The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
THE EUROPEAN WAR FROM AN
ENGLIsHMANs POINT OF VIEW
Extracts from Letter by Brother
in-lsw of Treasurer Osborne,
Dated Sept iAth from
Barnstaple. England.


eventually come. The man with the
swollen head: the jack-boot Of junk
erisom, the iron-heel has been pre-
pairing the ceremony for years. To
use the words Of one Of your own
papers. "He and the clique around
him, have thought war, written war,
talked war. dreamed war, prepared
for war; until they became abscess-
ed, to the extinction Of every virtue
that makes life worth the candle
need not dilate on the causes
that led up TO this frightful catas-
tropic war-Belgium and the scrap
of paper. These are troubles known
TO you and the whole world. Suf-
flee it to say that Old England
stands again as the defender of the
weak, and we all intend TO see the
thing through TO a finish. Kaiser
/ ism has asked for war. and ii will
get its I'LL Of war long ere we have
done with it, and | hope when that
shall have come to pass il shall be
non-eNistent. We are all united in
the one aim that we will give the
monster its quietus, and free suf-
fering humanity from so hideous a
reptile, curse TO mankind.
Ever since the war was declared,
six weeks ago today, Barum, old
sleepy Barum. has been a different
place; more like garrison town.
The local TerritOrials have been call
ed up; the Yeomanry departed; en-
listment has been proceeding and
hundreds of men Joining the colors
and drilling in our park daily.
Horses, vehicles, etc, have been
Communicated. | lost but one, the
driving-cob at Bideford, as our 9TH
er horses were too heavy. Two Of
our men have gone, the first being
more or less too old.
Last week, more especially, was an
anxious time. The allies had been
constantly retreating, and the Ger
man war-machine trying to hack
its way through the solid phalanx
Of the Allies. II looked as if he
were going to succeed. The tide
has however apparently turned,
and the news yesterday and today
is reassuring, as if the British
and the French had obtained a sub
stantial victory in the greatest bat
tie in the worlds history. The
Germans are reported in full re-
treat, demoralized, thousands az
prisoners, guns, stores, etc, taken.
We hope the retreat will develop
into rout, and a complete break
down their resistance in France.
LOuvain, Malines, Dinant. What
can one say of these and the many
places laid low by the invader, all
now beyond recall. Their ancient
and lovely buildings, works of art,
Libraries, associations, inhabitants,
young and old stamped out. Fire,
sword, Staying, burning, pillaging,
without pity, without remOrse.
Vengeance is mine, | will repay
saith the Lord" HE that taketh the
sword shall perish by the sword"
May the God Of battles confound
him and all such.-A day of reckon
ing. must come - Then woe-betide
these blood thirsty, worse than
Huns; these blots on Gods fair earth
How thin is the veneer between
civilization and sheer brutality
Preserve us from it.
But Britain and her colonies are
going to see the matter through.
Our navy, our army, with the assis-
lance of our allies will win, let il
take six months or six years to do
so. The boys Of the bulldog breed
are extremely tenacious. | little
thought when | wrote you last and
jokingly remarked there is life in
the old dog yet how soon the ex-
preston would be verified. We
stand TO win, because our cause is
white, pure, good, and in the inter-
ests of the whole world.
| send you the Spectator because
1t represents the opinion OF educated
England, business England and re-
sponsible England, generally. In the
paper posted with this letter, is an
article addressed to America uncle
Sam. This deserves to be read by
every thinking and responsible citi-
zen in the United States. One thing
is perfectly certain, beyond doubt,
If we do not come out on top in this
struggle, the theater of war will shift
to your part Of the globe and God
help you all If you are not prepared. |
Your Monroe Doctrine will not help |
you. In that day ii will be victory
to the strongest, and do not make
any mistake. SO your senate better
had prepare in good time. Would
to God we had a million more SOL
dlers, to put into the field at once,
and gfPika iha tupanf A. Z. l. -