New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-03-11

taking them to the scene of combat
! Are we to abandon these heroes 10
| their fate? When once they have left
| our shores, are we to forget the1n' 10
say. No. we shall not forget them,
! we shall always remember them IS
insufficient. To provide them with
necessary clothes, equipment, comiort
! and recreation, time, labor and money
! are necessary. Are we men and Wom-
j en- going to refuse them this time,
| money and labor? If we, their Coun-
| trNmen. fOrsakc them. who Will pro
! vide for them All. Let there be no
@rulnblinE, no complaints to the fire.
! quencT OF Liberty Loans. of food con-
serNauon regulations and a host of
/ other inconvenience war entails.
Above all let their be no disloyal ut
! terances.
You men, who have sons or
brothers now in the service. allow
no one to tell YOU that this is not our
war. Allow no one to tell YOU that
we have no grievance against the
nations We are fighting. when Ameri-
cans are sleeping in the dephs of the
| sea, as a result of the murd erous
practices of that nations subjects;
"hcn your sons and your brothers
are leaving now armed viii muskets
TO repel the onslaug1ts Of mcrci-
less Zoe. Let 10 mans statement that
Prussian n7iliaristS are waeing "a de
fensive War go unchallcnged. Theirs
is q war of conquest; see what tho
German policy of no annexation, no
indemnity has meant to misguided
Russia. Let no man whisper into your
ears that your sons should be fight
ing d home, rather than staining
foreign soil with their blood. IT is
better a thousand times that your
sons be shot dead on foreign soil. than
that they and you and your wives
and your children meet the same fate
at homo. IF Belgium mad her choice
would She not have preferred to have
lost every ounce Of her manhood in
foreign folds rather than allow to
happen what has happened. Finally
discourage the man who makes his
personal or national grievances a
ground for disIoyalty. In the present
conflict there is question Of nothing
but America. We must choose be-
tween her and the Hun, between
civilization and baroarism
my dear brethren. from Gods
pulpit and the mouth of Gods minis
ter only words Of peace should come,
and hence an eXhortation to moral
deeds may seem out of place. How
over, a. good catholic is a good Amer
lean, and a good American can not
but agree, in what has been said.
Ones duty to his country ranks, III
Importance. only to ones duty to
God. Hence VIC have sought to i'm
press upon YOU the significance Of
that duty. This war is no chid's
play: it will not be won by the 1rur-
chase of one Liberty Bond by sigh
ing and Wishing for its speedy ter
mlnatlOn; each one of us, man, WO-
man and child, must do his share. lie
is a traitor to himself, to his country,
and to his God, unless he does that.
Is the blood that was shed in '7e and
81. to have been shed in vain? Is
the race of heroes who died at Bunk
er Hill 10 be superseded by a race
of coward? Is the glorious history of
America to lose its existence in the
chroniCled events of q SubSerViCNt ma
ton? Is that flag which has never
hung beneath another on Z flag STU #,
now to occupy Il place beneath the
ensign of Il dcSpOtiC empire? Arc Ne
to allow our children and our chill
ren'S children, to be deprived Of the
freedom others have won for us?
10! Never. Let us see 10 il then,
that each one of US performs his duty
Lot our slogan be only these words.
My God, My Country