Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-03
RABBI WITT S1|RS BOTARIANS WIyH
 PATRIOTIC TALK
Greatest Service U. s. Can Render World is to Crush
 Prussianism.

The greatest service that Amerlca can render the world is to crush Prus- sian autocracy, with all it's brutality, and make the world free from the menace of another conflict such as is now raging in Europe. This was the conc fusion of an inspiring address made yesterday before the Rotary club of Pine Bluff by Rabbi Louis Witt of Little Rock. speaking on Americas Opportunity for Service to the World.
 Rabbi Witt was presented by pr. J. 1. Norris, designated to serve by H. Kemp Toney, president of the club, as student of humanity with world wide vision, and with sympathies eX- tending to all the peoples of the earth"
 Acknowledging the complimentary introduction, Dr. Witt took occasion to reciprocate by relating conversa- ton that emphasized the fact that the biggest men are not always found in thebiggest towns, the intimation being clear that the speaker consider the country. The Rotarians demon-
 strated by their applause that they,
 too, hold the same opinion of Dr. Nor ris
 Briefly reviewing incidents that lead to the war, Rabbi Witt said when he read Germany s own defense of her acts he became anti-German, and that every bit of evidence he has been able to obtain has confirmed his opinion that Germany is responsible for the war; Abiding to his own race, Dr. !, Witt said it had found in America re-
 lief from oppression, and he sees the hand of God in the making and devel- opment of the "American nation, which ] is a gift of God, in order that -:lere might be new spirit" to enlighten the world, and which is now beacon
 light to the peoples of all dark con- tinents.
 l President Wilson's messages, he sthinks, interpret the American spirit, of liberty and of desire to be of ser-
 vice. President Wilson, he said, must
 long have realized that America could
 not be neutral, any more than God
 could be neutral between right and
 wrong. The president deferred plung-
 ing the country into war as long as
 possible, in the hope, perhaps, of find ing compromise between the indigna-
 tion in his heart against Germany and
 the awful responsibility of sending g
 nation into the conflict. : Referring to an article appearing in
 the Saturday Evening Post grecentlY,, ],
 in which a German engineer on a su'gss marine describes the revolt in his heart when he witnessed the victims of torpedoed ship sttigglinngg for fife in the water. and particularly how the picture of mother and babe re- rained in his mind.. pr. Witt declared "I know that no American soldier or sailor could have been driven by su- perior officer to commit such das- tardly act as that" He related how England had plead cd with Germany to avert wal, and de- clared that the United States could not stay out in safety. He said he prayed for the United States to take part, that the world might be made free and the United States have it's part therein, and believes that "our children will thank us for it."
 President Wilson's reply to the peace proposal of Pope Benedict the speaker characterized as ono of the great world documents. equal to Wash ington's address and Lincoln's Gettys- burg speech, and that it lifted the ideals of France and of England. Rabbi Witt traced thehistory of the nation, showing it has ever lad men up, and declared that the service in which it is now engaged is greater than the service rendered by the rcvo- lution, greater than the service ran- dered when the United States conquer ed Spain for the liberty of Cuba, for we are now fighting for the liberty of the world and twill stand behind our great president to the last dollar