The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-25
GREAT BRITAIN I'm THE WAR.
Her Part Told About By Rev. Edgar
Grassland.

Cr0ssland.
Before an audience which crowded the
Presbyterian church to the balcony last
evening, Rev. Edgar Grassland gave his
| final lecture on "The Nations at War.
His subject for the evening was Great
Britain"
He began by emphasizing the debt
which the United States as nation owes
| to the great men OF England. After
sketohing briefly the work OF such men
as Cromwell and Hampton, who gave the
death blow to the idea OF 1.-THE divine
right of kings; Milton, the famous poet;
Newton and Darwin, with their discoy-
cries in the field of science; Cartwright,
Jennings, Watt and Stephenson, with
their inventions, which have done SO much
for the industrial world, Mr.. Grassland
said, IF you were to take the sun ana
the summer from the orchards and yine-
yards, you would bring no greater devas-
tation upon the land than If you were
to take the work of these men from the
history of our nation"
Going on, he told how the great finan-
cial centers of the world had changed
successfully from Egypt through Rome
and Venice to Lombard street, London,
which for more than 100 years has con-
trolled the money markets of the world.
Speaking OF the colonies, he brought
out the fact that while prominent Ger
mans have sneered at Great Britain's CO.
lonial possessions and CALLED them ropes
of sand" Great Britain has Germany to
thank that these ''ropes of sand" are now
compacted into a solid mass Of sandstone
in the cause of the mother country. III
one would understand Great Britain, he
must go first to India, then to Burmah,
Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand,
through South Africa, British Guiana,
Egypt and the islands of the sea to
Canada. Then and then only will Great
Britain's power and influence be under
stood"
Germany has for years been drinking
toasts to the day when she should finally
wipe Great Britain off the map and, be-
lieving that England was demoralized by
internal strife, that France was unpre-
pared, that Russia was humbled and dis
heartened as a result of her war with
Japan, and that Serbia was exhausted by
the Balkan trouble, she set in motion her
plans for intrigue and sedition in India
and Africa, and struck a sudden blow
through unsuspecting Belgium. But the
day has not yet come, for there are more
sons OF Ireland in the trenches and on
the battle lines of Great Britain this
night than ever before in history, and
India, Australia, New Zealand and Can
ada are all doing their part. England
has had to call her men from all over
the world, but the call has not been in
vain"
Dwelling for a moment on Germany,
Mr.. Grassland spoke of the inhumanity
of the sinking of the Lusitania and OF
the brutal way in which the British
nurse, Miss Cavell, was killed. He con-
trasted Germany's forts and arsenals
with Great Britain's workshops and ship |
yards.
The attitude of the two countries to-
ward each other is shown by the fact
that while Germany has tried by prohibit
tive taxes to keep British industry out
of her possessions, Great Britain has let
in German industries on equal footing |
with her own. The feeling of the people |
Of one country toward those of the other
is shown by the contrast between the
German watchword, Scott strafe Eng. |
land" ("Got Punish England"l and the
words found by Richard Harding Davis
on bust OF Bismark in little English
village, "God Forgive Germany"
One suggestion made by the preacher
was that even now Germany may be
welding the links Of a new empire, "the
United States of Great Britain" in which |
all the large cities of the colonies shall
have a representation in the House of
Commons.
In closing, Mr.. Grassland showed his
attitude toward this lecture and the
others Of the series by quoting the words
Of Lincoln;
with malice toward none. with char
ity for all, with flrmness In the right, as
God gives us 10 see the right, let us strive
on 20 finish the work we are in,'