Stripes, and was flying the American flag. This is sworn 

 to in the United States Courts by the foreman and his man 

 from a steamer that was loaded with mules for Liverpool 

 that was at the very spot where the helpless Germans were 

 killed after they had surrendered. That the officer of the 

 British warship ordered the captain of the transport steamer 

 to caution his men and to not say anything about the inci- 

 dent when they arrived at Liverpool. Of course results 

 for using or abusing the American flag by the English has 

 not as yet developed, and I don't know whether the Ameri- 

 can Government cares to do anything about it. But even 

 with all the help that England gets or takes, as it looks now, 

 Germany has her enemy beat. This may sound rather 

 sweeping, but I know what I am writing about. This is 

 May 17, 1915, and I'll just take a chance in adding, all the 

 soldiers that are left will be home by Christmas, or before, 

 if the Americans stop sending ammunition and money to 

 England and her Allies. What say you folks to that? 



I must tell you of last winter. I had an argument with 

 an Irishman and in our quarrel about the war, he said, well, 

 just as soon as this war is over, I 'am going to London. 

 England. Well, said I, if you want to go to London, Eng- 

 land, you have to go before the war is over, because after 

 the war it will be London, Germany. Then, said my Irish 

 friend to me, don't you know that this John Redmond, the 

 Irish leader, is getting all the Irish to enlist ; he tells his 

 countrymen they must enlist, because he, Redmond, has 

 promised a priest in Belgium that he will send an Irish army 

 over there to drive the Germans out of that country. Then, 

 I said, you boasting about this man, Redmond, a man that 

 is trying to serve two masters, advising his countrymen they 

 must stand up to be shot down to please a few higher up 

 ones. He, Redmond, should be ashamed of himself, deceiv- 

 ing his friends to please Lord Kitchener and a few high- 

 er up ones in England. Then, said my Irish friend, here 

 in this morning's paper you see Lord Kitchener has sent 



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