The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-24

manhood the advancing hun. Civil
lZatlon can never pay it's debt to
bleeding, suffering France. She check
ed the Huns 1900 years ago, and again
300 years later under Charles Martel,
at Tours. She thrust back the Mo-
hammedan hordes, who were overrun-
ming the world. In 1776 when we
were struggling for freedom, France
came to our aid. doubt if we would
have achieved independence at that
time without the guns, ammunition
and trained officers sent by France.
France has kept alive the feeble spark
OF human liberty In 1855 it spranp
into bright flame and struck the
divine rights of kings death blow, to
be almost drowned in the blood of
the French revolution, but flickerinp
feebly she passed it through the hands
of Jefferson and Franklin to the Unit
ed States. 1t is now symbolized by
the great glowing torch of the Statue
OF Liberty at the mouth Of our great
est, harbor.
The eyes of the whole world are
turned on that torch today. The Huns
are threatening to forever uuench
its lights. But there are brave men
from America, from England and
from France offering their lives a
sacrifice on that same field of Cha
Ions, and the same God who looked
down upon it's blood soaked Ground
still rules above. Again the despair
ing cry of a heart broken world con-
queror will be waited down the ages,
lesson and warning. The lilies of
France will spring forth again,
winter and purer, fertilized by the
Dlood OF brave men, and watered by
the tears of true women. With all of
her military power, boosted efficiency
and 4o years of preparation, these
modern huns will go down before the
frown of God and the outraged con-
science of a world in arms. Follow
citizens, it seems to me that divine
power was never more manifest than
IN having. Woodrow Wilson in this
great world crisis. Let us thank God
for the humble professor, now the
foremost man in the world. He saws
this is war for Democracy against
Autocracy. The other day at Balti-
more when the Huns were driving
our lines back and dark clouds lowered
on the horizon, he gave the world a
message the only message that the
Huns understand. ~ accept the chal =.
ienge. | know that you accept it. 1t
snail appear in the utter sacrifice
and ,seif-forgetfulness in which we
snail give all that we love and all that
we have to redeem the world and
make it fit for free men like ourselves
to live in. Force, force to the utmost,
force without stint or limit, the right
eous and triumphant force, which
shall make right the law of the world.
ana cast every selfish domination
down in the dust"
German Propaganda
Whi1o Iauo1n,;,,
power at home, one of the most eff
ficient means Germany has used is
her propaganda creating German SEN
timent in all the countries in the
world. When the office of Wolf Won
ingel at No. 60 Wall street was raided
by secret service men, thew found
proof of plots to destroy ships, burn
munitions plants and funds to organ
iZe the |. w. w. They found where
eight million dollars was given Bolo
Pasha to bribe public men and news
papers. In secret speech of the
Kaiser to German organization read
recently to a Congressional commit
tee, he said that he controlled one
sixth of the votes in the United
States, and to go ahead that this ad-
mnistration did not dare to go to war.
Look at the workings OF the system in
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not believe that all Germans are dis
loyal to the United States. The Ger
mans came here seeking refuge from
tyranny at home and when the test
comes the majority will be true. Ger
mans began to come here after the
thirty years war" which made Ger
many bowling wilderness. This
was religious war. The Protestant
armies robbed, burned and killed the
Catholics and the Catholics did the
same for the Protcstants. You know
when pious people get to killing each
other for Christ's sake, they do it very
thoroughly. The population of Ger
many sank from l6 to 4 million. Can
nibalism rcappeared, the gallows had
to be guarded to keep people from
devouring the corpses dangling from
the ropes. Where thriving towns had
been wolves roamed unmolested. De-
graded, brutaliZed and poverty strick-
en-, the miserable Germans fled from
devastated fields and burning homes
down the Rhine to Amsterdam where
they sold themselves to ship captains
for the price Of passage to new
world. The rulers Of Germany drove
the people from the Fathcrland, the
stream kept up-mcn coming over to
escape military service and heavy tax
alton. They were received with open
arms, given the right of citizens. They
have grown rich and powerful. St.
Louis, Milwaukee and Detroit are
largely built by German energy and
thrift.
Germany's Plans
This is well considered attempt
by Germany to dominate the entire
world, and every nation figures In