South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-19
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

hear Bernhard. the mouthpiece OF
/ German miiitarism say Weakness
/ IS the only sin against the Holy
Ghost.
Nietz~chkc's Doctrine.
I'VE hear Nietzschke, the German
. scholar declare: .Everything evil
terrible. tyrannical wild beast-lllle
.n man. contributes 20 the elevation
/ of that species. We hear a leading
f German pastor declare. We Ger
mans must forget the New Tesla
ueut We listen as Eucken the
premier philosopher OF Germany,
says. I'm our great cities every at
tack or even aspersiOu on Christian
ity meets with rapturous applause
And we read the 'Norwaerts.' the
greatest socialist paper OF Germany,
which declared less than "a week
before tine war began. The German
Government is utterly without con-
science And then hear the kaiser
command has troops Il on viii take
no prisoners You viii give no quar-
ter. You viii make yourself as ter
ri1le the Huns under Atilla.
Va Wonder Our Blood .Boils.
SO wonder American blood boiIs
and American patriots are aroused
against such "a diaboIical doctrine.
Il is right against might. il is spir-
ituality against materialism, it is re-
Iision against barbarism. and it is
heaven against hell
This is a world wide struggle for
the liberation OF the soul II is a
response Ito the command of Him
who - centuries ago looked upon
tyranny and oppression and 2id.
D come not 10 bring peace but the
sword 40 crusader going forth
Co wrest Jerusalem from the Turk:
mo- William Tell battling among the
Alps for his country. and no Nathan
Hale dying for the independence OF
America had holier cause than
that for which YOU have enlisted.
COngratulates Men.
Thus ] congratulate YOU as YOU
80 forth 10 represent our country IN
this world wide struggle May YOU
maintain clean bodies. clear minds
and consecrated souls. And when
YOU return for we expect you 10 re-
turn with the laurels Of victory,
YOU viii have helped TO make history
glorious and Americanism noble.
Then with gratitude and pride We
viii welcome YOU For he who
loves his country is patriot but
ne who lights for his country is a
nero
Mayor Carson Speaks.
Mayor Carson preceded Rev. Eells
and i'm "a short talk warned the boys
to take care of themselves both
/ physically and morally i'm The new
life they are facing. He spoke of
the trials that they will meet and
the temptations they Will have TO
contend with. but expressed his con-
ddence I'm the men of 81. Joseph
county 20 do the right thing and
hoped that they would always re-
member that the citizens of South
Bend were watching them and
counting the moments until they
would return. crowned with victory.
He expressed the wish that he was
at the age OF the drafted men and
could carry a gun with them 10 the
font.
Welcomed by y. VI. {. \.
Harry j Martin. general secre-
tary of the local Y. NJ. g.. A. was
next introduced and gave an inter
eSting talk on the work Of the T..
NJ, G.. A. i'm the war and traced for
the men the Ions chain of Y. A. g..
a. nuts they would nnd from the
time they landed at Camp Taylor
clear up To the front lire trenches.
He welcomed the men 90 the y ~
e.. A. and explained the way i'm which
the institution would try 90 make
them feel at home
Greet Capt. NiCar.
Mayor Gaylor next introduced
Capt. Edwin Nicar as the man who
was too Young for the Revolutions
AIRY war and too old for the present
one but who had fought his way
through four years OF bitter cam
paisning i'm the Civil war. and who
had distinguished himself 30 that he
had risen from the ranks TO his
company's commander. Capt. Nicar
at his first words had his audience
of youthful soldiers ON their feet
and was greeted throughout his talk
with rousing cheers and applause.
Tie spoke of military life, the trial
and triumphs therein and of the
essential qualities that 20 to make