The Republican journal., 1918-03-21
WAR ADDRESS.
I WILBOR RICHARDSON.

Dl 49,
.I5ress of special interest dealing
.s.. mar with Germany was delivered
e..nday evening at the Baptist church
l'' ~. nastor, Rev. j. Wilbor Richard
Mr. Richardson said in part;
stated by the historians that
IN of the Nations OF Europe came
asa. H.. Northwest of Asia. Tribe fol-
il'" .~,bs INTO Europe. The tiercest of
io" i've the others stlll further West
l'A FIRST came the Kelts and Gauls
.+'.' we're brave and sturdy. Then came
wi. -r,be before whose assaults all
.-.ers fed This war-like tribe called
-...ges " Deutsch;' others called them
XXI meaning men who fought with
u5,lv the name 'Teuton" as an
eas applied to them They
.gat i've in peace with their neigh
a i-equently these Teutons would
. mother people for the sole pur-
-fne their possessions. Caesar
..f t1em thus: Their business in
1tug the art of war. Open
r-a with the Germans carries no
aye a treacherous race
f. ac cradle to war and rapine."
mental national character
innate Witness the cutting
FRUIT trees in Northern France.
rau burning of cottages. The
.rI- uf walls with foul matter in
burned In less than year
.3-ed German spies in this coun-
i-stroyed by fire 5000, 600 of
- Two thousand years ago the
-..eg were engaged in the same ruth
... -f..ud- towards people they wished
..Ia.l- Caesar also says of them,
r -e-N king Ariovistus was most
.- ii arrogant, grandiose in speech
--.,r..ss word was unreliable" Why
IN eMsrn Ieuton and his Kaiser rein
srs,4 and re-enact the treachery and
t-.s..y 1i Ariovistus and his times. A
mel n conquest rips off the veneering
! n ..ot civilization and permits us to
4 a..t,. The German soul in the nude
"a. haze no trouble to realize what the
..- u1>r endure if the Teuton becomes
rrsrt of course there are excep-
,.l. ..3.e exceptions, among the Ger
~s !sses under democratic institu-
r.-. mons of them have made splen-
5r rrs. In their own land thou
SAINT, hem have risen to eminence in
s..-, alton But the national charac-
---> has not changed in 1000 years.
ra-art.sut brutality of the Ger" breaks
.--I tAe blood of the present German;
lt 5ombast, unreliabllity and self
a+5-au OF Ariovistus lives again in
.s " liam of Potsdam.
Meas people must realize with whom
RI t deal. A taste of conquest in
, Weakened all the lust and bru-
.. ttt German fore-be He who
.e. Ely sentimentalism over good
mid and brotherly" is either
r.l Americas peril or traitor to
.l.sts. My contention is proved
andishness of the aristocrats of
Ak from Count Won Bernstein
t,..- .ost list of mobiles, who plot to
Vars He'll between friendly ma
Il .s lg he spies, conSplrators, who
bur ..iIngS, poison candy, and drown
H d. cent women and Chlldren-and ninety
.e. If these cOnspirators are edu-
--- .-u from the army and secret ser
The Empire. 1t is long story to
Ie-ron history from the merging of
u. hes under ArioVlStus, the CONSOLE
INTO States, and final evolution
he present empire. But it is a con-
trla, history of satanic intigue, horri-
arf-e. .ery, and blood curdling atroci-
., a.uaI description. We need to re-
raar hat the consolidation of the
sa Pr German States with Prussia, in
rs ', establish the present Empire,
g1 ted by violence and awful in
d -,.e in the blood.
i L., Of tho
Empire.
a 4lreme aim of the nation is to
u-t sal gains through war. When
q apparently peaceful, secretly she has al
"a w ben Preparing for war. Germany
q faslrs been the friend of peace. She
y first class nation that re-
s-- l9n the Hague Convention to
U' 'a- peace. In every epoch the En-
N pr a, zept the peace only until she
Was ready 10 pounce swiftly and cruelty |
q u'@ some unprepared weaker State.
G4'usI additions and all her present
a NTa. Of war. Her throne is propped
a ny alfan her treasury is maintained by
Nle1i aes Wrung by the bayonet from
anH1shed. When business depres- !
s9l 57 mes acute, she starts war. Her
.f1-N les are speeded to high gear that
la.i.-.jl-, brigades and batteries may
DE- maintained for the next war of con-
and loooting Germany's kings
81. been soldiers; her statesmen
s1s. generals, admirals, and counts.
le sm'oi IS but military cantonment;
mc III the realm are simply train
NAers waiting in camp or at home
,u it sharp command to 'fall in"
because Of these conditions, ideals and
'p> 'h. Empire has Decome a colossal
lIAa'r 10 liberty loving peoples The
" nan masses kindly disposed as many
NrH are, are under the rule of the
"o- The vast majority of them will
Asl 73t} what the sword DEGREES. Pub
F4Hment is what the rulers tell the
.'Saes they must believe and accept.
4 'd's Empire created by brutality and
gN'iness confronts America. Wake |
'M Americans to the colossal men
lie war is not a side-issue, but
'-i1 ogre that would grip your nation
He throat Prussia in carrying out |
PASSION for conquest, in building the
TSrp. Empire for world dominion,
.su' 'Wo wars against Denmark; an
Oe' war Of conquest against Austria |
-sSla co-erced Switzerland, co-erced |
,lahd' She oppressed Schleswig, op-
'SAFd roland. She robbed Hanover,
'"oAl' frankfort, Hamburg. And by
sue brought on the Franco-German
s. 10 1870, He1 monumental crime oc-
''eo Fla 1914 when refusing every en-
To preserve peace, the Kaiser and
MINISTER'S by vilest trickery, used
sNLa to bring on the most horrible
lN history, To cap her deepest in
--, .ur emperor, dukes and lords, with