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§1 51
Why We Fight
No. 3
Became Germany'sLewis tbeUw
of the Jungle and Her Doctrine
Might Is Right"
By CLARENCE L. SPEED
Secretary of the War Committee of the
Union League Club of Chicago.
We are at war with Germany be
cause Prussia dominates Ger
many, and from the days of Freder
ick the Great, Prussia's law has been
the law of the Jungle, her doctrine
"Might Is .Right" and her policy, In
dealing with other nations, one of rob
bing the weak und terrorizing the
Htrong. Germany has grabbed terri
tory and exacted tribute from her
neighbors, and finally, her greed be
coming greater, has looked out over
more distant lands, and has commit
ted herself to a policy of world domi
nation which menaces the continued
free existence of every nation which
•will not submit to her will.
Germany's policy is not an acciden
tal one. It hus been carried out with
remarkable singleness of purpose
from generation to generation of
Jlohenzollern rule, from the time
of the Great Frederick until to
day. Germany's atrocities are not
incidental. They are a deliber
ate, well thought out part of this
Jlohenzollern policy, which was to
break down the resistance of her op
ponents, not only by fighting and de
feating their armies but by killing,
torturing and terrorizing the civil
populations.
The German rulers committed them«
selves to the doctrine of the survival
of the fittest. Through generations o(
teaching they made the German peo
ple believe that they, and they alone^
were? the fit.
We have the words of the German
rulers and German warriors and Ger
man leaders of thought for all of this
More than that we have the perform
ance of German officers and Germac
armies In conquered lands to prove it
Let's start with Frederick th«
Great in presenting the evidence
This monarch, who earned his sou
briquet through despoiling his neigh
bors, rather than through any real
qualities of mind which he showed
said, in a letter to his minister, Rad
zlwill:
"If there is anything to be gained
by It, we will be honest if deceptioc
Is necessary, let us be cheats. On«
takes what one can, and one is wronj
only when obliged to give back."
This philosophy, applied to presen*
conditions, means that Germany waj
right when she took Belgium, and wit
be wrong only if she is not able
hold it.
From Frederick the Great to Bis
marck is a long jump in the mattei
of time but we find the Prussian pol
Icy unchanged. Speaking before tin
military committee of the Prussial
Chamber of Doputles in 1862 Bis
jnarck said:
"Not by speeches and resolutioni
of majorities are the great questions
of the time decided, but by iron an
blood."
Then, with blo«d and iron, Prussit
went out and despoiled Denmark oi
territory in 1864, beat and robbed Aus
tria in 1866, and finally, in 1870
brought France to her knees and tool
her richest provinces.
Here is what the present kaiser told
his troops when, in 1900, they wen
about to depart for China to put dowi
the boxer uprising:
"Use your weapons In such a waj
that for a thousand years no Chi
nese shall dare to look upon a Germai
askance. Be as terrihle as Attilla'i
Huns."
Coming on-down to the present wai
we find a German 'minister accredited
to a neutral state far across the sea
one which one would think should b«
free from the entanglements of world
politics—writing home to his govern
-n nt, in a state paper, advising the
Hiriking of two ships from this neutral
nation, in such a manner that no trace
left. Dead men, he believed ,tell
no tales.
It was Baron Luxburg, minister plenl
potentiary to Argentina, who wrot«
this amazing dispatch on May 19,1917:
"I beg that the small steamers Oran
and Guazo which are nearing
Bordeaux ... be spared if possi
ble, or else sunk without a trace be
ing left."
This telegram was intercepted in the
United States and published. It sent
a thrill of horror around the world.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Holhveg ia
a true disciple of Frederick the
Great, Bismarck and his royal master.
In a public speech on January 31,1917,
he said:
"When the most ruthless methods
are calculated to lead us to victory,
swift victory, they must be employed."
So they were used, and are being
used today. They include sinking of
hundreds of neutral ships, the burning
of cities, the deliberate devastating
of the fair lands of France, the ravish
ing of women, the enslavement of
•workmen and the murder of little chil
dren.
Horrors such as these are told in de
tail in "The Prussian System," by F. C.
Walcott, who, for a long time, was en
gaged in behalf of America in trying to
get food to the Poies whom the Ger
mans were deliberately starving by
the hundreds of thousands so that they
might not cumber the land which the
Germans intended to occupy.
Knowing all this, can the American
people talk of any peace by negotia
tiqn? Can they stop this war until
this mad dog of nations is freed from
the military rulers who teach frightful
ness from the cradle, and will only
seize a respite now to prepare them
Mlvee for farther conquests?
TWO BLACK HOGS
By C. B. LEWIS.
(Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
James Graham had come to the sub
urban village of Springharbor In the
month of August, and hung out his
shingle as an attorney-at-law.
Clyde Sommers had come to the
same village one month later and hung
out his shingle as In the same profes
sion.
Their offices were not a half block
from each other, and, as they read
each other's signs, a spirit of rivalry
was born.
It was almost the first week of thpir
coming, when they caught sight of
Miss Minnie Sherman of the "Cedar
Grove" Manor house about three miles
out of town, but it was some time be
fore they realized that they were also
rivals in that case. It was by design
that Sommers called at the house and
made some excuse about an old deed.
He talked with the father and he chat
ted with the daughter, and he made up
his mind that he would win her.
Young Graham came later, and there
was no design about it. He was out in
his auto, with which he was not very
well acquainted, and it went "dead"
before the gate of the manor house.
When he had tinkered with it for about
ten minutes, Miss Minnie came out to
the gate to lend her assistance. There
Is a bond between autoists that makes
them do this, and not always wait for
an introduction.
In five minutes the legal machine
was all right again, and, though but
few words had passed, there was a
favorable impression on both sides.
By and by both young lawyers were
callers at the house. When tills state
of affairs had been going on for three
months, Mr. Sommers admitted to him
self that he was not gaining in his
object, #nd it provoked and irritated
him.
One spring day, when Miss Minnie
was driving her auto over a country
road, she had the misfortune to run
over and kill a black hog belonging to
a a e i s a e w a s k n o w n a
and wide for his hatred of autoists,
and their vehicles. He came out of his
house at the hog's last squeal, and he
came with furious language. He was
Interrupted by the statement that the
full value of the hog should be paid,
but when It came down to that he
wanted «bout five times as much as
the porker was worth. He was told to
sue for it, and he went off and sued.
That is, he came traiflping into the law
office of Mr. Sommers and demanded
his legal rights.
The lawyer took the caas. He wanted
to get even not only with the girl, but
with young Graham, who would be
employed to defend the case, if any
one was. He could defend himself to
the girl by saying that a lawyer must
take a case when it is offered him.
By a strange plaa of Providence,
young Graham went riding on the
same day. By a still stranger plan, he
ran over a black hog. The fatal acci
dents occurred three miles apart, but
they were both black hogs. When he
knew he had killed a hog, young Gra
ham descended from his vehicle and
drew the carcass Into the roadside
ditch. Then he passed on and thought
no more of it until he heard that Miss
Minnie Sherman had been summoned
into court. He heard of it by her call
ing at the office, and retaining him for
the defense. He hunted up the farmer
who owned the hog that he had killed
and paid for it and then had a confi
dential talk. As a consequence, that
farmer was called as a witness.
When the suit came off and the law
yer for the plaintiff had madeJils open
ing speech, young Graham, made a
motion that the case be thrown out of
court on the ground that he had run
over and killed a black hog himself on
that very day. There were black hogs
In plenty ^ut it was impossible that
two black hogs should meet their
deaths on the same day on the same
highway.
"But, your honor," protested Som
mers, "the plaintiff in this case had a
black-hog, too, and he was killed by
an auto. What becomes of him? There
seems to be a queer mlxup here."
"There does, indeed," replied his
honor. "I shall dismiss the case for
want of better evidence."
"But, your honor," shouted Som
mers. "This case has been befogged.
There was an intention to befog it
Why don't this court compel my broth
er to present his case in a legal way?"
"Because there is no case!" solemnly
replied his honor.
But there was another case six
months later and Mr. Graham present
ed it in such a manner that he won
hands down.
Fresh Water From Ocean's Depths.
On the coast of Bahrein island, in
the Persian gulf, there is no fresh wa
ter, so the inhabitants of that very hot
climate resort to getting drinking wa
ter from the bottom of the harbor,
where there are springs of pure water
that well up through the sand. Knowl
edge of the location of these springs
is handed down from generation to
generation. Divers equipped with wa
ter bags made of skins descend from
boats and catch the water as it flows
fresh from the sands by inverting their
bags over the current Of the spring.—
Marine Journal.
Sure Sign of Rain.
"A red sunrise, with clouds lowering
later in the morning," remarked the
Observer of Events and Things, "to
gether with the failure to lug your tjta
brella down to the office, Indicates
lain."
THE WA8HBURN LEADER. FRIDAY MAY 31, 1918.
WASHBURN
CAMP DODGE, IOWA
John Lindfors,Supply Co. Bn.D,338,F.A.
'Ernest Webster, Batt. Dt.338th F. A.
Robt. P. Fahlgren^ Quartermaster'^
M. Tellefson, Quartermaster's Dept
Paul, Brosz, Co.C,313 F. S. Bn.
Henry Wahl, Batt. C. 338 F. A.
CAMP PIKE, ARK.
Norval Lathrop, Batt. A,336, F. A.
Jas. W. Holkup, Batt. E, 335th F. A.
Ben A. Souther, Co.D, 336 M.G. Bait-
American Expedition in France
Fred J. Benn,- 163 Ambulance Co.,
Care of 163 F. H„ A. P. O. 714
Archie Fahlgren, Headquarters Co.
6th F.
Harry Hardy, 1st Class Private, Go.
1st Signal Battalion
Arthur Thompson, 151st F. A.,
Headquarters Co., Care of Band
Arthur Herred, 1st Class Private,
Co. C., 16th U. S. Inf.
Vic H. Thorstenson, American Exp.
Force A. S. S. C. France.
Roy Whitlock, Co. E, 21 Reg, Engrs.
B. E. Persinger, Med. Dept. P. O. 711
O. C. Peterson, 16th Co. 2nd. Reg.
M. M. S. C.
Roy Ekstrom Wm. Meyer
Rudolph Klein Jos Perkl
John A. Luthander Harmon King
In Other U. S. Camps
Wm. G. Fischer, Co. M.
20th Inf., Ft. Douglas, Utah
Carl Peterson, Co. M, 341st. Infantry,
Camp Grant, 111.
Lieut. H. N. Wallin, U. S. S. New
Jersey, Care of P. M-. New York.
Theo. Carlson, 447 Sq., Camp 3B,
Garibaldi, Oreg.
Geo. Hawkins, Base Hospital, Barracks
159, Ft. Riley, Kansas
John Wolitarsky, Ft. Clark, Texas.
Care of Post Hospital.
Lieut. Hugh McCulloch, 41st. Reg.,
Ft. Crook, Neb.
Grant Ulseth, 410 Aero Construction
Squad, VanCouver Barracks, Wash
Perry Wahl, 11th Co.
Ft. Caswell, N. C.
J. S. Schlichenmayer, Troop C,
13th Cav. Hidalgo, Texas.
Roy Indseth, U. S. S. Patterson,
pare of New York P. M.
Archie Nygaard, Cambridge, Mass.
Gen'l Del.
Corporal C. F. Wallin, 15th Co.,
Ft. Mills, Carragidar, P. I.
Lfeut. V. B. Wallin, Co. D, 356th. Inf.
Camp Funston, Kan.
Lee L. Benn, Battery A, 8451st. F. A.,
Camp Gordon, Ga.
Marion Rischel, 304 C. C. F. S. B.
Camp Meade, Md.
Roy Wahl, Co. C, Signal Corps
110 Field Signal Bn., Ft. Sill Okla
Donald King, Co. 106, Bar. 852 E
Camp Decature, Great Lakes, 111.
Roy Hanson, care of Y. M. C. A.
Fort Logan, Colo.
Carl A. Knudtson, Co. M, 358 Inf.
Camp Travis, Texas.
Ernest Hecht, 5th Depot Bn. Signal
Corps Co. G, Barracks No. 210,
Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.
Addresses Unknown
James M. Irish Frank Johnson
i
Discharged, Physically Disqualified
Walfred Ecklund, Washburn
Oscar Anderson, Washburn
DECEASED
Ira Solenberger, Underwood
Lawrence Stephenson, Turtle Lake
Louis Ousley, Wilton
Clyde Albrecht, Underwood
Relatives and Friends are requested
to help,us keep this list correct.
McLean County Honor Roll
UNDERWOOD
LEE R. AXTELL
JOHN PAUL BAUER
R. C. BAUER
JOHN BAAR
CLARENCE A. O. BERG
O. A. BOYD
J. S. CASEY
DELBERT CLARK
Wm. COLLINS
JACK COLLINS
BERT COLLINS
HARRY DILLMAN
CLARENCE EISENMANN
FRANK EISENMANN
ED. FISCHER
LOUIS FISCHER
STEVE FITZPATRICK
JOE GERGEN
DAVID GROSZ
HEINIE GROCHOW
MARTIN GROCHOW
GUSTAV A. GRUNWALD
JOHN HALEY
JOHN HENDRICKS
ARTHUR D. HEINZE
LOREN HIGHWAY
ERDMAN HOLZNAGEL
OSCAR JOHNSON
LEONARD JENNY
HENRY KOENIG
IRVING KRENGEL
OSCAR B. LARSON
STEWART LITTLE
JOHN MATL
R. O. MASON
ROGER J. METZ
FRANK McDORMAN
HEBER MERRIFIELD
HARRY MILLER
WM. A. MILLER
ALEX NESLAND
MIKE NICHOLSON
EDGAR L. OLSON
HENRY PETERSON
CHAS. ROGERS
EARL RUSSEL
WM. RYAN
ROY SNYDER
ALBERT SAYLER
JOSEPH STADICK
DR. ARCHIE STEWART
LLOYD STANDISH
WM. SIMMERSON
OTTO SCHENGEL
AUGUST SCHWANDT
CLIFFORD STEVENS
THEODORE SODERSTROM
JAKE WEISE
DEAN ZELLER
TURTLE LAKE
PEJTER ANDERSON
ADOLPH ANDERSON
RICHARD BARNES
OSCAR BELSHEIM
HARRY DEPEW
DONALD BOOTH
EMIL ELLINGSON
WALLACE GORDON
MERTON GOVEN
ARNOLD M. GUNNUFSON
ASHOP HAAS
EMIL HAAS
GOTTFRED HENSEL
THEODORE HERR
VICTOR LINDQUIST
LLOYD LEE
ORRIN LEE
FRANK LYNCH
FRANK MCDONALD
CLARENCE A. OLEIN
ERNEST RENFROW
JOSEPH SCIORTINO
HALVOR A SELTVEIT
ALBERT H. SLETTUM
JACK SMITH
FRED WALCKER
HENRY WALCKER
MERCER
PAUL GEORGE ANDERSON
CLAUD BAREMORE
HAROLD JOHNSON
GEO. B. KRUG
JESSE KLEIN
SAM NORRIS
WM. P. NORRIS
ANDREW NIELSON
GLEN ROWE
II. D. SLYDER
NICK YDE
bOUGLAS
JALMAR JC. FLADSETH
CARL E. JOHNSON
JOHN E. NELSON
CARL OSTBY
RED POLISHUK
a:-
V/ILTON
ROY A. ANDERSON
OTTO ANSTROM
GEORGE H. BENEDICT
EDWARD CLEVELAND
BYRAN DOUGHTY
ERNEST^ERICSO'N
HARRY FAVRO
EDWARD FISHER
DeWITT FLINN
WM. FOSTER
KENNETH GRAY
FRANK GILMORE
ALFRED O. FOSTER
GEO. HATFIELD
HAROLD H-ELGESON
LUDWIG O. HELLING
ALLEN' HUSTON
HARRY LAMBERT
R. B. LEWIS
CLARENCE W. HANSON
SIDNEY LARSON
CARL J. LINDH
SAM LOVE
JOHN MAW
IRL MALONE
HARRY D. McCLEARY
LEONARD McMARTIN
ELIAS M. MOE
CHAS. M. O'BRIEN
JOHN H. OLSON
LOUIS OUSLEY
LAWRENCE OUSLEY
a MILAN O'BRIEN
DAVID O'BRIEN
PERCY OOTHOUDT
JOHN OZMUtt
CHRIS PETERSON
RALPH RISHEL
HARRY RICHARD
ELDOR SAGEHORN
HARRY G. SHOWALTER
GEO. W. THOMPSON
DANIEL TIBBITS
BERT TRUAX
WAYSEL TUKAPEKEA
RICHARD L. WAGNER
GEO. WICKLANDER
AURA WILLIAMS
WARREN WRIGHT
MAX
MIKE SHEPHENKO
C. C. COWELL
ROBERT L. TILTON
GILBERT C. VALSVIG
J. H. HUESERS
WILL BONEKO
PETER GLOVITCH
JAMES POINTOVSKY
MARK ZAVALNEY
MATHEW CHALUPSKY
RAUB
ALVIN G. AABY.
D. A. BAERTSCH
WILHELM AMUNDSON
CLIFFORD JORGENSON
CYRIL STEELE
V/ALTER PETER
CLEVE L. SATHER
H. G. SCHNEIDER
RED SCHMIDT
JOHN H. JOHNSON
EL.BOWOODS
JOHN RABBIT HEAD
T- CROW
EDWARD M. DICKENS
MARTIN LEVINGS
THOMAS HAWK
ROBERT WINANS-
ROSEGLEN
JULIUS F. MATTSON
ARTHUR W. SKEITEN
JOHN KOLDEN
FRED WELCH
LAWRESfCE STRAND
RYDER
AMBROSE PALM
VICTOR J. CUMBER
ARTHUR DeGREE
ALFRED SETHER
JACOB JACOBSON
WM. E. RISTVEDT
RUSO
FRED DRAFFINE
ARY J. PARK
J. A. PERLEY
HENRY PERLEY
RALPH ODELL
ROBERT ODELL
ERNEST 'SODERSTROM
HERMAN WILMOVSKY
GARRISON
WALTER ANDERSON
ARTHUR BENTON
ANDREW BRAMSETH
T. H. CHRISTOPHERSON
PAUL DZIK
EDWARD R. ESTES
CHARLES FALSTAD
JOHN T. FITZGERALD
JOE FITZGERALD
CLARENCE ST. GEORGE
FRANK P. GUBSER
FRANK HELLEBRANT
JOHN HENLEIN
FRANK JOHNSON
HENRY JOHNSON
JOHAN JUNGLING
H. K. KENT
LEIGHTON KUNKEL
LOUIS LARSON
ADOLPH W. LESMAN
ROSS MINERS
DAN. MILLER
HUGH MINEHAN
W.'B. NEAL
NICK NEUMANN
CHAS. J. NEWMAN
HARRY E. NOHR
BURT S. ODERKIRK
SIDNEY M. PIERSON
JOHN PETER
ARTHUR PETERSON
FRANKLIN SCHNEIDER
LUCIEN SIMON
PAUL M. SIMON
GUST SPART
HARRY W. SKARRIE
EDMUND E. WACKER
VICTOR WINTERS
ROY WARFIELD
JOHN WOSTERBUR
ELMER VORACHEK
ZINK ZAVALNEY
COLEHARBOR
OSCAR BALE
ANTON BENSON
WILLIS E. BOOTS
ALBIN CARLSON
WM. COYLE
HARRY E. DILLEY
DON DRESDEN
EMERY DRESDEN
O. S. GLOVER
AUGUST HARKE
PETE LEIF
JOHN W. VOGEL
CARL J. REFF
LOUIS SAYER
RALPH SHUEY
A. HENRY UTECHT
JOSEPH WEBER
ELMER M. ZUCK
BENEDICT
J. W. BROWN
ALFRED C. BURTON
JOHN A. ERICKSON
ROY FOLLON
CHES. FENSTERMACHER
WIVf. J. HARCHANKO
JOHN KOVALENKO
FRITZ OLSTAD
JENNINGS PETERSON
4,
JOHN F. SMITH
EDWIN POWERS
GEORGE J. SHERRY
SWAIN J. SVEINSON
FRED A. C. SPANDIE
H. M. STOFFER
DOGDEN-
JOHN C. ADAMS
PAUL T. BROSZ
PETER BIGHOUSE
JOE FISCHER
EDWIN FISHER
LLOYD GOWER
CARL S. HOWEN
BERTHOLD HUBER
K. H. JENNER
SAM KIENE
FELIX LALKA
PETER A. KLEVAN
HENRY KOENIG
PROKUP KRAUVCHUK
PETER KRUPSKY
LESLIE LEE
HARRY LINDQUIST
HARRY B. NELSON
OSCAR NELSON
ERIC NYLEN
H. W. PETRICK
EMMET
WILBERT COURTNEY
JAMES P. COURTNEY
G. F. SCltEMPP
WILLIAM WILLING
MAKOTI
FRANK E. YOUNGS
MEHRLE CARPENTER
THOMAS R. RUSSEL
PARSHALL
ROY WALKER
LAURENCE A. VOLD
MOSE PICOR
VAN HOOK
LEO YOUNG WOLF
FRANK BIRDS BILL
FRANK JOHNSON,
Blackwater
CHANGEY L. SHUEY
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