the rim by 8 perfectly found hole,. the jagged edges of which were thrust inward; plainly a bullet hole; doubtless it had & history. I asked him. “Yes, a bullet hole, he said. In China it stood on my desk, and one day during the riots a bullet came through the -window and went right through it. “Several of the guests pressed up to see; such a bowl with 1ts jagged-bullet hole and a history was an excellent subject for conversation; the German minister had to recount the circum- stances several times. « have never had a post, he sald, ‘where there has not been trouble; in Turkey it was the revolution ; in China it was the Boxers. I am a bird of 1ll- omen.'” MAKE LIGHT OF ALL RISKS British Aviators Think Little of Dan- ger When There Is a Chance to Hurt the Enemy. The daringly low flights of English airmen at the front are shown the official notes to awards of the military cross: . Lieut. Richard Aveline Maybery, Lan- cers and R. F. O,; after attacking two airdromes In succession at very low al- titudes and inflicting considerable dam- age, attacked and dispersed a number of mounted men and then attacked & freight train. He next attacked and shot down a hostile machine at 500 feet, and before returning attacked a passenger train. ‘Second Lieut. Walbanke A. Pritt, R. F. O, In attacking a hostile alt- drome dropped bombs from & very low, altltude and attacked and destroyed two enemy machines almost as soon as they had left the ground. A machine gun then opened upon him from the atrdrome, which he immediately at- tacked. Both on his outward and homeward journey he was under very heavy fire. Once he attacked a mo- torcar and shot one of the occupants ‘| trom about fifty feet, afterward attack- ing infantry on the march and inflict- ing severe casualties upon them. Second Lieut.-Alexander A. N. Pent- land, R. F. C. descended to within twenty feet of the ground and fired into eight hostile machines. On his return Journey he attacked a trafh with con- siderable effect from low altitude. He has always shown fearlessness and de- votion to duty in attackiilg enemy bal- loons and troops on the ground. Finland's New Flag. The Russian revolution will probably result in lengthening the list of the world's flags by several additions. Fin- land, which, since March, has ceased to be a grand dudchy and has declared her independence and status as a re- public, has now decided on her national colors. She will have three different standards: the natlonal-flag, the flag of the merchant service. and that of the pllot and customs services. The national colors are those which were acclalmed at the time of the revolu- tion, the yellow lion of Finland sur- rounded by nine white roses on a red ground. The flag of the merchant service will have a yellow perpendicu- lar cross on a red ground and in the top right-hand corner, nine white roses set symmetrically in three rows. The pllot and customs services flag will be the same, except that it will carry the iyellow of Finland instead of the white roses. Fought With Owl. An employee of the Helena Land and | 8N €X Lumber company near Perkins, a short | capsule. distance north of Escanaba, Mich., had a desperate encounter with a huge owl while walking through the woods late at night. His first warning of the attack was when he was struck on the head and his fur cap pulled off. The great claws of the bird next were fastened to his skull and his face. . After a desperate fight In the dark the man succeeded in securing a good hold on the owl and killed it by dash- ing its head against a tree. The owl is on exhibition at the camp and is gald to be the largest ever killed In that vicinity. $500,000 for Muskrat Skins. The, annual January fur auction closed at St. Louls with sales totaling aproximately $8,350,000. A lot of 710,000 muskrats brought $500,000. Many of the skins brought $1.50 each, an average price for good pelts being 75 cents. A few years ago muskrat skins sold on the market at low as five cents each. A collection of beaver brought $25 per skin and the small lot of martin from Alaska set a %{] record price of $57 each. Extraordinarily high prices paid this year were said to be due to the high quality of the furs. More than 350 buyers from all parts ¢ the world attended the sale. THE BEMIDJI DAILY i’lONEER AR LT | "JJifi{MiiU[Hfii[ | E‘“”I'h, T ‘. u"M,U“ | Science'Solves the Butter Problem jvith;Bufier_ Made from the White .+, yMeat of Cocoanuts - . [Just when the price of butter threat- ens to make it an unattainable luxury, scieice perfects TROCO, the new vege- table butter made from the white meat of i the cocoanut. : i It tastes exactly like the finest cream- i ery butter and is even more wholesome and-pure. = It is churned with fresh Pasteurized milk to give true butter flavor. B i _. Because of old laws, made before this discovery, we are compelled to label this \ nut~mac!e butter as oleomargarine. 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