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and in the damning clearness Of
the Photographic lens
Lecture UnforgettabIe.
Once heard. the Hills lecture is
never 20 6e forgotten. Just as the
facts Of the present war, unparallel-
ed i'm frightfulness. will go down in
dellibly in history what Dr. Hills
has 20 say OF the methods employed
by the Germans in their conquest
for world power will never be erased
from the minds Of those who hear
f. Without exaggeration. nothing
more horrible more impossible OF
conception. more shocking TO the
instincts of humanity viii ever be
recorded.
That men can descend so far in
the human status as 10 Commit the
heinous crimes OF which the Ger
man sOldiery are guilty today is ut
terly inconceivable. and without the
unquestionaole honesty Of DR.. Hill
lis word and the Photographic rec
ords which he carries. it is prob
able that his story would gain no
credence in prosperous and undis-
turbed America. That men can mu-
tilate and destroy the human body
until no human semblance is left
Of IL, that the product of a nation
famed for centuries for its kultur
and wealth Of intellectual and ar
tistic beauty, can violate the sacred
ness of wOmanly virtue until nature
i'm very pity clOaks the tortured
consciousness with death. seem the
unspeakable inventions Of a dis, ased
and corrupt mind, yet Germany to-
day stands convicted Of those
crimes. the thought of which nau-
seates and outrages the instinct
America is at War.
America is at war The whole
world is at war against a force no
words Of frightfulness have power
TO adequately describe. Not i'm re-
mote and Isolated instances have
these atrocities been committed but
by thousands and tens of thousands
until there are now missing from
once lovely little Belgium, the
treasure house of beauty and art.
nearly 10000 people. By a system
of awfulness, Germany has swept
from the face Of the earth all that
went to make up an entire coun-
try.
There can be no longer any doubt
about what Germany has done TO
Belgium and 10 that portion OF
France into which she carried her
curse before forced to turn. Men.
women, children have gone down
more ruthiessly than disease or pes
thence has ever destroyed There
has been no pity, no quarter shown.
Prayer of woman and wall Of child
have been alike pOwerless to stay
the evil spirit which covered and
embraced the whole Of Germany.
from the hateful monarch, who
commands. 10 the lowest slave in
his empire, who obeys
Americas Tardiness Her shame.
Before the tragic courage of raw
ished Belgium, the heroism Of
glorious France and the uncon-
quered soul of Great Britain pos
terity will do eternal homage.
Americas lasting shame must lie in
the fact that she stood so long UNI
ready TO offer her aid to a stricken
sister country. That there are still
paciistic imbeciles abroad and un-
punished is no small part OF that
shame. Between us and Belgiums
fate stand only the English navy
and the undaunted army Of France.
For the millions Of Americas pure
and guarded daughters there is
scarcely an unframed woman in all
Belgium today. If America refuses
TO do her sacred duty in this crisis
it must be to cali down upon her
people the endless execration OF hu-
mainly.