The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-10-05
WHAT FIGHT Y /
A Catholic Priests $ Va,
sage to Massachns,'
Soldiers,

H ~ an auoress to the Mo-.
Fall River, Mass, q~IyS r.,!
statement as to Why 11oe Arne,4ta' a
war, and some of tber, r,''etlcs eI; !;
read alongside Of 't.5l' t5" Png Pnlgt
proposals in which nv d;Sp dr;Spe
drawn between the Ar gpn,ial GIller
fighting for civilizatiorr' 'itIes a,s :, '
fighting the unboIy Wv" WA ana tt
In the course of Sis var a55 Of
Cassidy said: "uofes'
When men ask you, "wh,.
trata for?n ,,e tell J., them, in tones cA1i i
wake Make up the dead Of '76; q u
liberty, for freedoms saEo ! :
eousness, for all my country;s Tpr, =
eyer eyer represented. I fgbt + :
that justice may prevriI, ~ tbs ~
fulness and inhumanity =, r,sr ,Is
sess the earth" ''"y
And here, if vo,, ,..r
time, l would oi;.o 90 WIN al
who would seen,;n o,,,. answer
sacrifice by teIIina ,,.,, S,l (i Iilscfet
unpopular war. '""' Y
What war was a,,or ,,..,,
sense that thev wo,,rJ M ,popu!aI
the War for Irdenons.alSye n.u nave II
Was the war for rbn bI,'enve e p
the Union ponuIar ,'' W, RWr,eseFT1
ish War pon,5,aro p; was N
measure of rightoo,,SrYap,ul Ypu''n9
with and kiIIing as"b %,''ess' e.S
lar only with sayaoes s,' os; o.gef
do not anticinate VIII ;.,. :l.Q o.
tering of their bretbrar' W, w .he]
truly said that wor G',' !, b'T 'gn
is hardly popuIar With h ong ny..,
We abhor war bnt u,,'vl u,o ~
that we have NOT vat o~s;. ~e u
decadent and dagonoro.. ~o.,'el
wherein we worId sns's @Ss
rather than figh+ Cna S'
we should ever corsidnr ,anI tUl
honorable or mora w. 5o,;Sa EsdJ
Righteousness, God fNrb;S s
should purchase neaca 'u-.,u U.;.s
God make us ever aSSor .r,n n,o.
keep Us from even C, booor,;rr %-.' rr
ardiv TO fight, '''''s
Had GERMANY hv IL o,,.r Il
repeated again and aga;r \
it impossible for rs 90 r''', ~
with honor, had sha rSsnaol "a n
rights, had she nor n,urGorsi rsI
zens. she migb+ have heat heat.
and to her knees and ws N
have interfered We dii N
war TO save Frgra~ ~dEwa ~ waa
% save ourselves "a ssve
ereign rights, to save al al
hing that = nation in hand,
You men of ali Gjr+hS for (
No, of WOW I,,.l, o,I /; i
ng a grieyarca agairst y End
,onr hind desira for ratv;bni3
'orpet that in tbis way oil nd
" fail together # FncIan1|
re stand. # Fry'1rd f9IiS
,ictorv and boroI or defeat
,onor shall como nnon ALA al II
And Cod forbi5 That t54-l
70 anv 50 base and low ard7
$ to strike at tho heor+ Of
hroUcb +ba son, ,'s af ,bsir ,, own
;od forbid i'd tbst u rbere s,,s', sborij n"
Who wonId rsio;ro at The
NV Nv Of I'm the 4rTies 4IG,ss when vi y"N M
hat snch losses mean orIva
l,a Sur ond IT,~ys n,Tt,ni;Sj ,SI 3es+S. g,
. o fore,.e. 5U.uter fro,, f%5, -bass ass S-ss ;t
One word more and | bsa
IS 0,e You "Itr leave '''2a this Tnd holy pIaa
ercbs ban nee 'a, to . ~, s,''r retnr1, ,U, two3
wo memories, 7 would stamf
w W. nn Ie,lUT.es, Hn,I,. sor5 sr ~os,u sonls
= christ npon the cross.
,,tstretcbed toward YOU iin
we br1,ised Needing. crucif
mnb;ng over sin and death
m, frog O'fL Eo s..' ronr @,,u CSai' God,
gu ;;l,t,7 Tree, =. he, ne !, ,,nyo your dasrb GGu
Tha o+be, TO nm s +Ss+ o,I most rSt'b berd
lhe ne Snea osnep to,,5io IS l95i 'G,, times.
oaaiot all these set 5eF1''e If contsran ,55,5tsr
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oIn OF a;,,1yoj OF ooay, ie{ h. ",Y .tan5s 93' ss
"a unalmmea, mn 5l..It..J ne ,'"'.r1 ord g." ds1
& 'ins of his IS. dey@sIe0 TASTE mnrje-sd' anj
,ugbtnrs 'uniry, "if Violated, led, his childr
cd into cantivitv his hones
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