The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-09

John l.. McLaurin delivered re-
markable address 10 a large gather
Ing Of citizens. His address was
remarkable because it covers in q
plain and simple manner. the man,
problems growing out of the world
war 1t is a speech worth studying
the more you study it the more il
ihpresses you. The Herald is re-
producing the speech from the Sum
Ter Watchman and Southron:
On Good Friday great congrega-
tion worshipping God in a church in
Paris were buried beneath the ruins
by a German she'll How typical of
the aims and purposes of Germany
the destruction of the foundation
OF civilization, in order that a new
kultur may arise upon the mangled
and mutilated bodies of Belgium and
france. Is history about to repeat
itself! Read in Crecy's Is decisive
battles of the world OF the battle of
Chalons near the site of the present
gigantic conflict We haven't heard
much of the wore nun until since the
devastation of France and Belgium.
HOW like the Kaiser was Attilla.
The open and avowed puprose of At
tia was the destruction of Christian
civilization. He overran Europe, call
inS himself the scourge of God" He
boasted of the desolation following
IA his wake. He ordered his soldiers
TO outrage women mutilate children
and to ravage and destroy. 50 that
other nations might be cowed into
submission. Wives and Virgins were
outraged in The presence of hus-
bands, fathers and brothers and
then either murdered or sent into
slavery Nor does the parallel stop
there, Attiila like the Kaiser was no
uneducated barbarian, but possessed
the greatest learning and highest
culture possible in those times. He
was It statesman and general of
great ability. Hear what the histor-
ian says: 'Attilla relied less on the
brute forces of armies for the ag-
grandizement of his empire than on
the unbounded affection of his
friends and the Gears of his foes
, which his genius enabled him to ac-
quire. Austerly sober in his private
LIE: severely Just on the judgment
seat conspicuous among nation
or warriors for hardihood. strength
and Skill in every material exercise:
grave and deliberate in council. but
rapid and remorseless in execution.
he gave safety and security to all
who were under his dominion, while
ne waged warfare of determination
against all who opposed or sought to
escape from it. He watched the ma
tional passions. the prejudice, the
creeds and the superstittions of the
various nations over which he ruled
and of those which he sought to re-
duce beneath his sway; all of these
feelings he had the skill to turn to
his account: his own soldiers be-
ieved him inspire of God and fol-
lowed him with fanatic zeal
He called himself The Bread of
the world by the grace of God !
King of the Huns and Goths." What !
pen picture of the present Kaiser. ,
telling his soldiers to make the name
German feared for thousand years.
to rape. burn. pillage and destory in :
the name of Cod Calling treaty /
a scr"p Of paper" striking at the !
LIE OF nations. by forcing wives and |
virgins to motherhood; sending men |
and women into slavery to work the !
mines. till the soil and crafty the
brutal lust of the Beast in man:
turning the world into charnel
house that the ambition Of one man
for world dominion may be gratified.
NOT does the parallels between the
battle of Picardy and Chalons stop
with the character OF the Kaiser and
Attilla. Attilla was fighting the
embattied hosts OF ChristendOm and
Staked his empir" on one stroke.
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 ii, with the intention of
setting it on fire and dying in the
flames. SO the Kaiser has stakcd all
on the success Of the great German