The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-22

The present work OF the heu Oloos
represents the supreme test OF mans
love for man. To me, the Red Cross
work is the epitome Of personal SER
vice. In the response to this appear
the souls of America will be lalu
hare. This is the great instrument
ta,itv for the relief of pain and death.
II is the Goddess Of Mercy minister
ing unselfishly to torn and bleed
ing world.
The antithesis of this is the MILL
,arv Clique of Germany, headed by
Wilhelm the Murdered.
Were | able to draw a picture OF
the kaiser, concisely portraying MS
individuality, it would be Demon
marching through Europe, the oraha
Of Cain on his forehead, the breath OF
He'll in his nostrils; in one hand
. bloody sword held on high, and IN tne
other the heart of child. his
hloodhound is running rampant over
Europe. the smirch of damnatlon on
his soul and with murder his fell
nurnose. He is committed to MS
mad orgy, and the protest OF all CIV
ilization has not stayed or altered MS
purpose.
We. therefore, have the choice OF
actively supporting the Red Cross in
its humane efforts, or, by our indif'
ference, contributing to the success
of the kaiser's work.
The one is gloriously constructive
the other UNANIMOUSLY destructive
Your response will show which you
prefer.
On August 2, ITS, Thomas Jeffer'
son and his colleagues signed the
Declaration of independence, guaran
teeing to the people of this great
country freedom of thought and &C
ton. On April 6, 1917, Woodrow
Wilson signed similar declaration
of Independence for the whole CIV
lized world. America signed soho
" with him. Carlyle said, and thi
has been accepted by all democracles
that the rule of the majority is tn
fundamental principle of civic llbel
ty. Practically the whole world ma
Joined hands in this holy warfare
nreyent the prostitution of libert
and the Institution of the rule of tn
sword.
The kaiser maintains that "mlgi
is right" and proposes to enfort
his perverted ideas by rule OF ru
and a reign of terror. Christ salt
mot by might, nor by power, but
my Spirit shall the world be ruled
History repeats itself. Atilla t
Hun ran wild on murderous
sault on Europe, and went the W
of the sons of He'll. The kaiser W
go the same way. Might is
right and the rule of ruin shall
prevail Every man is his brothe
keeper. If there is Deity, if the
is God in Heaven, the Germans G.
not win.
But God works through man as
free moral agent He expects us
do our part, and every man, won
and child will be held to account,
the final Judgment, for what he
she has done to help preserve civ
cation and to assist in the triumph
Christianity over Atheism Germ
writer's and thinkers, notably X;
Trietsche and Schopenhauer h
for years been propagating Athe
under the guise of science, in
attempt to justify their imam
and murderous personal and nat
al instinct, because it could not
made to conform to the CHART;
and humane teachings of the Mai
Galilee.
Hypocritical and rapacious by
ture, Germany lulled the world
sleep with the melodious strains
Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Hal
and the rhetorical cadences OF
Bethman Hollweg and Kuehlm
and woke it to sudden realizatio
her infamous intent, with the
boical song of hate" The true
ture gained the ascendcncy in
crucial test-and this is what
fight today.
Shall we who cannot fight and
remain safe removed from the
of carnage fail to do our small
Shall we sell our manhood, our