Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-17

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knows what 1t means to fight them
ihow tenacious they are. We do moi
know when the struggle will end, but
one thing We do know. namely. that we
must fight the battle through.
And now. my friends. let me draw
Iyour attention to something more
You have read what recently happened
in Moscow-the mighty conspira y
against the present government. Tie
parliamentary governed democratic
British nation has endeavored to over
throw the ultra-democratc govern
ment which the, Russian people had
begun to construct, because this gov
ernment, considering the interests Of
its fatherland, wishes to maintain its
people in the peace for which it clam
ors.
But the Anglo-Saxon does not yet
desire peace. That Is how things are.
1t is proof Of his feeling Of inferiority
that the Anglo-Saxon has recourse TO
such criminal means.
Everything now depends on our f.
nal exertions.
Everything is at stake and because
our enemies know II. because they have
the greatest respect for the German
army. because they see they cannot
overcome our army and navy, they
are trying to overcome us by means Of
internal disintegration and to weaken
US by false reports.
These do not emanate from the
German people. They are artificial
productions. But whoever hearkens to
such rumors, whoever passes on un-
substantiated news in the railway
workshop or elsewhere sins against the
fatherland. He Is a traitor and Is La
BILE to severe punishment. no matter
whether he Is count or workman.
II know very we'll every one Of you
will acknowledge that ] am right in
this matter. Believe me. 1t Is not easy
for me to hear every day the anxiety
and responsibility for a nation of sew
enty millions and for more than four
years to be n spectator to all the diff
fculties and increasing distress of the
people"
The emperor then referred to the
German empress who by Gods assist
ance again is on the road to recovery"
He recalled the passages in the Bible:
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he
shall stain thee" and But seek ye
first .ingdom and his Righteousness
and all these things shall be added un-
to you" The emperor then added:
How can we please God and soften
his heart? BY doing our duty. In
making our fatherland free. Conse-
quently, 1t is our duty to hold out with
all our strength in the fight against our
enemies.
Each one Of US has received his ap-
pointed task from on high. You at
your hammer. you at your lathe and
on my throne. We must all. however,
build on Gods assistance. Doubt Is the
greatest ingratitude toward the Lord
and now ask you all simply and hon.
estly: Have we then. really ground for
doubt?' =
Just look at the four years of war!
What immense achievments we have
behind US! Half the world stood
against us and our allies and now we
have peace with Russia and peace with
Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro are
finished.
"Only in the west do we still fight
and Is it to be thought the good God
will abandon us there at the last mo-
ment?
1--WE should be ashamed Of the faint
heartedness which comes when one
gives credence to rumors. From the
facts which you yourselves have expe-
rienced, forge for yourselves firm be-
lief in the future Of your fatherland.
1--WE often at home and at the front,
in church and in the open air, have
sung, Zine Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott.'
So it is resounded in the blue vault
Of heaven and in the thunder clouds.
The nation from which such a hymn
originated must be invincible.
MY request, my demand Of you and
through you all the workers who have
proved themselves so admirable and
capable and through you again to the
entire German people. this: For me
and for my relations to my peoples my
words Of August 4, 1914, hold good. l
know no party. / know only Germans.
ut is now no time for factions. We
must all now combine into block
here, the most appropriate word is to
be as hard as steel and as a block Of
the German people welded into steel
shall show its strength to the enemy"