Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-24

one thousand. the number in the army
! Thousand after the passage OF an act
/ stopping the pay OF all soldiers admit
/ ted FOR treatment for "A Nenereal dis
case. The new navy law stops the
/ pay OF men SO afflicted and Will prob
| ably reduce the number OF the army
/ ratio. But these figures show con-
ditior Of immortality upon the part OF
/ the minority IN both arms of the
| service that challenges the thot OF the
| authorities
I'm civil life the number afflicted
I H. quite as large proportionately AS in
| the military service. IL has been
| printed that Hecht Of Vienna stated
that at one time the equivalent OF
three entire Austrian divisions OF six
| " thousand men was under treatment
fot Venereal disease, while the Ger
man army In Belgium. representing
only q small part of the total German
forces is reported during the first
five months OF It's occupation to have
furnished $1,000 such patients. ca
madam and Australian officers have
dcplored the raVages OF this disease.
The late figures from the British give
-. 900 cases aud All other countries
also have been weakened.
Tops other Mcnacc-.
fect!ous diseases at the top as men
ace H. war and in peace The time
has come to realize that this subtlest
Toe OF humanity must be conquered
and IL can not be conquered 10y deny
inp It's existence. saying II - a neces-
sary evil or applying pallatlVes. 1t
Is dcadlieI than smallpox or cancer
or tuberculosis. A Canadian author
ity says Its rayages today are more
"a Ifrf ~ n
Nimy ridge. the Somme and Lens
THE remedy? There is but one
confluence II must be preached in
the home. I'm the school. In the marts
OF trade. in the pulpit and In military
camps and among shipmates afloat !
The eradication of the evil effects
must be thoro. but the teacher who
will be heard and needed when ue
teachings OF all others Will fall on
deaf ears. is the word OF authority
from the medical profession. Young
men expect ministers OF the gospel to
call them to clean living. The preach F.
er seeks to save their souls and too
many youths hardly realize they have
"A soul. But they know they have .
bodies and the doctor Is the man to
whom they trust the treatment of
their bodies. When he breaches con- ,
tinence as the only rule OF life to
young men and points out the dire
penalty for lapses, his words have a
weight no other admonition possesses. /
Youth should Know.
You gentlemen of the medical pro- /
fession deal with life and death. You 1
bring the bodies into the world and .
you close the eyes OF the dead. Yours
is the ministering function. the init
mate touch, and out OF such relation
you can enjoy an amazing power OF
1t is this power that
America calls upon you 10 use. Tell I
our youths the truth. 1t is a duty laid II
but by the law OF preservation 4
that operates in nations as well as in
dividuals. That duty is imperative
upon you now as never before II you Il
perform IL and our young soldiers and Il
sailors heed your wise Counsel-and |
many OF them will follow your teach
iugs with lasting gratitude-you VIII
contribute more to the winning of the
war than manufacturers of shells.
Confluence is no longer a matter
OF morals only tho it must he en- I,
forced as the cardinal doctrine of /
morals. II has come to be seen as
having its base In the great law of
nature. New truths must take the .
place of ancient lies. We know by
the testimony of science that there is
no foundation for double standard
of the sexes. To preach il is to preach
immortality and lowering of man
hood. The lie that has lived so long
must be driven out by the truth
"Only God Will ever know the toll
IN blood and tears that this lie has
taken from the heart of the world
the price that the health of the race
has been made to pay for its submis-
sion to a historic falsehood young
lives ruined, futures cheated of prom
Use, children called upon to suffer for
the sins OF the fathers. innocent
women robbed of the right to happy
motherhood ana the virility OF "A ma
ton sapped at its very foundation.
To-day as never before American
must be clean We must
have Fitness America stands I'm need
OF every ounce of strength We must
cut out the cancer II We would live"
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