The Columbus commercial., 1918-06-30
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NJ Richard u Edmands. The ta
ented editor of The Manufacturer
keeord, who Is performing snct
spleBdidly patriotic service he
days,eiyes as The following ieenehant
observations,
"AlI our business and domestic III
has been upset all our fond antc
paiions for tie future Of our love .
ones must now be gupplanted BY the
everpresent realization Of their dan
ger, their certain suiFerinps and lhoi
possible death; sorrow and anguish
are everywhere, the nation is in tur-
ner everywhere, the nation is In tur-
toll, land Of peace has been sad
denly transformed into war ma
chine; the daily toll Of death grows
longer, and soon will be doubled and
quadrupled and requadtuplel; sorrow
and breaking hearts are cyergwhere
And why all this suffering and sor-
row, why these breaking hearts, why
this awful toll of death and disease?
gecauac Germany for the aggran-
cement Of its autocratic, despotiC
aicrs, and for the wealth to come
'rcm looting the world for years
lefinitely planned to turn this peace
luI world into a hell of woe. Cold
oloodedly these murderers set about
their plans for a war upon their
aeighbors, intending when they hac
oeen destroyed to push across tn,
sea and conquer America They even
planned the terms for exploiting
Canada, which was to be one of the
indemnities to be paid to England.
The whole world has thus beel
Curned into a mighty armed camp
millions have been killed, and mil
lions have been manned; the blind
the armless, the legless will soon be
in evidence all over our land as they
are in England and France and Italy
| Millions have died of hunger and
hundreds of millions have felt the
pinching power of an ever-decreasing
lfood-supply; hundreds of millions
have for nearly four years lived in
agony of heart as by day and by night
their ears ever strained for the dread
| I'd word of the death Of some lovet
)ne.
ror years our Allies endured hor
rors surprising the widest flight o,
Dante's Imagination as he pictured
he inferno, and day after day, month
after month, from their bleeding
hearts went forth the never-ceasin
cry: How long, 0 Lord, how Ions
Twill America sleep on in fancied st
curity?"
And why have our Allies thus sur
fered and why must we now give mil
lions, the very flower of our civiliza
ton, to endure these sufferings and
death in all it's fearful battlefield
forms?
Because William, the accursed,
and all Germany--not the military
leaders only, but all Germany-set
out on prearranged campaign to
murder millions in order to enrich
themselves by looting the world.
These murderers, these looterf
these outragers destroyed woman
hood, slew hostages, shot down il
nocent civilians, to protect themselves
from the soldiers OF the AllleS place.
women and children in advance OF
their fighting line, poisoned wells
spread disease germs, all for the pun
pose of making their predetermine
plan of "frightfulness" their creates
weapon to make nations tremble be
fore the very thought of arousing
German hostility. And all this for
their own personal enrichment and
planned out for many years.
AT last, thank God, America is
awake, and never again will it slum-
Der until those who have created
this hell on earth have paid the full
penalty of their crimes.
And Jesus said
"YE SERPENTS, YE GENERA
|TIoN OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE
ESCAPE THE DAMNATION Oh