Show I I I 0 Facing the Barrier BarrierI I IF F notes and mid resolutions would open the eyes of ot tho the German masses to the deceit and oppression which wInch keeps the issues of the tile world war from Hom them they would have hac seen the light long ago The German mind is is not to bo 10 reached and converted by the notes and resolutions resolutions resolutions reso reso- prepared in 1 tie the Je capitals of the Allies for the reason that they first must go under tinder the cen censorship of tho the autocrats Free thought cannot bo established among the thc German masses until the means of suppressing suppressing suppressing sup sup- pressing it have been heen removed and this this' is to be bo accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac only through war var Hence we cannot hope that indorsement of the appeal appeal ap ap- ap peal of the British labor unions unions by hy the American Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor will convince the German people that they have been made the dupes of rulers in search of conquest They have been made to believe that the masses of Great Britain and the masses of America are unwittingly fighting a n war for the sake of ot capital Per Pcr- Imps haps japs they pity us and think that we should be appealed appealed ap ap- pealed i fb in the same manner as British labor has appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed to them By telling and retelling them that we wo arc are not waging a war for capital but for civilization we we do not convince convince con con- vince them The conclusions they hold are arc the result of deceptions practised for years by by rulers who found strength in their ignorance and lo loyalty alty Statements of our war ar aims if they reach each the German people intact are received with skepticism They are arc nullified by bythe bythe bythe I the official statements of tho the autocrats which are designed designed de do- signed to misrepresent our aims The deceptions carr carry I greater grenter weight because the they come como from those wh who still stand before the German people as men having the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare of the fatherland at heart They have hae not been unmasked In t view ien of this we cannot expect to win the war without bloodshed The chains that bind the German Gennan mind to darkness must be e broken before German Gernian thought can cnn find free expression Notes and resolutions will not notI I reform these powers which constitute a natural barrier to the truth The misguided fight as ns consistently for wrong which they believe right light as those engaged in a righteous cause The powers of deception must be removed re- re mon moved noved d before the truth can cnn penetrate tho the German mind There is but one way to that end cud and that is through war The fhe chains must be broken before the G German mind can see sec the light and assert itself Before we wo count on converting the German mind to the integrity rity of our purpose we must have access to Germ German Germin n thought is the barrier |