| Show SOWING TO THE WIND New demands of the Government in i Germany in order to increase its present immense standing arasy call for tho Imposition Im-position of new taxes Tho opposition members of tho Iloiehstag oppose seine of the tax bills submitted by tIme Govern inent and in tho discussion of the hud get object to the proposed 1 increase of army expenses herr Riekert called attention to the fact that the United States Government had reduced its debt nearly one half and was rapidly paying off the balance This he said was a factor to bo considered I consid-ered with regard to American compel tion in the urketsf the world Europo with her ixhau live taxation and Increasing T in-creasing debt would 40011 find horse unable J compete with the United State Ith her decreasing debt and vast pro lucllvu poner free from army burdens m Unable to answer tho tolling argument c of i the opposition Minister Von beholt angrily Insisted that any one who mist mis-t sorted that German could not allord time money to enauio her safety told an untruth un-truth It IB the last resort of despots and their tools to hide tholr rapacit behind a pro 2 tended love of countr to mask theI I poverty and distress of their victims by the imposing squadrons of splendidly equipped soldiers and by the hollow pomp and pageantry of titled consumers of the peoples earnings In the natiiro of things thero must come n terrihlo explosion In the old world shortly There is a limit to humin endurance That limit must be nearly or quite reached The thrones and principalities princi-palities of the continent are undermined by secret societies the leaders of whom together with tho rank and flip are desperate I des-perate and determined menThe men-The great bankers of Europe hiuo no much at stako as creditors of the I debt burdened governments at present on tho brink of lankrnptc that time will assist time shaky concerns to live from hand to month In hopes to shavo them as closely as possible while concessions and large percentages cane can-e obtained and tin hearts blood of 11 distressed people coined into gold Not only povort but degradation of women is tho Inevitable accompaniment of the great standing armies of Germany nnd other nations As tens of thousands of iblo bodied men are withdrawn from industrial pursuits to illo away their time in tho army their mothers sisters and sweethearts are forced to fill their vacant places in tho fields and in very many cases to act ns packhorses and beasts of burden A nation which do grades its union Is n fit subject for death |
