The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-14

dangerous. He referred more especial
| ~ 70 the L. w. w. and the Non-Partisan
league. Not much is known about them
IN vermont, but in the West and mid
dle west they are much alive and are a
pernieious influence.
Also here in New England there is
not a large German population, but in
| Wisconsin and some other states Ger
man people exist in large numbers, and
WINE they are patriotic on the surface
tney contalrNa percentage of decidedly
disloyal citizens.
But you do have, asserted the speak
er,'as every state and city and town has
number of weak -kneed, spineless
angieWorms, whose minds dwell on the
horrors OF war and whose tongues are
Always wagging for peace. / have seen
war In all It's horrors, Mr.. Van Zile ex-
CANNED, have been days and nights
hnder she'll fire and have beheld the
killed and the wounded. and the dev-
astated towns. There can be no man
III the world who hates war as a method
of solving international misunderstood
lngs more than l. Nevertheless, any
man or woman in this country who now
advocates an immediate peace confer
traitor to the cause of civilization.
The slogan of the French at Verdun
was They shall not pass - They
slogan of the entente allies should he
Never again. / mean by that that
we are waging war to put an end for
ever to the atavistc institutions that
have made world war possible. We
must destroy forever what the German
k1IGaF hn e -.
sultan of Turkey stand for.
This mornings Boston papers state
that to Pershing' IS army is to be given
the glorious privilege, while the Eng
llsh and French armies defend the ports
and Paris, of marching on Berlin. 1t is
an amazing and stimulating outcome of
recent historical events that we, peace
loving nation, viii have eventually the
privilege Of saying in Berlin and in
Potsdam to the kaiser and his cohorts,
''Never again.
The applause that followed the ad-
dress was tribute to the speaker s
ability and the crowd 5 endorsement of
his utterances.
The remaining features of the after
noon. announced on the program. were
these: 80 Bonettes comedy acrobats;
., baseDaH at island park between stars
OF the West River valley and stars of
the Ashuelot valley; $50, band concert
on the plaza; 4, Gangler's Canine Gar
den; 30 Bonette's slide for life; ). band
concert on Brooks House balcony.
The special committee in charge of
the general arrangements were Carl S.
Hopkins, William L. Hunt, Horton D..
Walker, Edward J. Fenton, Major G..
Houghton and Howard c. Rice Christie
b. Crowell and Rev. Delmar E. Trout
had charge of arrangements for lunch
con. Carl S. Hopkins and Rev. Delmar
E. Trout were committee on finance.
To Edward j. Fenton was given the
work of arranging the entertainment,
and the parking Of automobiles was
turned over TO Sheriff Frank L. Well
man, Deputy Sheriff Fred Cressy. Depu-
ty Sheriff w. NJ. Sparks of Townshcnd
and County Fish and Game Warden T.
II. Metcalf. The information men were
Carl 5. Hopkins, Christie B. Crowen,
Rev. Delmar +. Trout, Mai. f. w
Childs, Horton ID. Walker, Oscar F. Ben
son, William A. Shumway, Frank l..
Wellman, w. NJ. Sparks, +. J. Fenton,
L. II. Metealf and Fred Cressv, Mr..
and Mrs. Lisle NJ. Carpenter checked
parcels in the vacant store north of the
Western Union telegraph Office.