The Brinkley argus., 1918-05-17
JUDGE THOS. {. TRIMBLE'S
 PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
A Red Cross Inspiration.

The following able and patriotic address given by Judge Thos. C.. Trimble on the opening day of the Monroe County Circuit Court, will serve as a most appropriate inspir- alton for the 2nd Red Cross drive, which begins on May 20th. Judge Trimble has endeared himself to the people of Monroe county in many ways since he has been on the bench and this splendid speech will serve to bring him even closer to them.
 we are today involved in the greatest war the history of mankind has ever known. In spite of all the saving grace of modern civilization; j; in spite of all the mercifulness of the Christian religion; in spite of all the charitable kindness of the Red Cross, the sum of brutality, saw agry and misery of war, committed by acts of the Prussian Autocracy, has been no less cruel than the dark est ages of mankind. We are a pa triotic, liberty loving, self-sacrific- ing and loyal people. We did not go into this war on ouTown voIition We"were forced ipt6 it by, the i'm perial ruler of Germany, who is no less and no mofe than an imperial outlaw. ShalFwe submit to a peace dictated and promulgated. by such a ruler? Not on ystiE~life! The ans wer to<this all<absorbing~ and vital question haS<in no uncertain terms been answered by our great and good President, Woodrow Wilson and fully sanctioned by Congress and the civilized nations of the world.
 He makes it plain to all, that we are not fighting for conquest or spells, neither are we fighting to ob- tain by force any additional terri tory, nor are we fighting through g 1 spirit of revenge, or to humble .oI ] destroy any other nation. We arc 1 fighting for higher and nobleI purpose, a principle to maintain oul rights, to establish -a universal anC lasting peace among all the nations of the world, to overcome and for ever eradicate the rule of autocracy 1 imperialism and militarism, and es l tablish the supremacy of democracy universal suffrage throughout al civilized nations. Then and not un til then, will war become a practi cal impossibility.
 "A century and more ago wher the Congress met to sign the declar ton of Independence, our countr, was at war for the maintainance O our rights. Now we find her stand ing with flashing swords, not mere ly in defence of her own rights, bu in defense of the outraged rights O humanity. And how different i the foe? In 1776 our contest wa
 with England. It is no such magnan imous foe that confronts us today The great Migard Serpent, whicl
 in Morse Mythology was to destrO
 the world, has issued from it's laiI
 seeking to enslave mankind.
 For more than forty years Ger . many has been preparing for thi , war, and in the meantime had be come one of the greatest militar , nations on earth, watching her OK portunity. No sooner had she foun : France, England and Russia unprt
 pared for war, on the slightest prt text through her, war was declare EAnd such a war! A war without e,
 ample in history where all huma
 rights, all sacred treaties, all prime
 ples of humanity and justice al d trodden under foot; where innocer
 Belgium is invaded and enslave t without excuse; where poisonOl
 gases and liquid fire are employe o contrary to the uses of civilize ;. warfare and the Hague Treaties !, y 1907; where passenger ships vii t- their human freight, hospital shiI
 with their helpless wounded al III sent tO the hottOm without Uarnir
 where Zeppelins hurl their bomI y on unfortified cities and towl ,o murdering inoffensive women al " children ;where Cathedrals and Ii ,e raries which have been respect,
 through the centuries of warfa
 are wontonly destroyed; where fl