Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-14

Food spectators and food manipu.
iators wcro denounced as traitors and
hEcnas In human guisc last night by
Rev. William l.. Thompson, u. H.. In
sermon at Park Place Methodist
Church. The same fato that meets
other traitors was advocated for those
who mako the poor feel tho pinch OF
hunger or the sting Of cold.
That there Is sufficient food for all!
but for the cornerins of staple ar
ttclcs. was stated by DR. Thompson.
Men who do this lie contcndcd, should
meet the same fate as ono who at
tempts to injure the army OF the navy.
Congress. he stated. should. before the
end of the week. put spectators and
manipulators In the same category as
other traitors.
The sermon was a strong one. touch
ing on the duties of all persons in time
OF war and our duty TO our allies.
Mainly. however. the exhortation was
against those who intcrfcrcd with food
products. their actions being held up
as worse than the atrocities of the
Germans.
WAR THE GREAT TESTER
OF NATIONAL LIFE
THE value OF a nation or tho pow CT
OF 4 nation is measured by It's
sistanrc and endurance, said Or.
Thompson. War is tho great tester
OF national life. The nation that can
beat force with force, can bear the
great burden &c sacrifice. is the nation
to win 4 place among tho nations Of
the Garth forever, while the nation
without power of resistance is bound
20 break under the burden OF hard
ship and go down in oblivion.
War is the fiery test OF national
life. The material Of which nations
character is builded must he able to
stand the fire. II nation is pre-
pared. ii comes out stronger and bet
ter for the burning. If It has nothing
but dross. its natural constitution is
consumed. There is no way for a ma
cept by passing through the fires and
coming out all tempered steel.
There arc no exemptions or ex
illusions in national warfare. When
a nation goes to war it gathers its
materials from everybody and from
every source. All lines of distinction
are wiped out There are no parties,
sect or denomination. Even the walls
of race prejudice are broken down.
The nation gathers all forces into one
rerial impulse. What nation can
achieve when organized into one
mighty unit determines whether It
shall live or ought to live in the pro-
cess of building the worlds civiliza-
ton.
NO GREAT DISTINCTION
IN TYPES Or SERVICE
ihere Is no great distinction III the
service man may render in time Of
war. The soldier or the battle field.
the sailor on the ship is each doing
his service in his respective capacity.
The farmer. the mechanic is serving
his nation in his place. Tho mother.
who has torn her only son from her
side to go out TO do his bit. is as
heroic as the fighter. All together they
make nation as whole in time OF
peril.
We are now engaged in war-not
simply to resist invasion. Nor is it
, a conflict for our own preservation.
The struggle in which we are engaged
is 10 preserve the democracy Of the
world We have gone into this war
not merely for tha sake OF saving
our own country or protecting our own
institutions OF stopping the onward
advance of the destroyer. We have
gone in TO save the nations Of the
earth 10 democracy. to give all men
the right 10 be free and the right 70
move and think and do according to
the dictates Of lis own conscience
without fear.
III Germany comes out OF this war
victorious. the hands of the clock will
be turned back 1000 years. The dark
ness and chains Of the bcnightcd era
VIII be re-enacted. Mankind viii have
TO rebuild everything that goes to
make up the finer qualities OF human
life The issues are SD stupenduous
that one is well-nigh appalled, when he
contemplates them.
NEW DAY MAY HERALD
COMING OF THE KING
III our allies are victorious We shall
"orc forth as champions. Il will he
the dawn of q day which shall hcrnid
the coming OF the Eing--a day in
which men shall never war again We
are all lighting in common cause.
We may lift our allies back TO the
greatest heights OF human freedom,
or they may pull us down into the
abyss OF unnamable darkness But
whatever may come. nothing will cut
the bonds that bind us to the nations
OF our blood.
But as ruthless as the foe with
out. stherc is one at home that is even
worse AS great menace as the foe
Us 10 the world. we are facing az grave
peril There is a grave menace in
our own country to-day. There has
occn III our midst a systematic effort
on the part Of few spectators 10
corner or control the country's bread
and the country's fuel 1t is the work
OF traitors. |, is an organization of
nEehas in human guise. who would
lat'cn upon their country. now facing
"tupendous sacrifice for humanity.
They would feed upon the helpiessness
Va peoplc IN the fEost critical hour
we have ever known
Il have grown hoarse denouncine
'he atrocities OF the German govern
ihen' the devastation Of Belgium, the
vast stretch and sweep of ruined home
III France. the despoiled women and
children. the strong men made slaves,
the diabolical sinking Of the Lusi-
tahia with the white faces Of The wo-
men and little children sinking beneath
q,
resurrection. the frightful submarine
warfare wtpinG the Atlantic with its
subtle and hidden stroke OF an assas-
sim But this Is magnificent warfare
compared with the traitors who would
corner food and fuel. letting the poor
reel the pinch of famine and SILVER
because OF cold
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