South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-04
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

utterances indicate a spirit of con
quest and greed TO be the result Of
the PTussian religion
"It is well 90 seek a cause OF the
horrible method OF warfare waged
by Germany. Former frontiersmen
have told me Of the savagery OF the
Sioux Indians. but no Indian was
ever able to invent barbaities equal
10 those proclaimed by Germany i'm
terms Of frightfuiness. The killing
Of old people, the crucifying Of pris-
oners. the tOrturing Of nuns and the
violation OF girls and women express
not a temporary impulse but a we'll
cultured sentiment. Hearing Of such
cruelties. Hornaday, the zoologist,
protested: Don't call such monsters
beasts, beasts in my park are in
fnitely cleaner Goethe, the Ger
man poet, said: The Prussian is nat
urally cruel Civilization will make
him "a savage, and civilization COM
bined with a perverted religion has
made that race a people OF expert
savages.
Listen TO specimens of German
I
The warrior has need Of passion
nor shall we seek to curb it. Ter
rorism becomes a necessary military
principle
"Nietzschke wrote: 4 warn you
against pity Everything evil, ter
rible, tyrannical, wild beast-like in
man contributes to the elevation of
that species.
AT the beginning OF the war
German pastor advised: We Ger
mans must forget the New Tesla
ment'
Prof Eucken, the leader OF the
religious thought in Germany Of to-
day says: In our great cities every
attack on Christianity meets with
rapturous applause
"As recently as last month Gen.
Won Lieb asserted: We must rec
ognize only one principle-that
might is right
Thus Christian sympathy which
! has passed down the ages like an
angel Of hope was thought out of
/ the Prussian life and cruelty and
4 conquest Iultu supreme
! Turkey "Old Hag" for Centuries.
THE same doctrines had poisoned
the thought of Germany's vassal,
Austria Thus in the year 1914 only
two nations in Europe wanted war,
/ Germany and Austria. But Ger
many wanted a line from Berlin TO
1 Bagdad and therefore years before
she had begun to influence Turkey
/ do not know how long / shall live,
but l would like to live long enough
Ito see two things. I would like to
see the King come i'm His beauty
and would like to see that old bag
Of the Centuries, Turkey, scourged.
slain and strafed by Almighty God.
Perhaps both events will occur at
the same time. But Germany need
ed Turkey.
why did German officers stand
and laugh while Turkish soldiers
tossed Armenian babies in the air
and caught them upon their bayO-
inets? Why did not Germany stop
I Turkish atrocities? Because Ger
many needed Turkey. The word had
been spread through Turkey that
the kaiser had a secret shrine where
ne worshipped Allah. and the COM
mand went forth that Turkey was
called with Germany to a holy war
IL was the Prussian rule that the
ends justified the means and this
\ idea sought 20 make God a servant
and not the sovereign. Thus the
/ German masses have become follow
- Cd Haff
/ believed themselves Christians when
they murdered Edith Cavell They
Thought themselves religious when
they celebrated the sinking of the
/ Lusitania. And they regard them
selves rs holy as they seek TO domi-
nate the world.
Opposed TO this soul dethroning
and nation destroying heresy there
is but one hope. II is found in the
I followers Of Him who when He look
ca on wrong and oppression said; I
come not TO bring peace but the
word Pres't Wilson has urged.
AXE The world sofo for demOcra cy >
we may well I'd. Make he
Horl5 s. fe for Christianity. For
IRE Christianity is the protector OF
democracy. By The rapinE OF Bel
Hum. by the 5000 French women
Becoming involuntary mothers of
German children and by the Christ
hose love has been slandered and
FeiIed. we ousht 10 win this war.
ve must win this war. and we will
win this war. because il is right that
we should WIN this war.
Thus today as a church we ac-
Cept this hag because il prOclaims
the 6eathless passions of religion and
patriotism. We revere IL because il
reminds us 10 pray for our boys who
nave responded TO the call Of right.
And now we dedicate IT as a sacred
memorial 20 Westminster soldiers
and as a tribute 20 the triumph of
the Cross"
The addresses of Mr.. Hammond
20 the Sunday school and of Mr..
Martin in presenting the flag 10 the
ichurch were likewise OF patriotic
vein. hopeful not only Of military
success but that good would come
from the war. setting civilization and
Christianity far ahead in practical
. way. Of anything in past history.