The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-10
PROFESSOR HITS
GERMAN DESPOT
D.PR0P AGANDA
I'm Eloquent Address Educa-
cational Professor Pleads
>. for Victory.

have enlisted as speakers in the cam
pa1gns conducted by the publicity
commfttee of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense and the -Four
Minute Mem received inspiration and
ammunition for future addresses
when they met this afternoon at the
state capitol to hear Professor Rob-
ert M McEroy Of Princeton Univer-
atty educational director of the Ma
H14&al Security League
<Erofessor McElroy's address to
TCcnnecticilti war speakers had been
arranged by the publicity committee
of the state council of defense in Co
operation with tho National Security
League AS q result of thu meeting
Increased activity in war speaking
campaigns tn Connecticut is assured
George B. Chandler, chairman Of
tho publicity 'commtttee presided He
pointed out that the war viii be won
by the viii power of the people. M
The development of this Will power
IN Cnnnecticut is the task Of the de-
Tense counriPs speakers, he said.
Professor McE1rpy he explained has
been manned by Princeton Univer-
sity to the National Security League
as fts educafioual director.
saThis war is most vitality and most
I; fundamentally the concern of the
Annerican people," he said. 4'It be-
n longs to America in a very special
sense. 1t Is our WILT because it is a
war for the preservation of free gov
erument, for the right of represent
/ alive government to develop. not only
/ Inc America but throughout the world.
Al1tocracy has failed. Representative
Govermment is ON trial and the day
OF It's test is now This WEI began
with the deliberate intHntion Of Ger
ku1any to conquer fhe world by arms"
The dTHam of greater Germany"
said the Kaizar in addressing his
ItrQops in June, 1g18, sis the dream
\ that 4one -dHy greater Germany must
domtnate all Europe and is the
single end for which we are fighting"
Think of the ideaIistic expression
Aka Washtngtun's farewell speech; in
Ilinco1n's first inaugural; and in the
men Compare them with the ideals
Z o. which Frederick. the Second, the
X xxpatest of the HohenzoIlerns, wrote
N 'kF' ~ay OF advire to his successor to
We Prusstan, throne. deals of ruth
1essneEs be3ond description, one of
rhra&e which was, No ministers at
home but clerks, no ministers abroad
but 1piem, America knows what this
1aSt phrase means. We have had
q spies under the guise Of special rep
<<esentntives of the Imperial German
xoverumsnt We would greatly pre-
Tar anv cthsr kind OF veruin-"
r. zepr eaentzfive government was
sn<nn j4 tbe faEsstsqf Germany These
PfuGsdans who have plotted out the
soul OF TsutDnic government should
3 be called the vandals of the soul.
This In our war because that ideal of
reprcsentattve government. having
from the hDme of its birth, having
lived a preczx1vus existence in the
British IslesS Wfthen it was born by
the Saxon conqueruTz, has its full de-
veIopment In the peaceful seclusion
of the American Colonies. The old
WING regenctes and the Hanovarian
daspots, By the manipulation of the
Rotten Burroughs, destroyed the rep
resemfztfve idea in England
America developed and saved tc
N the world the idea of representative
xovernment, which lis now menaced
again Professor McE1roy quoted
<rom speeches OF the Kaiser and OF
& German philosophers and teachers. He
k &po1kn Of the activities Of German
&piGs I'm this country and referred tt
Won BernstcM, the privileged host o,
tI1zE country. who conspfred agains
>@he United States He showed in hi
clear and forcefu1 address that Ger
many is prepared for any ruthless
neas which may appear to the Kaise1
N tecezsary or desirable to gain hi
aims The war win never be over, b,
made plain. If Germany is NOT con
quered-Y
..N Professor McE1roy then spoke o
what every man not clad in KHAKI
n can do to szve the world for democ
racy There Is no escape from re
Gponz1bd1fty for any one II German,
Wins this war IT means reign Of ter
ror1sm and broken treaties he said
and future generations Of American
win have to fight Germany. IF w
make peace with Germany wfthou
/, v1ctery, give her twenty years an,
she WIN win the world by default = h
NM d6clared. III you do not organic
every safe and get the whole powe
& OF the American people behind you
army we viii meet Disaster
A number of one-mfnute speeche
on how the message can best be car
'Ns r1ed to every imam, woman and chill
In Connecticut were called for by MI
Nf 9,<11ef 5att' sSs SSsasss5 rslfF
Rev. DIR. H. J. White of Hartfor
M suggested the use OF the schoolhouse
VI, A. the key to the situation
Professor Henry w Farnam4 q
New haven said that by through OF
Eanfzat1on, sending men of nations
5mportanee into every town. the cor
I. science and will power OF the peopl
can be awakened and strengthened.
N pr. FlAvel 6.4Luther. president c
Trfnty College expressed his Vie
that speakers Of national reputable
shou1d 6<at the. Largo udaces, men q
Couneetlcut Il reputation In snlalle
towns and men OF NO reputation j
the smallest towns He offered t
20 in one Of the smallest towns.
Robert p. Butler OF Hartford fe
that flying squadron plan ,woul
produce the best results.
Rev. M r. Alling of Rocky Hill
6t&te cfa&xman of the -Four Minsat
y Mar said Ms 4organazatdon reach<
twe1ty<siSht stessns ana includes is
spea1Esrst znd pledged the -Four Mir
ute Men" to aid In kheseampaign.
Mrs. Rose NJ. Hartshorne OF Ne.
London advocated straiglat-from-tia<
shoulder talks. not over the heads I
y the audiences. She suggested a pla
Of speakers to accompany moving pi,