The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-07
KEEP GERMANS In
EUROPE, TYLER'S
PLEA, ASKING AID
FORY.M.C.A.FUND
Episcopal Bishop F o r
North Dakota Opens "Y"
Campaign In Morton
ASSOCIATION rs
TREMENDOUS ASSET
It's Portion In The War
Depicted AS Most I'M
portant to Soldiers

Bishop John Poyntz Tyler Of Fargo
was the principal speaker at the Y.
M. c. A. war fund meeting held in
Mandan, largely attended, and at
which the Morton county campaign
for raising its quota Of the national
war fund, was placed under way.
There was no pussyfooting in
Bishop Tylers handling of the war
question. Every inch OF his six feet
six, is bristling with patriotism says
The Mandan Pioneer. He launched
Immediately into the discussion OF
the war and the causes that led to
our participation therein. He declar-
ed that no self-resrecting nation,
no nation that stands for democracy
for the government ruled by and for
the people could do otherwise than to
throw every ounce of its human and
material resources into the struggle
in order that autocracy might be
wiped from the face Of the'earth.
Must Stay Autoeraey.
The most shameful and horrible
atrocities have been committed that
are too awful to repeat in this audi
ence," he said, and have been per-
petrated on enemies and neutrals
alike. And unless we unite with the
great nations that are endeavortng
to place a condition of peace and
harmony in the world and a condi-
ton which will forever Danish from
the earth barbarous autocracy, we
too will be all too soon the victims
Of the shameful cruelties that have
been suffered by Belgium, France
and Serbia.
I'VE are sending our sons and
husbands and brothers to fight and
it is not enough that they be equip
ped with guns and ammunition but
clothed. This in itself is a tremen-
dous undertaking and will tax the
resources OF this nation. We must
do our bit in our own homes, must
sacrifice, that our soldiers and the
soldiers Of our allies be well fed and
be we'll equipped with ammunition.
But there is another side to the
matter Of conducting a war and 1t
is this side that the Y. M. c. A. is
taking care Of and doing It in a
manner that is receiving the ap-
prevail and applause of all great ma
tions and great men of the world.
This great institution which had its
birth in England and now has its
branches in every important city in
the United, States and throughout
most of the owrld has undertaken
to administer to the comforts and to
| the spiritual and social welfare OF
the men. Your own newspapers have
been full of letters from the boys
commencing the work of the 7. M.
/ G. A. camps. They tell Of the con-
veniences that are afforded them in
the place for playing games, for
hearing music and reading and
writing letters back home. the OPP
portunities for hearing lectures, for
religious services and moving pic
! lures and a thousand and one other
things that relieve the monotony OF
camp life and throw a wholesome
influence around the boys.
I'VE want our boys, to come back
to US after the war, those who may
be spared from the wars devasta-
ton, as pure and wholesome as they
left us and only the influence Of a
great organization like this can ac-
complish It."