TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-05-26

aud at the same time ship war material
and ammunition in immense quantities
to the warning nations OF Europe.
In last weeks issue OF the Christian
Herald paper that is read and
endorsed by hundred thousands OF the
best people OF our land we find All
editorial with the title "Be lie h Q m
OF which / quote the following:
thlehem!
but thou, bethlehem Ephratah
though thou he little among the
thousands OF Judah, yet out OF ther
shall come forth unto me he that il
to be ruler OF Israel"
But thou, Bethlehem OF Pennsylva.
MIA, though thou be but little among
the cities Of America, yet out OF thee
shall come the engines OF destruction
that are to send TO death the thousands
OF Europe"
Is it not one OF the strangest facts
Of history that the town In the New
World to which was given the name
Of the birthplace of the Prince OF
Peace should BE- the town which takes
the lead In manufacturing and shipping
the ghastly implements which are help
ing to ill the air Of Europe with hate
and to drcnch lie fields with blood
Not only that--but as the whole iinan-
cal life of America takes on new
yigor, it is found that at the root OF
it is that same name-Bethlehem, not
Bethlehem OF Judea, but Bethlehem oi
America. In little more than two
weeks stock OF the Bethlehem Steel
Company rose from si6.25 a share to
SlI5. The rise OF Bethlehem Steel anil
United States Steel doomed the waole
money market.
Christian America growing rich By
making and selling weapons and anu
munition to kill the men of Europel
What word OF denunciatory wrath u
adequate TO characterize tbe civilization
and the society that is guilty OF snci
monstrous inconsistanciesl Must We not
begin all over aganl Why not frankly
acknowledge that the present regime
Is 30 hideously wrong that nothing can
redeem IT. Let us begin again. as Paul
ara his friends began, to turn the
wo<i upside down" Let US begin again
20 try 10 turn II back 10 Bethlehem
Of Judea, even II in the process all
that Bethlehem oi Pennsylvania stands
for may have to 90 down TO hopeless
ruin.
Our great and lamented president
Lincoln said in his second Inaugural:
That should il be Gods viii that the
war should continue until all the
wealth piled up by the bondsman's un'
requited toll shall be sunk, and until
every drop OF blood drawn with the
lash shall be pad by another drawn
by the sword: "The judgements Of the
ord are still true and righteous alto
gether"
VIII we not have to answer for the
blood money we are making out Of
the destruction Of our brothers on the
other side Of the Atlantic' VIII we not
49, perhaps in the near future have
to suffer for our present so called pros
perity by furnishing implements Of war
TO the waring nations, until every
dollar 30 made win have been taken
from US A ten and hundred fold1 There
is a righteous God and judge sitting on
the throne OF the universe. His record
ed word is: BE not deceived, God Is
not mocked, whatsoeyer man soweth
- or nation that they shall reap
ALSO
What pity that president W. did
not at the outbreak OF the war pro-
hibit all expectation OF war material
and ammunition, which 70 do he had
the power, d power which his prcdeces-
sor at the White house exercised III
the case Of Mexico. We have been
Welding TO he influence OF those who
have put the high ideals Of our nation
under foot in order to coin money out
OF the blood of our brothers. BY yield
ing to them We have stepped down from
the high and honorable position which
we held among the nations but lite
while ago, and made il impossible for
US henceforth TO be sincere promoters
Of peace, or to offer our services as
arbtrators Of peace when the time for
such will have come.
DO you wonder, my brethren, when
the 10 Millions OF Germans OF foreign
birth and their descendants - in all
q Millions feel more deeply with
regard to thas 40 very important mat
tcrl myself and many OF my brethren
receive again and again letters from
the iatherland, telling Us that our
relations and friends are killed or
crippled for life or made widows anil
orphans by guns and balls made In
America Do you wonder that we are
s;ill employing every means at our
command TO induce our government