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Show -BEGORD OF TEUTON TREACHERY BARED Rev. John Malick Reviews Long History of German Disregard for Pledges. SAYS ISSUE IS PLAIN Duty of America to Use All Possible Force to Beat Down Lawless Nation. The record of German treaehery as it has been revealed sine1, the bejnnins; of (ho world v.ar whs bared by the liev. John Mallei: in a vigorous sermon in Hie First I'niiarian church yesterday. The rain-1 rain-1 t c j' iJ oclared that a clear ins ue having been made by the -onduct of the German government, it was necessary for the Mnited States by brute force to coerce a I people who give their plighted word only io gjiin ul -ant age while others sleep. The indictment was the strongest made in a Salt Lake pulnit since the beginning of the conflict. "The thing that hurts us most In this eon filet is i he treachery undcniea t h it all," the Rft Mr. Ma lick said. "We are accustomed to rough and ready tactics in cutniiifi'i-c aiiij colonization. 'e ask no consideration In this scramble for routes and markets; not a word from us If .we arc. outc!aned under the rules. It. is the treachery tha t ra me to our inner circle as friend, teacher, diplomat, guest and every other high relation for its own brutal ends. No people could be hurt as we are hurt, by this unparalleled duplicity, because wo a re a people who give our full confidence. Americans of German origin are hurt hiokl. 'I upcak in sorrow,' says one of them, "because I am speaking of the country of my origin. I speak in hitter disappointment because T ara thinking think-ing of the r Germany of former days, which has contributed its full share to the world's imperishable assets. But here is something that transcends all national and nice allegiance. It sharply divides the soul find conscience of the-world.' Tt turns out now that men of German origin knew as little of their country an we did. "The treachery is in having worked out with us the rules of the game of nations and then violating every one. We do not mind of the Caeser was ambitious; we do mind that Macbeth with fair words of hospitality lured to his house an unsuspecting- friend and murdered him while he -slept. The Record Opened- "Let us open the record. It was a well settled rule of nations that when men of one country became citizens of another country they were indeed citizens of that country. Thin was the golden rule of nations, fair to all and long accepted by aii. Here is a nation that kept a mental reservation. The allegiance to America, was meant to be only sham, untiJ the coming of the great day which is here. Tide is the theory and the fact. Tt sent a foreign prince here as guestf- It put jfi teachers in our schools, its language in r courses, all to weld this body of people in America. It called its own, for its own - v purposes to our undoing. It stirred up t!T will in every country of this hemisphere hemi-sphere and Japan. 'I run supreme in America,' said the kaiser in a speech at: Potsdam In 190$, 'where one-half of the ' population is of German orisln or descent. No administration could remain in power against the will of the German people who, through the admirable organization, the. Germa n-American league, control the destinies of the vast, republic beyond the seas. The president of this league, by my grace. Is the aetinir ruler of the American people.' This Is treachery against the accepted rule of nations. "Our Monroe doctrino has been repeatedly repeat-edly assaulted. It matters not whether It were right or wrong: it wag accepted and while making a show of respecting it, by underhanded means, held it in contempt con-tempt and taught others to hold it and u:; up to scorn. Ideals Disregarded. "The nronlng of this conflict was itself mi act of treachery in the face of evidence that the very day was set. The treachery uf it ia in the fair words, 'The whole work of the emperor has been devoted to the maintenance of peace.' "The hardest won and most jealously guarded rule of nations has been violated. All accepted the rulo that loss at sea is so complete and certain for all tha t np merchant ship, neutral or belligerent, could be sunk, without the safety of all being provided for. No American would have done this. The men of the south, with no adjoining countries to feed them, resorted to no such treachery as tnis. The Alabama, with no port to land her passengers, pas-sengers, protected every life. General Longstreet refused to mine the road because be-cause it was against the accepted rules. Do not insult America; she would not have done this treacherous thing in any event. "The crowning treachery is this: They pat about the board with us and helped frame the rules for the combatants and the non-combatants. We thought the new day had come and rested securely in the spirit of the better day when a little child should lead them, but we were 'the sucking child at the hole of the asp and the weaned child with its hand on the adder's den. Family honor was to be respected re-spected in time of war. Thousands have been outraged. Private property was to be respected. Robbery of individuals has gone, on from the first. Poisoned gasea were not to be used. While this was being be-ing signed this deadly chlorine gas was being made ready. Prisoners were to be fed as the army of the nation holding them, paid their wage according to their rank and treated humanely. We are keeping keep-ing every letter of the agreement. .We have tiie order, with date and name, for tile destruction of all prisoners taken. It is a terrible story of treachery. "As this last peace programme is p laved, itself a part of the scheme, after this treachery has accomplished nine-tenths of its programme, at this time these facts should sink deep Into every American mind. We work a t great disadvantage, within the rules, against a nation that has violated every one. We have been outclassed in nothing but the treachery to which we cannot stoop, in power and coii rage we are equal; In this alone, violation vio-lation of the agreemen t, we have been outdone. "The Issue is clear. Is treachery stronger than honor in the world? Can we summon enough power to say that no nation shall sign the rules and violate at will ? Treachery destroys confidence. It moans that a nation that does not work within the rule? must have terms made for it by those who do. Tt means that we must keep ready a force superior to all that treachery can mobilize for its ends. Tt means that here Is a people that ia below the line of contract and a gentleman's gentle-man's agreement. It means that by brute force we must coerce a peopie w"ho give their plighted word only to gain advantage while others sleep." |