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Show "WAR TO THE KNIFE." The Berlin Tag's Zeitung demands .the destruction nf -t'"". KriglUh towns by German airpbtr.es and there is no doubt that the Finns will do thi r level bes to slaughter as. many En-glith En-glith women and children as po.iblo by dropping bombs from the air upon defen-eles ci is, towns and v ill ages. As a matter of fa-t, that is what tlvy have ben doing ever sdnce the war began be-gan and the j-omo policy has been pursued pur-sued by th'Tn in Franco. No tho two countries will be in no greater danger in future than they have been in the past. Unfortunately for the Germans Ger-mans the same game can be played by the allied airmen and as time goes on only Ma'-kened ruins will remain of once prosperous German towns and village-. The United States is building no:i.-and.s of airplanes and tons of thousands thou-sands of young men are now in training train-ing in that branch of the military service. ser-vice. Many men and machines are ready at this time to fly over kainerland on bomb-dropping expeditions find the air wilt b" full of them before the next winter sermon. In the meantinc: thp Rritifh, Freu-'h and Italian airmen are giving the Teutons Teu-tons a rioe of their own medicine. Not a day pa.-w.' without n-v of pu.'iess-i'nl pu.'iess-i'nl air taiiis mnde by the allies and we n re con fid en t a irea t, am on nt of damage n being done, although the fieri in report a re u - ,;:) jy silent n pot such subj'd,!. There ? th'm much to tie r.aid, however, r'-arding tho air raidH of the entente allb'fj. If, wnp not until long al't'T the Germans beyfiu the vork of slaughfering the innocents th.'it the British and French dropped bomb.' on undefended towns, for the people of the.-e two countries teke no delight in the fj ending of blood and it. is even now a matter of regret that, the soldiers of democracy hrive been compelled to adopt the Genua n me Mm id h of w;i rfa re and cast, jiide the rules which have long governed when civili.'-d nations have reported to arms to el.t.b; disputes. Let, the IFin barba ri fi n -t do their worst, ''hivahy is not expected of fhem. Bet, litem u ii'b'i'.d ;i nd at the name time that the iron h;n enter", the ponls of tho per, pn nf the nal ions fighting agai nst autocracy and t tint, if if, h to be "v.nr to the knife and the knife to the hilt," Gennanv will be annihilated as. the rn-Hilt. rn-Hilt. Th" ie barbarian", who air now trving to over run Kurope and event unity dominate dom-inate all f 'li i-intendom rl' hly deserve, to be f wept, from the face of 1 en.rl.li for the climes already com rn i 1 1 ed, and if t hey con I i n u" their run i ;.e( nn no doubt (hey -,vi II( how can I hey e ?. pect, mercy when (he Rword d ropn from their nerveeaf4 in;'p and they are forced to -'.u e f fjf pence after having brought nntobl . id row nnd woe iipnri the world? ,'w( donbl th'- fleilin Tagei Zeifting repr esents the prevailing German sentiment senti-ment when it declares ' ' softness and sentimentality are stupid in wartime." We might add that there is no softness or sentimentality about tho Germans in time of peace. Brought up in the Prussian school of militarism all they seem to care about is the advancement advance-ment of their own country at the expense ex-pense of the rest of the world and they long ago discarded all thought of softness soft-ness or sentimentality in their efforts to bring this about. It is impossible for the people of other countries to entertain en-tertain a kindly feeling for the Germans Ger-mans now that the mask has been torn off and their purpose fully disclosed. It will be impossible to soften 'their punishment when they can no longer fight. They would grind tho other nations na-tions to powder if by any chance victory vic-tory should perch upon their black bau-ucr. bau-ucr. Realizing this fact we should go forward with the set purpose of destroying destroy-ing the power of the lTuos forever. We cannot afford to entertain soft sentimental feelings when the great day of German retribution arrives, even though the rulers at Berlin signify their willingness to surrender the moment mo-ment the allies carry the war into Germany. Ger-many. They will want to save their own country from horrors simitar to those inflicted upon northern France and Belgium. Brutal and inhuman as these rulers have proved themselves to be in the past four years they are cowards cow-ards at heart and may be expected to hoist the white flag when they realize that defeat is inevitable. But up to that time they will continue their wanton wan-ton murders and fiendish cruelty. The Berlin Tages Zeitung says that "to hesitate or to surrender ourselves to feelings of pity would be unpardonable," unpardon-able," Let that be written down in the tablets of the allies and recalled when the Germans are brought to their knees. |
