Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-04
STRIKERS MUST
Be SENT TO WAR
Should be Sent at Point Of
!. Bayonet," w. H. Matt
thews Says.
Declares it is Duty for all to
Register-On Score for
Those Who Don't.

If the strikers on registration day
will not go to the front any other way,
they should be sent at the point Of a
~bayonet," declared Rev. VIM. II. Mat
thews, pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church, in a sermon last night on:
Our Duty Next Tuesday and
shirk It." Continuing Mr.. Matthew's
said: III my boyswas not willing to
60. he should be sent at the point Of a
bayonet."
Mr.. Matthews declared that it 10 the
patriotic duty Of every man to register |
and that he ought to do 1t willingly, |
but, II not willingly. he ought to do
1t as a duty. There will be shirkers
and agitators. he said, just as there
are in all big national and interna-
be held up to the scorn Of everyone
in the community. The machinery.
Of he law, he said. Immediately
should be put into operation to deal
with them and see that they get to
the front.
Mr.. Matthews took for his text, the
third verse Of the 10th Psalm: ''Thy
people shall be willing in the day Of
Thy power"
The speaker first told Of The liberty
permitted the American people and
the right to govern themselves. He
declared that this did not mean that
everyone should do as they pleased,
for this meant anarchy. not democra-
cy. He told of the regularly consti-
people n Of the fact that the people
must support them at all times.
He told Of the declaration of war.
which came after a long debate and
by the regular constitutional
This was followed by a CONSUMPTION
law, which was passed after a lengthy
debate. during which the merits of
discussed. Everyone. including the
p~resent-day agitators. was given an
opportunity to DO heard. he said, after
which it was proved that h only fair
equitable and efficient way was the
draft method.
Warning to Boys.
Mr.. Matthews issued a note Of warm
ing to the boys of 16 and 18, many of
whom, because Of keel patriotic fer
vor, seek to register. They only would
stand in the way of the older, able
bodied men who must answer the call,
he said.
1t is our duty to register, the
speaker declared. We must do 1t
willingly, not only because of what
the country has done for us. but be-
cause of the great cause for which
the men are called. But If men are
not ready to do 1t willingly. they must
themselves ready to make the sacri-
fces England and France nave made.
| They can we'll afford,if necessary, to
lay down their lives in the cause.
: In speaking of what to do to those
who shirk. Mr.. Matthews declared,
first, that there will be many shirkers,
not here but in various places Of the
Ioo1ptyv EJo Snnka nf tuyN VnNIn0 ma
in another city who declared they
would not register, saying that al
the government could do was "shoot
= US, and we'll be shot anyway" The
= :. shirkers should be held up to scorn
not only by the women as was done
in Canada when men refused to en-
list, but by everyone In the commun'
i, ity. Everyone should consider it 8
= patriotic duty, he said, to report any
: man who shirked his duty.
1 Then the machinery of h Law
, should be put into operation to the
fullest extent, and the shirkerf
should be sent to the front at the
point Of a bayohet."
The speaker said that he was con
: fdent the Germans in the countr,
would perform their duty. He sale
2 they were trained in the principles o.
( duty and would be found among tn
faithful ones Tuesday. He told of thu
: ready manner in which they had sub
: scribed to the Liberty Loan.
In concluding, Mr.. Matthews sale
0 that parents should consider it a dut,
to give their sons to the country and
they should offer them willingly.
Tuesday will be one of the bigges
= days in the history Of Grand. Forks
he said, and parents should do every
= thing to make it easy for the mon WHIT
register. They should create an at
. :, mosphere Of patriotism and enthus
y liasm, and otherwise make 1t a day or
: which the men will feel like doint