New Britain herald., 1917-06-09

OI 8Au8e uA8 O0en USeu HI 04k101 surgical dressings and 43.000 moro yards has been ordered. This gauge, If stretched out In . straight liue, would reach from here to New Haven.
 Of the money raised in New Brit. ain for the Red Cross ons-quartsr of 1t will be used by the local chapAer in their work for our own soldiers and three-fourths will be sent to general headquarters at Washington to b. used for buying material which will be distributed among the millions of soldiers on the eastern and western fronts.
 Last Sunday preached a& Platts- burg to the finest body of young msn that have evsr seen assembled. Not only ere they perfect spectmsns o1 manhood but they ase 4ns sparituaa1y. Most of them are sons of man who are widely known and of prenninant families It is for us to care for their physacal. moral and spitttual weIfaSa,
 This is not m AbstrAct cause wo are working for. 1t h something very definite. Strengthened by . great patriotic we've In the past two weeks. I sincerely believe the nation will raise the $10o. 100000 which is needed. I do not think many of us will fol- low in the foots&aps of . pAcihst, whom you would recoGniSe 8 men- tioned his nauae, whsn aSlDod what he would do If Germany invaded this country. replied, 1T would do noth-F ing, this country is no moro to me than any other We should love our city. our state and our country bot ter than any othor. We ahould not develop . patriotism that h hasoAed
 and let that fseling, if VI don't do
 1t someone elss will. overtake us.
 There h no .Geoeys' In thb cas4.
 You're s0eor8e' and I'm s0eogys' and
 VI must all put our shouadass to the wheoA
 ..Ysstsrdav. weth <h> pesnasuaou q tho odlclah who w13llng1ys9roGstod mo m hour T. fANusd to tho 1ugounan ol the W1nohnoeor A1sns co, about oub- scr1hang to ,tho sIlbMey Bond Thsy iwsro III vesy eAs~ 0ve tho Idea. Thu is noe -an inys msnf 1nr thosog who are annGlAlly .wen 0 do but E
 is m invsstznsnt for evsEy mn a,l4 ] ayxangeEnants hAvasheen mAaa - that each and sveEy in11yiduAls eaA d4$ 4is bit If IT. Rocke6sl1er caane to ny
 house and took my wifs oxt " dln-s ner and bought her clothes E wnda4s resent 1t. ehs h my wifs. IT. III IRocksfsllsr bsa9Ak $1 q eo0. .eee w1Eth | Of bonds thin wosl ltnot be IT. Roeas- Ifsllssss country ltvfs noe 1GN Honlp-
 fsllsfes oosaneGzy. II IT your soGuneFy
 and my oounsy ands evsEybody must ! ret ooxsthsr and ooopGE94e ln bohalf of thcre ,whos1 it II to E. maAlss we must so a& it dsssazntnsd1yr and reeolutoly and slowly but surely sec 1t through. Men end women 4u1t Eive Of their eax4y poe lioos, Elaar perse0al masnetisn and charm yto crown those princ3ples witch we be- Hove to be ahle and rau11l l 1T do not a9ree with Dsnai1n Franklin when he sald eThere nSvse was . eood war or . bad psaoe- Thero
 hes, in my opinion. been . Srea1 anAny good wars in which nsontac1s h9ss always overthrown1 au1bCracy and suppression by kinSs haa ben a6oa-' ished. I am firm believer fn peAce but not 1t any cost We h4ye 6o6n very pktient with certain nQk1on until ws can endure 1t n6 lonUeA The people Of that nation rs1otcsd = the: sinking Of the Lusatanta- VI 0aw them rejoice when they nsa<ay sx-l tinguished tho litt1e nation of Be1-j gium which was the gfeatest crime in the annals of tho race. We saw 1t again in tho prosecution Of Mdfth Ca we'll. Mon havs fought with men. IT. other wars but not 90 In this conflict Their Zeppelins have dropped bombs on innocent towns and villageA Our rights as neutrals were trampled. upon. We sew them plot With 1aexi-, co and Japan and try to turn thceo two nations against us. We sAw them sink hospital ships under the plea of' military necessity until Prestden4 wilson stood up and interpreted tho emotion, rightly as we believe. and now is the time for us to translaNes these words into deeds.
 we did not entsr tho var for any gain. Hate was not our mot1ve. Wof Z will leave that mad military caste ttll the finAl day of reckoning when the Germans flnd they have been de- ceived. We declared war not Wilaan9 to let other nations be bled whltA to- be broken and crippled dgheang foN the rishts of humanity. We came forsi ward to help bring victory for tho, rieht @ thst to quote the words oft Abraham Lincoln in his speech se Gettysburx. That this nation, undsria God. shall have . new birth of free-t dom, and that government of the people, by the people. for the psoplA shall not perish from the earth
 USHERs sNIECTED.
 Members of High Schooe
 to Assist at Graduation.
 TWenty-4ive members of tho junioA class 1t the New Britain Hish schooN have volunteered their services to ace a ushers at the annual gradu- alton exercises The boys will afso assist at tho clase night which wilf be observed Juno 70. Graduation VIII