Priest gives the soldiers all a blessing before they go to 

 the battlefield, but after the battle and when they have a 

 chance, they act more like beasts than human. And we 

 think it is so with some of you Americans, praying for 

 peace, and, at the same time doing all you can to help 

 England and her Allies to prolong the war. You ought to 

 know you cannot fool God. We here are wondering who is 

 running your country. We know this much, Americans 

 are helping the English and her Allies to prolong the war. 

 Shiploads of food sent from your country for the civilians 

 of Germany, England seizes all of this and your country 

 does not make England release any of it, and, in that way, 

 helps England to starve us. But Germany cannot be starved 

 or beaten. God is our trusty shield and weapon. Those 

 clippings you sent me from your newspapers is nothing but 

 a falsehood, and they are dirty lies. We think it is a dis- 

 grace for your government and your press to let such rot 

 be printed. The English tell us about the German atroci- 

 ties, such as the destruction of Lou vain. But they hide 

 carefully the cause of it. They tell these things because they 

 don't get any chance to destroy any part of Germany. 

 They complain about the Zeppelins and the activity of the 

 submarines, because England has not got them. So Eng- 

 land asks the U. S. A. to tell Germany to stop this subma- 

 rine warfare and, the U. S. A. sends protest after protest to 

 Germany that she must stop this submarine warfare, and, it 

 is this pro-English, as the German people take it across 

 the pond, that has caused a dislike to the Americans. 



And Sister Maria is right. Americans are helping 

 England to prolong the w T ar. We are reading a lot of lies 

 about the cause of the war. That Germany did 

 not start the war. Read this, for instance, from Sir Alfred 

 Milner, a British Governor in Parliament, in part he says : 

 "This consummation can only be prevented by beating Ger- 

 many on land, and, unless it can be prevented, England will 

 in fact be defeated, FOR WE HAVE FAILED TO 



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