Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-24
|DR. FRANCIS
LECTURES HERE
American Ideals Of Liberty, Spread
Abroad Over the World, Caused
Unrest Among Peoples OF
Europe.
WAR IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY
Germany Fights for Arist0cracy
WAR IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY
Germany Fights for AristOcracy
Against the Ideals Of Free
Government.

"An Old World With New Con-
science" was the subject of the lee
'ture given as the third number of
the business mems lecture course by
DR.. Arthur. J. Francis Friday night at
the Orpheum theatre. The speaker
was introduced by w. F. Cole of this
city, who spoke of his ability and the
honor recently conferred upon him
by the Hamilton club of Chicago,
which has chosen DR.. Francis to reps
resent it on a journey to Europe
for the purpose of gathering first
hand information regarding condi-
tions at the war fronts.
Through the medium of entertain-
ing stories Dr.. Francis brought his
audience to the more serious phase
of his evenings lecture and his con-
ception of an old, old, old, old world
and its promise of the time when it
will be different" Civilization, he
spoke of as relative term.
America Land of Free.
America" he said, ''has done more
to bring about the conditions which
brought about the war than any
other cause" America has for years
been holding out her arms to all
kinds and conditions of men, offering
them freedom, wealth, social and
religious liberty They have come by
the hundreds OF thousands from
every country of Europe and Asia.
They found the thing which had been
promised them to be true and wrote
pack to thelr old Ii ONE o. th5iEs
humble beginnings here, oi demo-
cracy and liberty, creating unrest
there and those at home have said
"Why are we as we are?"
Germany Wanted War.
Six months before the opening Of
the war, when Germany was at
peace with every other nation in
Europe, at a gathering of the most
powerful men of the empire, Count
Won Buelow, in an outline of a settles
ment of the political conditions in
Germany at that time, said "The
only cure for internal dissention is
external strife" AS nation or indi-
vidual get what they look for, this
world is now plunged in the most
fearful holocaust of all history.
Serbia, the political vassal of Rms
sid, is dependent upon Austria for
economic freedom and when the
crown prince and princess of that
country were shot by hot headed
young Serbian student, Austria, as
the result of Germany instigation,
made demands upon Serbia which
she could not grant. The hypocrisy
Of Germany is revealed in the fact
that she did not mobilize with Aus
tria against Serbia and Russia but
against France, republican, free and
happy France.
King Albert who, in answer to
Germany's request to permit her
army to pass through his country to
reach France, said "My county is
nation not a highway" and with his
scarce 100000 armed men that held
back the German hordes, represented
the constitutional monarchy form of
of England and Belgium
against that of the monarchial gov
of Germany. The blow dealt
by Germany wasn't a blow against
Belgium or France but a blow Of
one system against another. Auto
cracy is warning against democracy
and America has done more to create
l demand for democracy than any
other people.