The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

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When the battle began to go against
him, he piled his treasure in the CEN
ter of the camp and placed himself
on top of it, with the intention Of set
ting 1t on fire and dying in the flames.
SO the Kaiser has staked all on the
success of the great German drive,
and again Attilla and the modern
Huns will finally fail.
Ex-Ambassador Gerard in his book
tells of Il conversation he had with
the Kaiser in 1915. He spoke of how
he had studied the lives of Alexander.
Caesar and Napoleon. "They dream
ed of world empire and failed" II too
have dreamed of world empire and
my mailed fist shall succeed" Once
more on the Marine and the Somme,
brave France is defending with her
manhood the advancing hun. Civil
ization can never pay its debt to
bleeding suffering France. She check
ed the Huns 1900 years ago, and again
800 years later under Charles Martel
at Tours. She thrust back the Mo-
hametan hordes. who were overrun-
ming the world. In 1916 when we
were struggling for freedom, France
came to our aid. l doubt If we would
have achieved independence at that
time without the guns, ammunition
and trained officers sent by France.
France has kept alive the feeble spark
OF human liberty. In 1885 it sprang
into bright flame and struck the
divine right Of kings a death blow, to
be almost drowned in the blood OF
the French revolution, but flickering
feebly she passed it through the hands
OF Jefferson and Franklin to the Unit
ed States. 1t is now symbolized by
the great glowing torch of the Statue
of Liberty at the mouth of our great
est harbor.
The eNeyes of the whole world are
turned on that torch today. The Huns
are threatening to forever quench
its lights. But there are brave men
from America, from England and
from France Offering their lives a
sacrifice on that same field of Chalons,
and the same God who looked down
upon it's blood soaked ground still rules
above. Again the despairing cry of a
heart broken world conqueror will be
waited down the ages. a lesson and
a warning. The lilies Of France will
spring forth again. whittier and purer,
fertilized by the blood Of brave men,
and watered by the tears of true wo-
men. With all of hex military pow
or, boasted efficiency and 40 years OF
preparation, these modern Huns will
go down before the frown Of God and
the outraged conscience of a world in
arms. Fellow citizens; it seems to
me that divine power was never
more manifest, than in having Wood
row Wilson i'm this great world crisis.
Let us thank God for the humble pro-
fessor now the foremost man in the
world. He says this is war for De-
mocracy against Autocracy. The 9TH
er day at Baltimore when the Huns
were driving our lines back and dark
clouds hovered on the horizon, he
gave the world a message, the only
message that the Huns understand:
Il accept the challenge, know that
you accept it. 1t shall appear in the
utter sacrifice and self forgetfulness
in which we shall give all that we
love and all that we have to redeem
the world and make it fit for free men
like ourselves to live in. Force, force
to the utmost. force without stint or
limit. the righteous and triumphant
force, which shall make right the
law OF the world. and cast every
selfish dominion down i'm the dust"
German Propaganda.
While developing a great military
power at home, one of the most ef-
hcient means Germany has used is
her propaganda creating German SEN
timent in all the countries i'm the
world. When the Office of Wolf Won
Igel at No. 60 Wall street was raided
BY secret service men, they found
proof OF plots TO destroy ships, burn
munltion plants and funds to organ
ize the I. w. w. They found where
eight million dollars was given Bolo
fasha to bribe public men and news
papers. In a secret speech OF the
Kaiser TO "a German organization read
recently to Congressional commit 70
tee. he said that he controlled one
sixth CT the votes i'm the United
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