Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-08-10
ents, and MY EMPLOYERS"

ITO obey all orders of my parents.
patrol leader of scout master. WITH
OUT QUESTION, even if I do not
like, and to act as soldier or sailor
does, because 1t is my duty"
Who can serve two masters?
Who can serve the parent and
superior" oficer when their orders
and filial duties conflict?
Teaching Scabbery in the home and
schools! Mr. Worker, are you going
to stand for it?
Compulsory Murder.
Without doubt, if hynocrites, cow
ards and scoundrels are to have their
way, the Boy Scout" movement is the
beginning of a permanent system of
drafting young men into what they
call the Army.
A few months ago General A. R.
Chaffee, U. S. Al, retired, before the
National Guard W Convention in Los
Angeles, California, said: Il believe
(here he used swear w0rd) little in
this aeroplane business, and hold the
same opinion of automobiles. If ever
we are to have an adequate army to
defend this country (from whom?) it,
must be by COMPULSORY MILL
TARY SERVICE. Compulsory SER
vice would bring the army straight
home to the hearts Of the people.
Your son would be with the colors,
(blood and the white face OF DEATH
and mine would be. We would get
men of good quality. The result of
| compulsory service would be to wipe
out this awful disgrace of from seven
to ten per cent of assertions every
year."
That is to be the next step. In fact
this plan is already in operation. A
writer in THE COMING NATION for
November 10, 1910, says: Does the
! country at large know that Congress
has passed a law which went into ef-
feet last year, making enlistment in
the cadets compulsory at least here in
the District of Columbia? If the boy
has no physical defect, he must either
join the cadets, or remain out of the
public high school. The boys see only
the gilt and. trappings, they hear only
the martial music, and Sc the flags.
They do not realize that after while
| it will be
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do, or die" ~
although the soldiers may know we'll
some one has Numbered"
Ordered to Xiii His Own Father.
/ found the following press dispatch
in the daily papers on June 4, 1910:
Vienna, June 3.-While awaiting
punishment today in an Uskub prison
for refusing to take part in the execu-
ton of his own father, by a firing
squad, a Turkish soldier named Ana
hanged himself in his cell. The sol
dier's father, AHA Bey, was a promin
ent Albanian who joined the recent
revolution. He was &aken prisoner by
detachment of soldiers in which his
son, who had remained loyal to the
government, was serving as private.
Ana Bey was sentenced to death,
and Major Risa Mira Boy, in COM
mand of the Turkish detachment,
sought to add more tragic note to
the execution by placing the condemn
ed mans son in the firing squad. The
young man pleaded to be excused from
such a terrible ordeal, but the COM
handing officer was obdurate.
When the word was given to fire,
the son raised his rifle and fired into
the air. Major Risa Mira Bey imme-
diately placed him in prison, announc-
ing that he would be dealt with
severely for the characterization. To
days suicide was the tragic sequel"
Merciful God, think Of it!
But is it any better to kill some
other boys father?
Theirs not to reason why,
| Theirs but to do, or die."
You say that was among tie Turks?
But / say christian William of
Germany, at Potsdam, in November,
in 1891, addressed the young men who
had just beef compelled to take the
military (murderl oath. He said:
you are nov my soldiers, you have
given yourselves to me body and soul.
There is but one enemy for you, and
that is my enemy. 1t may happen
that shall order you to fire ON your
brothers and father. But in such case
you are bound to obey me without a
murmur."
And Roosevelt, while President of
the United States in public address,
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