The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-09-27
Position on War.


The first great questionable para.
mount questionable most vital qucS.
tion-now demanding our attention is
that of the world-war and all the cor
related questions connected Herewith.
In addition thereto, and not little
less important will he the great prob.
lens, economic and otherwise, that
WI be pressing for solution and settle.
ment at the conclusion of and imne.
diately following the war. The most
important of these viii he the treaties
Of peace, the contamination of which
will impose upon the Senate of the Uni.
Dtd States great responsibilities. Next
10 the President himself, then in i'm.
portance is the Senate Of the United
States.
Speaking for myself. | am frank "a
state that I lonihc war-l hate war
and we rs nation hate war because
war means the taking of life, the de-
strnction of prOpcrty-it. leaves woe
and misery and grief in it's awful wake,
and there are none of us who would
not do anything within human power
consistent with right principles Ia pre-
vent war-but America is in this war
and. despite all our adherence of war,
we must not hesitate, hut all of MS to
gether must do our best to win this
war. and win il now. The best and
Guickest way out Of this war Is straight
through Il, thereby saving the lives of
as many of our dear boys ms possible
would not have you understand in
this connection that | do not realize
the fact that n great nation like ours
must sometimes fight in order To main
tain its integrity and its dignity as well
as 10 vindicate the great purposes for
which as Il nation we live and have our
existence. l fear that as long rs men
live and control nations there will be
great danger OF war; and. therefore,
NIL nations must maintain to n certain
extent armies and navies, and Il certain
amount of preparation for war Is
necessary though living in peace-and
\ am in favor of a country. when ii be-
comes necessary To strike In war, Ia
strike unitedly and with all its force
and power
The German nation has sinned
against the world-has sinned against
God and man. Through its kaiser and
war lords it has ignored its treaties
with the other nations Of the world
through its army II has committed the
most atrocious crimes known To civil
cation. Its s0ldiery has murdered in
nocent chlldren-Outraged pure WON
anhood-and this not in isolated cases
but today thousands of homes mourn
the lives of mothers and children and
fathers who have been outraged and
murdered in n manner more cruel than
was ever practiced by the worst saw
ages of the ages past. The unspeak'
able crimes committed by the German
army have stamped this militarstiC
nation as the most dangerous enemy OF
mankind ON the face of the earth to
day.
In This short address there Is not
time 10 discuss the reasons and the
causes leading up 10 this war, nor shall
take time TO discuss nj length the
reasons for the decline of the German
empire, once a great country, Ia the
depths of crime and degradation Ia
which as Il nation IL has sunk. IL has
tore' iped "kultur' and the supernan
instead of the true God in other
words, IL has made "kullur' and the
superman It's God-and God has said
the nation that sinneth shall die. and
the onward sweep Of republican ideas
clearly indicate thar the hour of The