Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-13
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"But We. we're proud Of u Cor
population in Missouri" Mr..
Thomas continued.
Many of them helped I ave
the great nation in the struggle It had
just gone through. My father went
lor in that struggle and with him were.
many Germans. In that war he was
injured, 30, that when the Civil war
came they would not let him enlist,
but he organized q company in st.
Louis and vent anyway. He wa one
of the mol who took the locomotive
and baggage car, and, when Governor
Rice was trying to hand over the
state, went to the state capital and
drove that secessionist legislature out.
With; him were many Germans, and
He spoke Of the German-Americans
IN this country and said that we
had nothing to fear from those Ger
mans who are informed Of conditions
In the Fatherland. They are with this
government, he said, heart and soul
and are aiding in the great work. He
agreed with Mr.. Intyre that America
Is hghting the German people. They
are passing through q phase Of mad
ness, he said, from which they must
be cured.
Vanquished Shall Pay.
One OF the statements, written BY q
German general, defended the atroci-
ties committed in Belgium, particu-
larly the ~ravishing Of Belgian WON
en-. Another, written by a minister,
glorined the sinking OF the Lusitania,
and said that no man, who could not
approve Of that crime and who could
not revel in "the great victory" was
unworthy to be called a German.
Another, which shows clearly tho
reasons for buying Liberty bonds,
says that "Germany's war expenses
shall be paid by the vanquished and
the black, red and white flag shall
float over all the seas"
8 the Germans said Mr.. Thorn
as attacked our commerce and
killed ove $50 Of our citizens on
some 10 vessels. They have broken
every international obligation re-
garding h conduct of var We
have e n our boys over there. and
there can be no turning back"
Inspiration Of Democracy.
why make the world safe for
democracy" he asked, in taking up
President Wilson'S great reason for
entering he war. why not make it
SAFE lOF auLOCFaCy or artStOCfaCY?
Because. everything we enjoy, every
thing worth having, everything that
has advanced the ace or ameliorat-
ed conditions has come from democ-
racy. and by democracy, I mean the
people. Not epoch-makine idea,
not a great invention or a song has
come from ~autocracy. Everything
which has changed the current of hui
mar life has come from the poor.
Democracy is the avenue of creative
expression. Every fish in the sea,
every blade Of grass, every Q every
spear Of grain is part of the great in
visible force in expressing itself. It
is all the onsweep of some invisible
power, which, for the lack Of a. bet
ter designation. If better, we call God.
Some call 1t nature.
$50 is it with man. We see the
Great ~Emancipator write the freedom
Of slaves. When he is gone, we say
he has fallen. But what has fallen
fs only the foremost expression of
the great surge. Garfield understood
It, when he said, God rules Gnd the
government in Washington lives
When he died, the expression ran in
to other channels. not SO marked. not
20 grand, but nevertheless into other
channels. For the things the Creator
has to say, he uses you and me-the
common people,"
The Difference Of Imagination.
He referred to the scientists esti-
mate Of mana tool-usingr ami
NAL" bat the thing that dif1eFend-
ates nan from the animal, he said,