The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-04-12

the leyying OF tribute. the general lar
ceny. of all property of value. from
the civil population. the couImandeer-
ing of food. leaving the population TO
starve or subsist upon the charity of
other nations, the rape of women.
the murder OF men and women who
attempted to resist the qualification
of the unrestrained lust by lihidin-
ous soldiery: all these present rec
ord that has not been exceeded in
shameless licentiousness, by any war
in Europe, since the Saracen was
stopped at the gates OF Vienna.
Savaaery Shocks The World
This sayagery. manifested. during
more than two years and reaching its
abominable elimination OF loath-
some barbarity. during the recent re
treat. has shocked the world.
Civilization stands aghast at the
molten stream from this volcano OF
hate. spit out by these baffled bar
barians. IL these men shall lnd the
means To torpedo hell and let loose
its noxious odors upon mankind they
will only have increased their capa-
city for frightfulness. they will not
have changed the character of their
destructive deviiishness.
For the acts of savagery no greater
than those which have accompanied
the invading army in Belgium and
France. the nations dismembered the
Turkish Empire in Europe and Great
ed several autonomous and independ-
.nt states in the Balkans.
The acts. ara not the acts OF a sol
4 tiiery made up of savage hordes. re-
cruIted from the confines of Asia. or
Bedouins from African deserts. This
army Is noa assembled under the
green banner OF the Prophet This
destruction OF properly. this enslav-
ing OF peoples, this violation OF wom-
en-; these acts OF private murder. are
the story OF an army recruited from a
land boastful OF its culture, n land OF
universities. of teeming citier. OF
quiet homes. from a people naturally
gentle and generous. but whose ma
fure has been distorted. by educa-
tion In savage lust for conquest
during a half century. an education
y begun and kept up for. the very pur-
pose OF making men capable OF these
frightful excuses. They make war in
the name of two Christian eovereigns
and the Mohammedan Turk. but their
methods Of warfare are the methods
Of the Turk. and not OF the Christian.
In the unholy alliance between the
Christian Hohenzollern. and the Mo
hammedan Turk. the precepts Of the
gospels have been cast down. and the
teachings of the Koran exalted.
We Are Tempting Bait.
We have been growing tat and
lazy and soft. physically. intellectual
~ and morally. and the world knows
this and knows that we are rich.
What more tempting bait. could be
presented to the cupidity OF an arm
cd, but Impoverished. world, We dis
play no more Judgment than the man
who takes his treasure. unguarded into
a country infested by bandits. no
more than q man vito leaves bis
home and his family. unprotected. on
toe bordersian where,Giviltsattsn and
! savagery meet and clash.
II seems almost as providence OF
cod that we are called to war at such
a time and unds. zuch circumstances.
Protection whiis we get ready. With
sut II our coasts would be ravaged our
cities laid under tribute. our men
carried into slavery. our women to
deaiement as In Belgium.
Senator Root spoke the truth when
he said. TT takea longer 10 get our
people to the proper frame OF mind
than Il does to raise an army"
What will happen to a people who
are non-resistant7 Let dismembered
China answer. China the leviathan.
which suffered absolute dominion by
foreign race for three hundred
years. China which has been the
''grab-bag" OF all the predatory pow
.rs of the world. Why. even animal
Instinct Is superior to the childish un-
wisdom OF the pacifists.
The man-eatlng lion of Europe has
been expecting for long whiie to
make colts meat of US at his con
venience.
We Need Trained Men.
What shall We do about Universal
training7 The man who opposes mill
tary training is tho man who needs It
most: the man who is In favor OF IL
is the man who will volunteer. What
we need IL this. is men with military