Sherman County observer., April 05, 1918, Image 2

" T M object of th is w a r la to do llvo r
the free peoples of th e w orld fro m the
menace and th e ac tu a l pow er of a * a e t
m ilita ry estab lish m en t controlled by an
Irresponsible «government, w h ic h , h
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secretly planned to d o m in ate th e
proceeded to c a rry o u t the plan w ith o u t
reoard e ith e r to the sacred obligations
tr e a ty e r th a ion u-eet«t>llsM <l grac>
Obese and long - cherished principles of In ­
te rn a tio n a l action and honor; .
. T h ia
pow er la net th e G erm an people.
I t la
the ruthless m aste r af th a G erm an peo­
ple. . . .
I t la our business to sea to
It t h a t th e h is to ry of th e root of th e
jjsk :.
T H 2 GERMANS AS A CHOSEN
P E O P L E . ___' ‘
T he foundation cause of this w ar Is
Germany's firm belief th at the alone
has the rig h t to direct the progress of
the world and to exploit Its reaour
F o r the last th irty years the m ilita ry
autocracy of Germany has seen to it
th a t th ia belief was taught In the
schools, and today th at autocracy Is
reaping the benefits of a M ind obe­
dience to its w ill.
German political
w ritin g of recent years la fu ll of the
Idea «hat the German people la “God's
r ie, destined to impose Its
‘K u ltu r’ upon all other peoples.” (
“T h e German soul la the w orld’s
•oul, CrOd Bnd Germ any belong to one
another.” “Germany Is the oenter of
God's plans fo r the w orld.” “ W e hope
th at a great mission w ill he allotted
to us Germans . . . and this G er­
man mission Is: to look a fte r tha
w orld.” ‘ Germany la chosen, fo r her
own good and that of other nations,
guidance.
Provi-
•h lii 'Olntcd people,
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..»nt. ready for
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is always rig ht,
h- at.ee it is the G- im aa people, and
-num bers S7.000.000 souls.” “K u ltu r la
best promoted when the strongest In­
dividual K u ltu r. th at of a given na­
tion. enlarges its field o f a c tiv ity a t
the expense of the other national Kul-
turs.” “The attem pt of Napoleon to
graft the K u ltu r of W estern Europe
upon the em pire of the Muscovite
ended in failure. Today history has
made us Germans the Inheritors of the
Napoleonic Id e a ”
"T h e fu rth er we
carry our K u ltu r Into the East, the
more and the more profitable outlets
shall we find for our wares. Economic
profit la of course not the m ain m otive
of our K u ltu r-a c tlv lty , b ut it la no un­
welcome by-product.” "O ur belief Is
th a t the salvation of the whole K u ltu r
of Europe depends upon the victory
w hich German 'M ilitarism * is about to
achieve.’'
These quotations are b at a few of
hundreds of lik e expression, and the
last one cited Is from a manifesto
signed by fA lrfy-gre hundred German
p ro fe tto ri and lecturer». Reduced to
elmple terms, the German belief at the
beginning of this w ar was: "God di­
rects Germany. C ivilisatio n advances
only by combat» between K u lturs In
w*.lcb the stronger and God-directed
o:.e nas the right to prevail and must
prevail. The im m ediate and preeent
object is to make cu r K u ltu r prevail
In the East (In ‘Muscovy*), and In ao-
edjfplishlng this we shall also gain
economic advantages. T his Is the first
step In our world dom ination.”
W here does Am erica stand in this
theory of a "chosen people” ? Am erica
denies th a t theory; she dealee th at
God has chosen any one people as
H is own; she asserts rather th at there
are many civilisations, each w ith Its
owa m erits and defects, and th at to
each must be left the working out of
lta own problems.
W s Am ericans are unable to under­
stand, or sympathise w ith , a people
who conceive of themselves as a chosen
people, chosen of God— a people to
whom all things and actions, however
ln h u m .n or brutal, are regarded as
permissible, even holy.- because of a
faith In th eir superior r iis r ’on and
civilisation.
To u« tuch a belief («
direct evidence, not of a leading, but
of a lagging civilisation.
This German Ideal, when expressed
merely in theory, even though taught
la Germany for the last th irty years,
stirred but Indifferent Interest in other
European nations.
In this w ar G er­
many has revealed In the application
of her theory a lust for world power
■t the expense of other peoples, a lack
of good faith, a b ru tality that have
stamped her theory aa Involving a re­
turn to barbarism
By the application of German theory
7 we were forced, unw illing ly, to go to
w ar
But today we know that there
was no escape from a w ar between two
•outradlctory Ideal«, ...Germany's eco-
oomlc objects are many and large
(they w ill be pointed out), but the basic
aauee o f this w ar ws* the German Ideal
■f a dom luant nation. T h at Ideal,
hy Germ any's own challenge. Is on tria l
In arms. Against It ws must prevail.
the first si • series ef ban
Our boys, the boys from this town and this county
and this state, are fighting the Huns. They are in
the trenches in France, they are sailing the U-boat-
infested seas, they are going “over the top - in the
face of German cannon and machine gun fire.
And, remember, these are our boys; those who are
near and dear to us. They are doing their ALL.
They are giving their ALL. They are prepared to
make the extreme sacrifice that our homes, our town,
our nation, may escape the ravages of the Hun.
Many, many more of our boys are now training and
will soon be in France, and more are yet to be called.
W e want them —one and all—to come back
to us—
Will You Help to Bring
Them Back ?
W ill you support our boys while they are fighting
for us, fighting the German autocracy that seeks to
destroy our ideals of liberty and justice ?
Yes, we, the people of this community, will sup­
port our boys.
buying bonds of the Third Liberty Loan; by buying
w e can; by making such sacrifices as are necessary
this. That will be our support for Our Boys.
This Space Paid For and Contributed By
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Bank of Moro
Ginn, Coleman & C o , Hardware and Farm Implements
Moro Hardware & Implement Company
Moro Pharmacy R. D. Jackson, proprietor
L. W. Ross Confectionery
Foss & Co. Garage ' ’ ,
Moro Market, C. R. Belshee, proprietor
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Farmers’ State Bank
- Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company
Moro Trading Company,-General Merchandise
Hotel Moro, W. C. Rutledge, proprietor
J. F. Belshee Harness Shop
J. C. Freeman & Co., Dry Goods and Shoes ;
Dr, J, R. Morgan, Dentist
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Compared to their heroic sacrifice our part is but
small — that of providing the funds to keep them
equipped; to build and man the ships that will trans­
port their food, their clothes, their guns and their
ammunition, and to pay for these things.
Will you help to provide them with the things
they need, with clothes and food and munitions, that
they may complete as quickly as possible the terrible
task assigned to them?
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