Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-17

cofhhatants II WI the men OF GER
many " no took fiendish delight i'm
shooting TO pieces the lifeboats sent
out from torpedocd vessels and left
their occupants In a waLpry grave.
II was the men of Germanw who per-
iected for present war use such abom-
lnnbIe methods as poison gas and
liquid IRE. II was the men OF Ger
many who, under the 'guiso OF friend
ship, spied upon US. blew lIp our fac
tories, burned our grain and meat
supplies and placed bombs I'm the
holds OF our passenger ships II was
the men OF Germany who resorted 10
SuCh coWardly tricks as the placing
Or the women and children OF their
enemy before them as shield, con-
pelling the men Of Belgium and Italy
To shoot down their loved ones or
surrender their country to the bnrbar-
ihns II was the men Of Germany who.
because they needed relaxation. raw
ishcd the women of France and Bel
gum. wantonly poisoned the wells
and ruined orchards, looted factories.
churches and homes and crushed the
old and lnfirm beneath ruthless
iron heel
.No.-n IL not the kaiser alone / shall
enlist to fight.
As soldier OF the United States
ot America | shall he Of fraternaf kin
to any Vnlorous brother In arms
Their sisters will be my sisters. their
parents will be my parents. their chill
dren my children, their suffering viii
he mg suffering. and their glory my
glory
Yesterday the Germans broke into
my fathers house. when my mother
with gentle determination refused to
serve meat and wine to the Vandals
who were ransackinE her home OF cv-
erythinc she held most dear an off
Ger seized u soldiers musket and
struck her-struck "a defenscless,
gentle old lady who had never
harmed a creature in Gods sight
The brutal blow crashed. butt In.
against those beloved lips that had so
often soQthed our childish troubles
and murmured tho prayers that
guided Us 20 maphood. MY father
the tremhle of his ng"d limbs stea-
died by the sight of the still crumpled
form nt his feet. sprang at the off
GERS throat. but was seized and
dragged 10 the cobbled yard, where
he was flung against wall already
despatched by the blood of his towns
folk and riddled by a dozen bullets
each NJ which sped 70 It's mark from
the shoulder Of a Efinnlua Hun Late
that night their bodies we're recOy-
cred from the slime OF the barn gut
ter. whore they had hcon flung, and
buried quietly in the she'll pltted
cemetery on the hin
Yet only last niRht n minister oil
the gospel told me that ! should bear
no hatred In my heart for the GER
mans, as Il Is the kaiser and the
Pwssinn government and not tho
German people thaA are doing these
thingg
Yesterday tho Germans found my
two little baby brothers who had hid
den IN the old well back of the house.
They were retrcating from the WI
lase. now devastated mass of Loot
ed ruins. and had stopped M the we'll
to poison ". SO that he would he an
and drag upon the
when he grew mp they cut
of the elder boys hands az the
little baby hands that
had 40 often lovingly cropt about the
neck aud patted the cheeks Of LIS
big brother those hands that ono
day 7 had hoped 70 see carry ont ;hc
genius that. had mani |
tested itself In the outpouriugs of h,sl
childish faucies The younger boy q
pink checked. dlmpled child ~ four |
hey spitted on a bayonet and, carry
ing him aloft. with singing and
auphter, marched on their way
Yet only last night minister
he gospel told ne that 7 should bear
No hatred IN my heart afor the Ger
mans; that It ls the Prussiou govern
nent and the kaiser and not the GER
nan people thar are doing these
hinge.
Yegerdny the Germats bombardea