New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
WISE BRUSHES HUN
 IN VERBAL ATTACK
New York Rabbi Delivers Thrill ing DenounCeIneDt Of Berlin

south Congregational church last evening, taking the present war, Ger nany's aims, ambitions and accom- piishments and the aims, duties and ultimate objectives Of the Allies as his theme. Than Rabbi Wise, no more forcible, compelling, brilliant or magnetic orator ever stood on a local forum. A big man physically, with an orators voice and a trained elccutionist's power of articulation and expression, Rabbi Wise held his audience in rapt attention during the entire hour that he spoke and several times during the course of the even ing the distinguished speaker was compelled to hold up his hand to signal for an end to the applause that he might continue his address. To be permitted to listen to Dr. Wise was q treat. Music was furnished by the Universal chorus, accompanied !rv Prof. Joseph Claire Beebe and three young women rendered solo nun1be in an excellent manner. The singing of the American national an- them and the French Marseillaise was especially thrilling. A silver col lection taken at the close of the lec- ture netted $224.S2 which is to be turned over to the local surgical crossings committee of the Red Cross.
 This Is Americas War.
 Rev. Warren F. Cook, a. personal friend of Rabbi Wise, introduced the distinguished guest and the latter inn mediately introduced his main t14eme with a witty remark Impressively he said. My friends, I have just done something that I have never before T +t,Af I 1tn
 fore long every American soldier in France will do 1 have gone through Eerin.'' He then launched into his address. declaring that the German press is already proclaiming that America and Americans are war weary. In reply to that charge Rabbi Wise said he would simply quote the phrase of the famous British -Ameri- can of the seventeenth century when he said, We have not begun to light" Continuing the speaker said that the evenings meeting should serve a twofold purpose, one to cele-- DIate the huge success of the Third jherty Loan, and the second, to eel citrate the beginning of the Red Cross drive for s1OO,000,000 which will begin this month. Referring briefly to the war and the peoples rart in it. Rabbi Wise quoted the German press as declaring that the war and the Liberty Loans were President Wilson's measures to save Wall street investments, asserting trat this is Wall streets war. Any person who dares declare that this is f financial war or Wall streets war is simply helping Germany to win, and any person who fails to recog-
 1,;x R. ~f "a II street, but of 100, 100000 people is not an American citizen,'' he de- c!ared.
 A Message to Belgium.
 The success of the Third Liberty Loan is a message of cheer and com fort to "brave, broken, defeated, but withal unconquerable Belgium Dr. Wise declared, and he then explained that the enormous resources of the United States can be better realized when one considers that the s4,0O0,- 100000 raised by the recent loan rep resents less than two per cent. of the country's wealth He also declared that as another messag age to Belgium, the American people say: "'We are sending. not 500,0O0 men, but 5000 900 men, and I hope that not a single American soldier will return iron, over there until the last damnable, defilng Prussian foot has been driven off the, soil of suffering Belgium. Continuing, the doctor told his lis teners not to imagine for one minute that We are rendering debt to Eng land and France. We can never pay the debt we owe England and France, he declared, asserting that we alone can't save England and France, but England and France have saved us; for they fought our war for three years and protected us against the menace of the Hun.' Dr. Wise gave a scathing rebuke for a certain class of people who object to an alliance with England because they still cher ish a hatred inherited from 1776, "when England was under a GER MAN king
 This alliance with England and l France is going to last a thousand years and more,' he said.
 The Liberty Loans message to Eng land and France, Dr. Wise said, is: Hold on a little longer-until we can make ourselves felt and in this con- nection the speaker admitted that he is not a military strategist and can offer no advice to the War Depart ment, unlike most people,; but. he con cluded, 'I can only say that no Amer ican army has yet been sent out to do a job and failed to do it.
 The Liberty Loan likewise carries q few short messages to Germany, the 1 rabbi told his listeners. One messa ge i to Germany I might put in a very, very few words-but I'm not going to- 1 the doctor said The message that I would like to send to Germany is that 1 tho war was made in Germany but | the peace will be made by America 1 and the Allies" he added, Continuing, l he said: '"rhe Kaiser broke peace and l made war. but America will brea k kaisers and make peace.' Still an 1 tlo, ranssa e.e should go to President |