| Show t They'll Never Do It Again 1 One day last week when two Salt Lakers were discussing war post-war matters one of them argued that the German people should not be punished too sever severely ly that Hitler and his satellites were responsible responsible responsible re re- re- re and the real culprits The argument ended ended ended end end- ed abruptly when the speaker was handed a clipping clipping clipping clip clip- ping from the New York Tribune published shortly after the end of W World orId War I. I We herewith reprint the article and recommend it as must study material for all who feel kindly toward the German nation One hundred years before Christ Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans invaded France murdering burning pillaging pillaging pillaging ing as they went At Provence they were stopped and defeated They sued for peace and swore they would never do it again Sixty years afterward Germans invaded the Jura district district district dis dis- of France Six years later Germans invaded invaded invaded in in- the territory between the Meuse and the Oise They were beaten They swore they would never do it again Sixty years before Christ the Germans invaded the left bank of the Rhine Two hundred and thirty years after Christ the Germans invaded France They were beaten They swore they would never do it again Twenty years later another invasion another defeat another solemn pledge never again In A A. D D. the Rhone Rhon basin was invaded by the Germans in Northeastern France In 30 I Langres was pillaged The invaders were beaten and they swore never again In i they the left bank of the Rhine In they devastated Lyons in Besancon In they invaded and plundered Belgium Here is the chronology of the subsequent invasions invasions invasions inva inva- 1124 1214 1513 1513 1521 1523 1536 1544 1552 1553 1567 1569 1576 1587 1636 1674 1675 1707 1708 1744 1792 1793 1814 1815 1870 1914 Thirty three invasions in a little over 1500 years an average of one invasion invasion invasion inva inva- sion every fifty years Whenever they were successful successful successful success success- ful the Germans celebrated with unspeakable atro- atro Whenever they were Beaten they swore they would never do it again Salt Salt Lake Times |
