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10 THE "FATHERLAND -
THE FATHERLAND
' , Fair Play for -
Germany and Austria-Hungary
Edited by ‘-
GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK
FREDERICK F. SCHRADER
A weekly published and owned by The Fatherland Cor oration, 1123
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' ‘ ' Treasurer Curt eisinger; st. Treasurer,
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Copyright, 1911‘-1, hllny The Fatherland Cor oration. Entered at the Post
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Office, New Yor . Y., as Second Class latter.
When you have finished reading this num-
ber, don’t lay it aside, but pass it on to your
friends who may be anxious to know the other
side of the great European conflict.
BEWARE GREAT BRITAIN
What does Great Britain mean by protesting to this
country against the 80% law recently enacted in Arizona?
T he more we reflect upon this the more we realize the
great peril which menaces the United States. The law
was wholly enacted to check the yellow race on the Pa-
cific side of the continent. Any respectable white man
may easily become a citizen of any State.
To reimburse the Japanese for their aid in the present
war England promises three things: To finance them, to
give them free rights-in the Pacific, and to secure their
present designs in the Pacific. The second clause of the
contract means: -to get equal rights for Ithe,Japancsc in
this country. Hence the British protest.
The Japanese are our natural enemies. Lately with-
out money, the financial resources to conduct war, they
could not harm us. Now, with financial aid from their
ally, Great Britain, they are getting ready. Recent cable
dispatches inform us that Japan has no intention of re-
turning Kia-Chaou to China; nor will they evacuate the
German islands in the Pacific, one of themin the island
group in which the United States has possessions. It
marks the first advance,-va naval station-toward Hawaii.
Another dispatch says that Japan has three dreadnoughts
and several other warships under way. They are being
built with British money. For whom are these prepara-
tions intended? Let any thinking American. answer the
question. i , -
England and Japan are working together. What are
we doing to ward off the danger?
Governor Johnson of California and Governor Hunt
of Arizona should act at once. They should call a con-
fercnce of State Governors to discuss the situation.
SHAW: ENGLAND PROVOKED THE‘-WAR
Daring I Irishman’s Comments Arient French
“Yellow Book” Make Good Reading
GEORGE BERNARD SHAVV has published an ar-
ticle in the N ew Statesman ancnt, the French,‘.‘Ycl-
low Book,” in which he again charges that.England pro-
voked the war. We extract some of the most salient
paragraphs:
' “For centuries now the Lion has held to one idea, that
none shall be greater than England on land and none as
great on the sea. To him it has been nothing whether a
rival to England was better or worse than England.
“England right or wrong; England, complete with her
own native corruptions and oppressions, no less than her
own native greatness and glory, had risen all English
from the conflict and held the balance of power in her
hand. For a hundred years no Englishman knew what it
was to turn pale at the possibility of an invasion. For
more than two generations the Lion lay and baskcd and
smclt no foe that with a pat of his paw he could not dis-
pose of.
“Then a rival arose again. Battles more terrible than
“hiterloo were fought against the same foe, but it was
not England that won them. The Lion rose and began
to watch with the old instinct stirred in him. He heard
the distant song of ‘Deutscliland Uebcr Allcs.’ Some-
thing in hini said ‘Never that while I live.’ .
“Ihe rival built a warship, built another, and openly
challenged the Lion’s sovereignty of the sea. That was
the end. From that moment it was only :1 question when
to Spring! 1'01‘ 21 lion, with that one idea at heart, with
that necessity deep in his very bowels, must be crafty.
must win at all hazards, no matter how long he crouches
before the right moment comes.
“You see it coming in the Yellow Book. Gerinany with
Ausmai Russia with France, stalk each other with a
finger on the trigger. France avoiding a fight and Russia
gradually arming herself. and training for it; Austria
speculating on it; all, even Austria, afraid of the Lion’s
rival, Germany.
“France, always manoeuvring for peace, being outnum-
bered, at last finds Germany defiant of her, and Russia.
“ml Contemptllously sure she can crush one with the right
ll-ind, and the other with the left, yet fears the Lion. It
is well known that if he comes to the aid of France and
Russia’ the odds will be too terrible even for the victors
of Sedan. France suddenly bullies Germany; tells her 10.
clear out of Morocco and to clear out sharp. German)’
looks at the Lion and sees him with quivering tail about
tofpring. The odds are too great.
VV1th mortification tearing her heart Germany clears
Out. successfully bullied. For the first time since the rise
of her star the Lion is balked, but there are new forces
that the. Lion must take account of. If a rival will not
fight 1t 15 not easy to attack him, and Germany will not
fighkunless the ‘Lion can be detached from France atld
,R“55‘3r Yet. She IS sick with the humiliation of that bull)“
mg and knows that nothing but riding down the bullies
Cari restore her prestige and heal licr wounded pride-
. The Lion broods and broods.
Sclotisness stirs the knowledge that Germany will nevef
fight Unless. unless-the Lion does not quite know what.
does not want, toknow what, but disinterested observers
C0I!3)19tc the sentence.thus.: unless Gcrmanycan bf? PCT’
Suzi ed that the.L’ion is taking a fancyto Germany, 15
becoming a bit pacifist and will not fight. ,
“Then Asquith and Grey with good conscience found
Deep in his subcollfq
