Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-22
PEACE NOW SIMPLY A. TRUCE
Archdeacon Eldred Brown Says Would Only Serve Give Germany Time to Prepare for Another War-Or Most Imperative Duty to Buy Liberty Bonds.

knowledged leaders in the cause of the
 worlds peace: It is under the sense ot this ideal that we have furnished the
 world with an example of unselifish
 serving in freeing Cuba from an un- | bearab1e tyranny, and in refusing tC take indemnity from China. And it is
 under this ideal that we have learned
 to cherish that high measure of per- when the people govern themselves
 and make their own laws. And this my friends, is why Democracy is so !. important and valuable to us and. to the world that we are willing to fight and make the utmost sacrifice for it. For, it is in dire ranger. Against it 1 there has arisen a mighty foe which ] is not only deadly opposed to it, but is overthrow it. The Democratic state
 is the outcome of the long, evolution ary struggle of the ages. It Is the ] highest and most humane form of 1 government the progressive mind of ] man has ever been able to invent. It l is the embodiment of ideals of lib- erty, justice and fraternity in greater 1 degree than any previous form of l government has displayed. It applies i the same moral law to the acts of l goveDment which it does to the acts 1 of the individual It considers itself as much bound to respect the rights individual to respect the rights and freedom of his neighbor.
 Bent On Acquiring Power.
 Against all this there is plotting to- day and has been plotting for over generation, a mighty autocracy. a one claims to govern by divine appoint men and to have the divine sanction for all the atrOciOuS and detestable deed he has authorized or permitted, 8 man whose whole will is bent on ac-
 quiring power over the rest of the
 world. Against the modern and demo-
 cratic doctrine that the state is just
 as much bound by the jaws of mo-
 associates have invented the theory
 that the state is non-moral, that the
 Whole object of state is to extend it's
 power by force and that any one or
 anything that stands in it's way must
 be overthrown and crushed Hence
 the horrible and cruel deeds commit
 ted by he German army and navy
 are not only Justifiabie, but laudable.
 Against the modern and democratic doctrine that nations like individuals
 are bound to treat each other in good faith and with good will, we have the German claim to tear up treaties as habit of spying out the weaknesses of all th0 countries to whom it sends its supposedly friendly ambassadors.
 Against the modern and democratic doctrine that it Is the duy of state to cultivate peaceful and friendly rela- tions with all the rest of the world, and so to serve the great cause of hu- manity as have the German claim to nation under heaven, and the German assertion of its right, by reason or su- perior culture and enlightenment to dominate the rest of the world and bring it under the iron heel of it's deSpOtic will. Now, not only is all this German claim and action opposed to everything which we know as Christi anity, but it is a deliberate and mighty effort to stop the wheels of moral progress and to turn the world back to way and methods of thought and ac- tion which the world in it's movement upward discarded and thrown to the rubbish heap. In the estimation of the ruling and military caste in Germany, the people, the masses, are simply Ramon -futter, simply food for cannon. In the eyes of a Democratic govern ment, every man who gives or offers his life to his country is not only a l person in whom there are infinite pos abilities for good, but a hero to whom 1 all honor is due.
 The Peril That Threatens.
 Here, there is the peril that threat ems us, that threatens the whole mod ern Democratic world. and there can be ] from its awful threat until the mili- | tary autocracy of Germany is defeated 1! and overthrown. 1 A peace nof, peace by negotia- | ton. would simply be truce. It l would only serve to give Germany 1 time to prepare for another and even 1 greater war. That is why we are in i this war and must remain in it till | the great foe of justice and freedom i and humanity is once and for all ] thoroughly beaten. That is why we l are sending the flower of our country l to the trenches. And that is why we 1 who are not able or are not expected | to go must sustain our young men and | bU inO fn ment the money that is absolutely es- sential to their proper equipment and l their safety It is the privilege of a democracy that 1t can choose it's own government But with the privilege 1 goes the duty of standing back of the government which we choose. This l government is the servant of those | whom it governs. It realizes that those therefore it has a high sense of re- It aims to overn for the welfare Of all. In the present case, we not only have government which deserves our heartiest support because It is opposing foe which threatens he welfare of us all, but a govern nent which deserves our heartiest support because it is doing it's best equipment and appliances which are SO necessary to. save their lives and prevent their sacrifices from being Iseless and vain.
 Our Greatest Duty.
 Therefore, it is our greatest and most imperative duty at this time to ouy Liberty Bonds, even though it be | necessary to do so, to exercise the ut most economy and sacrifice. Our young men are making the great I venture with the noblest spirit of deaism and heroism they are offering ID their lives on the altar of freedom md democracy. The lease we can do who are to profit by their sacrifice is o give of our dollars to back them up lnd see that their lives are not thrown 1 Lway.
 New London Has s,eso School chii-
 Thomas E. Donohue, who has been aking the enumeration of the school of he cif Of I |