Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-29
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WAR RALLY
William J. Mulligan, State Chairman of War Work Fund, Delivers Stirring Address-Arthur F. Libby Tells of Bureau Work-Rev. J. H. Broderick Acted as Chairman

have the shot for freedom which we
 are -hurling. at the foe heard around
 the world ..s.-...-
 Connecticut wilk give to. this fund
 ever s2J0 000 and Nofwich l am sure
 will raise .s2O,000, :.
 Father Broaeriek then introduced Arthur r. Libby Of the local War Blu reau, who said in part:
 l have been called i ~ntonisht to try
 to take the place of the maXor whom
 we all regret to hear is confined to his
 home. am a member of the recently
 organized War Bureau in this city
 which will take. the place of the form
 CT town committee Of. the State Coun-
 ci1 of Defense. There is as wsu know
 the National Council of Defense which
 would be of little use if there were not
 some means if it's reaching tine people
 So there is a State Council of Defense
 and below that the Town War Bureaus.
 For instance, Prof. Garfield is the fuel
 man the National Council. Then
 there is that State Council and Mir.
 Jensen here all working for the same
 end. In the War Savings department
 of the National Council if Mir. Wander
 lip, the noted banker who is serving
 the government, having given up his
 lucative position for salary of s1
 year.
 On our local bureau we intend to
 have a chairman to ge. in touch with
 our foreign born population and an- other to look up needy families al-
 though he will in no way interfere with
 tine organized charities of the town but
 rather, cooperate with them. am glad to announce that we have Secur ed your Father Frederick to serve as
 a member of our executive board. I remember a picture in the T.. IT.
 history which I studied when was boy ir grammar. school. It was pie ture of a snake divided into segments and under it the motto Emitted We Stand, Divided We Fall. That prin- cipal was laid down in Revolution rv | D., ,I-Ii 1a,.E holds just as strong, if not stronger today than then. Germany has ob- tained her present position because of the conserted effort of all her pop ulation.
 Consider the geographical aspect. of the situation. The central powers are like hub of wheel with ali of Ger
 many's superb railroads and canals
 as the spokes- According to the old formula the. circumference with the. allies are holding is 3.1416 times the diameter which is twice the distance the German troops go to reach glT- en point from the center of the wheel. To co'Cbat this obstacle we must have concerted effort. You all know tha troops must break step on a bridge as l it is impossible to build a bridge strong enough to stand the strain of the men marching in step.. No All -American 1 football team no. matter how brilliant l the indivirlIals players could win with out teamwork. The eleven players must play as team in order to do l any scoring and this nation must get 1 together if it is to score in the con- i flict in Europe.
 l What is this job we are undertak- 1 ing. We are going to teach Germany that war is no longer profitable War 1 profitable? you say. Yes, was is profit 1 able. In 1866 in the Seven Weeks War Germany added ten rich provinces | to her, domain: In 1870 she added two 1 more For forty yeaEs now she has been preparing for another war this | time with the world as the stake. Con- slider the map again. On the west is Belgium devastated and raped, on the l east Russia, bankrupt and in revoiu ton, on the north, Denmark, cowed with fear of the war lord. on the south | Italy, with her territory invaded. Con
 slider the Pan-Germanic< plans of the 1 empire and consider the price If W. 1 fail It means the temporary, if not 1 the permanent loss of self government ] to most of the nations involved in the I war the lIp-keepe of hugh armies and 1 navies by those that retain their gov 1 ernfnents and the aboiishment of the Monroe Doctrine. < 1 We are fighting the same fight aS 1 our fathers fought a century and 2 1 half ago when we fought the German king on the English throne. AS Col | Roosevelt says, we are fighting Ger 1 mary in France that we may not have i to fight here here. We people here l at home must stand behind the fore es at Wa ashington and in the field until 1 the American Eagle is .,erched su- l preme on the banner of freedom lib- erty and world democracy.
 Father Broderiek prde a, few re- 1 marks on the benefit derived from the l addresses and then the meeting ad- 1 iourned after singing America