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appropriate, too,to ask the Colonel how many German ‘womenand
V children have been deprived of their husbandsvand fathers and ex- 1
‘ posed to starvation through the cargoes of munitions supplied to the
Allies by American firms and through the stoppage of shipments of
.Red Cross supplies and food to the non-combatants of the Central
Powers. Such questions should have been put ere this by some of
the leaders in German American circles. i
will the Republicans endure Roosevelt's ravings much longer, or
will they risk losing the election?
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I The German element and their friends everywhere should see that
:they register in the States requiring registration and that they par-
ticipate actively in the work of organizing, in order to make their
intiuence as effective as it is potential. The extent to which every
vote counts in a Presidential election is apparent from the fact that
in,188-l a change of 575 popular votes from Cleveland to Blaine
would have given Blaine the electoral vote of New York and the
Presidency of the United States. In 1892 a. change of only ninety-
two votes from Weaver to Harrison in North Dakota would have
given Harrison two more electoral votes. In 1904 a change of only
twenty-six popular votes from Parker to Roosevelt would have given
Roosevelt the entire electoral vote of Maryland. In Missouri, in
l908,‘a change of 315 votes from Taft to Bryan would have given
Bryan the electoral vote of that State. and a change of 232 popular
votes from Roosevelt to Vllilson would have given Wilson the entire
electoral voteof California in 1912.
This list could be greatly extended, but enough has been cited to
show that theplea of so many German voters that one vote more or
less doesn't affect the outcome of an election is the most dangerous
fallacy imaginable. F. F. S.
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WHAT EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT, TO KNOW
HAT the prosecution of Germany’s submarine campaign is to
the advantage of the United States may seem strange to those
people whose opinionsare fornied 'for”them by the Tory press. To
the well informed, however, this fact has been patent from the very
start of the U-boat crusade. The Jacksonville, Florida, Times, in
an editorial unusual for its depth and comprehensiveness, defined
the real issues involved in the submarine controversy. “President
Wilson seems to demand that Germany cease to use submarines,"
states the Florida Times. “As we recollect it the submarine was
first used by the Confederates and among the nations now existing
the United States was the first to build one. At the outbreak of the
war Great.Britain had 96; France, 93; Russia, 43; Germany, 39,
and Austria-Hungary, 14. The United States at that time had‘58.‘
So Germany, instead of taking the lead in the use of vessels of this
class hiadfewer of them than any other strong European Power,
except her ally, Austria-Hungary, and had only two-thirds as many ’
’ as the United States. .
‘ Why Germany Started Her Submarine Campaign
‘ “As to the use of th submarine to attack merchant vessels, these
are the facts: The Briiish Government gave notice on February 2,
1915, that all shipments of foodstuffs toiGermany would be con-
sidered contraband. These were not contraband by international
law, which permitted the shipment of foodstuffs for the civilian
population. Great Britain had not the shadow of a right to change
international law. She treated foodstuffs as contraband because
she claimed the power to do so. Any interference with trade is an
interference with the rights of two nations, for one cannot buy un-
less the other sells. Germany bought from the United States the
greater part of the foodstuffs she imported, so this announcement
, by the British Government was an announcement to Germany,
'You shall not buy foodstuffs from the United States or from any
other country separated from you by the sea.’ At the same time it
was an announcement to the United States and all countries sepa-
rated from Germany by the seas: ‘You shall not sell foodstuffs to
Germany.’ Cotton was treated as contraband later, but Great
Britain began on foodstuffs. The rights of Germany and the United
States were‘mutuaI and Great Britain was denying both. The
United States should not have waited for anyone else to defend the
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rights of'Ameriean‘citizens, but should have saidto Great Britain!‘ . ;
‘We -will not permit you to interfere with thcplegal rights'of‘thc' f
American‘ people.’ Great Britain would have ceased.vsuch- inter-
ferenceif she had known the United States would not permit it, but
the United States took no prompt action but later protested‘. ' '
The U-Boat Warfare Benefits America ‘
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“But Germany was prompt. Two days after Great Britain's an- ,.
nouneement she made hers that she would destroy all enemies".mer-i
chant yessels in the waters around the British Isles. She made it in
retaliation for Great Britain's act in making food contraband and in i i ‘
doing so she was championing the cause of those who wished to sell
the food as well as those who wished -to buy it. Whatever may
have been her motives she was championing the cause of the United ‘
States as well as that of Germany and, strange to say, the Govern-I“ ,
ment of the United States protested more vehemently and more per-V ,1 s
sistently against Germany's effort to secure the rights of her people ' -I i
and incidentally the rights of the people of the United States than‘ r i ,
against the violation of the rights of the people of the United. ‘‘ ' '
States. , ' h
"The submarine blockade, which, incidentally, resulted in -the
death of a few hundred men and women, was denounced as brutal
-as a violation of all the instincts of humanity-but nothing was.
said of the British order which was designed for the purpose of h j ‘
starving sixty million non-combatants in Germany-mostly women ‘
and children. The fact that the effort failed does not detract from
the inhumanity of its purpose. v ‘
The Interests of Germany and the ‘United
. Are One ' . I
“Germany agreed and has continued to agree to abandon her sub-
marine warfare against merchant vessels if Great Britain would
abandon her prohibition of the import of foodstuffs into Germany,
States
Remember that there is not one single solitary man on earth who A
denied that Great Britain was guilty of an illegal act in prohibiting V V
the import of foodstuffs into Germany. With the purpose solely
of acting for her own people who wished to buy foodstuffs, but
"necessarily acting also for the American people who wished to sell
them, Germany offered to give up her submarine blockadejf Great
Britain would permit Americans and others to sell her ‘food. “As
already stated, ‘the interests of Germany and the United States were
mutual and Great Britain was acting in antagonism to these in-
terests, but the Government at Washington, instead of protecting’
American rights, took a stubborn stand against the nation that was
trying to enforce them. When it‘did this it, betrayed one hundred -
million Americans to Great Britain and inflicted on the people of 1
the United States an irreparable injury.
“The Administration, in siding with Great Britain against
many in this case, is also siding with Great Britain against the
people of the United States. As long as the Americans wish to sell
what the Germans wish to buythe rights and the interests of the
two cannot be separated. As long as Great Britain takes‘ away
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Germany's right to buy from the United States she takes away the‘ .
right. of the United States to sell to Germany and the President of
the United States not only refuses to enforce the rights of the people
of the United States, but he says to Germany:
to try to enforce them.’ ”
LEIPZIG MEMORIAL OF THE BATTLE OF
NATIONS ’
HE foundations of the monument, which-appears on the cover of
this issue, were laid down on October 18, 1900; the keystone
was put in place on May 13, 1912. From the level ground to the
cupola this proud masterpiece measures 273 feet. The figureof the
soldiers measure each thirty-five feet. About 15,000 cubic meters of
granite and‘ 100,000 cubic meters of concrete cement have beenused
‘You must cease ,-
in this construction. The total cost ainounts to above five and one- <
half million Marks. This monument, which is the biggest 111011117
ment in Germany, was erected by the German Patriotic League,
under the presidency of the Councillor of the Exchequer Thieme at
Leipzig. The architect of this noble tribute to German arms is
Professor Schmitz, Doctor of Engineering at Charlottenburg. .
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