The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-09
DIR, UPPER WAS
GOOD SPEAKER

BdDtlSJ cHuTCN proved 10 De qulLe
drawing card and a large number of
people were there to enjoy the occa-
sion. Dr. Topper made a most inter
sting and elaborate presentation of
Americas standing as world power
and gave many reasons for our pride
in our citizenship.
His lecture in brief follows
'In five notable wars" said Dr.
Upper, che United States has been
engaged up to the opening of the prs
mt year: Our first war of Indapend-
ance, 1776-83; our second War of In
dependence, 1872; our Mexican War.
1916; cur Civil War, 1876; and our
Spanish American War, 1898. We
had hoped that the days of cur Ma
tional conflicts were past and gone,
and YET here in the good year of1917.
when the Golden Rule of the Nazar-
enc should have it's day and sway we
find ourselves, not so much drawn as
driven, into conflict with the might
est, most strongly organized MILAN
istic power OF earth. After long pa
! thence and many insults and no few
murders, we have been compelled to
| take up with the Entente Allies, not
| solely to make the world safe for de-
mocracy but, also to secure our own
! safety, now and in the future. For
the autCcracy which in 1856 conquer
ed Austria and in 1871 disemberod
France and in 1885 seized no small
parts of the Orient, has had longing
eyes for South America in these lat
ter days; and were the Allies to fail
there could nothing be expected less
than world-domnance by the Hohen-
zcl!en dynasty, unless the United
States alone be able to stop invasion
Cn cur shores by the Central Powers
Our wise patient President sought
long and hard to keep usg out of the
cataclyson now involving SfS per cent
Of. the European population and 561
PER cent of the population ofswerld,
but all in vain. Extraordinary insults
and agressions by The Imperial Gov
eminent Of Germany, to- quote on
Chief Executives, We're So fneited
upon us by the military masters Of
Fussia that had we not taken up q rms
the flag under which we serve would |
have been dishonored. For months
we patiently injured spies and aspir-
ators, the destruction Of our posses
sicns, the sinking Of our ships, even
thos On errands OF mercy to starving
people until tlast patience ceased to !
be virtue. And now we are in the |
fearful Symageddon beyond the seas,
to remain there and 70 fight there IN
Ill Autocracy which in 1914 had it's
briefAusterlity Ct victory shall in 1918
most likely, have its disening Water
loo of defeat This is the meaning of |
President Wilson's statesmanlike adj
dress to Congress this week, aud lead
by our President, democracy here
shall battle until the bright light OF
civil and religious liberty shall flood
Euope and send its tides of glory to
the ends CT the earth.
"What shall be specially some of
the results of the fearfud holocaust
of blood and death? Most probably
among these effects will be the moral
salvation of Germany, young honey
combed with rationalism; the physi |
cal salvation CT England, who follow
ing Russia and Americas example in
the abolition of strong drink may save
her manhood now so degenerated by
men; the political salvation of Russia
so long in political darkness and who
yet may see the light; the spiritual
salvation Of France for so many years
under the blighting sway Of either a
false religion or infdelity; and high
er elevation of America, to become a
people less matenalistic asd more spir
itual And may there grow out Of
the war an abiding Peace League
among nations like the United States
Great Britain, France italy, Russia
JqpaD which will DrpGerye the Opace