Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
WORLDS FATE IS
UP TO AMERICA,
SAYS DIR. BRADY
Tells of Hun Atrocities and
Price French and Brit
iSh Have Paid

Let us eliminate the German lam
guage from the American continent
It's a hideous language. anyway. Let
us not have a single German paper
of any kind. German propaganda is
everywhere. I wish 1 could tell you
of some of the things 1 know about
it,
In an address, bristIing with stor-
les of German butchery and atrocity,
DR.. Cyrus Townsend Brady urged
that the German language be abol-
ished from the American continent,
and declared God will not stop this
war until His will is done. Speaking
under the auspices of the Kiwanis
Club of Harrisburg, in Chestnut
Street Auditorium. DR.. Brady spoke
on the subject, When God Will End
This War"
Preceding the meeting, members of
the Kiwanis Club, Motor Messengers
and the Harrisburg Reserves Joined
in a walkaround through the city's
principal streets. Following the pa
rade, the marchers went to Chestnut
Street Auditorium. The meeting
opened with community singing un-
der the direction of Abner w. Hart
man. Mrs. Izer sang Keep the
Home Fires Burning" and Mrs. Roy
G. Cox sang "Old Black Joe," while
the audience Joined in the chorus In
both songs. Miss Viola Burd accom-
panied the singers on the piano. The
Rev. DR.. Lewis S. Nudge made a
fervent prayer for victory of the AL
lied arms and William Strouse, chair
, man of the Kiwanis Club committee
on arrangements, introduced Major
William b. Gray, commandant OF the
Middletown ordnance depot, who was
the chairman of the evening. In
his introduction Major Gray charac-
terized DR.. Brady as a distinguished
preacher, soldier, sailor, author.
teacher, but, above all, man. "A
graduate of the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, twenty years
in the United States Navy, priest
of the Episcopal Church. a commits
stoned Army officer, author of many
books, Archdeacon of Pennsylvania,
missionary and traveller" were the
titles given the speaker.
DIR. Brady opened his address by
telling a number of examples of the
Huns atrocity
Hun Brutality
In telling of the brutality OF the
Huns, DR.. Brady recounted the story
of a French woman who became
mother while in Germany. She was
accorded humane treatment, she
thought, and she said to the physi-
clan: Il have gone through so much
that l thought there were no gentle
men anywhere in Germany. [ have
changed my mind and believe that
you are one gentleman among the
thousands of devils" Madame" the
physician replied with a sardonic
grin, you have not heard all.
have taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity and your child will never be
soldier of France. 1 have severed
his optic nerves" THAT is not the
will of God" the speaker shouted.
THAT is the will of man. Gods will
is not going to be done until we find
out what it is and make up our minds
to do it. The war will not be won,
these horrors and atrocities will not
be stopped until we make up our
! minds to stop them. God is giving us
freedom of will in order that we may
work with Him for the good of man.
God will stop this war when you
stop it. You can't put things on
God. You've got to give God a
square deal"
Some people believe there is no
devil. I believe there are plenty of
devils. 1 believe there is a devil in
the Kaiser, in every German soldier
and in in every German person."
! The speaker compared the devils in