The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-09-12

cutting off their ears and their fingers, and their
toes and cutting to pieces their very bodies until
the two little boys died in great agony in the pres
ence of their father That was old Neb's idea of
sport And in order that he might make it en-
phatic after the father had two boys so cruelty
put to death in such an unmerciful manner, he
ordered that the eyes of Hadikiah be put out, so
that, forever after, scared into the brain of the
great king should be the picture of his two boys,
his best and beloved boys, struggling for life I'M
der the cruel MASTER Nebuchadnezzar. Can you
think of anything more cruel than that?
The second great man that wish to call your
attention to in reviewing the pages of history is
that of Napoleon. Napoleon was greater gem
eral than Nebuchadnezzar. He was man of
more brilliant poise than Nebuchadnezzar or of
Kaiser Wilhelm He would have succeeded had
he not encountered what the Kaiser is encounter
today, the united position of all the people of
the world, who do not believe that one man should
control their future
Today we have the Kaiser Wilhelm who has
read the story of the kings from the time of the
beginning of the life of his government upon this
earth to the present time, and he is so proficient
in their successes and in their failures, and he
had dream; the same as Napoleon, the Corsi-
en- had dream that it reserved by God AL
mighty for him to succeed where all the others
failed.
And he will see things in his dreams, and he
will see the handwriting on the wall the same
Nebuchadnezzar saw it. You will remember that
after all the torturing done by Nebuchadnezzar,
at the great feast of Balthasser, some writing
tbo hat ba ruh
all his priests could not rub it out. They tried
all means, but it always reappeared again, what
ever he tried to do Why? Because it had burned
into his conscience. All, the acts of his whole
reer were things that would not permit him to
rest, and when he so keenly saw the handwriting
on the wall, it told him what the kings were and
what their punishment would be. So, l want to
say to you and in compliment to the boys in khaki
and to their colleagues who have been conscript-
ed that the Kaiser, at the time that Pershing and
his khaki clad boys had left the American shores
and crossed the ocean, began to see the hand
writing on the wall 1t doesn't make any differ
ence how many submarines he tries to use to wipe
out that handwriting, it will appear and reappear
to plague him until his days come. And the great
est event in the history of this war will not be
the downfall of democracy throughout the world
but it will be the burial of the Kaiser and his
family of Hohenzoerns, never more to lift their
heads above the ground. l said in the beginning
that when the story of the United States would
be spread upon the future in great Scrolls stand
ing out in three colors would be the boys of u.s.
the boys of 81, and the boys of IT, and let me
say to you that the color of khaki, like the golden
sunshine from above, will not only spread
throughout the pages of American history, but
it will be spread through the pages of all history
| have patience with man in this country
or with woman either-no matter from what
country he came whether he were born in this
country who says he has reason for raising his
one finger, word against the flag of this
country. | see no reason why, when this country
is at war. should permit them to raise their
voices, their hands. We could listen to them
talk and we have passed down the streets and
heard the socialists and the l. w. WIS and the
what nots, talking all things that they saw
cared about. We paid no attention to them any
more than dog pays attention to the ordinary
flea The flea in order to bother the dog must
get to some vital point and then the dog begins
to get active. You wonder how quick he gets
from one to another and it is because the
flea gets in a spot where he shouldn't be. And
that is why you are gathering here today and
that is why the people are getting ready to rid
themselves of the intelligent and active. feas
There were good many reasons given why some
people should not support the United States and
its flag and I have asked some questions here of
the people of Redwood Falls and they have stated
some of the arguments used. One of the things
that was said in Redwood Falls is that we as
nation were never neutral, though we professed
to be, and that we entered this war to defend
that stand.
Now, any man who will put up that argument
as against his own country is either ignorant or
he is maliciously seditious In the first place. we
were so neutral that we leanel over backwards.
have never voted the Democratic ticket for
President in my life, but I want to say to you
that If the present occupant of the White House
will become candidate for President again be-
fore this war is closed I will vote for him and
talk for him. He was too neutral. He lacked
backbone; he didn't know when to say the word,
but with the help of God Almighty and the people
standing back of him, he finally woke up and now
We love him and will stand by him.